Men’s Basketball Defeats Dayton In Its Exhibition Opener

MASON, Ohio --- The Xavier Musketeers defeated the Dayton Flyers 82-76 in the CareSource Invitational outdoors at the Cincinnati Open Sporting Club at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. Mike Nwoko led all scorers with 19 points and all rebounders with 11 boards. Ruben Dominguez hit 4-6 three-pointers on his way to 15 points. The score was tied 10-all early but Xavier used a 19-2 run to open up a 29-12 lead with 8:12 left in the half. Dayton cut the lead to seven points heading into the under-four minute media timeout. XU extended the lead back to double digits at...