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Jones scores 28 as No. 25 Marquette rallies past Xavier 89-87 in Big East quarterfinal

AP
Mar 13, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) Kam Jones scored 28 points to surpass 2,000 for his career and No. 25 Marquette rallied past Xavier 89-87 on Thursday in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals.

After trailing by 14 early in the second half, the fifth-seeded Golden Eagles (23-9) took the lead for good at 81-80 on Jones' layup with 1:16 remaining.

David Joplin connected on a pivotal 3-pointer with 26 seconds left, and Marquette held on to earn a semifinal matchup with sixth-ranked and top-seeded St. John's on Friday night at Madison Square Garden.

Ryan Conwell scored a career-high 38 points for Xavier (21-11), a school record for a Big East Tournament game. The fourth-seeded Musketeers, perched precariously on the bubble for an NCAA Tournament bid, had won seven straight.

With former Marquette star Dwyane Wade sitting in the front row, Conwell shot 13 of 18 from the field and 7 for 11 on 3-pointers - including a long one he tossed in at the buzzer. Zach Freemantle had 15 points and Dailyn Swain added 11.

Chase Ross and Stevie Mitchell scored 16 points apiece for Marquette. Joplin finished with 14.

Xavier went 11 of 23 (48%) on 3s. Should the Musketeers make the NCAA Tournament, that will be a key weapon in their arsenal.

Jones boosted his career total to 2,005 points. Marquette heads into the semifinals on the strength of his scoring, but the Golden Eagles showed they're more than a one-man band with five players in double figures.

Ross stole the ball from Freemantle near the top of the key, leading to a 3 from Joplin that gave Marquette an 84-80 advantage with 26 seconds to play.

Jones scored in double figures for the 48th straight game, the longest current streak in the country.

Xavier: Fingers crossed on Selection Sunday.

Marquette: Dropped both its regular-season games against St. John’s, losing 70-64 at MSG in early February and then 86-84 in overtime last Saturday at home.

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1st Half
MARQ
Golden Eagles
36
XAV
Musketeers
46

