Providence guard Kris Dunn has been filling up the stat sheet all season for a team that needs him to be a superstar night in and night out.

Myles Davis has put together a workmanlike junior season for one of the most well-rounded teams in the country at Xavier and Wednesday night he stole Dunn’s thunder.

Davis produced the first triple-double at Xavier in five years in a 85-74 victory over No. 23 Providence that the eighth-ranked Musketeers controlled throughout. Davis scored 11 points with 12 assists and 12 rebounds as Xavier improved to 22-3 overall and 10-3 in the Big East.
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Dunn finished the game with 23 points, 11 rebounds and six assists but he also had seven turnovers and never got his team in the right frame of mind to make it close in the end.

It was the start of a pivotal five-game closing stretch to the regular season for the Musketeers. How Xavier finishes these five games could go along way toward deciding whether coach Chris Mack’s team can earn its highest ever seed in the NCAA Tournament next month.


Xavier has never been better than a No. 3 seed but in our latest rankings, the Musketeers have a strong case for a No. 2 seed, which is where Brad Evans has them. Xavier is 5-1 against teams ranked in the top-25 this season, that is the best mark in the country.
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