Thursday, March 13
New York, N.Y.
2:30 p.m.
Xavier University
vs
vs No. 5 seed Marquette
Men's Basketball Prepares For Marquette In Thursday BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinal
03.10.25 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers enter Madison Square Garden with a seven-game win streak.
CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 21-10 overall and 13-7 in the BIG EAST Conference, earned the No. 4 seed in this week's BIG EAST Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York. Xavier will take on the No. 5 seed Marquette University Golden Eagles, 22-9 overall and 13-7 in the BIG EAST, in the BET Quarterfinals on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. XU is riding a seven-game win streak.
The two teams split the regular season meetings this season with Marquette winning at XU 72-70 on Dec. 21 and Xavier winning at MU 59-57 on Jan. 18. Xavier leading scorer and rebounder Zach Freemantle missed the December game with an injury but contributed a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in Milwaukee. Xavier holds a 2-1 advantage in three previous meetings with Marquette in the BIG EAST Tournament.
TV/Stream: Peacock with Noah Eagle, Donny Marshall and John Fanta.
Xavier Radio: 55KRC-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.
• Xavier is playing in the BIG EAST Quarterfinals for the ninth time in 12 years in the BIG EAST Conference. XU is 7-1 in the BET Quarterfinals. UConn snapped XU's seven-game win streak in the BET Quarterfinals by defeating the Musketeers in 2024.
• Xavier's best BIG EAST Tournament finishes: 2015 and 2023 BET Championship games.
• Xavier won its seventh-straight game with a win over Providence on Saturday.
• Xavier graduate student Zach Freemantle and junior Ryan Conwell were voted All-BIG EAST by the league coaches. Freemantle is on the Second Team and Conwell is on the Third Team.
• Xavier's Zach Freemantle scored a team-high 25 points in the win over Providence on Saturday, his third-straight 20-point game. Freemantle leads the team in scoring (fifth in the BIG EAST at 17.4 ppg.) and rebounding (fifth in the BIG EAST at 7.1 rpg.). He has averaged 19.9 ppg. during the seven-game win streak, while shooting 59.8 percent (58-97) from the field.
• Xavier's Zach Freemantle is 12th on XU's all-time scoring list (1,714 points) and is ninth on the all-time rebounding list (876 rebounds). He is just eight points shy of the top 10 on the scoring list, which would make him one of only four XU players in the top 10 for career scoring and rebounding. The current ones are David West, Tyrone Hill and Romain Sato.
• Xavier junior Ryan Conwell recorded his fourth-straight 20-point game with 21 points vs. Providence (first XU player with 20+ in four-straight games since Naji Marshall in 2019-20. Conwell is second on the team and ninth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 16.2 ppg. He ranks third in the BIG EAST in 3-point pct. at .407 and fourth in 3-point field goals made at 2.9 per game.
• Xavier sophomore Dailyn Swain, who posted his third double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds at Butler on March 5, averaged 11.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in BIG EAST play.
• Xavier graduate student Dante Maddox Jr., who hit 3-4 3-pointers on his way to 16 points in the Creighton win on March 1, shot .451 (32-71) from 3-point range in BIG EAST play.
• Xavier graduate student Dayvion McKnight leads XU in assists at 4.3 apg. (eighth in the BIG EAST) and is third in the BIG EAST and 24th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.68.
• Xavier is second in the BIG EAST and eighth in the nation in free throw percentage at .793. XU has four players in the top 10 in the BIG EAST in free throw percentage: Dailyn Swain (third at .830), Ryan Conwell (fourth at .825), Dayvion McKnight (sixth at .802) and Zach Freemantle (ninth at .757).
The two teams split the regular season meetings this season with Marquette winning at XU 72-70 on Dec. 21 and Xavier winning at MU 59-57 on Jan. 18. Xavier leading scorer and rebounder Zach Freemantle missed the December game with an injury but contributed a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in Milwaukee. Xavier holds a 2-1 advantage in three previous meetings with Marquette in the BIG EAST Tournament.
BROADCAST AND LIVE STATS INFORMATION
TV/Stream: Peacock with Noah Eagle, Donny Marshall and John Fanta.
Xavier Radio: 55KRC-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 playing in the BIG EAST Quarterfinals for the ninth time in 12 years in the BIG EAST Conference. XU is 7-1 in the BET Quarterfinals. UConn snapped XU's seven-game win streak in the BET Quarterfinals by defeating the Musketeers in 2024.
• Xavier's best BIG EAST Tournament finishes: 2015 and 2023 BET Championship games.
• Xavier won its seventh-straight game with a win over Providence on Saturday.
• Xavier graduate student Zach Freemantle and junior Ryan Conwell were voted All-BIG EAST by the league coaches. Freemantle is on the Second Team and Conwell is on the Third Team.
• Xavier's Zach Freemantle scored a team-high 25 points in the win over Providence on Saturday, his third-straight 20-point game. Freemantle leads the team in scoring (fifth in the BIG EAST at 17.4 ppg.) and rebounding (fifth in the BIG EAST at 7.1 rpg.). He has averaged 19.9 ppg. during the seven-game win streak, while shooting 59.8 percent (58-97) from the field.
• Xavier's Zach Freemantle is 12th on XU's all-time scoring list (1,714 points) and is ninth on the all-time rebounding list (876 rebounds). He is just eight points shy of the top 10 on the scoring list, which would make him one of only four XU players in the top 10 for career scoring and rebounding. The current ones are David West, Tyrone Hill and Romain Sato.
• Xavier junior Ryan Conwell recorded his fourth-straight 20-point game with 21 points vs. Providence (first XU player with 20+ in four-straight games since Naji Marshall in 2019-20. Conwell is second on the team and ninth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 16.2 ppg. He ranks third in the BIG EAST in 3-point pct. at .407 and fourth in 3-point field goals made at 2.9 per game.
• Xavier sophomore Dailyn Swain, who posted his third double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds at Butler on March 5, averaged 11.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in BIG EAST play.
• Xavier graduate student Dante Maddox Jr., who hit 3-4 3-pointers on his way to 16 points in the Creighton win on March 1, shot .451 (32-71) from 3-point range in BIG EAST play.
• Xavier graduate student Dayvion McKnight leads XU in assists at 4.3 apg. (eighth in the BIG EAST) and is third in the BIG EAST and 24th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.68.
• Xavier is second in the BIG EAST and eighth in the nation in free throw percentage at .793. XU has four players in the top 10 in the BIG EAST in free throw percentage: Dailyn Swain (third at .830), Ryan Conwell (fourth at .825), Dayvion McKnight (sixth at .802) and Zach Freemantle (ninth at .757).
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