CINCINNATI –No. 15 Xavier used a strong second-half and a 21-point effort by Trevon Bluiett to beat Hampton, 96-60, and improve to 4-0 for the season. Bluiett has been the Musketeers leading scorer in three of their four games.
- The Musketeers got off to a slow start, trailing 10-8 at the 16-minute mark, but back-to-back three pointers by Trevon Bluiett and Kaiser Gates started a Xavier 8-0 run to make the score 16-10.
- Bluiett led Xavier with 10 points as he scored seven of Xavier's first 11 points.
- Freshmen Naji Marshall and Paul Scruggs added a spark for the Musketeers off the bench, with Marshall scoring eight points on 4-for-4 shooting and Scruggs adding six points.