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Ben Gold vs. Zach Freemantle (Golden Eagles gains possession)
19:39	+3	David Joplin makes three point jump shot (Kam Jones assists)	3-0
19:07	+2	Dailyn Swain makes two point layup (Zach Freemantle assists)	3-2
18:53	+3	Stevie Mitchell makes three point jump shot	6-2
18:25		Ben Gold shooting foul (Dailyn Swain draws the foul)
18:25	+1	Dailyn Swain makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-3
18:25	+1	Dailyn Swain makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-4
18:12		Marcus Foster personal foul
17:55		Ben Gold misses two point jump shot
17:53		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
17:41		Zach Freemantle misses two point hook shot
17:39		David Joplin defensive rebound
17:31		Kam Jones misses two point layup
17:29		Zach Freemantle defensive rebound
17:23		Ryan Conwell misses three point jump shot
17:20		Golden Eagles defensive rebound
17:11		Kam Jones misses three point jump shot
17:09		Musketeers defensive rebound
16:52	+3	Ryan Conwell makes three point jump shot (Marcus Foster assists)	6-7
16:44		Stevie Mitchell misses two point layup
16:42		Zach Freemantle defensive rebound
16:38		Dailyn Swain misses two point jump shot
16:36		Chase Ross defensive rebound
16:29		David Joplin misses three point jump shot
16:27		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
16:21		Kam Jones personal foul
16:15	+3	Marcus Foster makes three point jump shot (Zach Freemantle assists)	6-10
16:00		Chase Ross turnover (bad pass)
16:00		TV timeout
15:37		Jump ball. Zach Freemantle vs. Zaide Lowery (Musketeers gains possession)
15:32		Dailyn Swain misses two point jump shot
15:30		Kam Jones defensive rebound
15:15	+2	David Joplin makes two point layup	8-10
15:00	+2	Dante Maddox Jr. makes two point jump shot (Zach Freemantle assists)	8-12
14:46		Dailyn Swain shooting foul (Royce Parham draws the foul)
14:46	+1	Royce Parham makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-12
14:46	+1	Royce Parham makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-12
14:13	+2	Marcus Foster makes two point layup (Jerome Hunter assists)	10-14
13:58		Zaide Lowery misses two point layup
13:56		Zaide Lowery offensive rebound
13:54		Ryan Conwell personal foul
13:37		David Joplin misses three point jump shot
13:35		Zach Freemantle defensive rebound
13:27		Zaide Lowery shooting foul (Dante Maddox Jr. draws the foul)
13:27	+1	Dante Maddox Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-15
13:27	+1	Dante Maddox Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-16
13:20		Kam Jones misses two point layup
13:18		Stevie Mitchell offensive rebound
13:14		Golden Eagles 30 second timeout
13:01		Royce Parham misses three point jump shot
12:59		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
12:51		Dailyn Swain misses two point layup
12:49		Royce Parham defensive rebound
12:41		Stevie Mitchell misses two point layup
12:39		Dailyn Swain defensive rebound
12:35		Dailyn Swain turnover (lost ball) (Stevie Mitchell steals)
12:30		Stevie Mitchell misses three point jump shot
12:28		Jerome Hunter defensive rebound
11:59	+3	Jerome Hunter makes three point jump shot	10-19
11:48	+2	Kam Jones makes two point layup	12-19
11:30		Dante Maddox Jr. misses three point jump shot
11:28		Stevie Mitchell defensive rebound
11:12	+2	Zaide Lowery makes two point layup	14-19
10:42		Ryan Conwell misses three point jump shot
10:40		Royce Parham defensive rebound
10:28		Kam Jones misses three point jump shot
10:26		Ryan Conwell defensive rebound
10:19		Ryan Conwell turnover (bad pass) (Stevie Mitchell steals)
10:13	+2	Royce Parham makes two point dunk (Zaide Lowery assists)	16-19
10:12		Musketeers 30 second timeout
10:12		TV timeout
9:46		Dayvion McKnight misses two point jump shot
9:44		Ben Gold defensive rebound
9:30		Dayvion McKnight personal foul
9:26	+2	Chase Ross makes two point jump shot (Ben Gold assists)	18-19
