Men's Basketball Hosts Cincinnati On Saturday In Annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout

Saturday, December 2

Cincinnati, Ohio

12 p.m.

Xavier University

Cincinnati

Men's Basketball Hosts Cincinnati On Saturday In Annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout

11.30.17 | Men's Basketball

Crosstown Shootout Game Notes

Musketeers shooting for fourth win in last five meetings.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI — No. 21/20 Xavier, 6-1, hosts No. 11/9 Cincinnati, 7-0, on Saturday at noon at Cintas Center. Xavier and Cincinnati are meeting for the 85th time. UC leads the series 50-34, although XU has won three of the last four meetings and seven of the last 10. Xavier, coming off a 76-63 win over No. 16 Baylor on Tuesday, has won 34 straight non-conference home games with its last loss coming in the 2012-13 season.

THE MATCHUP

SKYLINE CHILI CROSSTOWN SHOOTOUT
No. 21/20 Xavier University Musketeers (6-1, 0-0 BIG EAST)
No. 11/9 University of Cincinnati Bearcats (7-0, 0-0 AAC)
Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 12 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,224) in Cincinnati, Ohio

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Justin Kutcher and analysis from Len Elmore. Evan Daniels is the sideline reporter.
Radio: 55KRC-AM, including via iHeart Radio, 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). Broadcast also available on Sirius XM: Sirius (108), XM (202) and Internet (962).
Live Stats: Fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X-FACTORS

• Xavier, 6-1, is No. 21 in the new AP Poll and No. 20 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier and Cincinnati are meeting for the 85th time. UC leads the series 50-34, although XU has won three of the last four games.
• Xavier has won seven of the last 10 and 14 of the last 21 games vs. Cincinnati.
• Xavier is 6-1 vs. UC at Cintas Center, including six straight wins over the Bearcats.
• Xavier's game vs. UC is the second game of a season-long six-game homestand.
• Xavier is hosting its second straight top 25 opponent, having defeated No. 16 Baylor 76-63 on Tuesday.
• Xavier has won 34 straight non-conference home games with its last loss coming in the 2012-13 season.
• Xavier is 232-35 (.869) all-time at Cintas Center, including 4-0 this season. That all-time winning percentage is ranked sixth in the nation.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is second nationally in field goal percentage at .550.
• Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett is third in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.7 ppg. He is ninth on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,723 points.
• Xavier senior guard J.P. Macura is 15th in the BIG EAST in scoring at 14.6 ppg. He is 32nd on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,156 points.
• Xavier, a 2017 NCAA Elite Eight team, has made it to at least the Sweet 16 six times in the last 10 years, one of only nine schools that can say that. XU is one of only eight schools have been to at least 11 of the last 12 NCAA tournaments.
• Xavier has graduated 105 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.

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