Xavier University Athletics
Post Game Notes
11.17.08 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 17, 2008
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Xavier (2-0) gave Head Coach Sean Miller a nice 40th birthday gift with an 81-65 victory against Toledo (0-2). The Musketeers were led by B.J. Raymond who scored 18 points, including 7-for-8 from the field and 4-for-4 from behind the three-point arc. Derrick Brown and Dante Jackson each added 14 points for the Musketeers. Brown paced XU with 8 rebounds while Jackson contributed 4 assists. Toledo was led by Tyrone Kent who scored a career-high and Cintas Center opponent-record 37 points and Jonathan Amos who added 10. Justin Anyijong grabbed 5 rebounds and Anthony Byrd chipped in 4 assists.
Xavier extended its home winning streak to 12 games with tonight's victory. The Musketeers were 16-1 last season at home. XU is now 108-16 (.871) all-time in its ninth season at its on-campus arena. The Musketeers are 54-6 (.900) during that span against non-conference opponents.
Danté Jackson scored a career-high 14 points. His previous high was 7 points against Coppin State (11-20-07) and Virginia (1-3-08). He also matched his career highs with 2 three-pointers and 4 assists. He previously hit a pair of treys against Dayton (1-24-08) and Virginia (1-3-08), and had 4 assists against Coppin State (11-20-07). Jackson saw a career-high 34 minutes of action tonight. His previous high was 26 against Richmond (3-8-08).
Toledo's Tyrone Kent scored a career-high 37 points (32 in the second half) on 11-for-21 shooting from the field and 10-for-10 from the free throw line. His previous high was 27 against Missouri State (11-10-07). The 37 points are also the most scored by an XU opponent at Cintas Center. The previous high was 33 by Saint Joseph's Delonte West (1-17-04). Kent also tied his career high with 5 three-pointers. He's connected on 5 treys on two other occasions, most recently at Illinois-Chicago (12-19-07).
Xavier committed its 12th turnover of the first half at the 8:09 mark, but did not commit another turnover the rest of the half.
With the scored tied 15-all at 7:45, XU finished the half on a 21-4 run to take a 36-19 lead into intermission. Jamel McLean led six Musketeers in scoring during the stretch with 6 points. The Rockets were held to 1-for-8 shooting during the XU run, and committed 4 turnovers. For the half, Toledo shot just 27.6 percent (8-for-29) from the field.
After Toledo cut XU's lead to 60-47 at 8:18, the Musketeers went on a 10-0 run to take a 70-47 lead at 6:04. Jason Love was a perfect 4-for-4 at the foul line to lead XU scorers during the stretch.
Up Next: Xavier returns to action on Thursday, November 20, against Missouri in the first round of the O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Tigers lead the all-time series with XU, 2-1, including victories in the last two meetings. In their most recent contest, fifth-ranked Missouri handed XU a 72-60 defeat on November 21, 2001, during the John Wooden Tradition at Conseco Fieldhouse. XU's only win in the series was a memorable one, as the 13th seeded Musketeers knocked off fourth-seeded Missouri, 70-69, in the first round of the 1987 NCAA Midwest Regional at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. The win marked the first NCAA Tournament victory for Xavier, and also was the first basketball game every played at the Hoosier Dome. In that game, Byron Larkin, XU's all-time leading scorer and an analyst for Xavier's radio broadcast team, poured in a game-high 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Future XU Hall of Famer Tyrone Hill grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds.
