Undefeated No. 6 Xavier Heads To Wake Forest For Final Non-Conference Test

Tuesday, December 22

Winston-Salem, NC

7 P.M.

Xavier University

Wake Forest University

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Undefeated No. 6 Xavier Heads To Wake Forest For Final Non-Conference Test

12.20.15 | Men's Basketball

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI – The No. 6 Xavier University Musketeers, 11-0, head to Winston-Salem, N.C., for a Tuesday game against the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, 8-2. The Skip Prosser Classic matchup, XU's final non-conference game, has special meaning to both programs.

THE MATCHUP

No. 6 Xavier University Musketeers (11-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Wake Forest University Demon Deacons (8-2, 0-0 ACC)
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,655)
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 at 7 P.M. ET

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: Regional sports networks, including FOX Sports Ohio in Ohio, FOX Sports South and other networks depending on part of the country; also available on
ESPN3 and WatchESPN. Wes Durham provides play-by-play with analysis from Mike Gminski.
Radio: 55KRC-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 head coach Chris Mack was an assistant at Wake Forest for three years under Skip Prosser from 2001-04.
• Xavier is ranked No. 6 in the AP Poll & USA Today Coaches Poll, the highest rankings in school history.
• Xavier's 11-0 start is the best start in school history.
• Xavier has five players with double-figure scoring averages.
• Xavier is ranked No. 1 in the latest NCAA Official Men's Basketball RPI.
• Xavier, BIG EAST rebound margin leader at +13.5 rpg., is ranked 5th in the nation.
• Xavier has made more free throws (227) than its opponents have attempts (198).
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett leads XU in scoring at 14.5 ppg. (8th in BIG EAST) and is second in rebounding (10th in BIG EAST at 7.5 rpg.).
• Xavier junior Myles Davis, named on the Dec. 14 BIG EAST Honor Roll, is second on the team in scoring (11.1 ppg.) and assists (3.0 apg.).
• Xavier senior James Farr, who leads XU in rebounding at 8.6 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.