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No. 17/17 Xavier Hits The Road Looking For Its Fifth Straight Win
12.29.16 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers Face Georgetown On Saturday
No. 17/17 Xavier, 11-2 overall and 1-0 in the BIG EAST Conference, plays its first 2016-17 BIG EAST road game on Saturday vs. Georgetown in Washington, D.C. The game will be broadcast on FS1 and 700 WLW-AM.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 17/17 Xavier University Musketeers (11-2, 1-0 BIG EAST Conf.)
Georgetown University Hoyas (8-5, 0-1 BIG EAST Conf.)
Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. ET
at Verizon Center (20,600) in Washington, D.C.
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FS1 with Gus Johnson (pbp) and Jim Spanarkel (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: GoXavier.com
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X-FACTORS |
• Xavier is No. 4 in the latest NCAA Official RPI report. BIG EAST rivals Villanova (1), Creighton (3) and Butler (10) are also in the top 10.
• Xavier, 6-3 on the road in BIG EAST play last season on its way to a second-place finish in the league standings, is playing its first 2016-17 BIG EAST road game.
• Xavier is No. 17 in the Associated Press Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is No. 14 nationally in rebound margin (+9.1 rpg.).
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett, a 2016-17 USA TODAY preseason Third Team All-American, leads XU in scoring at 19.2 ppg. (fourth in the BIG EAST).
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett has posted a team-high eight 20-point games this season, including a game-high 22 and a game-high nine rebounds vs. Providence on Dec. 28.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is 31st on XU's career scoring list with 1,170 points.
• Xavier senior RaShid Gaston leads the team and is fourth in the BIG EAST in
rebounding at 6.6 rpg.; ranked third in the league in offensive reb. at 2.8 rpg.
• Xavier's RaShid Gaston, who is sixth in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage (.597), has scored 1,014 points in his collegiate career.
• Xavier junior J.P. Macura is third on the team in scoring (16th in the BIG EAST at 14.2 ppg.) and leads the team in steals (tied for second in the BIG EAST at 2.0 spg.) and free-throw shooting (fifth in BIG EAST at 91.5%).
• Xavier sophomore Edmond Sumner is second on the team in scoring at 14.3 ppg.(tied-14th in BIG EAST) and leads the team in assists at 4.7 apg. (4th 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.
• 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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