No. 5 Xavier Shoots For Its Fourth Straight Road Victory In A Tough Road Environment At Creighton On Saturday

Saturday, February 10

Omaha, Neb.

2:30 p.m.

Xavier University

Creighton

No. 5 Xavier Shoots For Its Fourth Straight Road Victory In A Tough Road Environment At Creighton On Saturday

02.08.18 | Men's Basketball

Xavier Game Notes at Creighton

Musketeers are shooting for their eighth straight win overall.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

No. 5 Xavier, 22-3 overall and 10-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, will be shooting for its eighth straight win on Saturday at Creighton. CU is 13-0 at home this season. The game will be broadacst on FOX National, including FOX 19 in Cincinnati, and 700 WLW.

THE MATCHUP

No. 5/5 Xavier University Musketeers (22-3, 10-2 BIG EAST)
Creighton University Bluejays (18-6, 8-4 BIG EAST)
Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. CT)
CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,352) in Omaha, Neb.

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: FOX National, including FOX 19 in Cincinnati, with play-by-play from Tim Brando and analysis from Len Elmore. Sideline reporter is Holly Sonders. Following the conclusion of the game broadcast, 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).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X-FACTORS

• Xavier, 22-3 overall and 10-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, won its seventh straight game with a 98-93 overtime victory at Butler on Tuesday.
• Xavier, 22-3, has secured its fifth straight 20-win season, its 12th 20-win season in the last 13 years and its 20th 20-win season in the last 22 years.
• Xavier is No. 5 in the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll, XU's 10th straight week in the top 15 of both major polls, including eighth in 10 weeks in the top 10.
• Xavier is No. 2 in the latest NCAA Official RPI (2-8-18), one of six BIG EAST schools in the top 35 and one of eight BIG EAST schools in the top 70.
• Xavier senior All-America candidate Trevon Bluiett is sixth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.4 ppg. following his team-high 26-point effort at Butler. Bluiett has scored 2,071 points, which is good for third place on XU's all-time scoring list.
• Xavier graduate transfer Kerem Kanter scored 22 points on 10-of-15 shooting at Butler. Kanter is averaging 12.6 ppg. and 5.3 rpg. in BIG EAST Conference play.
• Xavier senior J.P. Macura, who is second on the team in scoring at 12.4 ppg. (23rd in the BIG EAST), is 22nd on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,352 points.
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin is second in the BIG EAST Conference in assists at 5.1 apg. and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.25.
• Xavier ninth-year head coach Chris Mack is XU's all-time wins leader at 208-94.
• 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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