Musketeers to face second-seeded Butler Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the Quarterfinals.
NEW YORK (AP) — Trevon Bluiett scored all 17 of his points in the second half and Xavier kept its hopes for an NCAA Tournament bid alive with a 75-64 victory over DePaul in the first round of the Big East Tournament on Wednesday night.
The win was the seventh-seeded Musketeers' second in five days over DePaul, and it set up a second-round game on Thursday against No. 18 Butler, the second seed.
JP Macura had 13 points and six assists and Quentin Goodin added 13 points for Xavier (20-12).