Xavier University Musketeers (240) Vs. Morehead State
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2013-14 GAME NOTES XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (2-0) VS. MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY EAGLES (2-0) Fri., Nov. 15, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET • Cintas Center (10,250) on Xavier Campus TELEVISION & RADIO 2013-14 SChEdulE/RESULTS (2-0) Media Contact: associate athletic Director Tom Eiser ([email protected], 513-745-3124 (office), 513-382-5565 (cell) and @eiser_Xu_Sports on twitter Date Opponent TV Time/Result Television: FOX Sports 2 with play-by-play from Wayne Larrivee and analysis from Bob NOVEMBER Wenzel. 8 Fri. Gardner-Webb FOX Sports Net W 83-59 Radio: 700 WLW-aM and nationally via iheartradio with play-by-play from Xavier hall of 12 Tue. Tennessee FOX Sports 1 W 67-63 Famer and former Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman (‘79). analysis will be provided by Xavier hall of Famer and Xu all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin (‘88). 15 Fri. Morehead State FOX Sports 2 8:00 20 Wed. Miami (Ohio) FOX Sports 1 8:00 ThE X FaCTorS...IN 140 CharaCTErS or lESS 25 Mon. Abilene Christian FOX Sports 1 7:00 • Xavier is playing the third game of a season-opening five-game homestand. 28 Thu. Iowa+ NBC Sports Network 7:00 • Xavier, 2-0, held off tennessee 67-63 on tuesday night at Cintas Center behind 18 points 29 Fri. Tennessee/UTEP+ NBC Sports Network TBA from sophomore Semaj Christon. 30 Sat. Opponent TBD+ NBC Sports Network TBA • Xavier was without two of its three returning starters from last season in the win over ut, DECEMBER Dee Davis and Justin Martin, due to injury. 7 Sat. Bowling Green FOX Sports 1 2:00 • Xavier junior Matt Stainbrook had 12 points and nine rebounds versus tennessee, just 10 Tue. Evansville FOX Sports 1 7:00 missing a double-double for a second straight game. 14 Sat. Cincinnati^ FOX Sports 1 8:00 • Xavier freshman Myles Davis contributed 13 points and two assists on tuesday. 21 Sat. at Alabama CSS & ESPN3 7:00 • Xavier fifth-year head coach Chris Mack, 92-44, has moved into sixth place on Xu’s all- 28 Sat. Wake Forest** FOX Sports 1 5:00 time wins list. 31 TUES. ST. JOHN’S FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 • Xavier sophomore all-america candidate Semaj Christon added the John wooden award JANUARY watch list to his list of preseason honors. 4 SAT. BUTLer FOX SPorts NET 2:00 • Xavier passed the two million mark on tuesday for men’s basketball fans since the build- ing opened for the 2000-01 season. 9 THU. MARQUette FOX SPorts 1 9:00 12 SUN. at CREIGHton CBS Sports NET 3:00 • Xavier has played 200 games in Cintas Center history, winning 87.5 percent of those games and recording 111 sellouts. 15 WED. Georgetown CBS SPorts Net 7:00 • Xavier has made two nCaa tournament elite eight appearances in addition to three 20 MOn. at DePaul FOX SPOrtS net 4:00 nCaa Sweet 16 appearances in the last 10 years. 25 Sat. at PrOviDenCe FOX SPOrtS 1 12:00 • Xavier is one of only 14 schools to make at least seven nCaa tournaments in the last FEBRUARY eight years. 1 SAT. Seton HALL CBS SPorts Net 12:00 • Xavier is first in the BiG EASt and ranked tied for 12th in the nation in the latest nCaa 3 MOn. at villanOva FOX SPOrtS 1 7:00 Graduation Success rate at 97 percent. 8 SAT. PROVIdence FOX SPorts 1 3:00 • Xavier has graduated the last 91 men’s basketball players that have played as seniors, 11 tue. at Butler FOX SPOrtS 1 9:00 including Isaiah Philmore and Erik Stenger. 15 Sat. at Marquette FOX SPOrtS 1 6:00 THE PLAYERS 19 WED. DEPAUL CBS SPorts Net 7:00 22 Sat. at GeOrGetOwn FOX SPOrtS 1 11:30 a.M. N O. NAMe (Ht./YR) POS. PPG RPG APG NOteS 0 *Semaj Christon (6-3/So.) G 16.0 3.0 3.0 all-america cand. & 1st team preseason BiG EASt 25 tue. at St. JOhn’S FOX SPOrtS 1 7:00 1 Jalen reynolds (6-9/Fr.) F 2.5 1.0 0.0 has seen time in both games MArcH 2 James Farr (6-9/So.) F 7.0 6.0 0.0 Career-high 9 reb. & 10 pts. in 13 min. vs. Gwu 1 SAT. CREIGHton FOX SPorts 1 5:00 3 *Brandon randolph (6-1/Fr.) G 8.5 3.0 5.5 Started for Dee Davis in first two games 3 MOn. at SetOn hall FOX SPOrtS 1 7:00 11 Dee Davis (6-0/Jr.) G Did not play in the first two games due to injury 6 THU. VILLAnovA FOX SPorts 1 7:00 14 tim whelan (5-9/Sr.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 Second-year walk-on 15 Myles Davis (6-2/Fr.) G 8.0 2.5 1.0 Scored 13 points in the win over tennessee 12-15 w.