9:09		Damarius Owens personal foul
8:56		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
8:53		Golden Eagles defensive rebound
8:34		Chase Ross misses three point jump shot
8:32		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
8:28		Chase Ross shooting foul (Zach Freemantle draws the foul)
8:28	+1	Zach Freemantle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-20
8:28	+1	Zach Freemantle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-21
7:58		Golden Eagles turnover (shot clock violation)
7:58		TV timeout
7:33		David Joplin personal foul
7:24	+2	Dayvion McKnight makes two point layup	18-23
7:12	+2	Kam Jones makes two point layup	20-23
6:47		David Joplin shooting foul (Dailyn Swain draws the foul)
6:47		Dailyn Swain misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:47	+1	Dailyn Swain makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-24
6:36		Stevie Mitchell misses three point jump shot
6:34		Dailyn Swain defensive rebound
6:17	+2	Ryan Conwell makes two point layup (Marcus Foster assists)	20-26
6:17		Ben Gold shooting foul (Ryan Conwell draws the foul)
6:17	+1	Ryan Conwell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	20-27
6:03		Dailyn Swain shooting foul (Chase Ross draws the foul)
6:03	+1	Chase Ross makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-27
6:03	+1	Chase Ross makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-27
5:45		Dayvion McKnight misses three point jump shot
5:43		Zach Freemantle offensive rebound
5:40	+2	Zach Freemantle makes two point layup	22-29
5:33	+3	Kam Jones makes three point jump shot	25-29
5:21	+2	Ryan Conwell makes two point layup	25-31
5:00		Caedin Hamilton misses two point layup
4:58		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
4:36	+3	Zach Freemantle makes three point jump shot (Ryan Conwell assists)	25-34
4:25	+3	Chase Ross makes three point jump shot (Zaide Lowery assists)	28-34
4:02	+2	Zach Freemantle makes two point hook shot (Marcus Foster assists)	28-36
3:42		Caedin Hamilton misses two point layup
3:40		Zach Freemantle defensive rebound
3:35		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
3:33		Zaide Lowery defensive rebound
3:23		Kam Jones misses three point jump shot
3:21		Zaide Lowery offensive rebound
3:20	+3	Kam Jones makes three point jump shot (Zaide Lowery assists)	31-36
3:01	+2	Zach Freemantle makes two point dunk (Marcus Foster assists)	31-38
2:53		Zach Freemantle personal foul (Chase Ross draws the foul)
2:53		TV timeout
2:51		Kam Jones misses two point layup
2:49		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
2:42	+3	Dante Maddox Jr. makes three point jump shot (Ryan Conwell assists)	31-41
2:30	+2	David Joplin makes two point layup	33-41
2:30		John Hugley IV shooting foul (David Joplin draws the foul)
2:30	+1	David Joplin makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-41
2:16		Kam Jones personal foul (John Hugley IV draws the foul)
2:16		John Hugley IV misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:16		David Joplin defensive rebound
2:03		Royce Parham misses three point jump shot
2:01		Dante Maddox Jr. defensive rebound
1:50	+2	John Hugley IV makes two point layup (Dayvion McKnight assists)	34-43
1:37		Chase Ross misses two point layup
1:35		John Hugley IV defensive rebound
1:31	+3	Ryan Conwell makes three point jump shot	34-46
1:29		Golden Eagles 30 second timeout
1:20		David Joplin misses two point layup
1:18		Musketeers defensive rebound
1:06		Royce Parham blocks Dante Maddox Jr.'s two point layup
1:04		Zaide Lowery defensive rebound
0:51		Zaide Lowery misses two point layup
0:49		Ryan Conwell defensive rebound
0:38		John Hugley IV offensive foul
0:38		John Hugley IV turnover (offensive foul)
0:19	+2	Kam Jones makes two point layup	36-46
0:01		Ryan Conwell misses three point jump shot
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
MARQ
Golden Eagles
53
XAV
Musketeers
41

