Xavier Hosts Seton Hall On Wednesday Night In A Big East Battle On FS1

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 12-3 overall and 1-1 in the BIG EAST Conference, host the Seton Hall University Pirates, 10-4 overall and 2-0 in the BIG EAST, on Wednesday night at Cintas Center. Seton Hall is ranked No. 25 in this week's USA TODAY Sports coaches poll.

Xavier is playing the middle game of a three-game homestand. The Musketeers enter the game with a 13-game winning streak at Cintas Center, including a 9-0 record this season.

THE MATCHUP

XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (12-3, 1-1 BIG EAST)
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY PIRATES (10-4, 2-0 BIG EAST)
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8, 2020 AT 8:30 P.M. ET
CINTAS CENTER (10,224) IN CINCINNATI, OHIO

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Thom Brennaman and analysis from Tim Miles.
Radio: 55KRC-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 XM Radio (381) and Internet (971).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier is in its seventh season as a member of the BIG EAST Conference.
• Xavier is playing the middle game of a three-game BIG EAST homestand. XU has won 13 straight games at Cintas Center, including a 9-0 mark this season. .
• Xavier has four players that are nearing 1,000 career points: junior Naji Marshall (988), seniors Tyrique Jones (962) and Quentin Goodin (958) and junior Jason Carter (936, including 836 in two seasons at Ohio).
• Xavier senior Quentin Goodin, who dished off 11 assists in the win at TCU on Dec. 22, now has 509 career assists, which is good for fourth place on Xavier's all-time assist chart. He is 41 assists shy of third-place Tu Holloway (550 from 2008-12).
• Xavier junior Naji Marshall was named this week to the BIG EAST Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the second time this season and the sixth time in his career.
• Xavier's Naji Marshall leads the team in scoring at 16.6 ppg. (fifth in the BIG EAST) and is second in assists at 3.3 apg. (11th in the BIG EAST) and rebounding at 5.8 rpg. (12th in the BIG EAST).
• Xavier junior Paul Scruggs is second on the team in scoring at 14.5 ppg. (13th in the BIG EAST). Scruggs posted a career-high 30-point game at Wake Forest.
• Xavier senior Tyrique Jones is averaging a double-double with 13.2 ppg. (17th in the BIG EAST) and 10.1 rpg. (second in BIG EAST), bidding to become the first XU player to do that since 2002-03 National Player of the Year David West did it as a senior.
• Xavier freshman KyKy Tandy hit 4-6 3-pointers in the win over St. John's on Jan. 5 for a XU career-high 12 points in a career-high 22 minutes of action.
• Xavier has graduated 109 straight men's basketball seniors.

SPECIAL TICKET DEAL

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