Rv / No. 20 Xavier University Musketeers (8-1, 1-1 Big East) Seton Hall University Pirates (6-4, 3-1 Big East) Wednesday, Dec
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RV / NO. 20 XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (8-1, 1-1 BIG EAST) SETON HALL UNIVERSITY PIRATES (6-4, 3-1 BIG EAST) WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30, 2020 AT 7:15 P.M. ET CINTAS CENTER IN CINCINNATI, OHIO Xavier Media Contact: Tom Eiser, Associate Athletic Director for Communications [email protected], 513-382-5565 (cell) and @EiserXUSports on Twitter TELEVISION, RADIO AND LIVE STATS Television: FS1 with pbp from Lane Grindle and analysis from Dickey Simpkins. Radio: 55KRC-AM with play-by-play from XU Hall of Famer and former XU standout Joe Sunderman (‘79) and analysis from XU Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin (‘88). Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com. THE X FACTORS SCHEDULE/RESULTS (8-1, 1-1 BIG EAST) • Xavier is tied for 20th in this week's USA Today Coaches Poll (up two spots) and 26th ("first among others receiving votes" and down four spots from last week) in Date Opponent TV Result/Time EST P.M. the Associated Press Poll after its 66-61 loss at now-No. 11/10 Creighton on Dec. 23. NOVEMBER • Xavier leads the BIG EAST in scoring margin (+13.1 ppg.) and field goal percentage 25 Wed. Oakland * FS1 W/101-49 defense (.382). XU is second in assists (19.6 apg.), overall field goal percentage 26 Thu. Bradley * FS1 W/51-50 (.493) and assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.64. 27 Fri. Toledo * GoXavier.com # W/76-73 • Xavier is ranked 14th in the nation in assists at 19.6 apg. and 13th in assist-to- 30 Mon. Eastern Kentucky FS1 W/99-96 (OT) turnover ratio at 1.64. DECEMBER • Xavier's KenPom adjusted offensive ranking is 21st and defensive ranking is 68th. 2 Wed. Tennessee Tech FS1 W/79-48 • Xavier senior Paul Scruggs leads the BIG EAST and is 17th in the nation in assists 6 Sun. at Cincinnati ESPN W/77-69 at 6.7 apg. He is second on the team (11th in BIG EAST) in scoring (15.8 ppg.) and is 9 Wed. Oklahoma ^ FS1 W/99-77 third in the BIG EAST in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.73. 20 SUN. MARQUETTE FS1 W/91-88 • Xavier sophomore Zach Freemantle leads the team in scoring at 16.3 ppg. (eighth 23 WED. AT #13 CREIGHTON FS1 L/61-66 in the BIG EAST), rebounding at 7.6 rpg. (tied for fifth in the BIG EAST) and field 30 WED. SETON HALL FS1 7:15 P.M. goal percentage (tied for 10th in the BIG EAST at .574). He is 15th in the BIG EAST in JANUARY 3-point percentage (.414) and blocks (0.9 bpg.). 6 WED. ST. JOHN'S CBSSN 8 P.M. • Xavier senior Nate Johnson, who is second in the BIG EAST and 13th in the nation 10 SUN. PROVIDENCE FOX in 3-point percentage (.538), is second in the BIG EAST and 39th in the country in 13 WED. VILLANOVA FS1 6:30 P.M. 3-point field goals at 3.1 per game. Johnson hit 7 3-pointers vs. Oklahoma on Dec. 9 16 SAT. AT SETON HALL CBSSN and scored an XU career-high 25 points. 20 WED. AT UCONN CBSSN • Xavier junior Adam Kunkel scored 22 points in 17 minutes in the win over 26 TUE. GEORGETOWN FS1 Marquette on Dec. 20. Kunkel hit 7-9 from the field, including the game-winning 29 FRI. AT BUTLER FS1 3-pointer that earned him the top play on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10. FEBRUARY 3 WED. AT DEPAUL TBA THE ACTIVE ROSTER (* LAST GAME STARTERS) 7 SUN. AT VILLANOVA FOX or FS1 NO. NAME (HT./YR) POS. PPG RPG APG NOTES 11 THU. DEPAUL TBA 0 C.J. Wilcher (6-5/Fr.) G 0.5 0.3 0.0 Scored his first points vs. Oklahoma 13 SAT. UCONN FOX or FS1 1 Paul Scruggs (6-4/Sr.)* G 15.8 4.0 6.7 Team Captain; t-3rd in BIG EAST in steals at 2.0 spg. 16 TUE. AT ST. JOHN'S FS1 2 Daniel Ramsey (6-9/So.) F Medical redshirt last season; Has not played this season 21 SUN. BUTLER FOX or FS1 3 Colby Jones (6-5/Fr.)* G 4.3 3.8 3.3 Averaging 21.8 minutes per game 24 WED. AT PROVIDENCE TBA 5 Adam Kunkel (6-4/Jr.) G 8.8 1.8 0.8 Averaging 17.3 minutes per game 27 SAT. CREIGHTON FOX or FS1 10 Nate Johnson (6-4/Sr.)* G 13.3 4.6 1.6 Six straight double-figure scoring games MARCH 11 Dwon Odom (6-1/Fr.) G 6.4 3.6 4.6 Missed last 2 games; Hit game-winner vs. Bradley 2 TUE. AT GEORGETOWN FS1 13 Bryan Griffin (6-8/Sr.) F 4.9 5.3 0.3 Tied for 10th in the BIG EAST in blocks (1.0 bpg.) 6 SAT. AT MARQUETTE FOX or FS1 14 Ben Stanley (6-6/Jr.) F 4.5 1.5 0.5 9 points in 13 minutes at Creighton # Originally FS1 but COVID concerns shut down FS1's production. 