The last time that Cincinnati beat Xavier in the Crosstown Shootout, gas cost $2.45 a gallon, milk was almost a dollar a gallon cheaper, and Travis Steele was taking on his first Shootout. Four days later Kyky Tandy dunked on a seven footer. By the time of tipoff takes place this Saturday, that dark day will have been more than four years ago.
It was a dark day, too. Xavier lost 62-47 and were never really in the game. Quentin Goodin led the Musketeers with 12 points but 1-7 behind the arc. The team as a whole was 5-25 from deep, Kyle Castlin had an offensive efficiency of 11, Keonte Kennedy played 12 minutes and came an assist away from a double digit trillion, and only Ryan Welage really played well.