No. 16 Xavier Heads To New Jersey For A Friday Night BIG EAST Clash With Seton Hall

Friday, February 24

Newark, N.J.

7 p.m.

Xavier University

Seton Hall

No. 16 Xavier Heads To New Jersey For A Friday Night BIG EAST Clash With Seton Hall

02.22.23 | Men's Basketball

NOTES: GAME 29 AT SETON HALL

Musketeers are looking to bounce back from their first league home loss of the season.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 20-8 overall and 12-5 in the BIG EAST Conference, open a two-game road swing with a Friday night game at 7 p.m. vs. the Seton Hall University Pirates in New Jersey. XU is looking for its fifth BIG EAST road victory.
Xavier is expected to be without senior and New Jersey native Zach Freemantle for a seventh-straight game due to a foot injury. Freemantle leads XU in rebounding and is second in scoring.

THE MATCHUP

NO. 16/15 XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (20-8, 12-5 BIG EAST)
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY PIRATES (16-12, 9-8 BIG EAST)
FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 2023 AT 7:00 P.M. ET
AT PRUDENTIAL CENTER IN NEWARK, N.J.

TV, RADIO & LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with play by-play from John Fanta and analysis from Donny Marshall.
Xavier 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). XU broadcast also available on Sirius XM 81 and 81 on the SXM App.
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier, 20-8 overall and 12-5 in the BIG EAST Conference, is in its 10th BIG EAST season.
• Xavier, 20-8, has recorded 32 of its 34 all-time 20-win seasons between 1982-83 and this season.
• Xavier has clinched its 27th-straight winning season, which is tied for the nation's fourth-longest active streak.
• Xavier is 16th in this week's AP Poll and 15th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. XU is No. 24 in the KenPom rankings and No. 34 the NCAA's NET ranking.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST in four major offensive categories: first in the nation in assists per game at 20.3 apg., fourth in the nation in overall field goal percentage (.498), sixth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (.394) and 14th in the nation in scoring offense at 81.9 ppg. XU is second in the BIG EAST and eighth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.56.
• Xavier's five BIG EAST losses include three one-point losses and a two-point setback.
• Xavier senior and New Jersey native Zach Freemantle has missed six-straight games with a foot injury. Freemantle leads XU in rebounding (fourth in the BIG EAST at 8.1 rpg.) and is second in scoring (10th in the BIG EAST at 15.2 ppg.).
• Xavier graduate student Souley Boum, XU's leading scorer at 16.3 ppg. (fourth in the BIG EAST), is sixth among active career scorers in NCAA Division I with 2,307 points. Boum, who is second on the team and sixth in the BIG EAST in assists at 4.6 apg., leads XU and is fourth in the BIG EAST in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.20-to-1.0,
• Xavier junior Colby Jones leads the team in assists at 4.7 apg. (tied for fourth in the BIG EAST) to go with 14.5 ppg. (fourth on the team and 15th in the BIG EAST).
• Xavier senior Jerome Hunter hit 5-6 from the field on his way to 14 points vs. Villanova. He has recorded 10 of his 11 double-figure scoring games in BIG EAST Conference play.
• Xavier's Jack Nunge is third on the team in scoring at 14.6 ppg. (14th in the BIG EAST) and is second in rebounding at 8.0 rpg. (fifth in the BIG EAST). Nunge is fourth in the BIG EAST in offensive rebounding at 2.8 orpg. He is fifth in the BIG EAST in 3-pt. percentage at .413 (33-80).