2017-18 GAME NOTES
NO. 17/17 XAVIER UNIV. MUSKETEERS (1-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) RIDER UNIVERSITY BRONCS (1-0, 0-0 METRO ATLANTIC) Monday, November 13, 2017 at 8:30 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: FS1 with play-by-play from Vince Welch and analysis from SCHEDULE/RESULTS (1-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) Jordan Cornette. Radio: 55KRC-AM, including via iHeart Radio, with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Date Opponent TV Time (EST)/Result Famers and former Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman (‘79). Analysis will be pro- NOVEMBER vided by Xavier Hall of Famer and XU all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin (‘88). Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com 4 Sat. Thomas More (Exhibition) W/78-38 10 Fri. Morehead State FSN W/101-49 THE X FACTORS ... KEY STORYLINES 13 Mon. Rider FS1 8:30 p.m. 16 Thu. *at Wisconsin FS1 8:30 p.m. • Xavier won its 28th straight season opener with a 101-49 win over Morehead 20 Mon. Hampton FS1 8:30 p.m. State on Friday before a sellout crowd of 10,224 at Cintas Center. It marked XU's first 23 Thu. +George Wash. FS1 5:00 p.m. 100-point effort since the 2012-13 season opener. Senior guard Trevon Bluiett led Xavier with 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including 5-of-7 from 3-point range. 24 Fri. +TBD FOX TBD TBD 28 Tue. Baylor FS1 6:30 p.m. • Xavier has won 31 straight non-conference home games with its last loss coming DECEMBER in the 2012-13 season. 2 Sat. #Cincinnati FS1 12:00 p.m. • Xavier's 52-point win margin in the opener marked its largest since defeating 6 Wed. Kent State FS1 7:00 p.m. Louisiana Monroe 118-61 on Nov. 24, 1997. 9 Sat. Colorado FS1 5:00 p.m. • Xavier is ranked 17th in the two major preseason polls, the Associated Press Poll 16 Sat. East Tennessee St. FSN 2:00 p.m. and the USA Today Coaches Poll. 19 Tue. Marshall FS1 6:30 p.m. 22 Fri. at Northern Iowa CBSSN 9:00 p.m. • Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett, a two-time First Team All-BIG EAST selection, 27 WED. AT MARQUETTE FS1 8:30 P.M. has been selected preseason All-BIG EAST First Team. Senior guard J.P. Macura has 30 SAT. DEPAUL FS1 2:00 P.M. been selected preseason All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention. JANUARY • Xavier's senior duo of Trevon Bluiett and J.P. Macura has scored a combined 2,682 2 TUE. BUTLER FS1 7:00 P.M. points in their XU careers, third among active duos in the nation. 6 SAT. AT PROVIDENCE FOX-NATIONAL 12:00 P.M. 10 WED. AT VILLANOVA FS1 8:00 P.M. • Xavier's Trevon Bluiett has made numerous preseason All-America lists, including second team honors from Sporting News, NBC Sports and Athlon Sports. 13 SAT. CREIGHTON FOX-NATIONAL 2:00 P.M. 17 WED. ST. JOHN'S CBSSN 8:30 P.M. • Xavier, 24-14 last season, recorded its fourth straight 20-win season and its 11th in 20 SAT. AT SETON HALL FOX-NATIONAL 2:30 P.M. 12 years in the 2016-17 season, earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. 24 WED. MARQUETTE FS1 6:30 P.M. • Xavier has made it to at least the Sweet 16 six times in the last 10 years, one of 30 TUE. AT ST. JOHN'S CBSSN 8:30 P.M. only nine schools that have been to at least six since 2008. XU is one of only eight FEBRUARY schools have been to at least 11 of the last 12 NCAA tournaments. 3 SAT. GEORGETOWN CBSSN 6:00 P.M. 6 TUE. AT BUTLER FS1 6:30 P.M. • Xavier has graduated 105 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 10 SAT. AT CREIGHTON FOX-NATIONAL 2:30 P.M. 1985-86 school year. 14 WED. SETON HALL FS1 9:00 P.M. 17 SAT. VILLANOVA FOX-NATIONAL 4:30 P.M. THE ACTIVE PLAYERS (* LAST GAME STARTERS) 21 WED. AT GEORGETOWN FSN 6:30 P.M. NO. NAME (HT./YR) POS. PPG RPG APG NOTES 28 WED. PROVIDENCE FS1 6:30 P.M. 0 *Tyrique Jones (6-9/So.) F 11 9 2 Started all four games of 2017 NCAA Tourn. MARCH 1 Paul Scruggs (6-3/Fr.) G 6 4 4 6 pts, 4 ast., 4 reb. & 2 steals in 1st game at XU 3 SAT. AT DEPAUL FS1 12:00 P.M. 3 *Quentin Goodin (6-4/So.) G 2 1 7 7 assists in 19 minutes vs. Morehead State 7 Wed. %BIG EAST Tourn. FS1 7:00 p.m./9:30 p.m. 4 Elias Harden (6-5/Fr.) G 5 1 3 5 points & 3 assists in his 20-minute game 1 debut 8 Thu. %BIG EAST Tourn. FS1 TBD 5 *Trevon Bluiett (6-6/Sr.) G 25 5 3 9-12 FG (5-7 3-pt. FG) in 25-point game 1 9 Fri. %BIG EAST Tourn. FS1 6:30 p.m./9:00 p.m. 10 Leighton Schrand (6-1/So.) G 0 0 0 Second-year walk-on 10 Sat. %BIG EAST Final FOX-NATIONAL 5:30 p.m. 11 Kerem Kanter (6-10/Gr.) F 4 5 1 11.3 ppg. & 6.3 rpg. at Wis.-GB last season # Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout 12 Nick Vanderpohl (6-1/Fr.) G 0 0 0 First-year walk-on * Gavitt Games 13 Naji Marshall (6-7/Fr.) F 12 4 2 12 pts. on 4-4 FG in 21 minutes in game 1 + Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational in Las Vegas, Nevada 20 Matt Singleton (6-7/Sr.) F 0 0 0 First-year walk-on % BIG EAST Tournament 22 *Kaiser Gates (6-8/Jr.) F 14 5 0 4-4 3-pointers in 14-point effort vs. Morehead St. BIG EAST GAMES ALL CAPS 54 Sean O'Mara (6-10/Gr.) F 4 2 0 10.5 ppg. (13-20 FG) in 2017 NCAA Tourn.
Home Games In Bold Times Are Eastern Time 55 *J.P. Macura (6-5/Sr.) G 18 3 4 Career-high tying 5 steals with 18 pts. in game 1 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 2017-18 GAME NOTES
0 Tyrique Jones 1 Paul Scruggs 3 Quentin Goodin 4 Elias Harden 5 Trevon Bluiett 6-9 242 Sophomore 6-3 207 Freshman 6-4 194 Sophomore 6-5 187 Freshman 6-6 198 Senior Forward Guard Guard Guard Guard Bloomfield, Conn. Indianapolis, Ind. Campbellsville, Ky. East Point, Ga. Indianapolis, Ind.
10 Leighton Schrand 11 Kerem Kanter 12 Nick Vanderpohl 13 Naji Marshall 20 Matt Singleton 6-1 160 Sophomore 6-10 240 Graduate 6-1 170 Freshman 6-7 218 Freshman 6-7 215 Senior Guard Forward Guard Forward Forward Villa Hills, Ky. Istanbul, Tukey Harrison, Ohio Atlantic City, N.J. Garrett, Ind.
