No. 11/10 Men's Basketball Heads To Florida For Tire Pros Invitational

Thursday, November 17

Orlando, Fla.

1 p.m.

Xavier University

Missouri

No. 11/10 Men's Basketball Heads To Florida For Tire Pros Invitational

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Musketeers look to win third straight, open Tire Pros Invite Against Missouri on Thursday

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - After a 2-0 start, No. 11/10 Xavier men's basketball takes on Missouri on Thursday afternoon in the first round of the Tire Pros Invitational.

The tournament, which was originally slated for Puerto Rico, is now being played at HP Fieldhouse at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla., the same site as where XU won the Advocare Invitational last season.

THE MATCHUP

No. 11/10 Xavier University Musketeers (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
vs. University of Missouri Tigers (1-0, 0-0 SEC)
Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. ET
Tire Pros Invitational at HP Fieldhouse (5,500)
at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (Orlando, Fla.)

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: ESPNU with Alvaro Martin and Cory Alexander.
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).
Live Stats: GoXavier.com

X-FACTORS

• Xavier, 2-0, is coming off an 86-53 win on Monday night over Buffalo, the two-time defending MAC Champion.
• Xavier is ranked 11th in the first regular season Associated Press Poll and 10th in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier won the Advocare Invitational last season at HP Fieldhouse in Orlando.
• Xavier is 18-5 in games against nine different current SEC members since the 2008 season, including a pair of wins over Missouri.
• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett scored a career-high 25 points in the Lehigh win, while grabbing a game-high 11 rebounds and earning a BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll spot.
• 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, 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 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 a list of 100 consecutive men's basketball seniors that have graduated dating back to the 1985-86 school year.