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Visit to No. 3 Villanova is Up Next for No. 15/14 Xavier
01.08.17 | Men's Basketball
Seven-day stretch has XU at Villanova and Butler before hosting Creighton
CINCINNATI - No. 15/14 Xavier, 13-2 overall and 3-0 in the BIG EAST Conference, takes a six-game winning streak to No. 3 Villanova on Tuesday night. XU is the last remaining unbeaten team in BIG EAST play. The game will be broadcast on FS1 and 700 WLW-AM.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 15/14 Xavier University Musketeers (13-2, 3-0 BIG EAST Conf.)
No. 3/3 Villanova University Wildcats (15-1, 3-1 BIG EAST Conf.)
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. ET
at The Pavilion (6,500) in Villanova, Pa.
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FS1 with Gus Johnson (pbp), Bill Raftery (analyst) and Shannon Spake (reporter). .
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, 13-2 overall and 3-0 in the BIG EAST, has won six straight games. XU is the last remaining unbeaten team in BIG EAST play.
• Xavier has a tough seven-day stretch ahead at Villanova on Jan. 10 and at Butler on Jan. 14 before hosting Creighton on Jan. 16 on MLK Day.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is No. 18 nationally in rebound margin (+8.1 rpg.).
• Xavier's Edmond Sumner is second on the team in scoring (12th in BIG EAST at 15.6 ppg.) and first in assists (third in BIG EAST at 4.9 apg.).
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett, a 2016-17 USA TODAY preseason Third Team All-American, leads XU in scoring at 17.7 ppg. (seventh in the BIG EAST) and has posted a team-high eight 20-point games this season.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is 29th on XU's career scoring list with 1,186 points.
• Xavier senior RaShid Gaston leads the team and is seventh in the BIG EAST in rebounding at 6.3 rpg.; ranked third in the league in offensive reb. at 2.6 rpg.
• Xavier junior J.P. Macura is third on the team in scoring (16th in the BIG EAST at 14.7 ppg.) and leads the team in steals (third in the BIG EAST at 1.9 spg.) and free-throw shooting (fifth in BIG EAST at 87.3%).
• Xavier senior Myles Davis is back on the active roster after sitting out the first 15 games; Davis started 33 games as a junior, averaging 10.8 ppg. and 4.1 apg.
• 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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