22 Kaiser Gates 54 Sean O’Mara 55 J.P. Macura Chris Mack Travis Steele 6-8 228 Junior 6-10 244 Graduate 6-5 203 Senior Head Coach Associate Head Coach Forward Forward Guard 9th Year 10th Year Alpharetta, Ga. Glen Ellyn, Ill. Lakeville, Minn. Xavier ‘92 Butler ‘04
Luke Murray Mike Pegues Mario Mercurio Jeremy Growe Ty Sampson Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Dir. of Basketball Admin. Dir. of Basketball Operations Video Coordinator 3rd Year 6th Year 14th Year 9th Year 5th Year Fairfield ‘07 Delaware ‘00 Xavier ‘03 Indiana ‘09 Illinois ‘13
David Fluker Matt Jennings Ricardo Johnson Trey Scotti Tom Eiser Athletic Trainer Strength and Conditioning Coach Graduate Program Asst. Graduate Program Asst. Assoc. Ath. Dir./Media Contact 15th Year 9th Year 2nd Year 1st Year 32nd Year Wilmington ‘86 North Carolina ‘96 Ohio ‘14 Indiana ‘17 Xavier '84 2017-18 GAME NOTES
THE XAVIER-RIDER SERIES: Xavier and John Pinone, Villanova (1981-83) Rider have never met in men's basketball. Bluiett, who scored a game-high 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including 5-of-7 FOR THE RECORD (RIDER): Rider, 1-0, 3-point shooting in the Morehead State placed all five starters in double figures win, was second in the BIG EAST Confer- in scoring on its way to a 90-75 win over ence in scoring as a junior at 18.5 ppg. Hampton in its season opener on Friday. Bluiett was second on the team in re- XU hosts Hampton on Nov. 20. bounding at 5.7 rpg., which ranked 10th in the BIG EAST. The 2017 NCAA Tournament FOR THE RECORD (XAVIER): Xavier, brought out the best of Bluiett, who was ranked No. 17 in the preseason Associ- named to the five-member NCAA All-West Regional Team. Bluiett averaged 21.3 ppg. ated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls, Eight, defeating No. 6 seed and Big Ten for Xavier's four games in the 2017 NCAA is coming off a 101-49 win over More- runner-up Maryland, No. 3 seed and ACC Tournament. head State in its regular season opener runner-up Florida State and No. 2 seed on Friday. Xavier, which recorded its and Pac-12 Champion Arizona to reach GREAT START FOR MACURA, WHO ALSO 28th straight season-opening win (27th the West Regional Semifinal. Xavier has EARNED PRESEASON BIG EAST HONORS: straight win in a home season opener), now made it to at least the Sweet 16 six Senior guard J.P. Macura, who scored 18 scored 100 points for the first time since times in the last 10 years, one of only points on 6-of-7 shooting in the win over defeating Fairleigh Dickinson 117-75 in nine schools that have been to at least six Morehead State to go with a career-high- the 2012-13 season opener (11-9-12) since 2008: Kansas (7), North Carolina (7), and its 52-point win margin marked its Michigan State (7), Wisconsin (7), Xavier tying five steals, was named preseason largest since defeating Louisiana Mon- (6), Louisville (6), Duke (6), Arizona (6) and 2017-18 BIG EAST Conference honorable roe 118-61 on Nov. 24, 1997. Xavier's Kentucky (6). Xavier played in its fourth mention by league coaches. He was sec- 62 first-half points, which included 75.9 straight NCAA Tournament and its 11th ond on the team in scoring (16th in BIG percent shooting from the field, marked in the last 12 years; only eight schools EAST at 14.4 ppg.) and first in free-throw XU's biggest halftime scoring total since have been to at least 11 of the last 12 percentage (ninth in the BIG EAST at .785) that Fairleigh Dickinson game when XU tournaments: Duke, Kansas, Gonzaga, as a junior. scored 68 in the first half. The senior duo Michigan State and Wisconsin are at 12, of Trevon Bluiett and J.P. Macura led the while Xavier, North Carolina and Villanova ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP SCORING way for the game with a combined 43 are at 11. DUOS: Senior guards Trevon Bluiett and points, hitting 15-of-19 from the field. J.P. Macura, who were both named to Xavier opened the game with an 18-1 run the five-member 2017 NCAA All-West and led by 28 points, 33-5, by the midway Regional Team, have combined for 2,682 point of the first half. XU hit 11-of-14 points in their careers so far. The duo 3-pointers in the dominating first half ranks third among the nation's top active effort. scoring duos.The duo is also seventh among all-time Xavier combinations that EXHIBITION OPENER: Xavier won its lone have played four years together. public exhibition 78-38 over NCAA Divi- sion III Thomas More College on Nov. 4. Freshman Naji Marshall led Xavier with XAVIER CAREER SCORING DUOS WHO 16 points and nine rebounds. GREAT START FOR BLUIETT, WHO CON- PLAYED FOUR YEARS TOGETHER TINUES TO PILE UP BIG EAST HONORS ... PLACE PLAYERS (YR) CAREER PTS. BASKETBALL TIMES HONORS XAVIER LOOKING TO JOIN AN IMPRESSIVE LIST: 1. Romain Sato PROGRAM AGAIN IN 2017: The Xavier Senior guard Trevon Bluiett, First Team Lionel Chalmers (2000-04) 3,561 All-BIG EAST and All-BIG EAST Tourna- 2. Lenny Brown men's basketball program is tied with Gary Lumpkin (1995-99) 3,392 Florida for 15th in the new Basketball ment two years in a row, was selected to 3. Byron Larkin Times rankings of the best NCAA men's the 2017-18 preseason All-BIG EAST First Dexter Campbell (1984-88) 3,058 basketball programs. Every five years Team. In BIG EAST history, 11 players have 4. Tu Holloway since 1997, Basketball Times has evalu- earned First Team All-BIG EAST honors Kenny Frease (2008-12) 2,936 ated the best of the best NCAA programs three times: 5. Jamie Gladden Luke Harangody of Notre Dame (2008-10) Aaron Williams (1989-93) 2,853 with rankings that are based on five cate- 6. Stanley Burrell gories: winning percentage, NBA players, Troy Bell, Boston College (2001-03) Josh Duncan (2004-08) 2,822 federal graduation rate, U.S. News and Danya Abrams, Boston College (1995-97) 7. Trevon Bluiett World Report academic reputation and Kerry Kittles, Villanova (1994-96) J.P. Macura (2014-present) 2,682 program cleanliness. Xavier was ranked Lawrence Moten, Syracuse (1993-95) 8. Brian Grant 21st in the last rankings back in 2012. Derrick Coleman, Syracuse (1988-90) Tyrice Walker (1990-94) 2,620 Sherman Douglas, Syracuse (1987-89) 9. Justin Doellman Justin Cage (2003-07) 2,583 XAVIER BUILDING ON AN IMPRESSIVE Dwayne Washington, Syracuse (1984-86) 10. Jeff Jenkins NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Xavier Chris Mullin, St. John’s (1983-85) Dexter Bailey* (1980-84) 2,523 made the 2017 NCAA Tournament Elite Patrick Ewing, Georgetown (1983-85) *Victor Fleming (1980-84) scored 1,059 points. 2017-18 GAME NOTES
XAVIER CAREER SCORING LEADERS DIV. I TOP SCORING DUOS (11-12-17) PLACE PLAYER (YR) CAREER PTS. PLACE PLAYER TEAM/CAREER PTS. 1. Byron Larkin (1984-88) 2,696 1. Jaylen Adams St. Bonaventure 2. David West (1999-03) 2,132 Matt Mobley* 2,736 3. Romain Sato (2000-04) 2,005 2. E.C. Matthews Rhode Island Jared Terrell 2,717 4. Tyrone Hill (1986-90) 2,003 3. Trevon Bluiett Xavier 5. Lenny Brown (1995-99) 1,885 J.P. Macura 2,682 6. Tu Holloway (2008-12) 1,833 4. Shannon Evans II Arizona State TREVON BLUIETT 7. Anthony Hicks (1979-83) 1,805 Tra Holder 2,508 8. Jamie Gladden (1989-93) 1,780 5. Mike Daum South Dakota State PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA HONORS Reed Tellinghuisen 2,437 9. Steve Thomas (1962-66) 1,722 10. Brian Grant (1990-94) 1,719 6. Elijah Brown* Oregon Preseason Second Team All-America Honors: MiKyle McIntosh 2,405 11. Nick Daniels (1975-79) 1,690 Sporting News *Includes Mobley's 737 points at Central Conn. 12. Bob Quick (1965-68) 1,636 NBC Sports State and Brown's 1,479 points at New Mexico 13. Stanley Burrell (2004-08) 1,612 Athlon Sports 14. Trevon Bluiett (2014-present) 1,610 Preseason Third Team All-America Honors: 15. Stan Kimbrough (1986-89) 1,596 BLUIETT GRABBING PLENTY OF ESPN 16. Darnell Williams (1995-00) 1,572 NATIONAL ATTENTION: Xavier senior Street & Smith's Basketball 17. Lionel Chalmers (2000-04) 1,556 guard Trevon Bluiett has earned a long list Blue Ribbon Basketball 18. Gary Lumpkin (1995-99) 1,507 of preseason All-America honors, includ- 19. James Posey (1996-99) 1,455 ing second team honors from Sporting College Sports Madness News, NBC Sports and Athlon Sports and Watch Lists: 