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No. 11/10 Xavier Faces Northern Iowa In Sunday's Tire Pros Invitational Championship Game
11.18.16 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers looking for fourth regular season tourney title in 10 years.
ORLANDO, Fla. – No. 11/10 Xavier shoots for its fourth regular season tournament championship in 10 years when it takes on Northern Iowa on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the title game of the Tire Pros Invitational.Â
Xavier won the Advocare Invitational last season at HP Field House in Orlando, the site of this year's Tire Pros Invitational. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2 and 700 WLW.
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 THE MATCHUP |
No. 11/10 Xavier Univ. Musketeers (4-0, 0-0 BIGÂ EASTÂ Conf.)
vs. Univ. of Northern Iowa Panthers (3-0, 0-0 MVC)
Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. ET
Tire Pros Invitational Championship Game at HP Field House (5,500)
at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (Orlando, Fla.)
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 TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: ESPN2 with Rich Hollenberg and LaPhonso Ellis.
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 XavierÂ
Hall of Famer and XU all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin ('88).
Live Stats:Â Â GoXavier.com
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 X-FACTORS |
• Xavier, 4-0, defeated Missouri (83-82 in overtime) and Clemson (83-77) to reach the championship game of the Tire Pros Invitational.Â
• Xavier won the Advocare Invitational last season with wins over Alabama, USC and Dayton here at HP Field House in Orlando.
• Xavier is shooting for its fourth regular season tournament championship in 10 years, including the 2015 Advocare Invitational and the 2008 Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
• Xavier is ranked 11th in the first regular season Associated Press Poll and 10th in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier jr. J.P. Macura, listed by CBS as one of the nation's top 20 breakout players this season, leads XU in scoring at 19.5 ppg. and assists at 4.3 apg. following his career-high 28-point game with five assists vs. Clemson on Friday.Â
• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett scored 21 points vs. Clemson; his career total is 992, leaving him just 8 points shy of becoming the 52nd member of XU's 1,000-Point Club.
• Xavier so. Edmond Sumner is third on the team in scoring at 16.5 ppg., including a career high 24 points to go with six assists vs. Lehigh on Nov. 11.
• Xavier jr. Sean O'Mara scored a career-high 13 points in the Missouri win on 5-of-7 shooting in a career-high tying 25 minutes.
• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett and so. Edmond Sumner made the Wooden Award, Naismith Award and Lute Olson Award watch lists; preseason 1st 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.Â
• 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.Â
• Xavier has a list of 100 consecutive men's basketball seniors that have graduated dating back to the 1985-86 school year.
