No. 10 Xavier Returns Home To Host No. 25 Creighton On Saturday

Saturday, January 13

Cincinnati, Ohio

2 p.m.

Xavier University

Creighton

No. 10 Xavier Returns Home To Host No. 25 Creighton On Saturday

01.11.18 | Men's Basketball

Xavier Game Notes vs. Creighton

Musketeers shooting to snap a two-game skid.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

No. 10/10 Xavier, 15-3 overall and 3-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, is shooting to snap a two-game losing streak when it hosts No. 25/22 Creighton on Saturday afternoon at Cintas Center. The game will be broadcast on FOX National and 700 WLW.

THE MATCHUP

No. 10/10 Xavier University Musketeers (15-3, 3-2 BIG EAST)
No. 25/22 Creighton University Bluejays (14-3, 4-1 BIG EAST)
Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,224) in Cincinnati, Ohio

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: FOX national, including FOX 19 in Cincinnati, with play-by-play from
Tim Brando and analysis from Donny Marshall. Once the FOX broadcast signs off, FOX 19 will host a post-game show with Joe Danneman and Jeremy Rauch.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-AM, including via iHeart Radio, with play-by-play from XU 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). Broadcast also available on Sirius (119), XM (201) and Internet (961).
Live Stats: Fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X-FACTORS

• Xavier, 15-3 overall and 3-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, is shooting to snap a two- game losing streak after falling at No. 1 Villanova on Wednesday.
• Xavier is No. 10 in the Associated Press Poll and in the USA Today Coaches Poll, its fifth straight week in the top 10 in both major polls.
• Xavier is No. 6 in the latest NCAA Official RPI (1-12-18), one of three BIG EAST schools in the top 10, six in the top 35 and eight in the top 70.
• Xavier has an 8-2 record in games that have involved two AP Top 25 teams at
Cintas Center, including wins over Baylor and Cincinnati this season.
• Xavier senior Trevon Bluiett is seventh in the BIG EAST in scoring at 18.9 ppg. He is fifth on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,925 points.
• Xavier senior guard J.P. Macura, who is second on the team in scoring at 12.6 ppg. (22nd in the BIG EAST), is 28th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,268 points.
• Xavier graduate transfer Kerem Kanter has led XU in scoring in the last two games. Kanter scored a collegiate career-high 24 points at Providence on Jan. 6, including 19 in the second half, and followed that up with 16 at Villanova on Jan. 10.
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin is second in the BIG EAST Conference in assists at 5.4 apg. and is third in assist/turnover ratio at 2.51.
• Xavier head coach Chris Mack is 201-94 in his ninth year at the helm, which ranks one win shy of Xavier's all-time wins leader Pete Gillen (202 wins from 1985-94).
• 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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