20. Justin Doellman (2003-07) 1,402 third team honors from ESPN, Street & Citizen Naismith Trophy 21. Jeff Jenkins (1980-84) 1,384 Smith's, Blue Ribbon Basketball and Col- USBWA National Player of the Year 22. Joe Viviano (1956-59) 1,338 lege Sports Madness. In addition to those (Oscar Robertson Trophy) 23. Jamal Walker (1987-91) 1,333 national honors, he is on the preseason Lute Olson Award 24. Jack Thobe (1959-62) 1,296 watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, Julius Erving Award 25. Derek Strong (1987-90) 1,291 which is given to the USBWA's National 26. Dave Piontek (1953-56) 1,287 Player of the Year. He is also on watch lists ------27. Jerry Helmers (1969-72) 1,275 for the Citizen Naismith Trophy, the Julius 28. Josh Duncan (2004-08) 1,210 Erving Award and the Lute Olson Award, 29. Mark Lyons (2009-12) 1,194 which is CollegeInsider.com's National 2016-17 Postseason Honors 30. Justin Cage (2003-07) 1,181 Player of the Year award. Bluiett earned 2017 NCAA Tournament All-West Regional 31. Michael Davenport (1987-91) 1,172 the 12th-most votes for Associated Press 2017 All-BIG EAST Tournament preseason All-American. For the record, 32. Hank Stein (1956-59) 1,144 2016-17 First Team All-BIG EAST Xavier alumnus David West, who is now 33. Maurice McAfee (1997-01) 1,142 playing for the Golden State Warriors, 2016-17 NABC First Team All-District 34. Dexter Bailey (1980-84) 1,139 earned Associated Press and USBWA Na- 35. Gene Smith (1949-52) 1,109 tional Player of the Year honors in 2003. 2015-16 Postseason Honors Richie Harris (1982-86) 1,109 West is Xavier's only national player of the 2015-16 USA Today Third Team All-American 37. B.J. Raymond (2005-09) 1,104 year to date. Bluiett is also expected to be 2016 All-BIG EAST Tournament 38. Kenny Frease (2008-12) 1,103 a top candidate for other National Player 2015-16 First Team All-BIG EAST 39. Kevin Frey (1998-02) 1,102 of the Year awards, including the John R. 40. Derrick Brown (2006-09) 1,096 Wooden Award. Huck Budde (1950-53) 1,096 ROTHSTEIN HEAPING PRAISE ON 42. Bill Kirvin (1959-62) 1,088 XAVIER'S SOPHOMORE DUO: National 43. Jim Boothe (1954-57) 1,085 basketball expert Jon Rothstein lists 44. Bob Pelkington (1961-64) 1,075 Xavier sophomore Tyrique Jones as one of 45. Joe Geiger (1961-64) 1,073 his top 20 "under the radar" players that Aaron Williams (1989-93) 1,073 are expected to have a major impact in 47. J.P. Macura (2014-present) 1,072 the 2017-18 season. In addition, Rothstein 48. Victor Fleming (1980-84) 1,059 listed fellow sophomore Quentin Goodin 49. Gary Massa (1977-81) 1,049 as one of his top 20 "breakout players" 50. Mike Plunkett (1973-76) 1,043 for the 2017-18 season. Both Jones and 51. Semaj Christon (2012-14) 1,034 Goodin were starters as freshmen during 52. Michael Hawkins (1991-95) 1,029 Xavier's run to the 2017 NCAA Tourna- ment Elite Eight. 53. T.J. Johnson (1994-98) 1,021 2017-18 GAME NOTES
BLUIETT AND MACURA CONTINUE TO CLIMB XAVIER ALL-TIME SCORING LIST: Senior guard Trevon Bluiett has moved up to 14th on Xavier's all-time scoring list with 1,610 points following his 25-point effort in the season opener. Bluiett is just two point shy of 13th-place Stanley Burrell (1,612 points from 2004-08). Senior guard J.P. Macura has moved up to 47th place with 1,072 points following his 18-point game in the opener. Macura is just 17 points shy of passing five more NEXT UP: XAVIER PLAYS AT WISCONSIN Xavier greats on the list: Joe Geiger (1961- AS PART OF THE GAVITT TIPOFF GAMES: 64) and Aaron Williams (1989-93) scored Xavier and Wisconsin will face off on 1,073 points and hold down the 45th Thursday in Madison as part of the an- spot, Bob Pelkington (1,075 from 1961- nual BIG EAST-Big Ten challenge called 64) is at No. 44, Jim Boothe (1,085 from the Gavitt Tipoff Games. The matchup is 1954-57) is at No. 43 and Bill Kirvin (1,088 a rematch of a 2016 NCAA Tournament from 1959-62) is at No. 42. Macura is 25 Second Round game. The game will be points shy of taking over the 40th spot broadcast nationally on FS1 with Tim from Derrick Brown (2006-09) and Huck Brando and Bill Raftery on the call of the Budde (1950-53), who both scored 1,096 game and FOX on-site studio with Mike points. Hill and Steve Lavin.
GATES PICKED UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF CHRIS MACK RADIO SHOW: Xavier's Hall LAST SEASON: Junior Kaiser Gates, of Fame radio play-by-play team of Joe who was a major contributor in Xavier's Sunderman and Byron Larkin, begin- 2017 NCAA Tournament run, started the ning their 20th season together, host the opener and contributed 14 points on 4-of- weekly Chris Mack Radio Show, which airs 4 3-pointers to go with five rebounds. live this season from Delicio Coal Fired Pizza at University Station. The next show JONES STARTING WELL: Sophomore is Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. on 55KRC Tyrique Jones excelled as a starter down due to Xavier's upcoming travel schedule. the stretch last season and got his second season off to a nice beginning in a starting role with 11 points, nine rebounds, two assists and four blocks in 20 minutes of action.
GOOD START FOR THE FRESHMEN: Naji Marshall contributed 12 points on 4-of-4 shooting in 21 minutes in the Morehead State win to go with four rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal. Elias Harden contributed five points and three assists in 20 minutes and Paul Scruggs had six points, four rebounds, four assists, a block and two steals with zero turnovers in 24 minutes of action in his debut. 2017-18 GAME NOTES
HOME COURT WINNING PERCENTAGE (MIN. FIVE YEARS) RK. TEAM ARENA (YEAR AS HOME COURT) WON LOST PCT. 1. GONZAGA McCarthy Athletic Center (14th) 180 15 .9231 2. OREGON Matthew Knight Arena (7th) 102 10 .9107 3. KENTUCKY Adolph Rupp Arena (42nd) 562 65 .8963 4. LOUISVILLE KFC Yum! Center (8th) 116 15 .8855 5. KANSAS Allen Fieldhouse (63rd) 760 110 .8736 TOP 15 ATTENDANCE MARKS 6. WISCONSIN Kohl Center (21st) 276 41 .8707 ALL-TIME AT CINTAS CENTER: 7. VCU Siegel Center (19th) 236 36 .8676 10,727 Villanova 2-24-16 8. XAVIER Cintas Center (18th) 229 35 .8674 10,633 Creighton 3-5-16 9. MICHIGAN STATE Breslin Events Center (29th) 375 58 .8661 10,617 Cincinnati 12-12-15 10. UCLA Pauley Pavilion (53rd) 716 112 .8647 10,558 Villanova 2-11-17 + Data courtesy of Collegiate Basketball News Co. and NCAA Stats --- updated 11-13-17 10,509 Marquette 2-6-16 10,498 Butler 1-2-16 10,492 Butler 2-21-15 SUCCESSFUL STRETCH AT CINTAS CENTER: BIG EAST GAMES ARE AN EVEN TOUGHER 10,483 Creighton 3-1-14 Xavier has won 31 straight non-conference TICKET: 12 of the top 15 all-time single- 10,474 St. John's 1-7-17 home games with its last loss coming in game attendance totals at Cintas Center 10,426 Providence 12-28-16 the 2012-13 season to Wofford (56-55 on were BIG EAST games (see chart above on 10,407 Wake Forest 12-17-16 Dec. 22, 2012). this page). Eight different BIG EAST rivals are represented in this top 15 list (Butler, 10,400 DePaul 1-12-16 CINTAS CENTER IS THE PLACE TO BE: Creighton, DePaul, Marquette, Providence, 10,372 Miami (Ohio) 11-13-15 Xavier has averaged 10,047 fans for its first St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova). 10,372 Marquette 1-17-15 264 games played at the 10,224-seat (pre- 10,368 Seton Hall 1-23-16 viously 10,250-seat) Cintas Center since it SOLD OUT! Xavier has sold out 150 games opened for the 2000-01 season, including at Cintas Center since it opened for the a Cintas Center record standing room only 2000-01 season, including the season CINTAS CENTER MAGIC: Xavier is 229-35 crowd of 10,727 for the Villanova game on opener vs. Morehead State this season. (.867) all-time at Cintas Center, includ- Feb. 24, 2016. Xavier has averaged 98.0 ing 12-4 last season. Xavier’s all-time percent capacity. winning percentage at Cintas Center is currently ranked eighth in the nation at CINTAS CENTER ATTENDANCE RECORD ... 87.0 percent (see the chart of the top AGAIN: Xavier averaged a school-record teams with a minimum of five years on 10,282 fans last season for 16 home their home court). games, breaking the school-record mark of 10,281 fans per game for its 16 home games in the 2015-16 season.
