With 3:13 left on the clock and the game tied at 68, Adam Kunkel jumped on the left wing and threw a long diagonal pass to Souley Boum. To that point, Souley was not having his best game in Xavier colors. He had just 7 points on 3-13/1-7/0-0 shooting, having been outshone by his opposite number, Marquette point guard Tyler Kolek.
Kolek was effervescent in the first half, during which it was not clear that the Xavier players had been told that Kolek is left-handed. He had 20 points on 9-11/2-3/0-0 shooting and dished out 4 assists to just 1 turnover.