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No. 8 Xavier Returns Home On Wednesday To Host Marquette
01.23.18 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers are shooting for their fourth straight win.
CINCINNATI --- Xavier, 18-3 overall and 6-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, returns home on Wednesday for a BIG EAST clash with Marquette at 6:30 p.m. XU is shooting for its fourth straight win. Senior Trevon Bluiett enters the game 13 points shy of becoming Xavier's fifth 2,000-point scorer.
Xavier head coach Chris Mack and his staff will participate in the annual Coaches vs. Cancer Suits And Sneakers™ Week for the Marquette game. The week of January 22-28 is a nationwide event that unites coaches across the country to raise funds and awareness about the fight against cancer, and promotes the American Cancer Society.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 8/8 Xavier University Musketeers (18-3, 6-2 BIG EAST)
Marquette University Golden Eagles (13-6, 4-3 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,224) in Cincinnati, Ohio
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Vince Welch and analysis from Nick Bahe.
Xavier Radio: 55KRC-AM, including via iHeart Radio, with play-by-play from XU 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: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com.
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X-FACTORS |
• Xavier, 18-3 overall and 6-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, won its third straight game with a 73-64 win at then-No. 19 Seton Hall on Saturday.
• Xavier is No. 8 in the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll, XU's eighth straight week in the top 15 of both major polls, including sixth in eight weeks in the top 10.
• Xavier is No. 3 in the latest NCAA Official RPI (1-23-18), one of three BIG EAST schools in the top 20 and one of seven BIG EAST schools in the top 50.
• Xavier senior J.P. Macura is the BIG EAST Player of the Week after tallying 21.5 ppg., 4.0 rpg. and 3.5 apg. in two XU wins, including 27 points at Seton Hall.
• Xavier's J.P. Macura, who is second on the team in scoring at 13.4 ppg. (20th in the BIG EAST), is 24th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,321 points.
• Xavier senior Trevon Bluiett, who is sixth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.1 ppg., is just 13 points shy of becoming the fifth 2,000-point scorer in XU history.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is getting plenty of midseason national honors: Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List, Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 and Midseason Second Team All-American (NBC and Sporting News).
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin is second in the BIG EAST Conference in assists at 5.3 apg. and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.29.
• Xavier junior Kaiser Gates has given Xavier a big boost off the bench the last three games with 12.3 ppg. and 5.0 rpg., while shooting 63.2 percent (12-of-19).
• Xavier ninth-year head coach Chris Mack is XU's all-time wins leader at 204-94.
• 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.
