first quarter - matt mims calls for a screen - no offseason rust from this guy - bam - he knocks down a for a screen. no off season rust from this guy. bam, he knocks down a three, then a minute later, mims steps down and splash, again. xavier jumped out to an early 9-0 lead. jackson jones fires away from deep. he has some range, too. the saints were scorching from long distance but you have to feed the big fellas. they go inside to matt teshu. xavier wins 55-45. >>> and the cyclones did enough over thanksgiving weekend to even with the defeat isu moved up from number 21 to number 19 and one of four ranked big 12 teams. the cyclones coach like how they're playing into december. >> i think we learned a lot about our team in florida. we had teams down the stretch opposite against a good gonzaga team, and that's an area we just have to grow in but really focus on cincinnati and what we have to do to get our team better. but it's a great opportunity. >> early judgy mo stud -- jeremy morgan has been a stud. he labored scoring 14 second half points which still led in scoring. his supporting