15 Spencer Cody (6-0/Jr.) G Second-year walk-on * Xavier Invitational at Cintas Center 20 Ramon Singh (6-4/Jr.) G Third-year walk-on FOX national games broadcast on FOX 19 in Cincinnati 21 Zak Swetye (6-1/Jr.) G Third-year walk-on CBSSN - CBS Sports Network 22 Dieonte Miles (6-10/Fr.) F 3.3 1.5 0.7 Redshirt last season; 12 points in XU debut ^ BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle 24 KyKy Tandy (6-2/So.) G 10.0 1.4 1.8 2020 Xavier Invitational All-Tournament Team BIG EAST GAMES IN ALL CAPS 25 Jason Carter (6-8/Sr.)* F 7.0 7.4 1.9 Team captain; 8th in BIG EAST in rebounding Home Games In Bold 32 Zach Freemantle (6-9/So.)* F 16.3 7.6 1.4 Team captain; 2020 Xavier Inv. All-Tourn. Team HEAD COACH: Travis Steele (Butler '04) --- 46-30 (Third Year as XU head coach) 2020-21 XAVIER MUSKETEER NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL(S) / LAST COLLEGE 0 C.J. Wilcher Fr. G 6-5 195 Plainfield, N.J. Roselle Catholic HS 1 Paul Scruggs Sr. G 6-4 196 Indianapolis, Ind. Southport HS / Prolific Prep (Calif.) 2 Daniel Ramsey So. F 6-9 233 Cordele, Ga. Deerfield Windsor HS / Norcross HS 3 Colby Jones Fr. G 6-5 195 Birmingham, Ala. Mountain Brook HS 5 Adam Kunkel Jr. G 6-4 176 Hebron, Ky. Cooper HS / Belmont University 10 Nate Johnson * Sr. G 6-4 195 Miami, Fla. McArthur HS / Gardner-Webb University 11 Dwon Odom Fr. G 6-1 180 Alpharetta, Ga. St. Francis HS 13 Bryan Griffin * Sr. F 6-8 230 Pomona, N.Y. Saint Joseph Regional / Mercy College 14 Ben Stanley Jr. F 6-6 230 Baltimore, Md. Millwood HS / Hampton University 15 Spencer Cody Jr. G 6-0 170 Chicago, Ill. DePaul Prep 20 Ramon Singh Jr. G 6-4 187 Sydney, Australia La Lumiere School (Ind.) 21 Zak Swetye Jr. G 6-1 170 Darien, Conn. Darien HS 22 Dieonte Miles Fr. F 6-10 220 Walton, Ky. Walton-Verona HS 24 KyKy Tandy So. G 6-2 190 Hopkinsville, Ky. University Heights Academy 25 Jason Carter * Sr. F 6-8 227 Johnstown, Ohio Johnstown-Monroe HS / Ohio University 32 Zach Freemantle So. F 6-9 225 Teaneck, N.J. Bergen Catholic HS Head Coach: Travis Steele (Butler ‘04; 3rd season) Assistant Coaches: : Jonas Hayes (Georgia ’04; 3rd season), Dante Jackson (Xavier ’11; 3rd season), Ben Johnson (Minnesota ’05; 3rd season) Associate Athletic Director for Basketball Administration: Mario Mercurio (Xavier ‘03; 18th season) Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Matthew Graves (Butler ‘98; 2nd season) Head Athletic Trainer: David Fluker (Wilmington ‘86; 18th season) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Matt Jennings (North Carolina ‘96; 12th season) Video Coordinator: Trey Scotti (Indiana ‘17; 4th season) Graduate Program Assistants: Leighton Schrand (Xavier ’20; 1st season) and Sean Flannery (John Carroll ’20; 1st season) Associate Athletic Director for Communications/MBB Media Contact: Tom Eiser (Xavier ‘84; 35th season) * Graduate student academically. XAVIER AND BIG EAST WEB SITES & SOCIAL MEDIA PRONUNCIATIONS Dante DAN-tay Hashtag: #LetsGoX Dieonte Dee-On-tay Xavier Athletics website: www.GoXavier.com Xavier Athletics Facebook: facebook.com/XavierMusketeers Fluker Flew-ker Xavier Athletics Twitter: @XUAthletics KyKy KEE-kee Xavier Athletics Instagram: @XUAthletics Xavier Gameday Twitter: @XavierGameDay Singh SING Swetye SWEE-tie Xavier Basketball on Twitter & Instagram: @XavierMBB Coach Steele on Twitter: @CoachSteeleXU Wilcher WILL-chur Eiser on Twitter: @EiserXUSports 0 C.J. Wilcher 1 Paul Scruggs 2 Daniel Ramsey 3y Colb Jones 5 Adam Kunkel 6-5 195 Freshman 6-4 196 Senior 6-9 233 Sophomore 6-5 195 Freshman 6-4 176 Junior Guard Guard Forward Guard Guard Plainfield, N.J. Indianapolis, Ind. Cordele, Ga. Birmingham, Ala. Hebron, Ky. 10 Nate Johnson 11 Dwon Odom 13 Bryan Griffin 14 Ben Stanley 15 Spencer Cody 6-4 195 Senior 6-1 180 Freshman 6-8 230 Senior 6-6 230 Junior 6-0 170 Junior Guard Guard Forward Forward Guard Miami, Fla. Alpharetta, Ga. Pomona, N.Y. Baltimore, Md. Chicago, Ill. 20 Ramon Singh 21 Zak Swetye 22 Dieonte Miles 24 KyKy Tandy 25 Jason Carter 6-4 187 Junior 6-1 170 Junior 6-10 220 Freshman 6-2 190 Sophomore 6-8 227 Senior Guard Guard Forward Guard Forward Sydney, Australia Darien, Conn.