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No. 7/7 Xavier Visits No. 9/11 Baylor on Saturday Afternoon in Top-10 Showdown on ESPN2
12.01.16 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers looking for their fourth straight win vs. top 10 teams
CINCINNATI - Xavier, 7-0 and ranked No. 7 in the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls, visits No. 9/11 Baylor, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon. Xavier is shooting for its 21st straight regular season non-conference victory and its fourth straight win vs. AP Top 10 competition. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2 and 700 WLW-AM.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 7/7 Xavier University Musketeers (7-0, 0-0 BIG EAST Conference)
at No. 9/11 Baylor University Bears (7-0, 0-0 Big 12 Conference)
Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. CT)
at Ferrell Center (10,284) in Waco, Texas
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: ESPN2 with Rich Hollenberg and Sean Farnham.
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).
Live Stats: GoXavier.com
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X-FACTORS |
• Xavier, 7-0, has won 21 straight regular season non-conference games.
• Xavier has won seven straight games to open the season, a streak that trails only XU's 2015-16 (12-0) and 2011-12 (8-0) teams under head coach Chris Mack.
• Xavier's in the top 10 again this week at No. 7 in the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls. Villanova (2) and Creighton (10) of the BIG EAST are also in the AP Top 10.
• Xavier, facing its first AP Top 10 opponent (No. 9 Baylor), won all three games last season vs. the AP Top 10 with wins over Villanova, Butler and at Providence.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST in field goal percentage defense (.404) and rebound margin (+10.4 rpg.). Baylor shoots 47.3 percent from the field and is at +6.6 rpg.
• Xavier last faced Baylor in a 2012 NCAA Regional Semi; BU was AP No. 9 then also.
• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett, a 2016-17 USA TODAY preseason Third Team All-American, leads XU in scoring (17.7 ppg.) and rebounding (6.1 rpg.).
• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett, 48th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,044 career points, has posted a team-high four 20-point games this season, including 23 on Tuesday.
• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett and so. Edmond Sumner made the Wooden Award, Naismith Award and Lute Olson Award watch lists; preseason 1st Team All-BIG EAST.
• Xavier jr. J.P. Macura is second on the team in scoring (16.7 ppg.) and assists (3.4 apg.) and leads the team in steals (2.3 spg.) and free-throw shooting (96.7%).
• Xavier so. Edmond Sumner is third on the team in scoring at 14.6 ppg. and leads the team in assists at 4.2 apg. He is second on the team in steals (1.9 spg.)
• Xavier, 28-6 overall last season, made its 10th NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 11 years. XU is one of only nine schools that can say that.
• Xavier has a list of 100 consecutive men's basketball seniors that have graduated dating back to the 1985-86 school year.
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