2017-18 GAME NOTES

EXHIBITION SEASON OPENER NO. 17/17 XAVIER UNIV. MUSKETEERS (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) VS. THOMAS MORE COLLEGE SAINTS (0-0, 0-0 PAC) Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. ET Cintas Center (10,224) 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 Television: N/A SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) Radio: N/A Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com Date Opponent TV Time (EST)/Result NOVEMBER THE X FACTORS ... GAME KEYS THAT STAND OUT 4 Sat. Thomas More (Exhibition) 4:00 p.m. • Thomas More, an NCAA Division III member from nearby Crestview Hills, Ky., 10 Fri. Morehead State FOX TBD 7:00 p.m. finished the 2016-17 season with a 22-7 overall record, including 15-3 in the PAC 13 Mon. Rider FS1 8:30 p.m. (Presidents' Athletic Conference), and a trip to the NCAA Div. III Tournament. 16 Thu. *at Wisconsin FS1 8:30 p.m. • Thomas More opened its season last week with a 103-61 exhibition loss at 20 Mon. Hampton FS1 8:30 p.m. Kentucky on Oct. 27. 23 Thu. +George Wash. FS1 5:00 p.m. 24 Fri. +TBD FOX TBD TBD • Xavier, 24-14, recorded its fourth straight 20-win season and its 11th in 12 years in 28 Tue. Baylor FS1 6:30 p.m. the 2016-17 season, earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. DECEMBER • Xavier is ranked 17th in the two major preseason polls, the Associated Press Poll 2 Sat. #Cincinnati FS1 12:00 p.m. and the USA Today Coaches Poll. 6 Wed. Kent State FS1 7:00 p.m. 9 Sat. Colorado FS1 5:00 p.m. • Xavier is playing its lone public exhibition game of the season. XU hosts Morehead 16 Sat. East Tennessee St. FOX TBD 2:00 p.m. State next Friday for Opening Night at Cintas Center. 19 Tue. Marshall FS1 6:30 p.m. • Xavier and Thomas More have played 14 times in the regular season with XU hold- 22 Fri. at Northern Iowa CBSSN 9:00 p.m. ing a 12-2 advantage. The Musketeers won the last regular season meeting 88-76 27 WED. AT MARQUETTE FS1 8:30 P.M. during the 1982-83 season at Schmidt Fieldhouse (12-30-82). 30 SAT. DEPAUL FS1 2:00 P.M. • Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett, a two-time First Team All-BIG EAST selection, JANUARY has been selected preseason All-BIG EAST First Team. Senior guard J.P. Macura has 2 TUE. BUTLER FS1 7:00 P.M. been selected preseason All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention. The duo has scored a 6 SAT. AT PROVIDENCE FOX-NATIONAL 12:00 P.M. combined 2,639 points in their XU careers, third among active duos in the nation. 10 WED. AT VILLANOVA FS1 8:00 P.M. 13 SAT. CREIGHTON FOX-NATIONAL 2:00 P.M. • Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett has made numerous preseason All-America lists 17 WED. ST. JOHN'S CBSSN 8:30 P.M. so far, including second team honors from NBC Sports and Athlon Sports. 20 SAT. AT SETON HALL FOX-NATIONAL 2:30 P.M. • Xavier has made it to at least the Sweet 16 six times in the last 10 years, one of 24 WED. MARQUETTE FS1 6:30 P.M. only nine schools that have been to at least six since 2008. 30 TUE. AT ST. JOHN'S CBSSN 8:30 P.M. • Xavier played in its fourth straight NCAA Tournament and its 11th in the last 12 FEBRUARY years; only eight schools have been to at least 11 of the last 12 tournaments. 3 SAT. GEORGETOWN CBSSN 6:00 P.M. 6 TUE. AT BUTLER FS1 6:30 P.M. • Xavier's Hall of Fame radio play-by-play team of Joe Sunderman and Byron Larkin, 10 SAT. AT CREIGHTON FOX-NATIONAL 2:30 P.M. beginning their 20th season together, host this season's first Chris Mack Radio Show 14 WED. SETON HALL FS1 9:00 P.M. on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at Delicio Coal Fired Pizza at University Station. 17 SAT. VILLANOVA FOX-NATIONAL 4:30 P.M. 21 WED. AT GEORGETOWN FOX TBD 6:30 P.M. THE ACTIVE PLAYERS (* RETURNING STARTERS)

