Xavier University Athletics
Men's Basketball vs. LSU Game Notes Dec. 29, 2009
12.29.09 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 29, 2009
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Xavier University Musketeers vs. Louisiana State University Tigers
Tuesday, December 29, 2009, Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Game Notes
Terrell Holloway scored 20 points to lead five Musketeers in double figures as Xavier (8-4) defeated LSU (8-4), 89-65. Jordan Crawford added 17, Mark Lyons had 12, Jason Love scored 11, and Jamel McLean chipped in with 10. Kenny Frease grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds while McLean collected 10 boards. Terrell Holloway dished out six assists. Bo Spencer led LSU with 20 points while Tasmin Mitchell scored 18 points and Storm Warren added 11. Mitchell grabbed eight rebounds and three players had two assists apiece.
Xavier extended its home winning streak to 16 games with tonight’s win. XU, in its 10th season playing its home games at Cintas Center, is now 127-17 (.882) overall at its on-campus arena. XU improved to 65-7 (.903) against non-conference foes at Cintas Center.
Xavier is 8-0 this season when it scores at least 70 points, and is 7-2 when holding its opponent under 70 points.
For the second straight game, Kenny Frease eclipsed his career high in rebounding with 12 boards. Against Miami (OH) he grabbed 11 rebounds (12-23-09),
Jamel McLean registered his second double-double as a Musketeer with 10 points and 10 rebounds. He also had 10 points and 10 rebounds against IPFW in his Xavier debut (11-14-08). McLean also posted a pair of double-doubles with Tulsa.
Terrell Holloway turned in one of his finest games as a Musketeer, scoring 20 points, dishing out six assists with no turnovers, and registering three steals in 29 minutes of action. He also was 9-for-9 from the free throw line.
Xavier established a new season high in rebounding with 54 boards. The previous high was 51 against Sacred Heart (11-21-09).
Xavier commited just eight turnovers (four in the last five minutes of the game) to set a new season low for giveaways. The previous low was nine on four occasions, most recently against Miami (OH) (12-23-09).
The Musketeers shot 78.6 percent from the free throw line (22-for-28), which was the team’s second-best performance from the charity stripe this season. The only better showing was 81.1 percent (30-for-37) against Youngstown State (11-13-09).
Runs
Leading 17-12 at 11:19 of the first half, XU went on an 11-1 run to take a 28-13 lead at 8:25. Jason Love paced the Musketeer attack with 6 points.
Leading 46-32 at 19:44 of the second half, XU went on a 12-2 run to take a 58-34 lead at 16:089. Five players scored for the Musketeers during the spurt, with Mark Lyons and Jordan Crawford each hitting a 3-pointer.
Up Next: Xavier travels to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to face the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Sunday, January 3, at 5:30 p.m. XU won the only game played between the two team, defeating Wake Forest 87-76 on March 15, 1999, at Cincinnati Gardens in the National Invitation Tournament. Although the two schools have little history on the court, they share quite a bit in common when it comes to coaches. Bob Staak, who guided the Musketeers 1979 to 1985, left XU to become head coach of the Demon Deacons. History repeated itself 16 years later when Skip Prosser, XU head coach from 1994 to 2001, left to take over the Wake Forest program. XU head coach Chris Mack also worked as an assistant coach under Prosser at Wake Forest from 2001 to 2004 before returning to Xavier as an assistant. And former XU assistant Dino Gaudio, who coached under Pete Gillen and Prosser at Xavier, and worked as an assistant at Wake Forest, is now the Demon Deacons head coach.
