Men's Basketball Continues The Homestand With Butler On Tuesday Night

Tuesday, February 18

Cincinnati, Ohio

8 p.m.

Xavier University

Butler

Tickets

Men's Basketball Continues The Homestand With Butler On Tuesday Night

02.17.25 | Men's Basketball

GAME NOTES VS. BUTLER

Xavier and Butler will play for the first time this season.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 16-10 overall and 8-7 in the BIG EAST Conference, host the Butler University Bulldogs, 12-13 overall and 5-9 in the BIG EAST, on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. at Cintas Center. Xavier has won two-straight games, while Butler is riding a three-game win streak.

Butler is the only BIG EAST team that Xavier has not yet played this season. XU visits Butler on March 5.

BROADCAST AND LIVE STATS INFORMATION

TV/Stream: Peacock with play-by-play from Paul Burmeister and analysis from Austin Rivers.
Xavier 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 available on the Varsity Network and on Sirius XM.
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier is second in the BIG EAST and 11th in the nation in free throw percentage at .790, including 47-53 (.886) during the current two-game win streak. XU has four players ranked in the top 15 in the BIG EAST in free throw percentage: Dailyn Swain (fourth at .830), Ryan Conwell (sixth at .808), Dayvion McKnight (eighth at .788) and Zach Freemantle (11th at .760).
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST in fastbreak points (10th in the nation in at 15.7 ppg.) and is second in free throw percentage (11th in the nation at .790) and 3-point percentage (12th in the nation at .386). Xavier is third in the BIG EAST in assist-to-turnover ratio (48th in the nation at 1.43) and assists per game (34th in the nation at 16.5 apg.).
• Xavier graduate student Zach Freemantle was named BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week after averaging 21.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in a pair of wins at Providence and vs. DePaul. He had previously been named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll twice this season.
• Xavier's Zach Freemantle leads the team in scoring (sixth in the BIG EAST at 17.0 ppg.) and rebounding (fourth in the BIG EAST at 7.2 rpg.) and has scored in double figures in every game he has played this season (23). Freemantle is 15th on XU's all-time scoring list (1,617 points) and 10th on the all-time rebounding list (842 rebounds).
• Xavier sophomore Dailyn Swain, who has scored in double figures in 11 of the last 14 games, has averaged 13.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game over the last eight games. Swain scored 17 points (one point shy of his career high) on 6-6 shooting to go with seven rebounds and a career-high eight assists vs. DePaul on Saturday.
• Xavier junior Ryan Conwell is second on the team and ninth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 15.5 ppg. Conwell ranks fourth in the BIG EAST at 2.7 3-point field goals made per game. His 71 3-pointers made rank fourth in the BIG EAST and 58th in the nation.
• Xavier graduate student Dante Maddox Jr. tied his collegiate highs for points (26) and 3-point field goals (six) in the win at Providence on Feb. 12, his third 20-point game of the season.
• Xavier graduate student Marcus Foster posted his first XU double-double with 17 points and an XU career-high 13 rebounds vs. Georgetown on Feb. 4. Foster, who is third on the team in rebounding (4.7 rpg.), has snagged a team-high tying 6.5 rpg. over the last eight games.
• Xavier graduate student Dayvion McKnight leads XU in assists at 4.4 apg. (eighth in the BIG EAST) and is fourth in the BIG EAST and 43rd in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.56.