Xavier's Season Ends in NCAA Regional Semifinals vs Texas

Friday, March 24

Kansas City, Mo.

9:45 p.m. ET

Xavier University

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No. 2 seed Texas

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Xavier's Season Ends in NCAA Regional Semifinals vs Texas

03.24.23 | Men's Basketball

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The Longhorns defeated the Musketeers, 83-71, on Friday night

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Xavier dropped an 83-71 contest vs Texas in the NCAA Regional Semifinals on Friday night at the T-Mobile Center in front of 17,429 fans.

The No. 3 seed Musketeers end their season with a 27-10 overall record. The No. 2 seed Longhorns improved to 29-8 on the year and advanced to the NCAA Midwest Regional Finals vs Miami (FL) on Sunday, March 26.

The Longhorns led from start-to-finish and took their first double-figure lead (26-16) with 6:10 left in the first half. Texas outscored Xavier, 14-7, to end the half and take a 17-point lead (42-25) into the break.

Texas took its largest lead of the game, 67-43, with 10:09 left in regulation. Xavier battled back to get within 13 points twice in the closing minute of the game before a Colby Jones three pointer as time expired made the final ledger, 83-71.

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Adam Kunkel scored a game-high 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting. The 21 points matched his season high in scoring (also scored 21 points vs Fairfield on Nov. 15). The senior guard was also 5-for-6 from behind the arc, tying the Xavier single-game NCAA record for made three pointers (also made five 3-pointers on March 19 vs Pitt).
Jack Nunge posted his 12th double-double of the season, scoring 15 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. He finished the season with 28 double-figure scoring games.
Colby Jones finished with 15 points on 7-for-15 shooting. He added seven rebounds, six assists and two blocks.
Souley Boum added 12 points, two assists and two blocks. Jerome Hunter added seven rebounds and three points. Cesare Edwards chipped in five rebounds and two points.
Xavier finished the game with a .438 field-goal percentage (28-for-64) and went 7-for-17 from behind the arc. The Musketeers were also 8-for-12 from the charity stripe.
The Musketeers held a 13-0 advantage in second-chance points and scored one more point off of turnovers (7-6). Xavier won the battle on the glass, 36-32.
Texas held a 35-5 advantage in bench points and scored 12 more points in the paint (40-28).