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No. 13/14 Xavier Looks To Bounce Back When It Returns Home To Host Utah On Saturday
12.08.16 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers are playing their second straight Pac-12 opponent.
No. 13/14 Xavier, 7-2, plays its second straight game against a Pac-12 Conference team on Saturday. Xavier hosts 6-1 Utah at 5:30 p.m. in a game that will be broadcast nationally on FOX. 55KRC-AM provides the Xavier radio call of the game.
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 THE MATCHUP |
No. 13/14 Xavier University Musketeers (7-2, 0-0 BIG EAST Conf.)
vs. University of Utah Runnin' Utes (6-1, 0-0 PAC-12 Conf.)
Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. ET
at Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University
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 TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FOX national, including FOX 19 NOW (WXIX-TV) in Cincinnati, with Joe Davis (pbp) and Jim Jackson (analyst).
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 is playing its second straight game against a Pac-12 Conference team. XU lost 68-66 at Colorado on Wednesday.
• Xavier is No. 13 in the AP Poll and No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Villanova (1), Creighton (10) and Butler (16) of the BIG EAST are also in the AP Top 25.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST in rebound margin (+10.0 rpg.) and has outrebounded all nine of its opponents this season.Â
• Xavier first-year sr. RaShid Gaston leads the team and is tied for third in the BIG EAST in rebounding at 6.8 rpg. after grabbing a game-high 11 rebounds at Colorado.
• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett, a 2016-17 USA TODAY preseason Third Team All-American, leads XU in scoring at 19.3 ppg. (fifth in the BIG EAST).
• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett, 41st on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,094 career points,
is only 16 points shy of jumping up to 34th on the list.
• Xavier jr. Trevon Bluiett has posted six 20-point games this season, including his third straight with a career-high 27 on a career-high tying six 3-pointers at Colorado.
• 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. J.P. Macura is second on the team in scoring (12th in the BIG EAST at 14.7 ppg.) and leads the team in steals (tied for first in BIG EAST at 2.4 spg.) and free-throw shooting (fourth in BIG EAST at 91.7%).
• Xavier so. Edmond Sumner is third on the team in scoring at 14.6 ppg. (tied for 13th 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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