28 WED. PROVIDENCE FS1 6:30 P.M. NO. NAME (HT./YR) POS. PPG RPG APG NOTES MARCH 0 *Tyrique Jones (6-9/So.) F 4.2 3.1 0.3 Started all four games of 2017 NCAA Tourn. 3 SAT. AT DEPAUL FS1 12:00 P.M. 1 Paul Scruggs (6-3/Fr.) G First Year on Team 7 Wed. %BIG EAST Tourn. FS1 7:00 p.m./9:30 p.m. 3 *Quentin Goodin (6-4/So.) G 5.1 2.0 3.4 Averaged 5.3 apg. over final 17 games 8 Thu. %BIG EAST Tourn. FS1 TBD 4 Elias Harden (6-5/Fr.) G First Year on Team 9 Fri. %BIG EAST Tourn. FS1 6:30 p.m./9:00 p.m. 5 *Trevon Bluiett (6-6/Sr.) G 18.5 5.7 2.1 Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team 10 Sat. %BIG EAST Final FOX-NATIONAL 5:30 p.m. 10 Leighton Schrand (6-1/So.) G 0.4 0.0 0.0 Second-year walk-on # Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout 11 Kerem Kanter (6-10/Gr.) F First Year on Team 11.3 ppg. & 6.3 rpg. at Wis.-GB last season * Gavitt Games 12 Nick Vanderpohl (6-1/Fr.) G First Year on Team First-year walk-on + Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational in Las Vegas, Nevada 13 Naji Marshall (6-7/Fr.) F First Year on Team % BIG EAST Tournament 20 Matt Singleton (6-7/Sr.) F First Year on Team First-year walk-on BIG EAST GAMES ALL CAPS 22 Kaiser Gates (6-8/Jr.) F 5.8 4.0 0.7 7.8 ppg. & 7-16 3-pt. in 2017 NCAA Tourn. Home Games In Bold Times Are Eastern Time 54 Sean O'Mara (6-10/Gr.) F 6.1 3.1 0.6 10.5 ppg. (13-20 FG) in 2017 NCAA Tourn. 55 *J.P. Macura (6-5/Sr.) G 14.4 4.4 2.9 Preseason All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention 2017-18 GAME NOTES

2017-18 XAVIER MUSKETEERS NUMERICAL ROSTER

NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL(S) / LAST COLLEGE CLASS BREAKDOWN 0 Tyrique Jones So. F 6-9 242 Bloomfield, Conn. Bloomfield HS / Vermont Academy

1 Paul Scruggs Fr. G 6-3 207 Indianapolis, Ind. Southport HS / Prolific Prep (Calif.) Seniors / Graduate Students (5)

3 Quentin Goodin So. G 6-4 194 Campbellsville, Ky. Taylor County HS Trevon Bluiett 4 Elias Harden Fr. G 6-5 187 East Point, Ga. Pebblebrook HS Kerem Kanter - Gr. J.P. Macura 5 Trevon Bluiett Sr. G 6-6 198 Indianapolis, Ind. Park Tudor HS Sean O’Mara - Gr. 10 Leighton Schrand * So. G 6-1 160 Villa Hills, Ky. Holy Cross HS Matt Singleton 11 Kerem Kanter + # Gr. F 6-10 240 Istanbul, Turkey Wilbraham & Monson Acad. (Mass.) / Wis.-Green Bay Juniors (1) 12 Nick Vanderpohl * Fr. G 6-1 170 Harrison, Ohio Harrison HS Kaiser Gates 13 Naji Marshall Fr. F 6-7 218 Atlantic City, N.J. Eleanor Roosevelt HS / Hargrave Military Acad. (Va.)

20 Matt Singleton * Sr. F 6-7 215 Garrett, Ind. Garrett HS Sophomores (3)

22 Kaiser Gates Jr. F 6-8 228 Alpharetta, Ga. St. Francis HS Quentin Goodin 54 Sean O’Mara # Gr. F 6-10 244 Glen Ellyn, Ill. Benet Academy Tyrique Jones Leighton Schrand 55 J.P. Macura Sr. G 6-5 203 Lakeville, Minn. Lakeville North HS

Head Coach: Chris Mack (Xavier ‘92; ninth season) Freshmen (4)

