With 1:44 left on the clock, Travis Steele called timeout to empty the bench and give the Cintas faithful one last chance to let Paul Scruggs and Nate Johnson know how appreciated their contributions to the program have been. Xavier was up 91-71 at that point; the Muskies had buried a hapless Georgetown team under a barrage of threes that had long since ended the game as a contest.
It hadn’t started as well as it would end. Collin Holloway (17/4/2) had 8 points before the U16, and with 15:45 left in the first half, the Muskies trailed by a score of 10-9.