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FINAL: No. 6 Xavier (14-1, 2-0 Big East) 75, DePaul (7-7, 0-2) 72 —The 2017-18 Xavier basketball team just won't say "die."
The sixth-ranked Musketeers faced a 16-point deficit in the second half but turned up the defense and turned on the offense to storm back to a narrow, 77-72 win.