Remy Abel had 11 points and Dee Davis added eight points, six assists and four steals for Xavier (7-2), which shot 63.6 percent in the second half to improve to 6-0 at home this season. Freshman J.P. Macura scored eight points off the bench as the Musketeers finished 19 points below their Big East-leading scoring average.

Marcellus Barksdale had 10 points and two steals for IUPUI (2-6), which has lost four straight. The Jaguars shot 35.3 percent, including 1-of-14 from the arc, and turned the ball over 22 times.

The Musketeers shook off a listless first half by making seven consecutive shots, including 3-pointers by Macura, Abell and Davis over a 90-second span, that pushed a four-point halftime lead to 46-29 with 13 minutes left. Shortly thereafter, Bluiett scored four during a 9-2 spurt and the Jaguars got no closer than 18 the rest of the way.

In a first half that featured a combined 24 turnovers and 39.1 percent shooting, IUPUI jumped to an early 10-3 lead. Xavier clawed back and took a 19-17 lead with eight minutes to play after two hoops by Matt Stainbrook and a 3-pointer by Davis before heading into the locker room with a 27-23 edge.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Xavier had 12 turnovers in the first half - one more than its season average - and its 27 first-half points were also a season low. … The three 3-pointers for Xavier early in the second half were one more than it had in the first 23 minutes. … Stainbrook, who entered averaging 15.3 points on a Big East-leading 72.7 percent shooting, scored six points on 3-of-6 shooting.