No. 21 Xavier Hosts Mizzou On Tuesday Night At Cintas Center

Tuesday, November 12

Cincinnati, Ohio

7 p.m.

Xavier University

Missouri

No. 21 Xavier Hosts Mizzou On Tuesday Night At Cintas Center

11.11.19 | Men's Basketball

Xavier Game Notes vs. MIZZOU

Musketeers and Tigers both enter the game with 2-0 records.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The No. 21 Xavier University Musketeers, 2-0, host the University of Missouri Tigers, 2-0, on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. The Mizzou game is the third game of Xavier's season-opening four-game homestand.

THE MATCHUP

No. 21 Xavier University Musketeers (2-0)
Mizzou Tigers (2-0)
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,224) in Cincinnati

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: CBS Sports Network with play-by-play from Ben Holden and analysis from former Musketeer captain Steve Wolf ('83).
Radio: 700 WLW-AM 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 is also available via Sirius (83), XM (83) and Internet (83).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com. Fan stats are at GoXavier.com or download the new Xavier Gameday App.

X FACTORS

• Xavier second-year head coach Travis Steele turned 38 on Mizzou gameday.
• Xavier is No. 21 in the first regular season Associated Press Poll.
• Xavier is 19-7 in its last 26 games against nine different current SEC members dating back to 2008, including 4-1 vs. Mizzou.
• Xavier is playing the third game of a season-opening four-game homestand.
• Xavier is in its 20th season at Cintas Center, which opened for the 2000-01 season.
• Xavier won its 30th straight regular season opener with a 76-57 win over Jacksonville on Nov. 5.
• Xavier junior Naji Marshall, preseason First Team All-BIG EAST, is on the watch lists for the Wendy's Wooden Award, the Citizen Naismith Trophy and the Julius Erving Award. Marshall tied his career assist high with 7 vs. Siena to go with 20 points.
• Xavier senior Tyrique Jones averaged 18.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game in Xavier's two wins, while shooting 75.0 percent (15-20) from the field.
• Xavier junior Paul Scruggs, who was named 2019-20 preseason honorable mention All-BIG EAST, missed the Siena game due to injury.
• Xavier senior Quentin Goodin is looking to become just the second XU player to lead XU in assists four straight years. He is eighth on XU's all-time assist chart.
• Xavier has graduated 109 straight men's basketball seniors.