Undefeated No. 12 Xavier Hosts Wright State On Tuesday

CINCINNATI – Xavier, 8-0 and ranked No. 12 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, hosts Wright State on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Xavier has already equaled its best start since 2008.

THE MATCHUP

No. 12/13 Xavier University Musketeers (8-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
vs. Wright State University Raiders (3-5, 0-0 HORIZON)
Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015 at 7:00 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, 8-0 and ranked No. 12 in the AP Poll & No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, is coming off a 95-64 win over Western Ky. on Sat.
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett, who had a career-high tying 21 pts. & 10 reb. vs. WKU, is on the BIG EAST Honor Roll for a 3rd straight week.
• Xavier is playing the second game of a season-high four-game homestand.
• Xavier's 8-0 start equals the best under head coach Chris Mack and best at XU since the 9-0 start in 2008-09. XU started 2011-12 at 8-0.
• Xavier's eight-game winning streak is its longest since winning the final nine regular season games of the 2010-11 season.
• Xavier has six players with double-figure scoring averages from 10.4 to 15.1 ppg.
• Xavier, BIG EAST rebound margin leader at +13.6 rpg., is ranked 7th in the nation.
• Xavier has made more free throws (176) than its opponents have attempts (160).
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett, XU's leading scorer at 15.1 ppg. (eighth in BIG EAST), has scored in double figures in all eight games.
• Xavier senior James Farr, who leads XU in rebounding at 8.5 rpg. (third in the BIG EAST), scored a career-high 18 points vs. Western Ky.
• 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.

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