Men's Basketball Hits The Road For Tuesday Night BIG EAST Test At DePaul

Tuesday, February 4

Chicago, Ill.

9 p.m.

Xavier University

DePaul

Men's Basketball Hits The Road For Tuesday Night BIG EAST Test At DePaul

02.03.20 | Men's Basketball

Xavier at DePaul Game Notes _game 23

DePaul is one of three BIG EAST teams that Xavier has not yet played this season.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 14-8 overall and 3-6 in the BIG EAST Conference, travel to Chicago for a Tuesday night BIG EAST battle with DePaul at 9 p.m. ET. The Musketeers are coming off an impressive 74-62 win at No. 10 Seton Hall on Saturday. DePaul is one of three league teams that Xavier has not yet played this season. Providence, which XU hosts on Saturday, and Butler are the other two teams.

DePaul, 13-9 overall and 1-8 in the BIG EAST Conference, is coming off a pair of close road losses, 64-57 at Seton Hall on Jan. 29 and 76-72 at Marquette on Feb. 1. The Blue Demons beat Butler 79-66 on Jan. 18 for their lone BIG EAST win and own non-conference wins over Texas Tech, Northwestern, at Iowa, at Minnesota and at Boston College.

THE MATCHUP

XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (14-8, 3-6 BIG EAST)
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY BLUE DEMONS (13-9, 1-8 BIG EAST)
TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 2020 AT 9 P.M. ET (8 P.M. CT)
WINTRUST CENTER (10,387) IN CHICAGO, ILL.

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with Lisa Byington and Stephen Bardo.
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 Sirius XM (388) and Internet (970).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier won the rebounding battle 51-22 in the win at No. 10 Seton Hall. Senior Tyrique Jones and junior Naji Marshall combined for 38 points and 28 rebounds. XU's rebound margin was the highest ever for XU in a BIG EAST game.
• Xavier's Tyrique Jones has been named BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week after averaging 16.0 points, 16.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.5 blocks and shooting 77.8 percent (14-18) from the field in games vs. Marquette and at Seton Hall this past week. He had 19 points and 18 rebounds in Saturday's win at Seton Hall. ESPN's Jay Bilas also named him as "The Bilastrator's National Player of the Week."
• Xavier's Tyrique Jones is second in the BIG EAST in overall rebounding (10.5 rpg.) but leads the league for BIG EAST play at 11.2 rpg. Jones is first in the BIG EAST and third in the nation in offensive rebounding (4.2 rpg.). He is second in the BIG EAST and fifth in the nation in double-doubles (13).
• Xavier's Naji Marshall is 38th on XU's all-time scoring list (1,107) and Tyrique Jones is 49th (1,062). Two others are shooting for 1,000, senior Quentin Goodin with 985 points and junior Jason Carter at 992, including 836 at Ohio.
• Xavier's Tyrique Jones, who has grabbed 751 career rebounds, is now 12th on Xavier's all-time rebounding list after his 19-point, 18-rebound game at Seton Hall.
• Xavier's Naji Marshall leads the team in scoring at 16.8 ppg. (third in the BIG EAST) and is second in assists at 3.6 apg. (eighth in the BIG EAST) and rebounding at 6.0 rpg. (12th in the BIG EAST).
• Xavier senior Quentin Goodin has 527 career assists, which is fourth on Xavier's all-time assist chart and just 23 assists shy of third-place Tu Holloway (2008-12).
• Xavier freshman KyKy Tandy hit 2-3 3-pointers and 5-7 shots overall on his way to 14 points in 20 minutes off the bench at Seton Hall on Saturday.
• Xavier has graduated 109 straight men's basketball seniors.