No. 16 Xavier rolls past Seton Hall

Souley Boum scored 23 points, Colby Jones had 19 and the two combined on a decisive run early in the second half in leading No. 16 Xavier to an 82-60 victory over Seton Hall on Friday night.

Adam Kunkel added 13 points and the Musketeers (21-8, 13-5 Big East) held the Pirates to 21 first-half points in winning for only the second time in five games.

There was a scuffle in front of the scorer’s table with 1.6 seconds remaining involving Boum and Jaquan Sanders. Both received technical fouls. Pirates forward KC Ndefo, who had fouled out, was ejected after officials reviewed the altercation.

Zach Freemantle, Xavier’s second-leading scorer and top rebounder, missed his seventh straight game with a foot injury.

Sanders, a freshman, came off the bench to lead Seton Hall (16-13, 9-9) with 11 points.

Miami was placed on probation for one year after the school and the NCAA said women’s basketball coaches inadvertently helped arrange impermissible contact between a booster and two players who signed with the Hurricanes.

It’s first time the NCAA has announced a penalty related to an investigation into name, image and likeness deals — NIL, as they are called.

The NCAA probed the actions of booster John Ruiz, who has signed several Miami athletes to NIL deals. Among them are women’s basketball players Haley and Hanna Cavinder, who transferred to Miami after meeting with Ruiz — though the Cavinders told the NCAA the meeting had nothing to do with their decision to play for the Hurricanes. The NCAA said the violation stemmed from Miami coach Katie Meier having helped facilitate a meeting between the Cavinders and Ruiz, unaware that he was a booster.

Mississippi coach Kermit Davis’s tenure is over, his team mired in a four-game losing streak and in last place in the SEC standings. Davis has gone 74-79 in five seasons at Ole Miss.