Men's Basketball Returns Home On Saturday Afternoon To Host DePaul

Saturday, January 31

Cincinnati, Ohio

1 p.m.

Xavier University

DePaul

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Men's Basketball Returns Home On Saturday Afternoon To Host DePaul

01.29.26 | Men's Basketball

GAME NOTES VS. DEPAUL

Xavier will honor the 2026 Xavier Athletics Hall of Fame inductees.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 11-10 overall and 3-7 in the BIG EAST Conference, host the DePaul University Blue Demons, 12-9 overall and 4-6 in the BIG EAST, on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Cintas Center. Xavier is looking to snap a three-game losing streak.

This weekend is Hall of Fame Weekend. Xavier's three-member 2026 induction class for the Xavier Athletics Hall of Fame, Drew Lavender ('08) from men's basketball, Melanie Balcomb from women's basketball and Andy Pope ('06) from men's golf, will be honored at halftime.

BROADCAST AND LIVE STATS INFORMATION

TV/Stream: FS1 with play-by-play from Jack Kizer 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, 11-10 overall and 3-7 in the BIG EAST Conference, is looking to snap a three-game losing streak.
• Xavier graduate student Tre Carroll has averaged 27.8 ppg. and shot 62.0 percent from the field, including 50.0 percent from 3-point territory, over the last four games.
• Xavier's Tre Carroll leads the BIG EAST in scoring at 18.2 ppg. and is second in field goal percentage at 51.2 percent. He is second on the team and tied for 12th in the league in rebounding (5.6 rpg.) and first on the team and sixth in blocks (1.3 bpg.).
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is seventh in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.85. XU leads the BIG EAST in assists and is 11th in the nation at 18.7 apg.
• Xavier senior Filip Borovićanin leads the team in rebounding (third in the BIG EAST at 8.0 rpg.), assists (fourth at 4.6 apg.), steals (ninth at 1.6 spg.) and assist-to-turnover ratio (third in the BIG EAST at 2.69).
• Xavier senior Malik Messina-Moore is second on the team in scoring for BIG EAST games at 15.0 ppg., which ranks 11th in the league. Messina-Moore has raised his season average to 10.7 ppg. He is fourth in the BIG EAST in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.65.
• Xavier sophomore Jovan Milićević is third on the team in scoring at 11.7 ppg. and is tied for sixth in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goals per game (2.0). He has averaged 16.2 ppg. over the last five games.
• Xavier graduate student Roddie Anderson III, who is second on the team in scoring at 11.8 ppg., is one of four Musketeer double-figure scorers. Xavier is 9-3 when it has four or more players score in double figures.
• Xavier's three-member 2026 induction class for the Xavier Athletics Hall of Fame, Drew Lavender ('08) from men's basketball, Melanie Balcomb from women's basketball and Andy Pope ('06) from men's golf, will be honored at halftime.