Men's Basketball Travels To Omaha For A Sunday BIG EAST Clash With Creighton

Sunday, February 3

Omaha, Neb.

1 p.m.

Xavier University

Creighton

Men's Basketball Travels To Omaha For A Sunday BIG EAST Clash With Creighton

02.01.19 | Men's Basketball

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Musketeers are looking to snap a four-game losing streak.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- Xavier, 11-11 overall and 3-6 in the BIG EAST Conference, shoots to snap a four-game losing streak when it travels to Omaha on Sunday to face Creighton, 12-9 overall and 3-5 in the BIG EAST Conference. The 1 p.m. ET BIG EAST matchup will be broadcast on FSN, including FOX Sports Ohio, and 700 WLW.

The Musketeers have already played half of their BIG EAST Conference season, nine games, but this is the first time Xavier and Creighton have met this season. XU hosts Creighton Feb. 13. Creighton isn't the only BIG EAST team that Xavier has not seen yet this season. Xavier still has to play its two games vs. St. John's, including Feb. 28 in New York and March 9 in Cincinnati.

Xavier leads the series with Creighton 15-12, including wins in both meetings last season. Xavier has won three of the last four meetings in Omaha, all of which were close wins. Xavier won 72-71 last season, 82-80 in the 2016-17 season and 74-73 in the 2014-15 season. XU escaped with a thrilling 72-71 win at Creighton last season as Quentin Goodin calmly sank two free throws with 0.3 seconds left.

THE MATCHUP

Xavier University Musketeers (11-11, 3-6 BIG EAST)
at Creighton University Bluejays (12-9, 3-5 BIG EAST)
Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. ET (Noon CT)
CHI Health Center Omaha (17,352) in Omaha, Neb.

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: FSN, including FOX Sports Ohio, with play-by-play from Wayne Randazzo and analysis from Dickey Simpkins.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-AM, including via iHeart Radio, TuneIn and via Sirius XM (381) and Internet (972) 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 and Creighton are among 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S.
• Xavier has already played half of its BIG EAST season, nine games, but this is the first time Xavier and Creighton have met this season. XU hosts Creighton on Feb. 13.
• Xavier, 11-11 overall and 3-6 in the BIG EAST Conference, lost its fourth straight game on Thursday, an 80-73 setback to Georgetown in Washington, D.C.
• Xavier has five players averaging in double figures in scoring through 22 games.
• Xavier sophomore Paul Scruggs leads the team in scoring (16th in the BIG EAST at 13.4 ppg.), free-throw percentage (eighth in the BIG EAST at .815) and 3-point field goal percentage (second in the BIG EAST at .467).
• Xavier junior Quentin Goodin, who leads the team in assists (third in BIG EAST at 4.8 apg.), has 389 career assists and is just one assist shy of the top 10 on XU's all-time career assist leader list.
• Xavier soph. Naji Marshall, who had a team-high 16 points at Georgetown, is second on the team in scoring (17th in the BIG EAST at 13.3 ppg.), rebounding (seventh in the BIG EAST at 7.0 rpg.) and assists (tied for 13th in the BIG EAST at 3.3 apg.).
• Xavier junior Tyrique Jones, who had a career-high 21 points with 11 rebounds vs. Marquette, leads the team in rebounding (tied for fourth in the BIG EAST at 7.4 rpg.) and offensive rebounding (first in the BIG EAST and 19th in the nation at 3.4 rpg.).
• Xavier graduate transfer Zach Hankins leads the BIG EAST Conference in field goal percentage (.708) and is second in the BIG EAST in blocks (1.5 bpg.).
• Xavier played in its fifth straight NCAA Tournament and its 12th in 13 years in 2018. XU earned a No. 1 seed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
• Xavier has graduated 109 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.

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