Men's Basketball Hits The Road For A Wednesday Rematch With Creighton

Wednesday, January 21

Omaha, Neb.

7 p.m. ET

Xavier University

Creighton

Men's Basketball Hits The Road For A Wednesday Rematch With Creighton

01.19.26 | Men's Basketball

GAME NOTES AT CREIGHTON

Musketeers have won two-straight games.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 11-7 overall and 3-4 in the BIG EAST Conference, take a two-game winning streak to Omaha, Neb. this week. XU takes on the Creighton University Bluejays, 11-8 overall and 5-3 in the BIG EAST, on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET. Creighton hit 16-33 3-pointers in its win at XU on Dec. 17.

Xavier graduate student Tre Carroll, who is on this week's BIG EAST Honor Roll, leads four Xavier double-figure scorers at 16.7 ppg., which ranks second in the league.

BROADCAST AND LIVE STATS INFORMATION

TV/Stream: FS1 with play-by-play from Jason Ross Jr. and analysis from Nick Bahe.
Xavier Radio: 55KRC 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); XU broadcast is also available on the Xavier Musketeers App., Varsity Network and the Sirius XM App.
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier, 11-7 overall and 3-4 in the BIG EAST Conference, won its second-straight game with an 89-75 victory over Butler on Jan. 14. Graduate student Tre Carroll led five Xavier double-figure scorers with 29 points to go with nine rebounds and five blocks.
• Xavier senior Malik Messina-Moore leads the team in scoring for BIG EAST games at 16.9 ppg., which ranks fourth in the league. Messina-Moore has raised his season average to 10.7 ppg. He is second in the BIG EAST in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.00 after his collegiate career-high nine assists with two turnovers vs. Butler.
• Xavier trends: 10-2 when it shoots over 40 percent, 9-2 when it has four or more players score in double figures, 10-2 when it scores 70 points or more, 10-1 when allowing less than 78 points and 9-0 when leading at halftime (10-0 when leading or tied).
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is fifth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.98. XU is ninth in the nation in turnover percentage at 13.3 percent.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST in assists and is 11th in the nation at 19.1 apg. XU's assist percentage (68.9 percent) is second in the nation.
• Xavier senior Filip Borovićanin has recorded seven double-doubles in scoring-rebounding, which ranks second in the BIG EAST and 26th in the nation. He just missed a double-double in scoring-assists with 14 points and a collegiate career-high nine assists vs. Butler.
• Xavier's Filip Borovićanin has averaged 10.8 points, 8.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game over the last 13 games. For the season, he leads Xavier in rebounding (third in the BIG EAST at 7.9 rpg.), assists (fourth at 4.4 apg.) and steals (seventh at 1.6 spg.).
• Xavier graduate student Tre Carroll, who leads XU in scoring at 16.7 ppg. (second in the BIG EAST), is also second in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage at 48.4 percent.
• Xavier sophomore Jovan Milićević is third on the team in scoring at 11.1 ppg. and is seventh in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goals per game (2.1). He scored a career-high 22 points, hitting 8-12 from the field (4-5 on 3-pointers), with eight rebounds vs. Providence.
• Xavier graduate student Roddie Anderson III is second on the team in scoring (17th in the BIG EAST at 12.8 ppg.). He has scored in double figures in all seven BIG EAST games.