Men's Basketball Prepares For Rematch With Butler On Senior Night On Saturday

Saturday, March 7

Cincinnati, Ohio

8:30 p.m.

Xavier University

Butler

Men's Basketball Prepares For Rematch With Butler On Senior Night On Saturday

03.05.20 | Men's Basketball

Xavier vs. Butler Game Notes _game 31

Musketeers are looking for their 20th win.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 19-11 overall and 8-9 in the BIG EAST Conference, host the Butler University Bulldogs, 21-9 overall and 9-8 in the BIG EAST Conference, on Saturday night for Senior Night at Cintas Center. Xavier will honor four senior players (Quentin Goodin, Tyrique Jones, Bryce Moore and Leighton Schrand) and three senior managers (Nate Bohn, Paolo Fridman and Ryan Lutz) in pregame ceremonies for Senior Night. Fans are being asked to be in their seats by 8:10 p.m. for pregame festivities.

Xavier, 19-11, is one win shy of its 13th 20-win season in 15 years. A win over Butler would also extend Xavier's streak to 38 seasons of finishing .500 or better in conference play, the longest active streak in the nation. That streak stretches over time spent in the old MCC (now Horizon League), the Atlantic 10 Conference and XU's current home, the BIG EAST Conference.

THE MATCHUP

XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (19-11, 8-9 BIG EAST)
BUTLER UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS (21-9, 9-8 BIG EAST)
SENIOR NIGHT --- SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 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 Nick Bahe.
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). The broadcast will also be available on Sirius XM (380) and Internet (970).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier has won six of its last nine BIG EAST games, including four road wins.
• Xavier is ranked 14th in the nation in KenPom defensive efficiency. XU is ranked first in the BIG EAST Conference and 28th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage defense at 29.8 percent.
• Xavier, 19-11, is one win shy of its 13th 20-win season in 15 years and 21st 20-win season in 24 years.
• Xavier junior Naji Marshall has been selected as one of the five finalists for the 2020 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award.
• Xavier's Naji Marshall is the only BIG EAST Conference player that is ranked in the top 10 in the league in scoring (fourth at 16.8 ppg.), rebounding (ninth at 6.3 rpg.) and assists (seventh at 3.8 apg.). He leads the team in scoring and assists and is second in rebounding. He also leads the team in steals (12th in BIG EAST at 1.2 spg.).
• Xavier senior Tyrique Jones leads the BIG EAST and is third in the nation in double-doubles with 20, which is tied for the third-highest single-season total in XU history and just four shy of the school record (24 by Tyrone Hill in 1989-90). Jones is on pace to be the first XU player to average a double-double for a season since 2003 National Player of the Year David West.
• Xavier's Tyrique Jones leads the BIG EAST (ninth in the nation) in rebounding at 11.1 rpg. Jones leads the BIG EAST (third in the nation) in offensive rebounding at 4.3 rpg. He is ninth on XU's all-time rebounding list with 854 career rebounds.
• Xavier freshman KyKy Tandy has averaged 11.6 ppg. for XU's eight BIG EAST wins.
• Xavier has graduated 109 straight men's basketball seniors.

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