Men's Basketball Heads Back On The Road For A Wednesday Tilt Vs. Marquette

Wednesday, January 7

Milwaukee, Wis.

7 p.m. ET

Xavier University

Marquette

Men's Basketball Heads Back On The Road For A Wednesday Tilt Vs. Marquette

01.05.26 | Men's Basketball

GAMES NOTES VS. MARQUETTE

The Musketeers won last year's meeting in Milwaukee.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 9-6 overall and 1-3 in the BIG EAST Conference, visit the Marquette University Golden Eagles, 5-10 overall and 0-4 in the BIG EAST, on Wednesday night in Milwaukee, Wis. Game time is 7 p.m. ET.

Xavier senior Malik Messina-Moore, who leads Xavier in scoring for BIG EAST games at 14.5 ppg., has scored in double figures in all four league games. He leads the BIG EAST Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio for all games at 3.35.

BROADCAST AND LIVE STATS INFORMATION

TV/Stream: FS1 with play-by-play from Jeff Levering and analysis from Nick Bahe.
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); 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, 9-6 overall and 1-3 in the BIG EAST Conference, is looking to snap a two-game losing streak. Marquette is trying to snap a six-game losing streak.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is sixth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.94. XU is ninth in the nation in turnover percentage at 13.4 percent.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST in assists and is 23rd in the nation at 18.6 apg. XU's assist percentage (69.1 percent) is third in the nation.
• Xavier ranks third in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goals per game at 9.6; XU has hit 10+ 3-point field goals in eight games, including 11 at DePaul on Saturday.
• Xavier senior Filip Borovićanin had 10 points and 10 rebounds at DePaul, his third-straight double-double and sixth of the season (second in the BIG EAST and 23rd in the nation).
• Xavier's Filip Borovićanin has averaged 10.2 points, 9.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game over the last 10 games. For the season, he leads Xavier in rebounding (third in the BIG EAST at 7.9 rpg.), assists (fifth at 4.2 apg.) and steals (tied for seventh at 1.6 spg.).
• Xavier graduate student Tre Carroll, who leads XU in scoring at 16.1 ppg. (fifth in the BIG EAST), has scored in double figures in a team-high 13 games.
• Xavier graduate student Roddie Anderson III is second in the team in scoring (16th in the BIG EAST at 13.0 ppg.), has scored in double figures in all four BIG EAST games.
• Xavier sophomore Jovan Milićević is third on the team in scoring at 10.5 ppg. and is tied for ninth in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goals per game (2.0).
• Xavier sophomore All Wright is third on the team in 3-point field goals per game (1.5) and is shooting .440 from 3-point range.