No. 15/14 Xavier Returns To Action On Thursday In Las Vegas Against A Familiar Foe

Thursday, November 23

Las Vegas, Nev.

5 p.m.

Xavier University

George Washington

No. 15/14 Xavier Returns To Action On Thursday In Las Vegas Against A Familiar Foe

11.21.17 | Men's Basketball

Xavier Game Notes vs. GW_game 5

Former Atlantic 10 opponents XU and GW square off in Vegas.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

Las Vegas, Nev. --- No. 15/14 Xavier, 4-0, is back in action on Thanksgiving Day as it takes on a familiar foe from its past in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. XU faces former Atlantic 10 Conference foe George Washington at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT) in a game that will be broadcast nationally on FS1 and heard on 700 WLW.

THE MATCHUP

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CONTINENTAL TIRE LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL
NO. 15/14 Xavier University Musketeers (4-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
George Washington University Colonials (2-2, 0-0 Atlantic 10)
Thursday, November 23, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. PT)
Orleans Arena (8,000) in Las Vegas, Nev.

TV/RADIO/LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Rich Waltz and analysis from Jim Jackson.
Radio: 700 WLW-AM, including via iHeart Radio, 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: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com

X-FACTORS

• Xavier and George Washington were Atlantic 10 Conference foes for 18 years from the 1995-96 through the 2013-14 season. XU joined the BIG EAST in 2014-15.
• Xavier is shooting to win a holiday tournament for the third straight season.
• Xavier, 4-0, is ranked 15th in the AP Poll and 14th in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett leads the BIG EAST in scoring at 24.3 ppg. Bluiett has scored at least 20 points in each of Xavier's first four games.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST Conference and ranks fifth nationally in field goal percentage at 56.8 percent. XU leads the BIG EAST and ranks sixth nationally in field goal percentage defense at 32.7 percent
• Xavier's senior duo of Trevon Bluiett and J.P. Macura has scored a combined 2,790 points in their XU careers, first among duos nationally as of Nov. 23. Bluiett is 12th on XU's all-time scoring list (1,682 points) and Macura is 37th (1,108 points).
• Xavier sophomore Tyrique Jones is third on the team in scoring (12.5 ppg.), tied for the rebounding lead (6.8 rpg.), first in field goal percentage (.704) and first in blocks (2.0 bpg.).
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin is second in the BIG EAST in assists at 6.0 apg.
• Xavier junior Kaiser Gates is fourth on the team in scoring at 11.3 ppg. Gates, who has three double-figure scoring games in four games, had only six as a sophomore.
• Xavier, a 2017 NCAA Elite Eight team, has made it to at least the Sweet 16 six times in the last 10 years, one of only nine schools that can say that. XU is one of only eight schools have been to at least 11 of the last 12 NCAA tournaments.
• Xavier has graduated 105 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.