Men's Basketball Closes Out The Regular Season At Marquette On Saturday Night

Saturday, March 6

Milwaukee, Wis.

9:00 p.m.

Xavier University

Marquette

Men's Basketball Closes Out The Regular Season At Marquette On Saturday Night

03.04.21 | Men's Basketball

Xavier at Marquette Notes package

Musketeers can clinch a BIG EAST Tournament first-round bye with a win.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 13-6 overall and 6-6 in the BIG EAST Conference, close out the regular season on Saturday in Milwaukee vs. the Marquette University Golden Eagles. Xavier can clinch a first-round bye in the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament with a win at Marquette.

Marquette will have fans at Fiserv Forum for the first time this season.

THE MATCHUP

XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (13-6, 6-6 BIG EAST)
AT MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY GOLDEN EAGLES (12-13, 7-11 BIG EAST)
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021 AT 9 P.M. ET (8 P.M. CT)
FISERV FORUM IN MILWAUKEE, WIS.

TV, RADIO & LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Bob Brainerd and analysis from Jess Settles.
Radio: 700 WLW-AM with play-by-play from XU Hall of Famer Joe Sunderman ('79) and analysis from XU Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin ('88). XU broadcast also available on Sirius XM channel 84 and internet 84.
Live Stats: Stats at GoXavier.com and gomarquette.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier, 13-6 overall and 6-6 in the BIG EAST, split this past week: defeating No. 13/11 Creighton 77-69 on Feb. 27 and losing 72-66 at Georgetown on March 2.
• Xavier can clinch a first-round bye in the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament with a win at Marquette.
• Xavier has started two freshmen (Colby Jones and Dwon Odom) and a sophomore (Zach Freemantle) each of the last three games.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST in assists (sixth in the nation at 18.1 apg.). Xavier is second in the BIG EAST (fifth in the nation) in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.58, second in field goal percentage (.461) and field goal percentage defense (.408).
• Xavier senior Paul Scruggs leads the BIG EAST and is 15th in the nation in assists at 5.9 apg., including a career-high 12 assists vs. UConn on Feb. 13. He is second on the team and 12th in the BIG EAST in scoring (13.9 ppg.) and is third in the BIG EAST in assist-to-turnover at 2.26. He is sixth in the BIG EAST in free-throw percentage (.825).
• Xavier's Paul Scruggs earned a spot on the BIG EAST Honor Roll after averaging 22.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game in Xavier's two games last week (at Providence on Feb. 24 and vs. Creighton on Feb. 27).
• Xavier sophomore Zach Freemantle has posted six straight double-doubles (a team-high eight for the season), including 17 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Creighton and 12 points and 12 rebounds at Georgetown. The streak also includes career highs and game highs for scoring (30) and rebounding (15) vs. UConn on Feb. 13.
• Xavier's Zach Freemantle leads the team in scoring at 16.7 ppg. (fifth in the BIG EAST) and leads the entire BIG EAST Conference in rebounding (35th in the nation at 9.2 rpg.). He also leads XU in field goal percentage (ninth in the BIG EAST at .516).
• Xavier freshman Dwon Odom is first in the BIG EAST and 14th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.94. Odom is first on the team and 12th in the BIG EAST in assists at 3.1 apg.

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