Xavier University Athletics

Men's Basketball Returns Home On Tuesday Night To Host Old Dominion
11.16.25 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers are looking to snap a two-game losing streak.
CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 2-2, are looking to snap a two-game losing streak when they host the Old Dominion University Monarchs, 2-2, on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
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Xavier played its first men's basketball game at Cintas Center on Nov. 18, 2000, and will be celebrating the 25-year anniversary of that first game on Tuesday night.
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TV/Stream: ESPN+ with play-by-play from John Sadak and analysis from former Musketeer captain Steve Wolf (Xavier '83).
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW with play-by-play from XU Hall of Famer Joe Sunderman ('79) and analysis from XU all-time leading scorer and Hall of Famer Byron Larkin ('88). The game is also available on the Xavier Gameday App., and Varsity Network.
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.
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• Xavier played its first men's basketball game at Cintas Center on Nov. 18, 2000, a 68-54 win by late head coach Skip Prosser's squad vs. Miami (Ohio). XU celebrates the 25-year anniversary of that game on Nov. 18 vs. Old Dominion.
• Xavier, 2-2, lost its second-straight game on Friday night at Iowa, XU's first road game of the season. Sophomore Jovan Milićević scored a Xavier career-high 15 points to lead three XU double-figure scorers.
• Xavier senior Roddie Anderson III scored a collegiate career-high 29 points in Xavier's last game at Cintas Center, Nov. 10 vs. Santa Clara. Anderson scored 25 of his points in the second half.
• Xavier graduate student Tre Carroll, who leads the team in scoring at 13.8 ppg., is the only Musketeer who has scored in double figures in all four games.
• Xavier has used multiple starting lineup combinations through four games. Seven different players have started at least one game. Graduate student Tre Carroll and senior Malik Messina-Moore are the only players that have started all four games.
• Xavier returns no scholarship letterwinners for the first time in school history.
• Xavier's Richard Pitino, who is looking for his 250th career win as a head coach, is off to a 2-2 start as the Musketeer head coach. Pitino, who was the head coach at New Mexico for the past four seasons, is in his 14th season as a collegiate head coach.
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Xavier played its first men's basketball game at Cintas Center on Nov. 18, 2000, and will be celebrating the 25-year anniversary of that first game on Tuesday night.
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BROADCAST AND LIVE STATS INFORMATION
TV/Stream: ESPN+ with play-by-play from John Sadak and analysis from former Musketeer captain Steve Wolf (Xavier '83).
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW with play-by-play from XU Hall of Famer Joe Sunderman ('79) and analysis from XU all-time leading scorer and Hall of Famer Byron Larkin ('88). The game is also available on the Xavier Gameday App., and Varsity Network.
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.
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X FACTORS
• Xavier played its first men's basketball game at Cintas Center on Nov. 18, 2000, a 68-54 win by late head coach Skip Prosser's squad vs. Miami (Ohio). XU celebrates the 25-year anniversary of that game on Nov. 18 vs. Old Dominion.
• Xavier, 2-2, lost its second-straight game on Friday night at Iowa, XU's first road game of the season. Sophomore Jovan Milićević scored a Xavier career-high 15 points to lead three XU double-figure scorers.
• Xavier senior Roddie Anderson III scored a collegiate career-high 29 points in Xavier's last game at Cintas Center, Nov. 10 vs. Santa Clara. Anderson scored 25 of his points in the second half.
• Xavier graduate student Tre Carroll, who leads the team in scoring at 13.8 ppg., is the only Musketeer who has scored in double figures in all four games.
• Xavier has used multiple starting lineup combinations through four games. Seven different players have started at least one game. Graduate student Tre Carroll and senior Malik Messina-Moore are the only players that have started all four games.
• Xavier returns no scholarship letterwinners for the first time in school history.
• Xavier's Richard Pitino, who is looking for his 250th career win as a head coach, is off to a 2-2 start as the Musketeer head coach. Pitino, who was the head coach at New Mexico for the past four seasons, is in his 14th season as a collegiate head coach.
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