No. 15/14 Xavier Plays Arizona State For Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational Title

Friday, November 24

Las Vegas, Nev.

5:30 p.m. ET

Xavier University

Arizona State

No. 15/14 Xavier Plays Arizona State For Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational Title

11.24.17 | Men's Basketball

Xavier Game Notes vs. ASU_Game 6

Musketeers are looking for a holiday tournament championship for the third straight year.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

No. 15/14 Xavier plays Arizona State on Friday for the championship of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. Xavier, 5-0, is looking for its eighth straight victory in regular season tournament action and is shooting to win a holiday tournament for the third straight season.

THE MATCHUP

CONTINENTAL TIRE LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL
No. 15/14 Xavier University Musketeers (5-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Arizona State University Sun Devils (5-0, 0-0 Pac-12 )
Friday, November 24, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. PT)
Orleans Arena (8,000) in Las Vegas, Nev.

TV/RADIO/LIVE STATS

Television: FOX National, including FOX 19 in Cincinnati, 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 is looking for its eighth straight victory in regular season tournament action and is shooting to win a holiday tournament for the third straight season.
• Xavier, 5-0, is ranked 15th in the AP Poll and 14th in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier has won at least its first five games for five straight seasons.
• Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett leads the BIG EAST in scoring at 23.4 ppg. Bluiett has scored at least 20 points in each of Xavier's first five games.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST (second nationally) in field goal percentage at 57.0. XU leads the BIG EAST (14th nationally) in field goal percentage defense at 34.1 percent.
• Xavier's senior duo of Trevon Bluiett and J.P. Macura has scored a combined 2,816 points in their XU careers, tied for first among duos nationally as of Nov. 24.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is 11th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,702 points and is just 17 points shy of the top 10 and Brian Grant (1,719 points from 1990-94).
• Xavier sophomore Tyrique Jones leads the team in rebounding (7.6 rpg.) following an career high-tying 11-rebound game vs. GW and is first in blocks (1.6 bpg.).
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin, who tied his career scoring high with 16 points vs. GW yesterday, is second in the BIG EAST in assists at 5.6 apg.
• Xavier senior Sean O'Mara has averaged 10.5 ppg. over the past two games, while shooting 88.9 percent (8-of-9) from the field.
• 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.