HIT THE ROAD... Xavier at Marquette Xavier at Seton Hall Xavier at Creighton XAVIER'S ROAD HOTELS: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Saturday, January 20, 2018 Saturday, February 10, 2018 Westin Milwaukee W. Hoboken Hilton Omaha Xavier at Wisconsin 550 N. Van Buren Street 225 River Street 1001 Cass St, Omaha, Neb. 68102 Thursday, November 16, 2017 Milwaukee, Wis. 53202 Hoboken, N.J. 07030 Phone: (402) 998-3400 Madison Marriott West Hotel Phone: (414) 224-5224 Phone: (201) 253-2400 and Conference Center Xavier at Georgetown 1313 John Q. Hammons Drive Xavier at Providence Xavier at St. John’s Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Middleton, Wis. 53562 Saturday, January 6, 2018 Tuesday, January 30, 2018 Westin Georgetown Phone: (608) 831-2000 Renaissance Providence New York LaGuardia 2350 M Street NW 5 Avenue of the Arts Airport Marriott Washington, D.C. 20037 Xavier in Las Vegas Providence, R.I. 02903 102-05 Ditmars Boulevard Phone: (202) 429-0100 Tuesday, November 21 – Phone: (401) 919-5000 East Elmhurst, N.Y. 11369 Friday, November 24, 2017 Phone: (718) 565-8900 Xavier at DePaul Encore Las Vegas Xavier at Villanova Saturday, March 3, 2018 3131 S Las Vegas Boulevard Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Xavier at Butler Marriott Marquis Chicago Las Vegas, Nev. 89109 Le Méridien Philadelphia Tuesday, February 6, 2018 2121 S Prairie Avenue Phone: (702) 770-7171 1421 Arch Street Westin Indianapolis Chicago, Ill. 60616 Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 241 W Washington Street Phone: (312) 824-0500 Xavier at Northern Iowa Phone: (215) 422-8200 Indianapolis, Ind. 46204 Friday, December 22, 2017 Phone: (317) 262-8100 Hilton Garden Inn 7213 Nordic Drive Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 Phone: (319) 266-6611 2017-18 GAME NOTES
2017-18 XAVIER RECORDS Xavier scored 80-89 points: Marquette 95, Xavier 84 at CC Opponent made 40 or more field goals: 48-81 by Kansas in Great (3-1-17) Alaska Shootout (11-26-99) BREAKDOWN Opponent scored 80-89 points: Gonzaga 83, XU 59 in NCAA Xavier made 30 or more free throws: 36-49 vs. Georgetown at Tournament in San Jose (3-25-17) CC (1-22-17) Leading at the half: 1-0 Trailing at the half: Xavier scored 90-99 points: XU 91, Florida State 66 in NCAA Opponent made 30 or more free throws: 33-38 by Butler at BU Tied at the half: Tournament in Orlando (3-18-17) (1-14-17) In Overtime: Opponent scored 90-99 points: Marquette 95, Xavier 84 at CC Xavier made 20-29 free throws: 20-26 vs. Florida State in NCAA (3-1-17) Tournament in Orlando (3-18-17) XU Shooting 50% or better: 1-0 Xavier scored 100 points or more: XU 101, Morehead State 49 Opponent made 20-29 free throws: 24-32 by St. John’s at Madi- XU Shooting between 40-49.9% at CC (11-10-17) son Square Garden (1-29-17) XU Shooting less than 40%: Opponent scored 100 points or more: Kansas State 101, XU 96 in Xavier made 10 or more 3-Pt. FG: 12-21 vs. Morehead State at Opponents shoot 50% or better: 2OT in NCAA Trn. (3-25-10) CC (11-10-17) Opponents shoot less than 50%: 1-0 Xavier scored 60 points or less: Gonzaga 83, XU 59 in NCAA Opponent made 10 or more 3-Pt. FG: 12-24 by Gonzaga in NCAA Tournament in San Jose (3-25-17) Tournament in San Jose (3-25-17) XU outrebounds its opponent: 1-0 Opponent scored 60 points or less: XU 101, Morehead State 49 Xavier had 50 or more rebounds: 52 vs. Missouri at Tire Pros Inv. Opponent outrebounds XU: at CC (11-10-17) (11-17-16) Teams are tied in rebounds: Xavier scored 50 points or less: Tennessee 64, XU 49 at Battle 4 Opponent had 50 or more rebounds: 51 by Dayton at CC (1- Atlantis (11-29-13) 16-10) XU Scoring 50 points or less: XU Scoring 51-59 points: Opponent scored 50 points or less: XU 101, Morehead State 49 Xavier had 25 or more assists: 26 vs. Morehead State at CC XU Scoring 60-69 points: at CC (11-10-17) (11-10-17) XU Scoring 70-79 points: Xavier scored 40 points or less: Temple 59, XU 40 at TU (1-25-00) Opponent had 25 or more assists: 25 by Villanova at VU (12- XU Scoring 80-89 points: Opponent scored 40 points or less: XU 65, Delaware State 33 at 31-15) XU Scoring 90-99 points: CC (12-28-07) Xavier had 15 or more steals: 15 vs. Seton Hall at SHU (2-28-16) XU Scoring 100 or more points: 1-0 Xavier won by 10-19 points: XU 76, Maryland 65 in NCAA Tour- Opponent had 15 or more steals: 16 by Missouri in Puerto Rico nament in Orlando (3-16-17) Tip-Off (11-20-08) Allowing 50 points or less: 1-0 Opponent won by 10-19 points: Marquette 95, Xavier 84 at CC Xavier had 10 or more blocked shots: 10 vs. Morehead State at Allowing 51-59 points: (3-1-17) CC (11-10-17) Allowing 60-69 points: Xavier won by 20-29 points: XU 91, Florida State 66 in NCAA Opponent had 10 or more blocked shots: 10 by St. John’s at Allowing 70-79 points: Tournament in Orlando (3-18-17) Madison Square Garden (2-23-15) Allowing 80-89 points: Allowing 90 points or more: Opponent won by 20-29 points: Gonzaga 83, XU 59 in NCAA Xavier had 15 or more turnovers: 15 vs. Morehead State at CC Tournament in San Jose (3-25-17) (11-10-17) Game is decided by 1-4 points: Xavier won by 30 points or more: XU 101, Morehead State 49 at Opponent had 15 or more turnovers: 17 by Morehead State at Game is decided by 5-10 points: CC (11-10-17) CC (11-10-17) Game is decided by 11-20 points: Opponent won by 30 points or more: Villanova 95, XU 64 at VU Musketeer scored 20-29 pts.: 25 by Trevon Bluiett vs. Morehead Game is decided by 21 points or more: 1-0 (12-31-15) State at CC (11-10-17) Xavier scored 50 or more in the first half: 62 vs. Morehead State Two or more Musketeer players with 20+ points in one game: Playing at night: 1-0 at CC (11-10-17) 24 by Trevon Bluiett and 20 by J.P. Macura vs. Georgetown at CC Playing in the morning or afternoon: Opponent scored 50 or more in the first half: 50 by DePaul at (1-22-17) CC (1-24-15) Opponent scored 20-29 pts.: 23 by Nigel Williams-Goss of Gon- Trevon Bluiett leads team in scoring: 1-0 Xavier scored 50 or more in second half: 53 