1st quarter recap: Xavier wins the tipoff (against a much bigger player), Dei misses the shot and they set up in a 3-2 zone on defense with Xavier guarding down low. One a missed shot he feezes and wait for the ball to come to him and CTK (Christ The King) player jumps in front of him and boxes him out. He is really going to need to work on his anticipation and not wait for the ball to get to him. On offense he sets up in the low post with his back to the basket, gets the ball and does a great spin post up where heliterally hangs in the air forever. First two points of the game for him. Beat on another rebound by having bad position again. Gets a rebound right off the rim on the next defensive series. Misses a 3 a few possessions later but cleans the boards on the other end and starts and nice fast break.
4:14 gets a board and misses a layup but grabs his own rebound and puts it in. He know has 4 and Colorado is mentioned again. They get a good defensive stop and he races down the floor and could have an easy layup, but his team-mate doesn't give him the ball.
3:23 grabs a great board and passes the length of the floor to reward his teammate running the floor
2:33 badly air-balls a 3 point attempt, he is now 0-2 behind the arc. The next possession he shakes the defender out of his shoes and has a nice layup where he shows great athleticism.
1:22 It looks like a hard foul on Xavier and he hits the floor, looks to be okay, but I think they call it on him? not sure what happened here, but Xavier is now on the bench.
Reinhardt from Dei looks great, amazing outside shot. Xavier looks the most athletic and if he can get a consistent outside shot is going to be great.
2nd quarter: Xavier is still on the bench
7:00 Xavier is back in the game
5:26 tap the ball to a team-mate on a defensive rebound and the next series get an over the back call when he tries it again. He didn't box out and allowed the guy to get positioning on him.
4:10 Xavier gets a great boards and kicks out the fast break, he is good at finding the outlet to get it started. He races down the floor and gets an offensive board off a missed shot, but misses the dunk.
3:51 - Xavier gets an offensive board and gets fouled on the shot when he immediately turns and drives to the hoop. Gets the shooters touch to make the first one roll in and also make the 2nd. He now has 8 points and 8 boards.
he is now on the bench with almost 4 minutes left. He never gets back in the game in the 1st half and his team is up 46-33.