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Men's Basketball Returns Home To Host No. 22 Butler On Sunday
02.23.17 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers are at Cintas Center for two straight games.
CINCINNATI - Xavier, 18-10 overall and 8-7 in the BIG EAST Conference, is back home after three straight games on the road. The Musketeers host No. 22 Butler on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. as the second game of a split doubleheader with the women's basketball team, which plays at 11:30 p.m.
Sunday's game will be the annual Health & Wellness game presented by Interact for Health, who will host several dozen kids and mentors from Cincinnati's Saturday Hoops Program, a program of the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative focused on building positive role modeling through a variety of activities. The partnership between Interact for Health and Xavier Athletics also includes the Healthy X Factor program, engaging more than 2,000 Greater Cincinnati youth through over 80 YMCA after-school programs. To learn more about this partnership, click here.
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THE MATCHUP |
Xavier University Musketeers (18-10, 8-7 BIG EAST Conf.)
No. 22/22 Butler University Bulldogs (22-6, 11-5 BIG EAST Conf.)
Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FS1 with Joe Davis (pbp), and Donny Marshall (analyst).
Xavier Radio: 55KRC-AM with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famer 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).
Westwood One Radio: Kevin Lee (pbp) and former Xavier captain Steve Wolf ('83) (analyst) on the call.
Live Stats: GoXavier.com
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X FACTORS |
• Xavier, 18-10 overall and 8-7 in the BIG EAST, has lost four straight games. XU, which is opening a two-game homestand, just finished a season-high three-game road stretch.
• Xavier is one of eight BIG EAST teams in the top 80 of the latest NCAA Official RPI (2-23-17), including four in the top 30: Villanova (2), Butler (11), Xavier (22), Creighton (27), Seton Hall (48), Providence (54), Marquette (69) and Georgetown (77).
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is No. 16 nationally in rebound margin (+7.1 rpg.).
• Xavier junior All-America candidate Trevon Bluiett is fourth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 17.8 ppg., tied for third in 3-point field goals made per game (2.5) and 11th in rebounding at 5.7 rpg.
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett returned to the starting lineup on Wed. after sitting out two straight games due to an ankle injury and snapping a streak of 72 straight starts. Bluiett has posted a team-high 13 games with 20 points or more.
• Xavier junior J.P. Macura is third on the team in scoring and 17th in the BIG EAST at 14.5 ppg. (second on the team and 16th in the BIG EAST among active players), including a team-high 22 points on Wednesday at Seton Hall.
• Xavier freshman Quentin Goodin has averaged 6.4 assists per game over his seven straight starts; ranks second in BIG EAST in assist/turnover ratio for league games.
• Xavier senior RaShid Gaston has averaged 14.5 ppg. and 9.0 rpg. over the last four games, while shooting 73.5 percent; ranks third in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage at 58.9 percent.
• Xavier sophomore Kaiser Gates has averaged a team-high 7.6 rpg. over the last eight 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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