Xavier Hosts Indiana On Friday In Gavitt Games Matchup

Friday, November 18

Cincinnati, Ohio

6 p.m.

Xavier University

Indiana

Xavier Hosts Indiana On Friday In Gavitt Games Matchup

11.17.22 | Men's Basketball

NOTES: GAME 4 VS. INDIANA.pdf

Cintas Center is sold out again.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers , 3-0, host the No. 12 Indiana University Hoosiers, 2-0, on Friday night in a Gavitt Tipoff Games showdown on FS1. XU is 3-1 in the annual challenge series games between the BIG EAST Conference and the Big Ten Conference, including a win over Ohio State last season.

THE MATCHUP

RV/RV XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (3-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
NO. 12/13 INDIANA UNIVERSITY HOOSIERS (2-0, O-0 BIG TEN)
FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 2022 AT 6 P.M. ET AT CINTAS CENTER (10,224)

TV, RADIO & LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with play by-play from Kevin Kugler and analysis from Jim Jackson.
Radio: 700 WLW with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famer Joe Sunderman ('79) and analysis from XU all-time leading scorer and Hall of Famer Byron Larkin ('88). The broadcast is also available on Sirius XM channel 386 and channel 976 on the SXM App.
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier has won 12 of its last 15 games against nine different teams from the Big Ten Conference since the 2007-08 season (15 seasons), including 4-1 in the NCAA Tournament and 3-1 in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.
• Xavier, 3-0, won its eighth straight game dating back to last season with a 78-65 win over Fairfield on Tuesday night. Graduate student Jack Nunge led Xavier in scoring with 23 points, while senior Zach Freemantle recorded a triple-double.
• Xavier senior Zach Freemantle, who was named to the weekly BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll after XU's first two wins, followed that up with a triple-double vs. Fairfield with 15 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists.
• Xavier is looking for its eighth straight win at Cintas Center. XU is playing the final game of a four-game homestand to open the season.
• Xavier head coach Sean Miller is back for his sixth season at the helm. Miller, who was the XU head coach from 2004-09, is the fifth-winningest active Division I head coach (by win percentage) among coaches with at least 10 years as a head coach.
• Xavier junior Colby Jones, who was named Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team, sat out the Fairfield game with a sprained ankle.
• Xavier graduate student Jack Nunge, who was named Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team, leads Xavier in scoring at 18.0 ppg. while shooting 64.3 percent from the field. He is second on the team in rebounding at 6.3 rpg.
• Xavier's balanced scoring attack boasts five players who average in double figures in scoring led by Jack Nunge (18.0 ppg. to go with 6.3 rpg.) and Zach Freemantle (15.7 ppg. to go with a team-high 7.7 rpg.), who are also XU's top rebounders.
• Xavier has graduated 117 straight seniors.

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