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No. 17 Xavier Hosts Wake Forest Saturday In Skip Prosser Classic Presented By BB&T
12.15.16 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers shooting for 29th straight non-conference home win
No. 17 Xavier, 8-2, hosts Wake Forest, 8-2, on Saturday night in the Skip Prosser Classic presented by BB&T. Xavier is shooting for its 29th straight non-conference home win at Cintas Center. The game will be broadcast on FS1 and 700 WLW-AM.
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 THE MATCHUP |
No. 17/17 Xavier University Musketeers (8-2, 0-0 BIG EAST Conf.)
Wake Forest University Demon Deacons (8-2, 0-0 ACC)
Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 8 p.m. ET
at Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University
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 TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FS1 with Gus Johnson (pbp) and Tarik Turner (analyst).
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:Â GoXavier.com
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 X-FACTORS |
• Xavier head coach Chris Mack was an assistant at Wake Forest for three years under Skip Prosser from 2001-04.
• Xavier is No. 3 in the latest NCAA Official RPI report. BIG EAST rivals Villanova (1) and Creighton (4) are also in the top four as is Baylor (2), which hosted XU on Dec. 3.
• Xavier is not the only BIG EAST team enjoying success. Entering the weekend action, the BIG EAST non-conference record stands at 77-24 (.763). The top seven teams are a combined 61-10 (.859).
• Xavier is No. 17 in the AP Poll and No. 17 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST in rebound margin (+9.5 rpg.) and has outrebounded all 10 of its opponents this season.Â
• Xavier has won 28 straight non-conference home games at Cintas Center.
• Xavier senior RaShid Gaston leads the team and is second in the BIG EAST in rebounding at 7.5 rpg. after grabbing a game-high 14 rebounds in the Utah win.
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett, a 2016-17 USA TODAY preseason Third Team All-American, leads XU in scoring at 19.2 ppg. (sixth in the BIG EAST).
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is 34th on XU's career scoring list with 1,112 points.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett has posted a team-high six 20-point games this season, including a career-high 27 on a career-high tying six 3-pointers at Colorado.
• Xavier junior J.P. Macura is second on the team in scoring (11th in the BIG EAST at 15.0 ppg.) and leads the team in steals (tied for second in the BIG EAST at 2.2 spg.) and free-throw shooting (sixth in BIG EAST at 89.5%).
• Xavier sophomore Edmond Sumner is third on the team in scoring at 14.2 ppg. (14th in the BIG EAST) and leads the team in assists at 4.3 apg. (fourth in BIG EAST).
• 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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