No. 5 Xavier Returns Home To Host Georgetown On Tuesday Night

CINCINNATI – No. 5/6 Xavier hosts Georgetown on Tuesday night at Cintas Center. Game time is 8:30 p.m. on FS1 and 700 WLW.

THE MATCHUP

No. 5/6 Xavier University Musketeers (16-1, 4-1 BIG EAST)
Georgetown University Hoyas (11-7, 4-2 BIG EAST)
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 at 8:30 P.M. ET
at Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Joe Davis and analysis from Bill Raftery.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-AM with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famer and former Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman ('79). Analysis will be provided by Xavier Hall of Famer and XU all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin ('88).

X-FACTORS IN 140 CHARACTERS

• Xavier, 16-1 overall and 4-1 in the BIG EAST, is coming off a 74-66 win at Marquette.
• Xavier's 16-1 record marks the best record in Xavier history after 17 games.
• Xavier is ranked a school-record No. 5 in the AP Poll and a school-record-tying No. 6 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier is ranked No. 3 in the NCAA Official Men's Basketball RPI.
• Xavier head coach Chris Mack, who was named midseason National Coach of the Year by Sporting News, is 2nd on XU's all-time wins list (150).
• Xavier has four players with double-figure scoring averages.
• Xavier, BIG EAST rebound margin leader at +10.8 rpg., is ranked 9th in the nation.
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett, who has scored in double figures in 16 of XU's 17 games, is the BIG EAST Player of the Week.
• Xavier freshman Edmond Sumner is BIG EAST Freshman of the Week for the third time this season.
• Xavier senior James Farr leads XU in rebounding at 8.9 rpg. (3rd in the BIG EAST) including his career-high 19-rebound game at Marquette.
• Xavier junior Myles Davis is first in the BIG EAST and third in the nation in free throw pct. at .935.
• Xavier has made more free throws (342) than its opponents have attempts (308).
• Xavier has made nine of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, one of only 11 schools that have at least nine in that stretch.
• Xavier has been to five NCAA Sweet 16s in the last eight years, one of only nine schools with at least five in that stretch.
• Xavier has graduated the last 96 men's basketball players that have played as seniors, including all three seniors from last year's team.

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