Xavier Postgame Notes

Dec. 28, 2013

Xavier Postgame Notes

Xavier 68 (10-3), Wake Forest 53 (10-3)
Skip Prosser Classic Presented by PNC
December 28, 2013
Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Milestones

The win is Chris Mack's 100th as the Musketeers' head coach and gives him a 100-47 record (.680).
Xavier's rebounding margin of 50-34 over the Demon Deacons was the biggest rebounding margin by any Wake Forest opponent this season. The previous high by a Wake Forest opponent was six by Tennessee on November 30 in the Battle 4 Atlantis.
The Demon Deacons came into the game ranked eighth nationally with 43.6 rebounds per game.

Career and Season Highs and Game Leaders

Matt Stainbrook recorded his third double-double in a Xavier uniform, with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Stainbrook's 21 points are a career high at Xavier. He scored 17 at Alabama on December 21. Stainbrook also scored 32 for Western Michigan against South Dakota State on November 12, 2011.
Stainbrook's nine field goals are also a Xavier-career high.
James Farr's 13 points were two short of his career high of 15 which came against Bowling Green this season on December 7.
Justin Martin's eight rebounds are a season high. He pulled down six in the Bowling Green game on December 7.

Team Notes

The Musketeers' 42 first-half points were the most they have scored in any first half this season. They scored 41 against Gardner-Webb in the season opener on November 8 and again on December 14 in the Skyline Chili Crosstown Classic at U.S. Bank Arena against Cincinnati.
Xavier held the Demon Deacons to their lowest scoring total of the season. Wake Forest's previous low was 59, in its last game, a December 21 victory at home over the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Xavier's 50 rebounds are the most any Wake Forest opponent has pulled down this season.
Xavier remains undefeated this season in the United States. Its three losses came in the Bahamas, in the Battle 4 Atlantis November 28, 29 and 30.
The Musketeers have won nine in a row at Cintas Center, dating back to a 77-72 loss to Massachusetts last season on March 2, 2013.

Series Notes
Xavier now leads the all-time series with Wake Forest, 3-2. The home team has prevailed in each game. The schools have split the four Skip Prosser Classic games, 2-2. The Musketeers also defeated Wake Forest 87-76 in an NIT game at Cincinnati Gardens on March 15, 1999. Skip Prosser coached the Musketeers that game.

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Players Mentioned

James Farr

Justin Martin

Matt Stainbrook

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