Xavier University Athletics
Xavier University
Seton Hall
No. RV/25 Xavier Hosts Seton Hall on Wednesday Night
01.31.17 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers play three of next four games at home
CINCINNATI - Xavier, 15-6 overall and 5-3 in the BIG EAST Conference, returns home to host Seton Hall on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. The game will be broadcast on FS1 and 55KRC-AM. The first 3,000 fans in attendance will receive a bobblehead of Xavier all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. RV/25 Xavier University Musketeers (15-6, 5-3 BIG EAST Conf.)
Seton Hall University Pirates (13-7, 3-5 BIG EAST Conf.)
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FS1 with Gus Johnson (pbp) and Bill Raftery (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, 15-6 overall and 5-3 in the BIG EAST Conference, is coming off an 82-77 win vs. St. John's on Sunday at Madison Square Garden.
• Xavier plays three of its next four games at Cintas Center.
• Xavier is one of eight BIG EAST Conference teams (out of 10 total) in the top 60 of the latest NCAA Official RPI Report; XU checks in at No. 14. SHU is at No. 43.
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week. Bluiett averaged 30.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in Xavier's last two games, while shooting 70.4 percent from the field, including 70.6 percent from 3-point range.
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett is second in the BIG EAST in scoring at 18.5 ppg., second in 3-point field goals made per game (2.6) and ninth in rebounding at 5.9 rpg.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett, who has posted a team-high 11 games with 20 points or more, is now 23rd on XU's career scoring list with 1,308 points.
• Xavier freshman Quentin Goodin had a career-high 16 points vs. St. John's on Sun.
• Xavier senior RaShid Gaston leads the team and is sixth in the BIG EAST in rebounding at 6.4 rpg. and ranks third in offensive rebounding at 2.9 rpg.
• 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 is one of eight BIG EAST teams (out of 10 total) in the top 60 of the latest NCAA Official RPI Report; XU checks in at No. 14.
• 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.
