Overview
- The rivalry game at Cintas Center ended 79-74 after a 37-37 halftime tie and a late Xavier answer to a brief UC lead.
- Carroll shot 14-of-23 and grabbed seven rebounds, with Filip Borovicanin hitting a late go-ahead basket that stood up.
- Cincinnati’s Shon Abaev led the Bearcats with 16 points on four 3-pointers, Day Day Thomas added 15, and Baba Miller pulled down 17 rebounds.
- The outcome moved Xavier to 7-3 and dropped Cincinnati to 6-3 while extending UC’s winless run at Xavier’s arena since 2001.
- The 93rd meeting drew a Cintas Center record crowd of 10,880 on a TNT broadcast, underscoring a rivalry now shaped by transfer and international talent across both rosters.