Xavier Hosts Georgetown For Senior Night At Cintas Center On Saturday

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers host the Georgetown University Hoyas on Saturday night in the regular season finale at 7 p.m. at Cintas Center. Saturday is Senior Night and Xavier will honor five senior players (Nate Johnson and Paul Scruggs, and walk-ons Spencer Cody, Ramon Singh and Zak Swetye) and four senior managers (Evan Beretta, Andrew Lieb, Brendan Ross and Jack Westendorf) in pregame ceremonies. Fans are being asked to be in their seats for the pregame festivities at 6:40 p.m.

Xavier, 17-12 overall and 7-11 in the BIG EAST Conference, will only play Georgetown once in this regular season. XU's Jan. 4 game vs. GU in Washington was cancelled due to Covid-related issues in the Hoyas' program. Georgetown is the only BIG EAST team that Xavier will not play twice.

THE MATCHUP

XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (17-12, 7-11 BIG EAST)
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOYAS (6-23, 0-18 BIG EAST)
SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2022 AT 7:00 P.M. ET
CINTAS CENTER (10,224) IN CINCINNATI, OHIO

TV, RADIO & LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Lane Grindle and analysis from Dickey Simpkins.
Radio: 700 WLW-AM 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). XU broadcast is also on Sirius XM (390) and the Sirius XM App. (980).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier, 17-12 overall and 7-11 in the BIG EAST Conference, is shooting to break a five-game losing streak since defeating UConn on Feb. 11. XU is 39th in the NCAA NET.
• Xavier has four players averaging in double figures in scoring from 10.0 ppg. to 13.0 ppg. and a fifth player at 9.8 ppg. XU has had eight different players lead the team in scoring this season.
• Xavier senior Paul Scruggs, who is ninth in the BIG EAST in assists at 4.0 apg., is second on the team in scoring at 12.0 ppg.
• Xavier's Paul Scruggs is 16th on Xavier's all-time scoring list with 1,594 points and just two points shy of the top 15. He is sixth on XU's all-time assist list with 493 and is just three assists shy of the top five. He is 10th on the all-time steals list (170).
• Xavier senior Nate Johnson returned to action at St. John's after missing four games with a knee injury. Johnson contributed 11 points in 20 minutes of action.
• Xavier junior Jack Nunge leads the team in scoring at 13.0 ppg. and in blocks at 1.4 bpg. He is second in rebounding at 7.4 rpg.
• Xavier sophomore Colby Jones, who led the team in scoring in each of the last two games, is sixth in the BIG EAST in overall rebounding (7.6 rpg.) and in offensive rebounding (2.7 rpg.). He is third on the team in scoring (10.8 ppg.) and second in assists (2.8 apg.).

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