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No. 5/4 Xavier Travels To Providence For Saturday Showdown On FOX
01.04.18 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers have won 10 straight games.
No. 5/4 Xavier, 15-1 and 3-0 in the BIG EAST Conference, takes a 10-game winning streak to Providence on Saturday for a noon tilt on FOX national, including FOX 19 in Cincinnati. XU is 3-0 in true road games so far this season.
No. 5/4 Xavier University Musketeers (15-1, 3-0 BIG EAST)
Providence College Friars (10-6, 1-2 BIG EAST)
Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. ET
Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,410) in Providence, R.I.
Television: FOX national, including FOX19 in CIncinnati, with play-by-play from Justin Kutcher and analysis from Donny Marshall.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-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: Fan stats at Friars.com and GoXavier.com.
• Xavier, 15-1, has won 10 straight games, the second-longest win streak under ninth-year head coach Chris Mack. XU won 12 straight to start the 2015-16 season.
• Xavier's 3-0 start in BIG EAST play equals its best-ever start, equaling the 3-0 starts of 2013-14 and 2016-17.
• Xavier was the first team in the nation to reach 15 wins. The 15-1 record equals the best start in XU history. The 2015-16 team won 16 games before its second loss.
• Xavier is No. 5 in the new AP Poll and No. 4 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier is No. 2 in the latest NCAA Official RPI, one of four BIG EAST schools in the top 20 and eight in the top 65.
• Xavier is third in the BIG EAST and 14th nationally in field goal percentage at .510. Sophomore forward Tyrique Jones is second in the BIG EAST at 68.6 percent.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is seventh in the nation in free-throw percentage at 78.9. That number jumps to 83.6 percent for the last five minutes and 89.6 percent for the last two minutes of games. XU has six players shooting 80 percent or better.
• Xavier senior Trevon Bluiett is third in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.8 ppg. He is fifth on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,902 points.
• Xavier senior guard J.P. Macura, who is second on the team in scoring at 13.3 ppg. (20th in the BIG EAST), is 28th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,254 points.
• Xavier head coach Chris Mack is 201-92 in his ninth year at the helm, which ranks one win shy of Xavier's all-time wins leader Pete Gillen (202 wins from 1985-94).
• 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.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 5/4 Xavier University Musketeers (15-1, 3-0 BIG EAST)
Providence College Friars (10-6, 1-2 BIG EAST)
Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. ET
Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,410) in Providence, R.I.
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FOX national, including FOX19 in CIncinnati, with play-by-play from Justin Kutcher and analysis from Donny Marshall.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-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: Fan stats at Friars.com and GoXavier.com.
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X-FACTORS |
• Xavier, 15-1, has won 10 straight games, the second-longest win streak under ninth-year head coach Chris Mack. XU won 12 straight to start the 2015-16 season.
• Xavier's 3-0 start in BIG EAST play equals its best-ever start, equaling the 3-0 starts of 2013-14 and 2016-17.
• Xavier was the first team in the nation to reach 15 wins. The 15-1 record equals the best start in XU history. The 2015-16 team won 16 games before its second loss.
• Xavier is No. 5 in the new AP Poll and No. 4 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier is No. 2 in the latest NCAA Official RPI, one of four BIG EAST schools in the top 20 and eight in the top 65.
• Xavier is third in the BIG EAST and 14th nationally in field goal percentage at .510. Sophomore forward Tyrique Jones is second in the BIG EAST at 68.6 percent.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is seventh in the nation in free-throw percentage at 78.9. That number jumps to 83.6 percent for the last five minutes and 89.6 percent for the last two minutes of games. XU has six players shooting 80 percent or better.
• Xavier senior Trevon Bluiett is third in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.8 ppg. He is fifth on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,902 points.
• Xavier senior guard J.P. Macura, who is second on the team in scoring at 13.3 ppg. (20th in the BIG EAST), is 28th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,254 points.
• Xavier head coach Chris Mack is 201-92 in his ninth year at the helm, which ranks one win shy of Xavier's all-time wins leader Pete Gillen (202 wins from 1985-94).
• 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.
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THE MATCHUP AT VILLANOVA |
WATCH | Chris Mack speaks with the media ahead of Xavier's road trip to Providence. #LetsGoX pic.twitter.com/tQq8x9DasH
— Xavier Basketball (@XavierMBB) January 5, 2018
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