-Sa. BiG EASt ChaMP. FOX Sports 1 tBa 20 *Justin Martin (6-6/Jr.) F 6.0 4.0 0.0 Did not play vs. ut due to injury + Battle 4 atlantis in the Bahamas (Xavier, iowa, Kansas, 21 tim Stainbrook (6-5/Fr.) F 0.0 0.0 0.0 First-year walk-on; younger brother of Matt tennessee, villanova, Southern California, wake Forest and 22 landen amos (6-4/Sr.) G not available due to injury for first 4-6 weeks UTEP) 24 Kamall richards (6-6/Fr.) F 1.5 1.0 0.0 has seen time in both games ^ - Skyline Chili Crosstown Classic at u.S. Bank arena (Cincinnati) 31 isaiah Philmore (6-8/Sr.) F 8.5 4.5 1.0 9 pts., 6 reb. & exellent defense vs. ut ** - Skip Prosser Classic presented by PnC 32 Kevin Coker (6-6/So.) F 0.0 0.0 0.0 Second-year walk-on Home Games In Bold BIG EAST GAMES ALL CAPS 35 *erik Stenger (6-8/Sr.) F 7.5 5.5 0.5 Started the first two games times are eastern time and P.M. unless otherwise noted 40 *Matt Stainbrook (6-10/Jr.) C 12.5 10.5 1.5 One reb. shy of 2nd straight double-double vs. ut * Possible starter 2013-14 GAME NOTES 2013-14 XAVIER MUSKETEER ACTIVE NUMERICAL ROSTER N O. NAMe YR. POS. Ht. Wt. HOMetOWN High SCHOOl / lASt COlleGe 0 Semaj Christon + So. G 6-3 190 Cincinnati, Ohio winton woods / Brewster academy (n.h.) 1 Jalen reynolds Fr. F 6-9 222 Detroit, Mich. livonia Stevenson / Brewster academy (n.h.) 2 James Farr So. F 6-9 237 evanston, ill. evanston / Maine Central institute 3 Brandon randolph Fr. G 6-1 190 inglewood, Calif. inglewood 11 Dee Davis Jr. G 6-0 161 Bloomington, ind. South 14 tim whelan # Sr. G 5-9 160 Cincinnati, Ohio St. Xavier 15 Myles Davis Fr. G 6-2 195 Plainfield, n.J. St. Peter’s Prep (n.J.) / notre Dame Prep (Mass.) 20 Justin Martin Jr. F 6-6 205 indianapolis, ind. lawrence north (ind.) / Mountain State acad. (w.va.) 21 tim Stainbrook # Fr. F 6-5 180 Bay village, Ohio lakewood St. edward 22 landen amos Sr. G 6-4 185 Chicago, ill. Mt. Carmel 24 Kamall richards Fr. F 6-6 210 Brooklyn, n.Y. St. Benedict’s Prep (n.J.) / South Kent School (Conn.) 31 isaiah Philmore + Sr. F 6-8 230 Bel air, Md. John Carroll / towson university 32 Kevin Coker # So. F 6-6 190 Plainfield, ill. Plainfield South 35 erik Stenger Sr. F 6-8 207 Cincinnati, Ohio St. Xavier / northern Kentucky university 40 Matt Stainbrook + Jr. C 6-10 263 Bay village, Ohio lakewood St. edward / western Michigan university Head Coach: Chris Mack (Xavier ‘92; fifth season) Assistant Coaches: rick Carter (Michigan State ‘02; first season), Mike Pegues (Delaware ‘00; second season) and travis Steele (Butler ‘04; fifth season) Director of Basketball Administration: Mario Mercurio (Xavier ‘03; 10th season) Director of Basketball Operations: Jeremy Growe (indiana ‘09; fifth season) Graduate Program Assistants: ty Sampson (illinois ‘13; first season) and Danté Jackson (Xavier ‘11; second season) Athletic trainer: David Fluker (wilmington ‘86; fourth season with current staff and 11th season at Xavier) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Matt Jennings (north Carolina ‘96; fifth season) + - tri-captain # - walk-on XAVIER AND BIG EAST WEB SITES & SOCIAL MEDIA Xavier athletics website: www.GoXavier.com Xavier athletics Facebook: facebook.com/XavierMusketeers PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Xavier Athletics twitter: @XUAthletics Semaj Christon Seh-Mah-jey KriSten Xavier tickets twitter: @Xaviertickets Xavier Gameday twitter: @XavierGameDay remy abell reh-Mee able Coach Mack on twitter: @CoachChrisMack Philmore FILL-more eiser on twitter: @eiser_XU_Sports Pegues Puh-Geese Xavier athletics instagram: XUAthletics Xavier Men’s Basketball instagram: victoryParkway Jalen Jay-lenn ----------------------------------------- Kamall Kuh-Mall BIG EAST website: www.BIGEAST.com Whelan Whale-en BiG EASt Facebook: facebook.com/BiGEAStConference BiG eASt Conference twitter: @BiGeAStConf BiG eASt MBB twitter: @BiGeAStMBB 2013-14 GAME NOTES THE XAVIER-MOREHEAD STATE SERIES: win on tuesday. Mack is 92-44 as the Xavier a third newcomer, 6-2 freshman guard Xavier leads the series 5-3, although the two head coach, including three nCaa tourna- Myles Davis, came up big in the tennessee teams have met only once since 1980. Xu ment seasons, two of which ended in the win with 13 points. Mack is also expecting won 93-76 in the 2003-04 season at Cintas Sweet 16. big things this season from 6-9 freshman Center (12-30-03). forward Jalen Reynolds and 6-6 swing man HOME COOKING TO START THE SEASON: Kamall Richards from South Kent School FOR THE RECORD (MOREHEAD STATE): Xavier is playing the third game of a season- (Conn.).