No. 11/10 Xavier Hosts Two-Time Defending MAC Champion Buffalo On Monday Night

CINCINNATI - No. 11/10 Xavier, 1-0, shoots to stay undefeated on Monday night at Cintas Center. XU hosts Buffalo in a 7 p.m. tilt that will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and 55KRC-AM. XU and Buffalo have never met on the basketball court.

THE MATCHUP

No. 11/10 Xavier University Musketeers (1-0, 0-0 BIG EAST CONF.)
vs. University at Buffalo Bulls (1-0, 0-0 MAC)
Monday, November 14, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. ET
at Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: CBS Sports Network with Tom McCarthy and Pete Gillen, Xavier's all-time winningest head coach.
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).
Live Stats: GoXavier.com

X-FACTORS

• Xavier's opponent, Buffalo, has made the last two NCAA Tournaments thanks to back-to-back Mid-American Conference Championships.

• Xavier's 84-81 win over Lehigh, the preseason Patriot League favorite, marked XU's 27th straight opening day win.

• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett scored a career-high 25 points in the Lehigh win, while grabbing a game-high 11 rebounds for his seventh career double-double.

• Xavier so. Edmond Sumner also scored his career high with 24 points to go with six assists vs. Lehigh.

• Xavier jr. Sean O'Mara made his first career start vs. Lehigh and tied his career high with 10 points in a career-high 25 minutes.

• Xavier is ranked 11th in the Associated Press Poll and 10th in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

• Xavier, 28-6 overall last season, made its 10th NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 11 years. XU is one of only nine schools that can say that.

• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett and so. Edmond Sumner were named to the Naismith Award and Lute Olson Award watch lists and preseason First Team All-BIG EAST.

• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett, chosen this past week as a 2016-17 USA TODAY preseason Third Team All-American, was a 2015-16 USA TODAY Third Team All-American.

• Xavier so. Edmond Sumner, a 2015-16 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team selection and a Kyle Macy Freshman All-American, is 2016-17 preseason 1st Team All-BIG EAST.

• Xavier jr. J.P. Macura, 2015-16 BIG EAST Conference Sixth Man Award winner, was listed by CBS as one of the nation's top 20 players headed to a breakout season.

• Xavier has graduated 100 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.

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