Men's Basketball Heads To Creighton This Weekend For FS1 "All-Access" Game

Sunday, January 26

Omaha, Neb.

4 p.m.

Xavier University

Creighton

Men's Basketball Heads To Creighton This Weekend For FS1 "All-Access" Game

01.24.20 | Men's Basketball

Xavier at Creighton Game Notes

Muskeeters are looking to build on Wednesday's win over Georgetown.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 13-6 overall and 2-4 in the BIG EAST Conference, travel to Omaha, Neb., this weekend for a rematch with the Creighton University Bluejays, 15-5 overall and 4-3 in the BIG EAST. Sunday's game starts a stretch of three out of four BIG EAST games and five out of seven BIG EAST games on the road for the Musketeers.

The Xavier-Creighton game on FS1 is one of FOX Sports' college hoops all-access telecasts. Xavier head coach Travis Steele and Creighton head coach Greg McDermott will wear live microphones, giving viewers the chance to hear directly from the sidelines and locker rooms from tipoff through the final whistle with virtually no interruption. These commercial-free presentations allow FOX Sports cameras and microphones to capture behind-the-scenes conversations not typically available to a television audience, including instant access to team huddles and locker rooms.

THE MATCHUP

XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (13-6, 2-4 BIG EAST)
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY BLUEJAYS (15-5, 4-3 BIG EAST)
SUNDAY, JAN. 26, 2020 AT 3 P.M. CT (4 P.M. ET)
CHI HEALTH CENTER OMAHA (17,352) IN OMAHA, NEB.

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 "All-Access" Broadcast with Kevin Kugler and Nick Bahe. Both head coaches will be mic'd up from start to finish in this commercial-free broadcast.
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 XM (381) and Internet (971).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier snapped a three-game losing streak with its 66-57 win over Georgetown on Wednesday.
• Xavier junior Naji Marshall and senior Tyrique Jones both recently joined the Xavier 1,000 Point Club. Marshall is now 49th on Xavier's all-time scoring list (1,057) and Jones is 55th (1,019). Senior Quentin Goodin has 962 career points and junior Jason Carter is at 975, including 836 at Ohio.
• Xavier senior Tyrique Jones, who has grabbed 705 career rebounds, is three
rebounds shy of entering the top 20 on Xavier's all-time rebounding list.
• Xavier senior Quentin Goodin, who missed the Georgetown game, has 523 career assists, which is good for fourth place on Xavier's all-time assist chart. He is 27
assists shy of third-place Tu Holloway (550 from 2008-12).
• Xavier senior Tyrique Jones, who is averaging 13.4 ppg. (17th in the BIG EAST), is third in the BIG EAST in overall rebounding (9.7 rpg.), Jones is first in the BIG EAST and 14th in the nation in offensive rebounding (3.8 rpg.).
• Xavier's Naji Marshall leads the team in scoring at 16.8 ppg. (third in the BIG EAST) and is second in assists at 3.4 apg. (11th in the BIG EAST) and rebounding at 5.7 rpg. (14th in the BIG EAST).
• Xavier junior Paul Scruggs is second on the team in scoring at 14.2 ppg. (14th in the BIG EAST), including 19 points and nine rebounds vs. Creighton on Jan. 11.
• Xavier freshman KyKy Tandy hit four 3-pointers and tied for team-high scoring honors with a Xavier career-high 18 points in the win over Georgetown on Jan. 22.
• Xavier junior Jason Carter recorded his second double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Georgetown on Jan. 22.
Xavier has graduated 109 straight men's basketball seniors.