Sundays championship game of the Tires Pro Invitational features two early breakout stars in No. 11 Xaviers J.P. Macura and Northern Iowas Klint Carlson.Macura, a junior sharpshooter, poured in a career-high 28 points in the Musketeers win over Clemson on Friday. It was an impressive performance highlighted by six 3-pointers, some from way beyond the arc.Clemson coach Brad Brownell called Macura unbelievable. He just kept backing up on us, Brownell said.Xavier coach Chris Mack credited Macuras teammates for getting him the ball. The Musketeers (4-0) had 17 assists.His teammates really wanted to find him, Mack told reporters. If youre hot the way he was, its nice to know that people are looking for him in transition. And we ran a few plays for him to get him open.Carlson was equally spectacular in Northern Iowas comeback win over Oklahoma on Friday. He scored 22 points and led the Panthers back from an 18-point deficit in the second half with a barrage of 3-pointers and some slick moves to the basket. Eighteen of Carlsons points came in the last six minutes of regulation and overtime.I guess I was feeling it, Carlson told reporters after the overtime win over the Sooners. I dont even remember how many shots I took, but at that point, I was just glad they were going in.Xavier and Northern Iowa each suffered heartbreaking losses in the NCAA Tournament last season. The Musketeers surrendered two 3-pointers to Wisconsin in the final 12 seconds of a second-round loss to the Badgers.Four of the Musketeers top six scorers returned from last years NCAA Tournament team, including junior guard Trevon Bluiett, who had 21 points against Clemson.Bluiett, who needs just eight points to reach 1,000 for his career, combines with Macura to give Xavier one of the top backcourts in the nation.Macura was the Big Easts sixth man of the year last season and looks like hell contend for player of the year this season. Hes averaging 19.5 points during the Musketeers 4-0 start. Xavier is expected to contend with defending national champion Villanova in the Big East.Last season for Northern Iowa ended in gut-wrenching fashion. The Panthers squandered a 12-point lead in the final 44 seconds against Texas A&M and ended up losing in overtime to the Aggies in the second round of tournament.Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson has a relatively young roster, featuring seven freshmen, but the Panthers played beyond their years in the comeback win against Oklahoma.We kept playing defense and rebounding when our offense was not very good and I like that, Jacobson said after the win over the Sooners. And the other thing I like was that a relatively new group believed we could get all the way back.The Musketeers and Panthers will tip off at approximately 7:30 p.m. Sunday at HP Field House in Orlando, Fla.Xavier has won three regular-season tournament titles in the last 10 seasons. Blue Jays Jerseys 2019 . Fernandez, coached in Toronto by former two-time Olympic silver medallist Brian Orser, scored 267.11 points and is the first champion to successfully defend since Russias Evgeny Plushenko in 2005 and 2006. 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In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety. AUBURN, Ala. - The No. 18 Kentucky volleyball team scored the final three points of the match to cap a rally from a 2-0 deficit to take down Auburn in a five-set thriller, 23-25, 22-25, 26-24, 30-28, 15-12.UK improves to 18-5 overall and 11-1 in the Southeastern Conference. Auburn drops to 13-12 overall and 7-5 in league play. The Wildcats will return home for a match with Missouri at Noon ET in Memorial Coliseum on Sunday.This game showed our never-die attitude and I think this team is unfazed by situations, head coach Craig Skinner said. We will continue to believe in each other and fight for each other. Tonight was a great match to show that.Auburn pushed UK to the limit, taking the first two sets from the Wildcats and forced the third and fourth set past 25 points. The Wildcats were down 27-26 in the fourth set facing elimination, but an incredible dig from junior Ashley Dusek helped UK survive two free balls to earn a point on an attack error.Dusek tied her season-best with 27 digs during the five-set win, and hit the 1,000 dig mark for her career. Dusek sits fifth in school history during the 25-point rally scoring era with 1,025 digs. Five Wildcats - freshman Leah Edmond, senior Anni Thomasson, sophomore Olivia Dailey, sophomore McKenzie Watson and Dusek - all had double-digit digs during the contestEdmond hit the double-digit mark for kills for the 19th time this season and led the squad with 20 kills. The Lexington, Kentucky native picked up her seventh double-double of the season, a team-high with 12 digs and the 20 kills.Dailey earned another double-double as she registered 45 assists and 10 scoops in the win. The double-double is her third of the season.Junior Kaz Brown was fantastic at the net as she picked up nine block assists and one block solo, which tied her season-best at 10 blocks. The Waterloo, Iowa native also added nine kills and two digs in the contest. Classmate Darian Mack chipped in with nine kills and six blocks. Junior Emily Franklin had seven kills and a trio of blocks, while senior Sharay Barnes contributed five kills and two blocks.Serving errors played a major role in the contest. The two teams combined for 42 errors during the contest, and Auburn committed 25 of those.Set 1 Auburn picked up the five of the first six points in the match and put the pressure on UK early. Auburn went up 9-3 and forced a UK timeout. After the timeout, Kentucky regrouped and got a point back on block from Brown and Mack. After the Tigers answered, UK rattled off three-straight points to cut the lead to 10-7. The set went back--and-forth until Auburn earned a 16-11 lead.dddddddddddd UK went on another 3-0 run which was capped by a Franklin kill to make the set 16-14. Edmond was able to get the set tied at 18-18, and no team could get above a one-point lead until Auburn took set point, 25-23. Dusek had six digs in the set and reached the 1,000 milestone in her career.Set 2 Kentucky started with the sets first point and the squads went back-and-forth early on. UK gained some space on Auburn at 7-3 from a block by Mack and Brown. When UK had an 8-5 advantage, Auburn rattled off four-straight points to gain a 9-8 lead. Kentucky would retake the lead at 11-10 from an Edmond kill and hold it until Auburn took a 17-16 lead. The match would go seesaw until Auburn pulled ahead, 24-21. Brown earned a kill to cut the lead to two, but Auburn would win the set 25-22.Set 3 Franklin started the set with a kill. Much like the first two sets, neither team could find separation. Up 7-5, UK rattled off three-straight points, capped by a Dailey service ace, to take a 9-5 lead. The Tigers would respond with a 5-0 run of its own which forced a UK timeout. Out of the timeout, Kentucky picked up a kill from Edmond and an attack error to retake the lead at 13-12. The two teams would trade points until the score was 18-18. The Tigers scored two-straight and UK would answer with three straight. Auburn was able tie the set at 24-24 before kills from Edmond and Thomasson gave UK the third set.Set 4 Every set was close, and the fourth set was no different. No team took more than a two-point lead in the stanza. Auburn took the lead at 25-24, and Kentucky responded with a Mack kill. UK took the lead with an attack error. The Tigers responded with two points of their own to retake the lead, 27-26. After Dusek saved the match with a dig, Kentucky won the set 30-28 with an Edmond kill.Set 5 UK started the final set on a 3-0 run capped by an Auburn attacking error. The set went back-and-forth until Kentucky took the final four points of the set. Edmond, Brown and Mack all picked up kills to make the set 14-12 and Edmond won the match on a service ace.BY THE NUMBERS 1,025 - Career digs from junior Ashley Dusek who matched a season high with 27 scoops 20 - Match-high kills from freshman Leah Edmond 10 - Blocks from junior Kaz Brown, matching a season best 3 - Double-doubles on the year for sophomore setter Olivia Dailey 2 - Sets the Wildcats overcame to win the match.? ' ' '