Xavier University Athletics
Xavier Looks To Tame Broncos In Season Opener
11.11.10 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 11, 2010
Xavier Musketeers (0-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) vs. Western Michigan Broncos (0-0, 0-0 Mid-American)
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Xavier University's Cintas Center (10,250)
Television: FOX Sports Ohio with play-by-play from Brad Johansen and analysis from former Musketeer captain Steve Wolf (Xavier `83). Jim Day hosts the "Musketeers Live" half-hour pre-game show at 6:30 p.m.
Radio: 700 WLW-AM 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).
HONORING VETS
• Xavier Athletics will provide two complimentary tickets to Opening Night at Cintas Center to all active duty, retirees, and reserve members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. at Cintas Center. Military personnel will receive free admission to Friday's game by presenting a government issued Military ID or evidence of military service at the Xavier Athletics Ticket Office. Tickets can be secured in advance or on game day, subject to availability. Guests attending the game with military personnel will receive the group discount of $2 OFF the individual ticket price.
THE X'S AND O'S
• Xavier has won 20 straight regular season openers (19 at home and one on the road) with its last loss in an opener coming in the 1989-90 "Sweet 16" season to Southern Utah State at Cincinnati Gardens (97-90 on December 2, 1989).
• Xavier has won all 10 of its season openers at Cintas Center, including an 83-57 win over Youngstown State last season (11-13-09) in the first game under head coach Chris Mack.
• Xavier which has completed 10 seasons at Cintas Center, finished the 2009-10 season with a perfect record (15-0) for the first time in the building's history.
• Xavier now has a 24-game winning streak at Cintas Center, its on campus home. It is the third-longest active home court winning streak in the country and the longest by any XU squad since the building opened for the 2000-01 season.
• Xavier split the two games of the 2010-11 exhibition season with a 73-62 exhibition game win over local NCAA Division II foe Northern Kentucky University on Nov. 2 and a 63-61 loss to NCAA Division II Bellarmine on Nov. 6 at Cintas Center.
• Xavier will again be without the services of two returning lettermen for tonight's game due to injury, senior Jamel McLean and junior Brad Redford. Redford suffered a season-ending knee injury during an October practice session.
• Xavier junior Tu Holloway is a nominee for the Bob Cousy Award, which is given annually to the nation's best collegiate point guard. Holloway finished second on the team in scoring (12.1 ppg.) as a sophomore and led the team in assists (3.9 apg.), including a 26-point, six-assist game against Kansas State in the NCAA Tournament West Region Semifinals.