vs. Marquette at zaga in NCAA Tournament in San Jose (3-25-17) CC (3-1-17) Musketeer scored 30-39 points: 32 by Tu Holloway vs. Dayton at One player scores in double figures Opponent scored 50 or more in the second half: 51 by Mar- CC (2-18-12) Two players score in double figures: quette at CC (3-1-17) Opponent scored 30-39 points in a game: 34 by Markus Howard Three players score in double figures: of Marquette at MU (2-18-17) Four players score in double figures: Xavier scored 25 or less in the first half: 23 vs. Villanova at CC (2-11-17) Musketeer scored 40+ points in a game: 40 by Trevon Bluiett vs. Five players score in double figures: 1-0 Cincinnati at UC (1-26-17). Six players score in double figures: Opponent scored 25 or less in the first half: 24 by Morehead Seven players score in double figures: State at CC (11-10-17) Opponent scored 40+ points in a game: 44 by Jimmal Ball of Xavier scored 25 or less in second half: 20 vs. Gonzaga in NCAA Akron at UA (12-21-96) In November: 1-0 Tournament in San Jose (3-25-17) Musketeer grabbed 15 + reb.: 17 by RaShid Gaston vs. Creighton In December: Opponent scored 25 or less in the second half: 25 by Morehead at CC (1-16-17) In January: State at CC (11-10-17) Musketeer had 10 + assists: 12 by Myles Davis vs. Providence at In February: Xavier played an overtime game: XU 83, Missouri 82 in overtime CC (2-17-16) In March: at Tire Pros Inv. (11-17-16) Musketeer had 5 or more steals: 5 by J.P. Macura vs. Morehead Xavier played more than one overtime: Auburn 89, XU 88 2OT State at CC (11-10-17) On Sunday: at AU (12-20-14) Musketeer had 5 or more blocks: 6 by Travis Taylor vs. Saint On Monday Xavier won an overtime game: XU 83, Missouri 82 in overtime at Louis at CC (3-6-13) On Tuesday: Tire Pros Inv. (11-17-16) Double-double (pts.-ast.): Myles Davis with 11 points, 12 On Wednesday: rebounds, and 12 assists vs. Providence at CC (2-17-16) On Thursday: Opponent won an overtime game: Creighton 79, XU 72 at CC (2-4-15) Double-double (pts.-reb.): 12 points and 10 rebounds by Mal- On Friday: 1-0 colm Bernard vs. Butler at Madison Square Garden (3-9-17) On Saturday: Xavier shot 60 percent from the field: 67.9 (36-53) vs. Morehead State at CC (11-10-17) Two Musketeer players with double-doubles in one game: Opponent shot 60 percent from the field: 61.1 (33-54) by Mar- 10 points and 15 rebounds by Jalen Reynolds and Myles Davis Double-Figure Scoring Games (5): Bluiett (1), quette at CC (3-1-17) with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists vs. Providence at CC Macura (1), Gates (1), Marshall (1), Jones (1) (2-17-16) Xavier shot 50 pct. or more: 52.8 (28-53) vs. Arizona in NCAA Double-Figure Rebounding Games (0): Tournament in San Jose (3-23-17) Triple-double (pts.-reb.-ast.): Myles Davis with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists vs. Providence at CC (2-17-16) 20-Point (20-29) Scoring Games (1): Bluiett (1) Opponent shot 50 percent or more: 54.7 (29-53) by Creighton at Madison Square Garden (3-10-17) Five Musketeers scored in double figures: 5 vs. Morehead State 30-Point (30-39) Scoring Games (0): at CC (11-10-17) Xavier shot 35 pct. or worse: 35.0 (21-60) vs. Villanova at CC Six Musketeers scored in double figures: 6 vs. St. John’s at CC 40-Point (40-49) Scoring Games (0): (2-11-17) (1-7-17) Double-Doubles/Pts.-Reb. (0): Opponent shot 35 percent or worse: 23.7 (14-59) by Morehead State at CC (11-10-17) Seven Musketeers scored in double figures: 7 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson at CC (11-9-12) Xavier made 40 or more field goals: 43-61 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson at CC (11-9-12) 2017-18 GAME NOTES XAVIER'S WINNING TRADITION
Atlantic 10, MCC or BIG EAST NCAA (seed) or NIT Home Attendance Avg. Year Record Conference Record (Finish) Postseason (Sell-outs/Home Games) 2017-18 1-0 0-0 (BIG EAST) 10,224 (1/1) 2016-17 24-14 9-9 (Seventh in BIG EAST) NCAA Elite Eight (#11 seed) 10,282 (12/16) 2015-16 28-6 14-4 (Second in BIG EAST) NCAA Second Round (#2 seed) 10,281 (11/16) 2014-15 23-14 9-9 (Sixth in BIG EAST) NCAA Sweet 16 (#6 seed) 9,998 (9/16) 2013-14 (Begin BIG EAST) 21-13 10-8 (T-Third in BIG EAST) NCAA Tournament (#12 seed) 9,890 (7/17) 2012-13 17-14 9-7 (T-Sixth in Atlantic 10) 9,781 (1/15) 2011-12 23-13 10-6 (T-Third in Atlantic 10) NCAA Sweet 16 (#10 seed) 10,155 (10/16) 2010-11 24-8 15-1 (First in Atlantic 10) NCAA Second Round (#6 seed) 10,098 (9/15) 2009-10 26-9 14-2 (T-First in Atlantic 10) NCAA Sweet 16 (#6 seed) 10,123 (7/15) 2008-09 27-8 12-4 (First in Atlantic 10) NCAA Sweet 16 (#4 seed) 10,097 (11/15) 2007-08 30-7 14-2 (First in Atlantic 10) NCAA Elite Eight (#3 seed) 10,008 (9/17) 2006-07 25-9 13-3 (T-First in Atlantic 10) NCAA Second Round (#9 seed) 9,910 (5/15) 2005-06 21-11 8-8 (T-Seventh in Atlantic 10)* NCAA Tournament (#14 seed) 9,775 (4/15) 2004-05 17-12 10-6 (T-Second in Atlantic 10 West) 10,027 (7/16) 2003-04 26-11 10-6 (T-Third in Atlantic 10 West)* NCAA Elite Eight (#7 seed) 9,902 (8/16) 2002-03 26-6 15-1 (First in Atlantic 10 West) NCAA Second Round (#3 seed) 10,181 (14/15) 2001-02 26-6 14-2 (First in Atlantic 10 West)* NCAA Second Round (#7 seed) 10,224 (13/14) 2000-01 21-8 12-4 (T-Second in Atlantic 10) NCAA Tournament (#11 seed) 10,072 (12/14) 1999-00 21-12 9-7 (T-Second in Atlantic 10 West) NIT Second Round 9,072 (4/15) 1998-99 25-11 12-4 (Second in Atlantic 10 West) NIT Third Place 9,540 (6/16) 1997-98 22-8 11-5 (T-First in Atlantic 10 West)* NCAA Tournament (#6 seed) 9,924 (10/14) 1996-97 23-6 13-3 (First in Atlantic 10 West) NCAA Second Round (#7 seed) 9,436 (5/14) 1995-96 (Begin Atlantic 10) 13-15 8-8 (Third in Atlantic 10 West) 8,871 (5/14) 1994-95 23-5 14-0 (First in MCC) NCAA Tournament (#11 seed) 8,201 (2/14) 1993-94 22-8 8-2 (First in MCC) NIT Quarterfinals 6,943 (1/16) 1992-93 24-6 12-2 (T-First in MCC) NCAA Second Round (#9 seed) 7,236 (1/13) 1991-92 15-12 7-3 (T-Second in MCC) 8,296 (1/14) 1990-91 22-10 11-3 (First in MCC)* NCAA Second Round (#14 seed) 6,812 (1/15) 1989-90 28-5 12-2 (First in MCC) NCAA Sweet 16 (#6 seed) 7,757 (2/14) 1988-89 21-12 7-5 (Third in MCC)* NCAA Tournament (#14 seed) 4,411 (0/15) 1987-88 26-4 9-1 (First in MCC)* NCAA Tournament (#11 seed) 5,853 (1/15) 1986-87 19-13 7-5 (T-Third in MCC)* NCAA Second Round (#13 seed) 3,213 (0/15) 1985-86 25-5 10-2 (First in MCC)* NCAA Tournament (#12 seed) 5,171 (1/14) 1984-85 16-13 7-7 (Fifth in MCC) 4,644 (0/13) 1983-84 22-11 9-5 (Third in MCC) NIT Quarterfinals 4,788 (0/15) 1982-83 22-8 10-4 (T-Second in MCC)* NCAA Tournament (#12 seed) 3,002 (0/15) 1981-82 8-20 1-11 (Seventh in MCC) 2,861 (0/15) 1980-81 12-16 8-3 (First in MCC) 2,782 (1/14) 1979-80 (Begin MCC) 8-18 0-5 (Sixth in MCC) 3,769 (0/12) 39-Year Totals 823-387 (.680) #383-169 (.694) Conf. Regular Season 26 NCAA Tournaments/4 NIT
