Unbeaten No. 10 Men's Basketball Squad Closes Out Homestand on Saturday Against Auburn

Saturday, December 19

Cincinnati, Ohio

12 P.M.

Xavier University

Auburn University

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Unbeaten No. 10 Men's Basketball Squad Closes Out Homestand on Saturday Against Auburn

12.17.15 | Men's Basketball

Tip-off is slated for noon from Cintas Center

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI – Undefeated No. 10 Xavier hosts Auburn on Saturday at noon. A win over the Tigers would give the Musketeers their best start in school history.

THE MATCHUP

No. 10 Xavier University Musketeers (10-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Auburn University Tigers (5-2, 0-0 SEC)
Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015 at 12 P.M. ET

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Joe Davis and analysis from Nick Bahe.
Radio: 700 WLW-AM with play-by-play from Xavier 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).

X-FACTORS IN 140 CHARACTERS

• Xavier, 10-0 and ranked No. 10 in the AP Poll & USA Today Coaches Poll, is coming off a 65-55 win over No. 23 Cincinnati on Saturday.
• Xavier's 10-0 start is the best under head coach Chris Mack and equals the school-record 10-0 start in 1996-97.
• Xavier has six players with double-figure scoring averages.
• Xavier is ranked No. 1 in the latest NCAA Official Men's Basketball RPI.
• Xavier is 17-5 vs. SEC teams since 2008, a mark that has been compiled against nine different current SEC members.
• Xavier, BIG EAST rebound margin leader at +13.2 rpg., is ranked 6th in the nation.
• Xavier has made more free throws (209) than its opponents have attempts (179).
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett leads XU in scoring at 14.6 ppg. (9th in BIG EAST) and is second in rebounding (5th in BIG EAST at 7.9 rpg.).
• Xavier junior Myles Davis, who is on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, is second on the team in scoring (11.7 ppg.) and assists (2.8 apg.).
• Xavier senior James Farr, who leads XU in rebounding at 8.4 rpg. (third in BIG EAST), scored a career-high 18 points vs. WKU on Dec. 5.
• Xavier has made nine of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, one of only 11 schools that have at least nine in that stretch.
• Xavier has been to five NCAA Sweet 16s in the last eight years, one of only nine schools with at least five in that stretch.
• Xavier has graduated each of the last 96 men's basketball players that have played as seniors, including all three seniors from last year's team.