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Friday, November 6
Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00 PM
Xavier University
vs
Eastern Michigan
11.04.26 | Men's Basketball
Both teams won their season openers on Monday.
CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 1-0, host the Eastern Michigan University Eagles, 1-0, on Friday night at 7 p.m. at Cintas Center. The game is the second of a three-game homestand to open the regular season.
Xavier defeated Mount St. Mary's 97-52 on Monday in its regular season opener at Cintas Center, extending the nation's best win streak in openers to 37 games. EMU opened the season with a 71-70 win at Coastal Carolina on Monday.
TV/Stream: ESPN+ with pbp from Paul Fritschner and analysis from Mike LaTulip.
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). The game is also available on the Xavier Musketeers App. and Varsity Network.
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.
• Xavier, 1-0, defeated Mount St. Mary's 97-52 on Monday in its regular season opener at Cintas Center, extending the nation's best win streak in openers to 37 games. XU placed four players in double figures led by senior Chance Westry with 17 points to go with a collegiate career-high tying five steals.
• Xavier won the battle of the boards vs. Mount St. Mary's 56-33 led by 11 from senior Nikos Chitikoudis. Opponents outrebounded XU in 23 of 33 games last season.
• Xavier played 10 players over 14 minutes in the first game. All of them scored at least four points. By comparison, only six players played over 14 minutes in Xavier's season opener vs. Marist last season.
• Xavier is playing the second of three-straight home games to open the regular season. XU plays five of its first six regular season games at Cintas Center before playing three of four away from home.
• Xavier has 11 newcomers, including seven transfers and four freshmen. Four scholarship players return from last season, although only two (Filip Borovićanin and Jovan Milićević) played in a game for XU. The other two sat out as medical redshirts.
• Xavier placed two players, Mike Nwoko and Jovan Milićević, on the preseason BIG EAST Conference Third Team selected by the coaches. The duo, who both call Toronto, Ontario home, are the co-captains of this year's team.
• Xavier has made at least the NCAA Sweet 16 seven times since 2008, including 2023, which ranks first in the BIG EAST and tied for 11th in the nation. The 10 schools that have been to more Sweet 16s during that time: Duke (12), Michigan State (11), UNC (10), Gonzaga (10), Arizona (10), Kansas (9), Kentucky (9), Purdue (9), Michigan (9) and Tennessee (8).
Xavier defeated Mount St. Mary's 97-52 on Monday in its regular season opener at Cintas Center, extending the nation's best win streak in openers to 37 games. EMU opened the season with a 71-70 win at Coastal Carolina on Monday.
BROADCAST AND LIVE STATS INFORMATION
TV/Stream: ESPN+ with pbp from Paul Fritschner and analysis from Mike LaTulip.
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). The game is also available on the Xavier Musketeers App. and Varsity Network.
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.
X FACTORS
• Xavier, 1-0, defeated Mount St. Mary's 97-52 on Monday in its regular season opener at Cintas Center, extending the nation's best win streak in openers to 37 games. XU placed four players in double figures led by senior Chance Westry with 17 points to go with a collegiate career-high tying five steals.
• Xavier won the battle of the boards vs. Mount St. Mary's 56-33 led by 11 from senior Nikos Chitikoudis. Opponents outrebounded XU in 23 of 33 games last season.
• Xavier played 10 players over 14 minutes in the first game. All of them scored at least four points. By comparison, only six players played over 14 minutes in Xavier's season opener vs. Marist last season.
• Xavier is playing the second of three-straight home games to open the regular season. XU plays five of its first six regular season games at Cintas Center before playing three of four away from home.
• Xavier has 11 newcomers, including seven transfers and four freshmen. Four scholarship players return from last season, although only two (Filip Borovićanin and Jovan Milićević) played in a game for XU. The other two sat out as medical redshirts.
• Xavier placed two players, Mike Nwoko and Jovan Milićević, on the preseason BIG EAST Conference Third Team selected by the coaches. The duo, who both call Toronto, Ontario home, are the co-captains of this year's team.
• Xavier has made at least the NCAA Sweet 16 seven times since 2008, including 2023, which ranks first in the BIG EAST and tied for 11th in the nation. The 10 schools that have been to more Sweet 16s during that time: Duke (12), Michigan State (11), UNC (10), Gonzaga (10), Arizona (10), Kansas (9), Kentucky (9), Purdue (9), Michigan (9) and Tennessee (8).
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