* Won Conference Tournament Championship #These 38 years include 42-30 (.583) BIG EAST, 209-79 (.726) Atlantic 10 and 132-60 (.688) MCC records. + Xavier won or shared 16 regular season conference championships over its 34 years in the Atlantic 10 and MCC (nine A-10 and seven MCC), while winning 10 conference tournament championships (four A-10 and six MCC). XU was in the MCC 16 years (1980-1995) and the A-10 18 years (1996-2013). + Xavier has made 11 of the last 12 NCAA Tournament fields and 15 of the last 17. + Xavier has made 30 postseason appearances in the last 35 years, including 26 NCAA Tournament berths during that time. XU only made the NCAA Tournament field one time (1961) before the 1982-83 season. + Xavier has recorded 20-win seasons in 11 of the last 12 years and 19 of the last 21 years. 2017-18 GAME NOTES
team honors from ESPN, Street & Smith's, Blue Ribbon Basketball and #5 College Sports Madness ...Earned the 12th-most votes for Associated Press preseason All-American ... Xavier alumnus David West, who is TREVON now playing for the Golden State Warriors, earned Associated Press and USBWA National Player of the Year honors in 2003. BLUIETT 1,000 POINT CLUB MEMBER ... TOP 15 ON XU LIST 14th on Xavier's all-time scoring list with 1,610 career points. 6-6 • 198 Senior • Guard POSTSEASON STANDOUT ... TWO ALL-TOURNEY TEAMS Namedo t the five-member 2017 All-West Regional Team ... Averaged Indianapolis, Ind. 21.3 ppg. for Xavier's four games in the NCAA Tournament, including 21 vs. Maryland, 29 vs. Florida State and 25 vs. Arizona ... Named to Park Tudor HS the 2017 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team for a second straight year after averaging 19.3 ppg. and 5.7 rpg. at Madison Square Garden.
AS A SENIOR (2017-18) AS A JUNIOR (2016-17) Scored a game-high 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including 5-of- First Team All-BIG EAST selection by the league coaches, his second 7 3-point shooting, in the Morehead State win on Nov. 10. straight year on the first team ... NABC First Team All-District 5 for the second straight year ... BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll five times PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN AND ALL-BIG EAST and Player of the Week twice as a junior ... Second in the BIG EAST in Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST selection is on the watch lists for scoring at 18.5 ppg. ... Posted a team-high 19 games with 20 points The Citizen Naismith Trophy, the Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA's or more ... Second on the team in rebounding at 5.7 rpg. (10th in the National Player of the Year), the Julius Erving Award and the Lute Ol- BIG EAST) ... Third in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goals made at 2.5 son Award, which is CollegeInsider.com's NationalIndividual Player of the Career Year Historyper game ... Missedo tw games (at Providence and at Marquette) due award ... Also expected to be a top candidate for the John R. Wooden to an ankle injury, snapping a streak of 72 straight starts ... Forced Award ... List of preseason All-America honors includes second team out of Feb. 11 game vs. Villanova by injury ... Tire Pros Invitational honors from Sporting News, NBC Sports and Athlon Sports and third MVP ... Scored a career-high 40 points at Cincinnati on Jan. 26 on the strength of a school record-tying nine 3-pointers. XAVIER CAREERBLUIETT, TrevonSTATS & CAREER HIGHS Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2014-15 37-32 1048/28.3 133-315 . 4 2 2 45-138 . 3 2 6 97-130 . 7 4 6 52 104 156 4.2 83 4 71 51 2 23 408 11.0 2015-16 34-34 1042/30.6 170-401 . 4 2 4 78-196 . 3 9 8 94-122 . 7 7 0 49 160 209 6.1 79 3 74 56 11 31 512 15.1 2016-17 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 2017-18 1-1 22/22.0 9-12 . 7 5 0 5-7 . 7 1 4 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 5.0 2 0 3 0 2 1 25 25.0 TOTAL 108-103 3375/31.3 524-1212 . 4 3 2 219-586 . 3 7 4 343-453 . 7 5 7 128 446 574 5.3 250 9 223 185 19 87 1610 14.9
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 40, at Cincinnati -- 01/26/17 Rebounds: 16, Northern Kentucky -- 11/23/15 Assists: 8, Marquette -- 02/06/16 Steals: 4, Eastern Washington -- 12/20/16; vs Maryland -- 3/16/17 Blocks: 3, at Providence College -- 1/26/16 FG made: 12, at Cincinnati -- 01/26/17 2017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball FG attempts: 19, vs Northern Iowa -- 11/20/16Xavier Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) 3FG made: 9, at Cincinnati -- 01/26/17 All games BLUIETT FILE 3FG attempts: 13, at Colorado -- 12/7/16 FT made: 10, vs Florida State -- 3/18/17 Full name: Trevon Nykee FT attempts: 14, vs Florida State -- 3/18/17 Bluiett #05 BLUIETT, Trevon 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME Nickname: Tre Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg Birthdate/Birthplace: No- MOREHEAD STATE 11/10/17 * 22 9-12 . 7 5 0 5-7 . 7 1 4 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 5.0 2 3 0 2 1 25 25.0 vember 5, 1994 in India- Totals 1 22 9-12 . 7 5 0 5-7 . 7 1 4 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 5.0 2 3 0 2 1 25 25.0 napolis, Ind.
