Men's Basketball Takes On No. 6 Gonzaga On Sunday

Sunday, November 27

Portland, Ore.

7:30 PM ET

Xavier University

Gonzaga

Men's Basketball Takes On No. 6 Gonzaga On Sunday

11.26.22 | Men's Basketball

GAME NOTES: GAME 7 vs. Gonzaga.pdf

This is the third AP top 12 test in four games.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

PORTLAND, ORE. --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 4-2, face another Top 10 test on Sunday against the No. 6 Gonzaga University Bulldogs, 4-2, in the third-place game for the Phil Knight Legacy. XU is coming off a 71-64 loss to No. 8 Duke on Friday.

Graduate student Souley Boum has come up big in Portland, averaging a team-high 22.5 points a game for XU's first two games.

THE MATCHUP

RV/RV XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (4-2, 0-0 BIG EAST)
NO. 6/5 GONZAGA UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS (4-2, 0-0 WCC)
SUNDAY, NOV. 27, 2022 AT 4:30 P.M. PST (7:30 P.M. ET)
AT VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM IN PORTLAND, OREGON

TV, RADIO & LIVE STATS

Television: ESPN with play by-play from Dan Schulman and analysis from Jay Bilas. Myron Medcalf is the sideline reporter.
Radio: 55KRC 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).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier, 4-2, is coming off a 71-64 loss to No. 8 Duke on Friday. Graduate student Souley Boum led Xavier with 23 points.
• Xavier graduate student Souley Boum leads the team in scoring at 16.8 ppg. (fifth in the BIG EAST) after posting back-to-back 20-point games on the first two days of the Phil Knight Legacy. Boum is tied for second on the team in assists at 3.8 apg.
• Xavier junior Colby Jones, Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team, hit 8-12 from the field, including a career-high four 3-pointers, on his way to a career-high 22 points vs. Florida. He leads XU in assists at 5.6 apg. (fifth in BIG EAST) to go with 14.4 ppg.
• Xavier graduate student Jack Nunge, who was named Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team, is second on the team in scoring at 14.8 ppg. (13th in the BIG EAST) and is second on the team in rebounding at 6.8 rpg. (12th in the BIG EAST).
• Xavier's balanced scoring attack boasts five players in double figures in scoring: Souley Boum (16.8 ppg.), Jack Nunge (14.8 ppg.), Colby Jones (14.4 ppg.), Zach Freemantle (13.3 ppg.) and Adam Kunkel (11.5 ppg.).
• Xavier senior Zach Freemantle, who has 972 career points, is averaging 13.3 ppg. (17th in the BIG EAST). Freemantle leads XU in rebounding at 7.5 rpg. (eighth in the BIG EAST), including a game-high 11 vs. Florida to go with 14 points.
• Xavier head coach Sean Miller, in his sixth season at the helm (also HC from 2004-09), is the fifth-winningest active Div. I head coach (by win percentage) among head coaches with at least 10 years. He is 426-158 (.729) in his 18th year overall.
• Xavier and Gonzaga are two of the 28 Jesuit Catholic colleges and universities that comprise AJCU and are located in 17 states, the District of Columbia and Belize.
• Xavier has graduated 117 straight seniors.