Time		Play	Score
19:37		David Joplin misses three point jump shot
19:35		Dailyn Swain defensive rebound
19:27	+2	Ryan Conwell makes two point layup	36-48
19:19	+2	Chase Ross makes two point layup	38-48
18:57		Zach Freemantle turnover (Stevie Mitchell steals)
18:55		Stevie Mitchell turnover
18:50		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
18:48		Marcus Foster offensive rebound
18:34		Marcus Foster misses two point layup
18:32		David Joplin defensive rebound
18:23		Dayvion McKnight shooting foul (Kam Jones draws the foul)
18:23		Kam Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:23	+1	Kam Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-48
17:54	+3	Ryan Conwell makes three point jump shot (Dayvion McKnight assists)	39-51
17:41		Ben Gold misses three point jump shot
17:39		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
17:34		David Joplin shooting foul (Dayvion McKnight draws the foul)
17:34	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-52
17:34	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-53
17:23		Stevie Mitchell misses three point jump shot
17:21		Zach Freemantle defensive rebound
17:13		Zach Freemantle misses two point layup
17:11		David Joplin defensive rebound
16:59	+3	Kam Jones makes three point jump shot (David Joplin assists)	42-53
16:32		Dailyn Swain misses two point jump shot
16:30		Ben Gold defensive rebound
16:19	+3	Chase Ross makes three point jump shot (Kam Jones assists)	45-53
15:53	+2	Ryan Conwell makes two point jump shot	45-55
15:44	+3	Stevie Mitchell makes three point jump shot (Chase Ross assists)	48-55
15:13	+3	Ryan Conwell makes three point jump shot	48-58
15:09		Musketeers 30 second timeout
15:09		TV timeout
14:52	+2	Chase Ross makes two point layup (Kam Jones assists)	50-58
14:21		Zach Freemantle misses two point layup
14:19		David Joplin defensive rebound
13:56	+3	Royce Parham makes three point jump shot (Kam Jones assists)	53-58
13:38	+2	Dayvion McKnight makes two point layup	53-60
13:28		Kam Jones misses two point layup
13:26		Jerome Hunter defensive rebound
13:21	+2	Ryan Conwell makes two point layup	53-62
13:04		Dante Maddox Jr. personal foul
13:04		TV timeout
12:45	+3	Royce Parham makes three point jump shot (Kam Jones assists)	56-62
12:21		Royce Parham personal foul
12:18		Jerome Hunter turnover (Kam Jones steals)
12:13	+2	Kam Jones makes two point layup	58-62
11:49		Jerome Hunter misses two point jump shot
11:47		Zaide Lowery defensive rebound
11:36		Zaide Lowery misses three point jump shot
11:34		Dailyn Swain defensive rebound
11:29		Dailyn Swain turnover (Stevie Mitchell steals)
11:24	+2	Stevie Mitchell makes two point layup	60-62
11:17		TV timeout
11:17		Musketeers 30 second timeout
10:56		Stevie Mitchell personal foul
10:36		Dante Maddox Jr. misses three point jump shot
10:34		Zaide Lowery defensive rebound
10:25	+3	Kam Jones makes three point jump shot (Chase Ross assists)	63-62
10:10	+2	Dailyn Swain makes two point layup	63-64
9:59		Chase Ross misses three point jump shot
9:57		Ben Gold offensive rebound
9:53	+2	Ben Gold makes two point layup	65-64
9:38		Dante Maddox Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:36		Chase Ross defensive rebound
9:18		Kam Jones misses two point layup
9:16		Dailyn Swain defensive rebound
9:12	+2	Zach Freemantle makes two point dunk (Ryan Conwell assists)	65-66
8:56		Kam Jones misses two point jump shot
8:54		Musketeers defensive rebound
8:27	+2	Zach Freemantle makes two point jump shot	65-68
8:13		Stevie Mitchell misses three point jump shot
8:11		Ryan Conwell defensive rebound
8:07		Zach Freemantle misses two point dunk
8:05		David Joplin defensive rebound
7:59		Kam Jones misses three point jump shot
7:57		Dante Maddox Jr. defensive rebound
7:30		Zach Freemantle misses three point jump shot
7:28		Kam Jones defensive rebound
7:14		David Joplin turnover (traveling)
7:14		TV timeout
6:57		Marcus Foster turnover (Stevie Mitchell steals)
6:52	+2	Stevie Mitchell makes two point layup	67-68
6:40		Kam Jones personal foul
6:39	+3	Ryan Conwell makes three point jump shot (Dayvion McKnight assists)	67-71
6:19		Jerome Hunter personal foul
6:07	+2	Stevie Mitchell makes two point layup	69-71
5:48		Dailyn Swain turnover (lost ball)
5:32	+3	Kam Jones makes three point jump shot (Ben Gold assists)	72-71
5:12		Dailyn Swain turnover (Chase Ross steals)
5:01	+2	Stevie Mitchell makes two point layup (Ben Gold assists)	74-71
4:43		Ryan Conwell misses three point jump shot
4:41		Musketeers offensive rebound
4:38		Stevie Mitchell shooting foul (Ryan Conwell draws the foul)
4:38	+1	Ryan Conwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-72
4:38	+1	Ryan Conwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-73
4:15	+3	David Joplin makes three point jump shot	77-73
3:53		David Joplin personal foul
3:53		TV timeout
3:35		Ryan Conwell misses two point layup
3:35		Dailyn Swain offensive rebound
3:35		Chase Ross shooting foul
3:35	+1	Dailyn Swain makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-74
3:35	+1	Dailyn Swain makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-75
3:11		Kam Jones misses three point jump shot
3:09		Dailyn Swain defensive rebound
2:56	+2	Ryan Conwell makes two point layup (Zach Freemantle assists)	77-77
2:42	+2	Kam Jones makes two point layup	79-77
2:23		Dayvion McKnight misses two point layup
2:21		Ben Gold defensive rebound
1:58		David Joplin misses three point jump shot
1:56		Zach Freemantle defensive rebound
1:37	+3	Ryan Conwell makes three point jump shot (Zach Freemantle assists)	79-80
1:16	+2	Kam Jones makes two point layup	81-80
1:16		Golden Eagles 30 second timeout
0:54		Zach Freemantle turnover (lost ball) (Chase Ross steals)
0:27	+3	David Joplin makes three point jump shot	84-80
0:21		Ben Gold blocks Dayvion McKnight's two point layup
0:21		Musketeers offensive rebound
0:15	+2	Dailyn Swain makes two point layup	84-82
0:15		Musketeers 30 second timeout
0:14		Dailyn Swain personal foul
0:14		Golden Eagles 30 second timeout
0:12		Ryan Conwell personal foul (Kam Jones draws the foul)
0:10		Jerome Hunter personal foul
0:10		Dailyn Swain personal foul (Ben Gold draws the foul)
0:10	+1	Ben Gold makes regular free throw 1 of 2	85-82
0:10		Ben Gold misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:10		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
0:06		Kam Jones personal foul (Ryan Conwell draws the foul)
0:06	+1	Ryan Conwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	85-83
0:06	+1	Ryan Conwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	85-84
0:05		Dailyn Swain personal foul (Stevie Mitchell draws the foul)
0:05	+1	Stevie Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	86-84
0:05	+1	Stevie Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	87-84
0:04		Chase Ross personal foul
0:04		Ryan Conwell misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:04		Chase Ross defensive rebound
0:02		Marcus Foster personal foul (Chase Ross draws the foul)
0:02	+1	Chase Ross makes regular free throw 1 of 2	88-84
0:02	+1	Chase Ross makes regular free throw 2 of 2	89-84
0:00	+3	Ryan Conwell makes three point jump shot	89-87
0:00		End of period

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Ryan Conwell makes three point jump shot