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

Saturday, February 28

Cincinnati, Ohio

1:30 p.m.

Xavier University

Georgetown

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

02.26.26 | Men's Basketball

GAME NOTES VS. GEORGETOWN

These are the last two home games of the season.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 13-15 overall and 5-12 in the BIG EAST Conference, open a two-game homestand against the Georgetown University Hoyas, 13-15 overall and 5-12 in the BIG EAST, on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at Cintas Center. XU hosts Seton Hall on Tuesday for "Senior Night" in the final home game of the season.

Xavier graduate student Tre Carroll leads the BIG EAST in scoring for all games (18.5 ppg.) and is second for BIG EAST games only (19.5 ppg.). Xavier has never had a player lead the BIG EAST in scoring for all games or league games only.

BROADCAST AND LIVE STATS INFORMATION

TV/Stream: TNT, truTV and HBO Max with play-by-play from J.B. Long and analysis from
Chris Spatola. Jared Greenberg is the reporter.
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's game vs. Georgetown opens a two-game homestand. XU hosts Seton Hall on Tuesday for "Senior Night" at Cintas Center.
• Xavier, 13-15 overall and 5-12 in the BIG EAST Conference, is coming off a 94-84 loss at Providence on Wednesday. Graduate student Roddie Anderson III led XU with 27 points, while senior Filip Borovićanin contributed a collegiate career-high 19 points.
• Xavier graduate student Tre Carroll leads the BIG EAST in scoring at 18.5 ppg. and is second in field goal percentage at 51.1 percent. He is second on the team and 11th in the league in rebounding (5.9 rpg.) and first on the team and sixth in blocks (1.3 bpg.).
• Xavier's Tre Carroll leads the BIG EAST in scoring for all games (18.5 ppg.) and is second for BIG EAST games only (19.5 ppg.). Xavier has never had a player lead the BIG EAST in scoring for all games or league games only.
• Xavier sophomore Jovan Milićević has scored in double figures in 11 of the last 12 games, including a career-high 23 points (hitting 5-7 3-pointers) in the Marquette win on Feb. 14.
• Xavier's Jovan Milićević is second on the team in scoring at 12.1 ppg. and eighth in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goals per game (2.0). He has averaged 14.7 ppg. over the last 12 games.
• Xavier senior Filip Borovićanin leads the team in rebounding (fourth in the BIG EAST at 7.9 rpg.), assists (tied for fifth in the BIG EAST at 4.2 apg.) and assist-to-turnover ratio (first in the BIG EAST at 2.74). He scored a career-high 19 points with nine rebounds on Wednesday.
• Xavier senior Malik Messina-Moore is second on the team in scoring for BIG EAST games at 13.5 ppg., which ranks tied for 16th in the league. He has scored in double figures in 14 of XU's 17 BIG EAST games, including 20 points at Butler on Feb. 21.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is 11th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.75; XU has the top two players in the BIG EAST in senior Filip Borovićanin (2.74) and senior Malik Messina-Moore (2.73). XU is second in the BIG EAST in assists and 20th in the nation at 17.6 apg.; Borovićan in ranks tied for fifth (4.2 apg.) and Messina-Moore eighth (3.9 apg.).