Tre Carroll helps Xavier continue his success at Georgetown.

Tre Carroll scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half, Roddie Anderson III added 21 points and Xavier beat Georgetown 91-84 in Big East Conference action Saturday in Cincinnati.

Filip Vorovikanin added 18 points for Xavier (14-15, 6-12 Big East), which beat Georgetown for the eighth time in nine meetings and third win in 11 games overall.

Georgetown (13-16, 5-13) suffered its sixth straight loss in its first game without starting point guard and leading scorer KJ Lewis, who is out for the season with a left ankle injury suffered in a loss to Marquette earlier in the week.

Kayvaun Mulready led the Hoyas with 19 points and Malik Mack added 17.

Jeremiah Williams replaced Lewis in the starting lineup and scored 10 points in his second start of the season and first since the Big East opener. Williams had seven points and four assists in the first half, and Georgetown took a 39-38 lead into halftime.

Xavier broke a five-minute scoring drought in the first half and closed the half on a 12-5 run to cut Georgetown’s eight-point advantage to one point.

Vorovikanin opened the second half with a 3-pointer, then had a steal and a breakaway dunk on the next possession to cap a 10-0 run by Xavier to end the first half and end the second half and put the Musketeers up 43-39.

Following a Julius Halaiforua layup to put Georgetown within one, 45-44, Carroll scored Xavier’s next 12 points. Isaiah Walker’s mid-range jumper broke the score, but Xavier took a 59-53 lead with 11:34 left.

Anderson hit a 3-pointer with 8:08 left to put Xavier ahead 70-61, prompting a timeout from Georgetown coach Ed Cooley.

Xavier led 73-63 on a Borovcanin 3-point play with 6:58 left, and Georgetown closed to within 75-72 on a Vince Iwuchukwu 3-point play with 4:38 left. Xavier rebuilt the lead to 10 on a Vorovikanin 3-pointer with 3:23 remaining.

–Field level media