Associate Head Coach: Travis Steele (Butler ‘04; tenth season) Elias Harden Naji Marshall Assistant Coaches: Luke Murray (Fairfield ‘07; third season) and Mike Pegues (Delaware ‘00; sixth season) Paul Scruggs Nick Vanderpohl Director of Basketball Administration: Mario Mercurio (Xavier ‘03; 14th season)

Director of Basketball Operations: Jeremy Growe (Indiana ‘09; ninth season) Gr. - graduate student Video Coordinator: Ty Sampson (Illinois ‘13, fifth season) academically

Graduate Program Assistants: Ricardo Johnson (Ohio ‘14, second season) and Trey Scotti (Indiana ‘17; first season)

Associate Head Athletic Trainer: David Fluker (Wilmington ‘86; eighth season with current staff and 15th overall)

Strength and Conditioning Coach: Matt Jennings (North Carolina ‘96; ninth season)

Associate Athletic Director for Communications and Men’s Basketball Media Contact: Tom Eiser (Xavier ‘84; 32nd season)

* - walk-on + - transfer eligible in 2017-18 season # - graduate student academically and senior athletically

XAVIER AND BIG EAST PRONUNCIATIONS WEB SITES & SOCIAL MEDIA Pegues Puh-GEESE Hashtag: #LetsGoX Trevon Bluiett TRAY-vahn BLEW-it Macura Muh-CURE-uh Xavier Athletics website: www.GoXavier.com O’Mara Oh-MARE-uh Xavier Athletics Facebook: facebook.com/XavierMusketeers Xavier Athletics Twitter: @XUAthletics Kaiser KIE-zer Xavier Athletics Instagram: @XUAthletics Tyrique Tie-REEK Xavier Gameday Twitter: @XavierGameDay Quentin KWEN-tin Xavier Basketball on Twitter & Instagram: @XavierMBB Elias EE-lie-es Coach Mack on Twitter: @CoachChrisMack Naji NAH-jee Eiser on Twitter: @EiserXUSports Kerem CARE-um 2016-17 Xavier Men's Basketball Xavier Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 26, 2017) All games

Overall record: 24-14 Conf: 9-9 Home: 12-4 Away: 4-8 Neutral: 8-2

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 05 BLUIETT, Trevon 36-36 1263 35.1 212-484 .4 3 8 91-245 .3 7 1 150-199 .7 5 4 26 178 204 5.7 86 2 75 78 4 32 665 18.5 55 MACURA, J.P. 38-38 1272 33.5 179-420 .4 2 6 64-188 .3 4 0 124-158 .7 8 5 50 117 167 4.4 90 1 110 77 8 54 546 14.4 04 SUMNER, Edmond 21-20 696 33.1 101-211 .4 7 9 12-44 .2 7 3 100-136 .7 3 5 11 80 91 4.3 51 0 105 58 16 27 314 15.0 35 GASTON, RaShid 38-18 690 18.2 115-195 .5 9 0 0-0 .0 0 0 50-91 .5 4 9 93 132 225 5.9 87 3 23 41 19 6 280 7.4 11 BERNARD, Malcolm 38-35 1065 28.0 84-201 .4 1 8 46-117 .3 9 3 36-61 .5 9 0 47 108 155 4.1 104 2 58 56 12 38 250 6.6 54 O'MARA, Sean 38-8 523 13.8 88-145 .6 0 7 0-0 .0 0 0 54-79 .6 8 4 51 65 116 3.1 66 0 23 32 13 12 230 6.1 03 GOODIN, Quentin 38-18 916 24.1 70-200 .3 5 0 13-51 .2 5 5 42-73 .5 7 5 6 71 77 2.0 80 1 131 74 6 34 195 5.1 22 GATES, Kaiser 33-4 692 21.0 63-163 .3 8 7 40-118 .3 3 9 26-36 .7 2 2 37 96 133 4.0 60 0 22 22 5 15 192 5.8 00 JONES, Tyrique 37-13 407 11.0 68-113 .6 0 2 0-0 .0 0 0 20-41 .4 8 8 58 56 114 3.1 74 3 11 27 16 9 156 4.2 21 STAINBROOK, Tim 13-0 37 2.8 1-5 .2 0 0 1-5 .2 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 3 3 0.2 4 0 2 0 1 0 3 0.2 10 SCHRAND, Leighton 8-0 8 1.0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 3-4 .7 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.4 15 DAVIS, Myles 3-0 34 11.3 0-8 .0 0 0 0-6 .0 0 0 2-4 .5 0 0 0 2 2 0.7 5 0 0 2 0 1 2 0.7 12 BARR, Cullen 9-0 8 0.9 0-2 .0 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 20 BERGEN, Alex 7-0 7 1.0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 1 1 2 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 24 PETERSON, Conor 8-0 7 0.9 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 2 2 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 71 54 125 3 10 Total...... 38 7625 981-2148 .4 5 7 267-775 .3 4 5 607-882 .6 8 8 451 965 1416 37.3 711 12 560 478 100 228 2836 74.6 Opponents...... 38 7625 964-2144 .4 5 0 283-847 .3 3 4 500-716 .6 9 8 331 855 1186 31.2 807 22 530 454 143 243 2711 71.3

