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No. 15/14 Xavier Hosts No. 8 Creighton On Monday Afternoon As Part Of BIG EAST MLK Marathon on FS1
01.15.17 | Men's Basketball
This is Xavier's third game in seven days vs. a team in the top 12 of the AP Poll.
No. 15/14 Xavier finishes off a rugged seven-day stretch by hosting No. 8 Creighton on Monday, Jan. 16 as part of the day-long BIG EAST MLK Marathon on FS1. XU played at No. 12 Butler on Jan. 14 and at No. 3 Villanova on Jan. 10. The game will be broadcast on FS1 and 700 WLW.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 15/14 Xavier University Musketeers (13-4, 3-2 BIG EAST Conf.)
No. 8/8 Creighton University Bluejays (17-1, 4-1 BIG EAST Conf.)
Monday, January 16, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. ET
at Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FS1 with Joe Davis (pbp) and Jim Jackson (analyst).
Radio: 700 WLW-AM with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famers 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, 13-4 overall and 3-2 in the BIG EAST, is coming off an 83-78 loss at Butler.
• Xavier is finishing off a rugged seven-day stretch vs. No. 8 Creighton on Jan. 16. XU played at No. 12 Butler on Jan. 14 and at No. 3 Villanova on Jan. 10.
• Xavier has won 15 straight games overall at Cintas Center and 24 of its last 25 games. XU has won its last eight BIG EAST games at Cintas Center.
• Xavier has won all six games that have involved two AP Top 25 teams at Cintas Center, including four in the 2015-16 season.
• Xavier is second in the BIG EAST (No. 23 nationally) in rebound margin (+7.1 rpg.).
• Xavier's top active double-figure scoring game streaks: sophomore Edmond Sumner (10) and junior J.P. Macura (8).
• Xavier's Edmond Sumner is second on the team in scoring (13th in BIG EAST at 15.7 ppg.) and first in assists (third in BIG EAST at 4.6 apg.).
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett leads XU in scoring at 16.8 ppg. (eighth in the BIG EAST) and has posted a team-high eight 20-point games this season.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is 28th on XU's career scoring list with 1,206 points.
• Xavier senior RaShid Gaston leads the team and is sixth in the BIG EAST in rebounding at 6.4 rpg.; ranked third in the league in offensive reb. at 2.8 rpg.
• Xavier junior J.P. Macura is third on the team in scoring (16th in the BIG EAST at 14.5 ppg.) and leads the team in steals (third in the BIG EAST at 1.8 spg.) and free-throw shooting (tied for fifth in BIG EAST at 84.6%).
• 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.
