Men's Basketball Opens A Two-Game Homestand On Saturday Vs. Providence

Saturday, January 10

Cincinnati, Ohio

4 p.m.

Xavier University

Providence

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Men's Basketball Opens A Two-Game Homestand On Saturday Vs. Providence

01.08.26 | Men's Basketball

GAME NOTES VS. PROVIDENCE

Xavier head coach Richard Pitino is a 2005 PC graduate.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 9-7 overall and 1-4 in the BIG EAST Conference, open a two-game homestand against the Providence College Friars, 8-7 overall and 1-3 in the BIG EAST, on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. at Cintas Center. Xavier is looking to bounce back from a one-point loss at Marquette on Wednesday, while PC is looking to bounce back from an overtime loss to UConn at Providence on Wednesday.

Graduate student Tre Carroll leads Xavier in scoring at 15.8 ppg., which ranks seventh in the BIG EAST. Senior Malik Messina-Moore, who averaged 6.8 ppg. (shooting 30.6 percent from the field) in the non-conference season, leads Xavier and is ranked sixth in the BIG EAST in league play at 16.0 ppg., while shooting 45.8 percent (ninth in the BIG EAST). Messina-Moore led XU with a season-high 22 points at Marquette, hitting 4-6 3-pointers, to go with a collegiate career-high five steals.

BROADCAST AND LIVE STATS INFORMATION

TV/Stream: FS1 with play-by-play from Connor Onion 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, 9-7 overall and 1-4 in the BIG EAST Conference, is coming off a 66-65 loss at Marquette on Wednesday. XU rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit but came up short.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is 11th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.81. XU is 17th in the nation in turnover percentage at 14.0 percent.
• Xavier is second in the BIG EAST in assists and 30th in the nation at 18.1 apg. XU's assist percentage (68.1 percent) is third in the nation.
• Xavier ranks fourth in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goals per game at 9.7; XU has hit 10+ 3-point field goals in eight games.
• Xavier senior Malik Messina-Moore leads Xavier in scoring for BIG EAST games at 16.0 ppg., which ranks sixth in the league. He averaged 6.8 ppg. in non-conference games.
• Xavier's Malik Messina-Moore is fifth in the BIG EAST Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at a team-high 2.73 and eighth in assists at 3.8 apg.
• Xavier senior Filip Borovićanin has record six double-doubles, which ranks second in the BIG EAST and 27th in the nation. He has three in the last four games.
• Xavier's Filip Borovićanin has averaged 10.1 points, 9.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game over the last 11 games. For the season, he leads Xavier in rebounding (third in the BIG EAST at 7.9 rpg.), assists (fifth at 4.0 apg.) and steals (eighth at 1.6 spg.).
• Xavier graduate student Tre Carroll, who leads XU in scoring at 15.8 ppg. (seventh in the BIG EAST), has scored in double figures in a team-high 14 games.
• Xavier graduate student Roddie Anderson III is second on the team in scoring (16th in the BIG EAST at 12.8 ppg.). He has scored in double figures in all five BIG EAST games.
• Xavier sophomore Jovan Milićević is third on the team in scoring at 10.3 ppg. and is 10th in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goals per game (2.0).