TEAM STATISTICS XU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2836 2711 11/11/16 LEHIGH W 84-81 10250 Points per game 74.6 71.3 11/14/16 BUFFALO W 86-53 10116 Scoring margin +3.3 - + 11/17/16 vs Missouri Wot 83-82 1991 FIELD GOALS-ATT 981-2148 964-2144 + 11/18/16 vs Clemson W 83-77 1002 Field goal pct .4 5 7 .4 5 0 + 11/20/16 vs Northern Iowa W 67-59 2016 11/26/16 NORTHERN IOWA W 64-42 10028 3 POINT FG-ATT 267-775 283-847 11/29/16 NORTH DAKOTA STATE W 85-55 10250 3-point FG pct .3 4 5 .3 3 4 12/03/16 at Baylor L 61-76 9684 3-pt FG made per game 7.0 7.4 12/7/16 at Colorado L 66-68 7743 FREE THROWS-ATT 607-882 500-716 12/10/16 UTAH W 77-69 10350 Free throw pct .6 8 8 .6 9 8 12/17/16 WAKE FOREST W 69-65 10407 F-Throws made per game 16.0 13.2 12/20/16 EASTERN WASHINGTON W 85-56 10250 REBOUNDS 1416 1186 * 12/28/16 PROVIDENCE W 82-56 10426 * 12/31/16 at Georgetown W 81-76 11275 Rebounds per game 37.3 31.2 * 01/07/17 ST. JOHN'S W 97-82 10474 Rebounding margin +6.1 - * 01/10/17 at Villanova L 54-79 6500 ASSISTS 560 530 * 1/14/17 at Butler L 78-83 9166 Assists per game 14.7 13.9 * 01/16/17 CREIGHTON L 67-72 10348 TURNOVERS 478 454 * 01/22/17 GEORGETOWN W 86-75 10343 Turnovers per game 12.6 11.9 01/26/17 at Cincinnati L 78-86 13477 Turnover margin -0.6 - * 1/29/17 at St. John's W 82-77 8723 * 02/01/17 SETON HALL W 72-70 10087 Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 1.2 * 02-04-17 at Creighton W 82-80 17886 STEALS 228 243 * 02/08/17 DEPAUL W 72-61 10250 Steals per game 6.0 6.4 * 02/11/17 VILLANOVA L 57-73 10558 BLOCKS 100 143 * 2/15/17 at Providence L 63-75 10102 Blocks per game 2.6 3.8 * 2/18/17 at Marquette L 61-83 19033 ATTENDANCE 164520 250228 * 02/22/17 at Seton Hall L 64-71 7139 Home games-Avg/Game 16-10282 12-10625 * 02/26/17 BUTLER L 79-88 10312 * 03/01/17 MARQUETTE L 84-95 10071 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 10-12273 * 3/4/17 at DePaul W 79-65 6774 ^ 3/8/17 vs DePaul W 75-64 14830 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals ^ 3/9/17 vs Butler W 62-57 16003 Xavier 1355 1469 12 2836 ^ 3/10/17 vs Creighton L 72-75 19812 Opponents 1250 1450 11 2711 $ 3/16/17 vs Maryland W 76-65 15869 $ 3/18/17 vs Florida State W 91-66 17308 # 03-23-17 vs Arizona W 73-71 16884 # 03-25-17 vs Gonzaga L 59-83 17011 * = BIG EAST Conference game ^ = BIG EAST Conference Tournament (Madison Square Garden in New York) + = Tire Pros Invitational (HP Field House in Orlando, Fla.) $ = NCAA Tournament 1st/2nd Rounds (Amway Center in Orlando, Fla.) # = NCAA West Regional Semifinal/Final (SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.)