Games played: 1 Rebounds/game: 5.0 Parents: Reynardo and Minutes/game: 22.0 Assists/game: 3.0 Mariam Bluiett; Points/game: 25.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 99.9 Dad was on the All-Marine FG Pct: 75.0 Steals/game: 1.0 Football Team and Mom 3FG Pct: 71.4 Blocks/game: 2.0 FT Pct: 100.0 was on the All-Marine Basketball Team Siblings: Ashtyn, Juwaan and Brody Major: Liberal arts 2017-18 GAME NOTES
land on March 16 and a 14-point game vs. Florida State on March 18 #22 on 5-of-6 shooting, including a career-high tying four 3-pointers out ofe fiv attempts ... Started four games as a sophomore ... Grabbed a KAISER career-high and game-high 10 rebounds in the DePaul win on Feb. 8 GATES ... Scored 13 points on the strength of 3-of-4 3-point shooting to go with a team-high eight rebounds vs. Seton Hall on Feb. 1 and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds at Creighton on Feb. 4 ... Grabbed nine 6-8 • 228 rebounds vs. St. John’s at MSG on Jan. 29 ... Made his first collegiate Junior • Forward startt a Cincinnati on Jan. 26 ... Scored a career-high 17 points in 27 minutes of action in the St. John’s win on Jan. 7, hitting 6-of-8 from Alpharetta, Ga. the field, including 4-of-6 3-pointers ... The four treys tied his career St. Francis HS high ... 12 points on a career-high four 3-pointers in 23 minutes of ac- tion vs. Eastern Washington on Dec. 20 ... Did not play in the first five games while recovering from a preseason scope procedure on his left knee ... Contributed six points on 2-of-3 3-point shooting to go with AS A JUNIOR (2017-18) three rebounds vs. North Dakota State on Nov. 29 ... Had five points Started the opener vs. Morehead State and contributed 14 points ande fiv rebounds in 19 minutes at Baylor on Dec. 3 and grabbed five on 4-of-4 3-pointers to go with five rebounds ... Marked his fourth more rebounds in 16 minutes of action at Colorado on Dec. 7. career game with four 3-pointers. AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16) AS A SOPHOMORE (2016-17) Earned 11.7 minutes per game for his last 10 games compared with Xavier’s fifth-leading scorer for the four games inIndividual the NCAA T Careerourna- History9.7 minutes per game for his first 20 ... Hit all three of his shots on his mentt a 7.8 ppg., while hitting 52.4 percent from the field, including wayo t seven points in 10 minutes of action in the NCAA Tournament 43.8 percent from 3-point range ... Scored in double figures in the first win over Weber State on March 18. two NCAA Tournament games, including an 11-point game vs. Mary-
XAVIER CAREERGATES, Kaiser STATS & CAREER HIGHS Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2015-16 30-0 311/10.4 29-67 . 4 3 3 13-39 . 3 3 3 25-44 . 5 6 8 24 54 78 2.6 51 0 5 13 7 11 96 3.2 2016-17 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 2017-18 1-1 19/19.0 4-4 1.000 4-4 1.000 2-4 . 5 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 4 0 0 1 1 0 14 14.0 TOTAL 64-5 1022/16.0 96-234 . 4 1 0 57-161 . 3 5 4 53-84 . 6 3 1 61 155 216 3.4 115 0 27 36 13 26 302 4.7
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 17, St. John's -- 01/07/17 Rebounds: 10, DePaul -- 02/08/17 Assists: 3, Marquette -- 03/01/17 Steals: 2, DePaul -- 02/08/17; Wake Forest -- 12/17/16; at DePaul -- 3/4/17 Blocks: 1, 13 times FG made: 6, St. John's -- 01/07/17 FG attempts: 9, at DePaul -- 3/4/17 3FG made: 4, 4 times 3FG attempts: 7, Eastern Washington -- 12/20/16 2017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball FT made: 4, 4 times Xavier Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) FT attempts: 7, Villanova -- 02/24/16 All games
GATES FILE 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME#22 GATES, Kaiser Full name: Kaiser Evan Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg Bray-Gates MOREHEAD STATE 11/10/17 * 19 4-4 1.000 4-4 1.000 2-4 . 5 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 4 0 1 1 0 14 14.0 Nickname: KG Totals 1 19 4-4 1.000 4-4 1.000 2-4 . 5 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 4 0 1 1 0 14 14.0 Birthdate/Birthplace: Games played: 1 Rebounds/game: 5.0 November 8, 1996 in Minutes/game: 19.0 Turnovers/game: 1.0 Points/game: 14.0 Blocks/game: 1.0 Atlanta, Ga. FG Pct: 100.0 Parents: David and 3FG Pct: 100.0 FT Pct: 50.0 Necia Gates Siblings: Zoryn and Kaz Major: Sports Management 2017-18 GAME NOTES
EAST in assists at 3.4 apg. and fifth in assist/turnover ratio (1.8) for all #3 games ... Second in the BIG EAST in assist/turnover ratio for league gamest a 2.2 and fourth in assists at 3.8 apg. ... 15 points, five assists QUENTIN and a career-high five steals at Creighton on Feb. 4 ... Had seven as- GOODIN sists in the Feb. 1 win over Seton Hall ... Career-high 16 points to go with two assists in the win over St. John’s on Jan. 29 ... Contributed seven points and six assists with only one turnover in 15 minutes off 6-4 • 194 thet bench a Cincinnati on Jan. 26 ... Made his first collegiate start vs. Sophomore • Guard Creighton on Jan. 16 ... Scored 11 points on 3-of-3 shooting, including a 3-pointer, to go with four assists vs. Buffalo on Nov. 14 ... Contrib- Campbellsville, Ky. uted six points and three rebounds vs. Northern Iowa on Nov. 20, Taylor County HS including a pair of big second-half baskets ... Averaged 35.5 minutes overt the las 17 games (all starts), including a career-high 40 vs. Vil- lanova on Feb. 11 and 39 in four other games. AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18) Started his 18th straight game in the opener, dishing off seven assists. AT TAYLOR COUNTY Consensus four-star recruit … 2016 Gatorade State Boys Basketball AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17) Player of the Year in Kentucky … 2016 Associated Press Player of the Averaged 5.3 apg. after taking over the starting point guard role over Year in the state as well ... Four-Time All-State selection … Finished the final 17 games of the season, including a career-high and Xavier his career as the all-time leading scorer at Taylor County High School NCAA Tournament record-tying nine assists in theIndividual NCAA First CareerRound Historywith 2,968 points and a 24.2 ppg. career average … 773 rebounds (8.1 win over Maryland ... Dished eight assists at Seton Hall on Feb. 22, at rpg.), 629 assists (4.1 apg.) and 325 steals (2.7 spg.) during his impres- Marquette on Feb. 18 and vs. DePaul on Feb. 8 ... Scored 11 points vs. sive four-year career … Basketball coach: Richard Gatewood. Creighton on March 10 in the BIG EAST Tournament ... Sixth in the BIG
XAVIER CAREERGOODIN, Quentin STATS & CAREER HIGHS
Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2016-17 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 2017-18 1-1 19/19.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 2 0 7 4 0 0 2 2.0 TOTAL 39-19 935/24.0 71-201 . 3 5 3 13-51 . 2 5 5 42-74 . 5 6 8 6 72 78 2.0 82 1 138 78 6 34 197 5.1
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 16, at St. John's -- 1/29/17 Rebounds: 6, Villanova -- 02/11/17; Butler -- 02/26/17 Assists: 9, vs Maryland -- 3/16/17 Steals: 5, at Creighton -- 02-04-17 Blocks: 2, Seton Hall -- 02/01/17 FG made: 6, vs DePaul -- 3/8/17 FG attempts: 17, at Creighton -- 02-04-17 2017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball 3FG made: 4, at Creighton -- 02-04-17 Xavier Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) 3FG attempts: 7, at Creighton -- 02-04-17 All games FT made: 7, at St. John's -- 1/29/17 FT attempts: 9, at St. John's -- 1/29/17
2017-18#03 GAME-BY-GAME GOODIN, Quentin GOODIN FILE Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg Full name: Quentin MOREHEAD STATE 11/10/17 * 19 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 2 7 4 0 0 2 2.0 Emmanuel Goodin Totals 1 19 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 2 7 4 0 0 2 2.0 Nickname: Q or QG Games played: 1 Rebounds/game: 1.0 Minutes/game: 19.0 Assists/game: 7.0 Birthdate/Birthplace: Points/game: 2.0 Turnovers/game: 4.0 September 3, 1997 in FG Pct: 100.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.8 Campbellsville, Ky. FT Pct: 0.0 Parents: Chris and LaQuita Goodin Sibling: Tre Major: Exploratory but likely communications or sports management 2017-18 GAME NOTES
AT PEBBLEBROOK #4 Averaged 20.9 ppg, 5.8 rpg, and 1.9 apg. as a senior at Pebblebrook High School in Mableton, Ga. ... Basketball coach: George Washing- ELIAS ton.
HARDEN AT SANDY CREEK Playedt a Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, Ga., before transferring 6-5 • 187 to Pebblebrook … Averaged 20.9 ppg., 5.8 rpg., 1.9 apg. and 2.0 spg. Freshman • Guard as a junior at Sandy Creek High School … Class AAAA second team All- State as a junior, helping lead his team to a regional championship ... East Point, Ga. Basketball coach: Anthony McKissic. Pebblebrook HS MACK ON HARDEN “Elias Harden is vastly underrated in my opinion. He can do it on both AS A FRESHMAN (2017-18) ends of the floor because of his athleticism and size. Elias’ size allows Contributed five points and three assists in 20 minutes vs. More- himo t shoot the ball over defenders and will give us versatility at the head State in his collegiate debut. guard position. Elias can shoot the 3 consistently, is adept at mid- range pull-ups and knows how to get to the rim both in the halfcourt HIGHLY-RANKED and in transition. Our pace of play meshes well with what Elias brings Ranked as a four-star recruit by ESPN.com, Scout.com, 247sports. to the table.” com and Rivals.com …. ESPN’s No. 39 shooting guarIndividuald ... Played Career AAU History basketball for Game Elite under Ryan Faulkner.
