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Xavier University
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No. 24/22 Xavier Gets Back To BIG EAST Play Sunday Vs. St. John's At Madison Square Garden
01.27.17 | Men's Basketball
Xavier men play the second half of a doubleheader with the XU women's team.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 24/22 Xavier University Musketeers (14-6, 4-3 BIG EAST Conf.)
St. John's University Red Storm (10-12, 4-5 BIG EAST Conf.)
Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. ET
Madison Square Garden (19,786) in New York, N.Y.
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FS1 with Brian Custer (pbp) and Donny Marshall (analyst).
Radio: 55KRC-AM with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famers 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 14-6 overall and 4-3 in the BIG EAST Conference.
• Xavier is 5-2 versus SJU since joining the BIG EAST for the 2013-14 season, including wins in each of the last three meetings.
• Xavier is 14-8 at Madison Square Garden, including its 1958 NIT Championship.
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett posted career high points (40), field goals made (12-of-15) and 3-pointers (a school-record tying 9-of-11) at Cincinnati, XU's first 40-point game since 2003 National Player of the Year David West had 47 on Feb. 8, 2003.
• Xavier's Edmond Sumner is second on the team in scoring (14th in BIG EAST at 14.9 ppg.) and first in assists (third in BIG EAST at 4.9 apg.).
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett, who leads XU in scoring at 18.4 ppg. (second in the BIG EAST), is now tied for 25th on XU's career scoring list with 1,287 points.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett has posted a team-high 10 games with 20 points or more this season, including each of the last two games.
• Xavier senior RaShid Gaston leads the team and is fifth in the BIG EAST in rebounding at 6.5 rpg., including a career-high 17 vs. Creighton on Jan. 16.
• Xavier's RaShid Gaston also is the team leader and ranks second in the BIG EAST in offensive rebounding at 3.0 rpg., including nine vs. Creighton.
• Xavier junior J.P. Macura is third on the team in scoring (16th in the BIG EAST at 14.4 ppg.), including two 20 point games vs. Georgetown this season.
• Xavier senior Malcolm Bernard scored a career-high 12 points vs. Georgetown on Jan. 22, his fifth double-figure scoring game of the season.
• 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.
