No. 11 Xavier Hosts St. John's On Wednesday Night

Wednesday, January 17

Cincinnati, Ohio

8:30 p.m.

Xavier University

St. John's

No. 11 Xavier Hosts St. John's On Wednesday Night

01.15.18 | Men's Basketball

Xavier Game Notes vs. St. John's

Musketeers are looking to stay unbeaten at home.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

No. 11/12 Xavier, 16-3 overall and 4-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, hosts league rival St. John's on Wednesday night. The Musketeers, coming off a 92-70 win over then-No. 25 Creighton, enter the game with a 12-0 home record.

THE MATCHUP

No. 11/12 Xavier University Musketeers (16-3, 4-2 BIG EAST)
St. John's University Red Storm (10-8, 0-6 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 8:30 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,224) in Cincinnati, Ohio

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: CBS Sports Network with play-by-play from Andrew Catalon
and analysis from Steve Lappas. Sideline reporter is Allie LaForce.
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 (145), XM (201) and Internet (961).
Live Stats: Fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X-FACTORS

• Xavier, 16-3 overall and 4-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, is coming off a 92-70 win over then-No. 25 Creighton on Saturday.

• Xavier is No. 11 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, XU's seventh straight week in the top 15 of both major polls.

• Xavier is No. 8 in the latest NCAA Official RPI (1-16-18), one of three BIG EAST schools in the top 15, six in the top 40 and eight in the top 75.

• Xavier head coach Chris Mack is 202-94 in his ninth year at the helm, which ties him with Xavier's all-time wins leader Pete Gillen (202 wins from 1985-94).

• Xavier senior Trevon Bluiett, who had 24 points vs. Creighton, is fifth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.2 ppg. He is fifth on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,949 points.

• Xavier's Naji Marshall has been named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week after averaging 11.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game for two games.

• Xavier senior J.P. Macura, who is second on the team in scoring at 12.4 ppg. (22nd in the BIG EAST), is 27th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,278 points.

• Xavier graduate transfer Kerem Kanter has averaged 17.3 ppg. and 8.3 rpg. over the last three games, while shooting 62.9 percent (22-of-35) from the field.

• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin is second in the BIG EAST Conference in assists at 5.5 apg. and is third in assist/turnover ratio at 2.54.

• Xavier junior Kaiser Gates came off the bench for the first time this season vs. Creighton and contributed 16 points, eight rebounds and two steals.

• 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.