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No. 9/8 Men's Basketball Returns Home To Host Northern Iowa On Saturday
11.23.16 | Men's Basketball
Game is a rematch of Sunday's Tire Pros Invitational Championship Game.
CINCINNATI – No. 9/8 Xavier takes on Northern Iowa in a rematch of Sunday's Tire Pros Invitational Championship Game. XU, 5-0, is playing the first game of a two-game homestand. The game will be broadcast on FSN and 55KRC-AM.
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 THE MATCHUP |
No. 9/8 Xavier University Musketeers (5-0, 0-0 BIG EAST Conf.)
vs. University of Northern Iowa Panthers (3-1, 0-0 MVC)
Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 12 p.m. ET
at Xavier University's Cintas Center (10,250) in Cincinnati
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 TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FSN (including FOX Sports Ohio) with Vince Welch and Dickey Simpkins.
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:Â GoXavier.com
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 X-FACTORS |
• Xavier, 5-0, defeated Missouri, Clemson and Northern Iowa to win the championship of the Tire Pros Invitational in Orlando Nov. 17-20.Â
• Xavier, which had never played Northern Iowa prior to this season, is set to play UNI a second time within a week.Â
• Xavier has played back-to-back vs. the same non-conference opponent seven times previously; XU has not done it since facing Yale two straight games in 1960.
• Xavier is back in the top 10 at No. 9 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 8 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier jr. J.P. Macura earned a spot on the Tire Pros Invitational All-Tournament Team and this week's BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.Â
• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett, a 2016-17 USA TODAY preseason Third Team All-American, was named MVP of the Tire Pros Invitational.
• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett became the 52nd member of XU's 1,000-Point Club during his 21-point effort vs. UNI in the Tire Pros Invitational title game on Sunday.
• 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 so. Edmond Sumner is third on the team in scoring at 16.6 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 Nov. 17 on 5-of-7 shooting in a career-high tying 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.Â
• Xavier has a list of 100 consecutive men's basketball seniors that have graduated dating back to the 1985-86 school year.
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