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No. 16/15 Xavier Hosts St. John's on Saturday Looking for its Sixth Straight Win
01.05.17 | Men's Basketball
New Hall of Fame Class Will Be Honored This Weekend
No. 16/15 Xavier shoots for its sixth straight win and its 15th straight win at Cintas Center on Saturday vs. St. John's. Xavier is the last remaining unbeaten team in BIG EAST play. The game will be broadcast on FS1 and 700 WLW-AM.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 16/15 Xavier University Musketeers (12-2, 2-0 BIG EAST Conf.)
St. John's University Red Storm (8-8, 2-1 BIG EAST Conf.)
Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. ET
at Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FS1 with Joe Davis (pbp) and Stephen Bardo (analyst).
Radio: 700 WLW-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 No. 5 in the latest NCAA Official RPI report. BIG EAST rivals Villanova (1), Butler (6) and Creighton (7) are also in the top 10.
• Xavier has won five straight games overall, second only this year to its seven-game streak to open the season. XU has won 14 straight games at Cintas Center.
• Xavier is No. 16 in the AP Poll and No. 15 the USA Today Coaches Poll this week.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is No. 14 nationally in rebound margin (+8.9 rpg.).
• Xavier sophomore Edmond Sumner, who is on this week's BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, had a career-high 28 points to go with 8 rebounds and 6 assists at Georgetown.
• Xavier's Edmond Sumner is second on the team in scoring (12th in BIG EAST at 15.3 ppg.) and first in assists (third in BIG EAST at 4.8 apg.).
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett, a 2016-17 USA TODAY preseason Third Team All-American, leads XU in scoring at 17.9 ppg. (sixth in the BIG EAST) and has posted a team-high eight 20-point games this season.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is 31st on XU's career scoring list with 1,171 points.
• Xavier senior RaShid Gaston leads the team and is fifth in the BIG EAST in rebounding at 6.8 rpg.; ranked third in the league in offensive reb. at 2.8 rpg.
• Xavier's RaShid Gaston, who is fourth in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage (.582), has scored 1,020 points in his collegiate career.
• Xavier junior J.P. Macura is third on the team in scoring (14th in the BIG EAST at 14.8 ppg.) and leads the team in steals (third in the BIG EAST at 1.9 spg.) and free-throw shooting (sixth in BIG EAST at 91.1%).
• 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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