No. 12 Xavier Hosts Western Kentucky on Saturday to Open Four-Game Homestand

Saturday, December 5

Cincinnati, Ohio

8:30 P.M.

Xavier University

Western Kentucky University

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No. 12 Xavier Hosts Western Kentucky on Saturday to Open Four-Game Homestand

12.03.15 | Men's Basketball

CINCINNATI – No. 12/18 Xavier opens a four-game homestand against Western Kentucky on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. Xavier will honor the 1995-96 team, the first team to compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference, as part of the evening's festivities.

THE MATCHUP

No. 12/18 Xavier University Musketeers (7-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
vs.. Western Kentucky UNiversity Hilltoppers (4-3, 0-0 C-USA)
Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 at 8:30 P.M. ET

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Steve Physioc and analysis from Tarik Turner.
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, 7-0, is ranked No. 12 in the AP Poll & No. 18 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier blew out Dayton (90-61), Alabama (64-45) and USC (87-77) to capture the AdvoCare Invitational Championship over the holiday weekend.
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett and junior Jalen Reynolds earned spots on the All-AdvoCare Invitational team.
• Xavier has five players with scoring averages in double figures & a 6th at 9.4 ppg.
• Xavier, the BIG EAST rebounding leader at +14.4 rpg., has 3 players in the BIG EAST top 10: James Farr, Jalen Reynolds and Trevon Bluiett.
• Xavier's top three scorers include two sophomores (Trevon Bluiett and J.P. Macura) and freshman Edmond Sumner.
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett, XU's leading scorer at 14.3 ppg., has scored in double figures in all seven games.
• Xavier senior James Farr leads XU in rebounding at 9.0 rpg. (third in the BIG EAST), including a game-high 13 at Michigan.
• Xavier jr. Jalen Reynolds is a preseason BIG EAST First Team selection.
• 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.