No. 10 Xavier Heads To NYC To Take On St. John's On Wednesday Night

Wednesday, January 6

Queens, N.Y.

9 P.M.

Xavier University

St. John's University

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No. 10 Xavier Heads To NYC To Take On St. John's On Wednesday Night

01.04.16 | Men's Basketball

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI – No. 10 Xavier, 13-1 overall and 1-1 in the BIG EAST Conference, visits St. John's, 7-8 overall and 0-2 in the BIG EAST, on Wednesday night for a 9 p.m. tilt on FS1. Xavier is making its first trip to Carnesecca Arena since the 1981-82 season when Chris Mullin, now the SJU head coach, was a freshman guard.

THE MATCHUP

No. 10/12 Xavier University Musketeers (13-1, 1-1 BIG EAST)
at St. John's University Red Storm (7-8, 0-2 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 at 9 P.M. ET
at Carnesecca Arena (5,602) in Queens, N.Y.

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Joe Davis and analysis from Bill Raftery.
Xavier 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, 13-1 overall and 1-1 in the BIG EAST, is coming off an 88-69 win over then-No. 9 Butler on Saturday.
• Xavier senior Remy Abell, named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, led XU with a career-high 21 points vs. Butler, hitting 7-of-8 shots.
• Xavier is ranked No. 10 (AP Poll), No. 12 (USA Today Coaches Poll) and No. 1 in the NCAA Official Men's Basketball RPI.
• Xavier 7th-year head coach Chris Mack (147-72) is one win shy of tying second place Skip Prosser on XU's all-time wins list.
• Xavier has five players with double-figure scoring averages.
• Xavier, BIG EAST rebound margin leader at +11.8 rpg., is ranked 8th in the nation.
• Xavier has 4 players in the top 15 in FT% in the BIG EAST, including the conference leader, junior Myles Davis (.939).
• Xavier has made more free throws (281) than its opponents have attempts (256).
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett has earned a spot on BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll four times this season.
• Xavier senior James Farr leads XU in rebounding at 8.6 rpg. (third in BIG EAST) and is third in scoring (10.5 ppg.).
• 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 the last 96 men's basketball players that have played as seniors, including all three seniors from last year's team.