Xavier Used An Impressive Second Half To Roll At Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. --- The Xavier Musketeers hit the road for their second exhibition and defeated the Tennessee Volunteers 86-70, erasing an eight-point halftime deficit and dominating the second half by 24 points. UT was ranked No. 8 in the preseason ESPN Poll released this past week.

Xavier took a 13-11 lead at the midway point of the first half following a three-point basket from Rolyns Aligbe. UT took the lead back briefly but XU went back in front 17-16 with 7:02 left on a dunk by Gabriel Pozzato. The Vols outscored the Musketeers 19-10 the rest of the half to take a 35-27 halftime lead. Pozzato finished the first half with a team-high nine points.

Tennessee extended their lead to 10 points, 42-32, with 18:23 left but it was all Xavier after that. Xavier answered with a 14-2 run to take a 46-44 lead with 15:27 left.

Xavier totally controlled the second half 59-35. Tru Washington finished with a double-double with 10 points and 12 assists, including nine assists and all 10 of his points after intermission. Nikos Chitikoudis scored 13 of his team-high 17 points in the second half. Jovan Milicevic scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half and Ruben Dominguez scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half.

XU hosts Kent State in its final exhibition on Friday, Oct. 23, at Cintas Center as part of All for One Weekend. All for One Weekend unites Xavier University's Alumni Weekend and Family Weekend for the first time. Tickets are still available at GoXavier.com and through the Xavier Ticket Office.

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