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Men's Basketball Hits The Road Again For A Saturday Tilt At Marquette
02.16.17 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers shooting to snap two-game losing streak.
Xavier, 18-8 overall and 8-5 in the BIG EAST Conference, is back on the road this Saturday for a game in Milwaukee vs. Marquette. The game will be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network and 700 WLW-AM.
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THE MATCHUP |
Xavier University Musketeers (18-8, 8-5 BIG EAST Conf.)
Marquette University Golden Eagles (15-10, 6-7 BIG EAST Conf.)
Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. CT)
BMO Harris Bradley Center (18,600) in Milwaukee, Wisc.
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: CBS Sports Network with Carter Blackburn (pbp), and Doug Gottlieb (analyst) and Evan Washburn (reporter).
Xavier 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, 18-8 overall and 8-5 in the BIG EAST, is playing the middle game of a season-high three-game road stretch.
• Xavier is one of eight BIG EAST teams in the top 85 of the latest NCAA Official RPI (2-16-17), including four in the top 20: Villanova (2), Butler (13), Xavier (14), Creighton (17), Seton Hall (40), Providence (57), Georgetown (61) and Marquette (81).
• Xavier has won six straight vs. Marquette, including three games last season.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is No. 11 nationally in rebound margin (+8.0 rpg.).
• Xavier junior leading scorer Trevon Bluiett sat out the game at Providence due to an ankle injury, snapping a streak of 72 straight starts.
• Xavier junior All-America candidate Trevon Bluiett is fourth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 17.9 ppg., third in 3-point field goals made per game (2.5) and ninth in rebounding at 5.8 rpg. He has posted a team-high 13 games with 20 points or more.
• Xavier's RaShid Gaston has averaged 18.7 ppg. and 9.7 rpg. over the last three games, while shooting 77.4 percent; third in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage at 58.6 percent, tied for second in rebounding and second in offensive rebounding.
• Xavier freshman Quentin Goodin has averaged 5.8 assists per game over the last five games since taking over the starting point guard duties.
• Xavier junior J.P. Macura is third on the team in scoring and 16th in the BIG EAST at 14.4 ppg. (second on the team and 15th in the BIG EAST among active players).
• Xavier sophomore Kaiser Gates has averaged a team-high 7.8 rpg. over the last six games, including a career-high 10 rebounds vs. DePaul on Feb. 8.
• Xavier made its 10th NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 11 years in 2016. 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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