No. 21/20 Xavier Hosts No. 16/16 Baylor On Tuesday Night

Tuesday, November 28

Cincinnati, Ohio

6:30 p.m.

Xavier University

Baylor

No. 21/20 Xavier Hosts No. 16/16 Baylor On Tuesday Night

11.27.17 | Men's Basketball

Game Notes vs. Baylor_Game 7

Musketeers are opening a six-game homestand.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

No. 21 Xavier, 5-1, opens a six-game homestand with No. 16 Baylor, 5-0, on Tuesday night at Cintas Center. Xavier has won 33 straight non-conference home games entering the contest.

THE MATCHUP

No. 21/20 Xavier University Musketeers (5-1, 0-0 BIG EAST)
No. 16/16 Baylor University Bears (5-0, 0-0 Big 12)
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,224) in Cincinnati, Ohio

TV/RADIO/LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Tim Brando and analysis from Bill Raftery.
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: Fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X-FACTORS

• Xavier opens a season-long six-game homestand with games against a pair of nationally-ranked teams: Baylor on Nov. 28 and Cincinnati on Dec. 2.
<>• Xavier, 5-1, is No. 21 in the new AP Poll and No. 20 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier has won 33 straight non-conference home games with its last loss coming in the 2012-13 season.
• Xavier is 231-35 (.868) all-time at Cintas Center, including 3-0 this season. That all-time winning percentage is ranked sixth in the nation.
• Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett is second in the BIG EAST in scoring at 21.3 ppg. Bluiett has scored at least 20 points in five of Xavier's first six games.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is second nationally in field goal percentage at 56.8 percent. XU has shot at least 50 percent in each of its first six games.
• Xavier's senior duo of Trevon Bluiett and J.P. Macura has scored a combined 2,850 points in their XU careers, which is ranked first among duos nationally as of Nov. 28.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is 11th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,713 points and is just six points shy of the top 10 and Brian Grant (1,719 points from 1990-94).
• Xavier sophomore Tyrique Jones leads the team in rebounding (6.8 rpg.), including a career high-tying 11-rebound game vs. GW; he is also first in blocks (1.3 bpg.).
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin, who tied his career scoring high with 16 points vs. GW on Nov. 23, is second in the BIG EAST in assists at 5.7 apg.
• 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.

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