Musketeers Prepare For Annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout At Cincinnati

Sunday, December 6

Cincinnati, Ohio

3 p.m.

Xavier University

Cincinnati

Musketeers Prepare For Annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout At Cincinnati

12.04.20 | Men's Basketball

Xavier at UC Notes

Xavier is shooting for its sixth win in the annual series in eight seasons.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier Musketeers, 5-0, and Cincinnati Bearcats, 1-0, meet for the 88th time on Sunday in the annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout. The game will be television on ESPN with the Xavier radio call on 55KRC.

Xavier is shooting for its sixth win in the annual series in eight seasons and 10th in 14 seasons.

THE MATCHUP

XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (5-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI BEARCATS (1-0, 0-0 AMERICAN)
SUNDAY, DEC. 6, 2020 AT 3 P.M. ET
FIFTH THIRD ARENA IN CINCINNATI, OHIO

TV, RADIO & LIVE STATS

Television: ESPN with play-by-play from Jason Benetti and analysis from Dan Dakich.
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 will also be available on Sirius XM Internet channel 981.
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier and Cincinnati are meeting for the 88th time. XU has won five of the last seven meetings with UC, nine of the last 13 and 16 of the last 24 meetings.
• Xavier has four players averaging in double figures in scoring.
• Xavier senior Paul Scruggs, MVP of the Xavier Invitational, leads the team in assists at 7.4 apg. (second in the BIG EAST) and is third in scoring at 12.4 ppg.
• Xavier's Paul Scruggs became the 57th member of XU's 1,000 Point Club during the Eastern Kentucky game and has 1,015 points entering the UC game.
• Xavier senior Jason Carter, who leads the BIG EAST in rebounding at 10.6 rpg., has grabbed double-figure rebound totals in each of the last four games.
• Xavier sophomore Zach Freemantle leads the team in scoring at 17.4 ppg.(sixth in the BIG EAST) and is second in rebounding at 8.4 rpg. (ninth in the BIG EAST).
• Xavier senior Nate Johnson is fourth on the team in scoring at 11.8 ppg.
• Xavier sophomore KyKy Tandy, who was named to the Xavier Invitational All-Tournament Team, scored a career-high 24 points vs. Toledo and hit a career-high six 3-pointers vs. Oakland. He is second on the team in scoring at 14.8 ppg.
• Xavier freshman Dwon Odom, who started the first four games, is second on the team in assists at 5.0 apg. (fourth in the BIG EAST).
• Xavier is opening the 2020-21 season with 12 games in 29 days.

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