Men's Basketball Looks To Bounce Back Against San Diego State

Tuesday, November 20

Maui, Hawaii

2:30 PM ET

Xavier University

San Diego State

Men's Basketball Looks To Bounce Back Against San Diego State

11.19.18 | Men's Basketball

Xavier Game Notes vs. San Diego State

Musketeers lost to No. 8 Auburn in overtime on Monday.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

MAUI, HI --- The Xavier Musketeers take on the San Diego State Aztecs on Tuesday on the second day of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. The two teams have never met on the basketball court.

Xavier, 2-2, is looking to bounce back from an 88-79 overtime loss to No. 8 Auburn on Monday. The Musketeers battled back from an 11-point second-half deficit to force overtime. San Diego State, 2-1, is coming off a 90-64 loss to No. 1 Duke on Monday. Both teams played in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

San Diego State will notice a familiar face on the Xavier roster. Xavier graduate transfer Ryan Welage competed against the Aztecs for three seasons in the Mountain West Conference as a standout at San José State. Welage, a 2017-18 Mountain West Conference Honorable Mention selection, averaged 11.5 ppg. in six games vs. San Diego State, including 23 points at SDSU as a freshman in the 2015-16 season.

THE MATCHUP

Xavier University Musketeers (2-2, 0-0 BIG EAST)
San Diego State University Aztecs (2-1, 0-0 Mountain West)
MAUI JIM MAUI INVITATIONAL
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. HT)
Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: ESPN2 with play-by-play from Jason Benetti and analysis from Bill Walton.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-AM, including via iHeart Radio and TuneIn, 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).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier, 2-2, is coming off an 88-79 overtime loss to No. 8 Auburn yesterday. XU battled back from an 11-point second-half deficit to force overtime.
• Xavier junior Quentin Goodin and sophomore Paul Scruggs combined for four points in the first half against Auburn but combined for 25 points in the second half and overtime.
• Xavier's next opponent, San Diego State, is coming off a 90-64 loss to No. 1 Duke yesterday. XU and SDSU have never met before in men's basketball.
• Xavier graduate transfer Ryan Welage (San José State graduate) is no stranger to San Diego State, having competed again the Aztecs for three seasons in the Mountain West Conference.
• Xavier has six players averaging in double figures in scoring through four games ranging from 10.5 ppg. to 13.3 ppg. XU has no double-figure scorers back from last year's team which earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
• Xavier is making its first-ever trip to the Maui Invitational.
• Xavier sophomore Naji Marshall recorded career highs for scoring (24) and rebounding (13) in the Wisconsin game on Nov. 13.
• Xavier junior Tyrique Jones grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds in the Evansville win on Nov. 10, XU's first 20-rebound game since David West grabbed 21 in an overtime win vs. George Washington in the 2000-01 season (2-3-01).
• Xavier won its first BIG EAST Conference Regular Season Championship last
season. XU played in its fifth straight NCAA Tournament and its 12th in 13 years.
• Xavier has graduated 109 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.