No. 8/7 Xavier Hits the Road For a Saturday Rematch with Georgetown

Saturday, February 20

Washington, D.C.

12 P.M.

Xavier University

Georgetown University

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No. 8/7 Xavier Hits the Road For a Saturday Rematch with Georgetown

02.18.16 | Men's Basketball

Xavier leads the series with Georgetown, 8-4

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - No. 8/7 Xavier, 23-3 overall and 11-3 in the BIG EAST Conference, travels to Washington for a Saturday rematch with Georgetown. Game time is at noon on FOX, including FOX 19 in Cincinnati.

THE MATCHUP

No. 8/7 Xavier University Musketeers (23-3, 11-3 BIG EAST)
Georgetown University Hoyas (14-13, 7-7 BIG EAST)
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. ET
at Verizon Center (20,600) in Washington, D.C.

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: FOX national network, including FOX 19 in Cincinnati, with play-by-play from Joe Davis and analysis from Stephen Bardo.
Xavier 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).

X-FACTORS IN 140 CHARACTERS

• Xavier, 23-3 overall and 11-3 and in second place in the BIG EAST Conference, is coming off an 85-74 win over No. 23 Providence on Wed.
• Xavier jr. Myles Davis had XU's first triple-double since 2011 with 11 points and career highs of 12 assists and 12 reb. vs. Providence.
• Xavier is No. 8 (AP) and is No. 7 (USA Today Coaches) in the polls, while checking in at No. 5 in the NCAA Official RPI.
• Xavier has recorded three straight 20-win seasons and 10 in 11 years.
• Xavier head coach Chris Mack, named midseason National Coach of the Year by Sporting News, is ESPN.com's top candidate for National COY.
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett is on the Midseason Watch List for the Naismith POY Award and a finalist for the Julius Erving Award.
• Xavier is 1st in the BIG EAST and 14th nationally in rebound margin at +8.4 rpg.
• Xavier sr. James Farr is 3rd in the BIG EAST in rebounding (8.3 rpg.), 7th in FG% (.534) and 13th in blocks (1.1 bpg.).
• Xavier soph. J.P. Macura has averaged 11.9 ppg. over the last seven games, including a career-high 20 points vs. Marquette.
• Xavier is 21-0 this season when leading at halftime and when shooting at least 40 percent from the field.
• Xavier has made nine of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, one of only 11 schools that have at least nine in that stretch.
• Xavier has been to five NCAA Sweet 16s in the last eight years, one of only nine schools with at least five in that stretch.
• Xavier has graduated the last 96 men's basketball players that have played as seniors, including all three seniors from last year's team.