XAVIER CAREERHARDEN, STATSElias & CAREER HIGHS
Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2017-18 1-0 20/20.0 1-3 . 3 3 3 1-2 . 5 0 0 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 2 0 3 2 0 0 5 5.0 TOTAL 1-0 20/20.0 1-3 . 3 3 3 1-2 . 5 0 0 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 2 0 3 2 0 0 5 5.0
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 5, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Rebounds: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Assists: 3, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG made: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG attempts: 3, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 3FG made: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 3FG attempts: 2, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FT made: 2, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 2017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball FT attempts: 2, Morehead State -- 11/10/17Xavier Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) All games
2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME#04 HARDEN, Elias
Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg HARDEN FILE MOREHEAD STATE 11/10/17 20 1-3 . 3 3 3 1-2 . 5 0 0 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 2 3 2 0 0 5 5.0 Totals 0 20 1-3 . 3 3 3 1-2 . 5 0 0 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 2 3 2 0 0 5 5.0 Full name: Elias Jamar Harden Games played: 1 Rebounds/game: 1.0 Minutes/game: 20.0 Assists/game: 3.0 Nicknames: Eli and Easy Points/game: 5.0 Turnovers/game: 2.0 FG Pct: 33.3 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.5 Birthdate/Birthplace: 3FG Pct: 50.0 February 3, 1999 in FT Pct: 100.0 East Point, Ga. Parents: Darius and Ruth Harden Sibling: Jalen, Daria and Ethan Major: Exploratory 2017-18 GAME NOTES
boundingt a 1.6 rpg., which ranked 14th in the BIG EAST despite log- #0 ging 11.0 minutes per game ... Posted a 13-point game at Marquette on 6-of-8 shooting ... Hit 44 of his last 62 shots from the field (71.0 TYRIQUE percent) over his last 15 games ... Hit 8-8 from the field at Creighton on Feb. 4 for a career-high 16 points, equaling the best single-game JONES field goal percentage effort by a Musketeer in over 20 years ... The last time someone did better was then-junior Torraye Braggs, who hit 6-9 • 242 9-9 vs. Western Kentucky on Nov. 23, 1996 ... Grabbed six rebounds in 16 minutes in his first collegiate start at St. John’s on Jan. 29 ... Sophomore • Forward Played well at Cincinnati on Jan. 26 with six points, five rebounds and Bloomfield, Conn. ant assis in 12 minutes ... Posted his first career double-figure scoring game vs. St. John’s on Jan. 7, contributing 10 points to go with five Bloomfield HS rebounds and two blocks ... Grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds to Vermont Academy go with six points and two blocks, while taking a pair of charges on defense, in the win over Buffalo on Nov. 14. AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18) Got his second season off to a nice beginning in a starting role vs. AT VERMONT ACADEMY Morehead State with 11 points, nine rebounds, two assists and Averaged 19.8 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.2 blocks, 1.5 steals and 1.7 as- four blocks in 20 minutes of action. sists per game at Vermont Academy, his postgraduate season … 2015- 16 Class AA All-NEPSAC First Team honors as he led his team to a 27-5 AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17) Individual Career Historyrecord and won the New England Prep School Athletic Conference Started 13 games, including all four NCAA Tournament games ... (NEPSAC) Championship game for the first time in school history … Scored 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the NCAA Second Round win Basketball coach: Alex Popp. over Florida State on March 18 ... Second on the team in offensive re-
XAVIER CAREERJONES, Tyrique STATS & CAREER HIGHS
Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2016-17 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 2017-18 1-1 20/20.0 4-7 . 5 7 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-7 . 4 2 9 3 6 9 9.0 1 0 2 1 4 1 11 11.0 TOTAL 38-14 427/11.2 72-120 . 6 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 23-48 . 4 7 9 61 62 123 3.2 75 3 13 28 20 10 167 4.4
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 16, at Creighton -- 02-04-17 Rebounds: 11, Buffalo -- 11/14/16 Assists: 2, Morehead State -- 11/10/17; Providence -- 12/28/16 Steals: 1, 10 times Blocks: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG made: 8, at Creighton -- 02-04-17 FG attempts: 8, at Creighton -- 02-04-17; at Marquette -- 2/18/17 FT made: 4, St. John's -- 01/07/17; at Cincinnati -- 01/26/172017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball FT attempts: 7, St. John's -- 01/07/17; MoreheadXavier State Individual -- 11/10/17 Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) All games
2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME#00 JONES, Tyrique
Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg JONES FILE MOREHEAD STATE 11/10/17 * 20 4-7 . 5 7 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-7 . 4 2 9 3 6 9 9.0 1 2 1 4 1 11 11.0 Full name: Tyrique Daniel Totals 1 20 4-7 . 5 7 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-7 . 4 2 9 3 6 9 9.0 1 2 1 4 1 11 11.0 Jones Games played: 1 Rebounds/game: 9.0 Nickname: Ty, Rique Minutes/game: 20.0 Assists/game: 2.0 Points/game: 11.0 Turnovers/game: 1.0 Birthdate/Birthplace: May FG Pct: 57.1 Assist/turnover ratio: 2.0 3, 1997 in FT Pct: 42.9 Steals/game: 1.0 Hartford, Conn. Blocks/game: 4.0 Parents: Petronia Bailey and the late Lester Jones Sibling: Dajoun Major: Exploratory 2017-18 GAME NOTES
in 31 of UWGB’s 32 games, starting 20 times, and helped the #11 Phoenix to an 18-14 overall mark and a 12-6 record in Horizon League play ... Scored a career-high 23 points at Northern Ken- KEREM tucky on Feb. 9, 2017 and at Central Michigan on Dec. 6, 2016 ... Scored 20 straight points for his team in the second half of the KANTER gamet a CMU, earning the honor of being featured that night on ESPN SportsCenter ... Basketball coach: Linc Darner. 6-10 • 240 Graduate • Forward AT WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (2015-16) Played in 28 games as a sophomore, helping the Phoenix to a 23-12 Istanbul, Turkey mark, while winning the 2016 Horizon League Tournament Champi- U. of Wis.-Green Bay onship and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament ... Notched double- figure scoring games four times, including a season-high 12 points twice ... Basketball coach: Linc Darner. AS A MUSKETEER (2017-18) Played 15 minutes in his Xavier debut vs. Morehead State, contribut- PRIOR TO WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY ing four points and five rebounds ... Graduate transfer who played Averaged 17.0 points and nine rebounds per game in 2013-14 at IMG three seasons at Wisconsin-Green Bay ... Versatile lefty has one year Academy in Bradenton, Florida ... Attended Wilbraham & Monson of eligibility remaining, which he will use this season. Academy in Wilbraham, Mass. for the 2012-13 school year ... Key Individual Career Historymember of the Under-18 Turkish National Team, helping Turkey to AT WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (2016-17) the gold medal at the 2013 U18 European Championships in Riga, Green Bay’s second-leading scorer at 11.3 points per game and Latvia. leading rebounder at 6.3 rebounds per game last season ... Played
XAVIER CAREERKANTER, KeremSTATS & CAREER HIGHS
Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2017-18 1-0 15/15.0 2-6 . 3 3 3 0-3 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 4.0 TOTAL 1-0 15/15.0 2-6 . 3 3 3 0-3 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 4.0
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Rebounds: 5, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Assists: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Steals: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG made: 2, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG attempts: 6, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 3FG attempts: 3, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 KANTER FILE 2017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball Full name: Kerem Kanter Xavier Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) All games Nickname: K-Dot Birthdate/Birthplace: April 29, 1995 in Bursa, 2017-18 #11GAME-BY-GAME KANTER, Kerem Turkey Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Parents: Mehmet and Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg MOREHEAD STATE 11/10/17 15 2-6 . 3 3 3 0-3 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 0 1 2 0 1 4 4.0 Gulsum Kanter Totals 0 15 2-6 . 3 3 3 0-3 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 0 1 2 0 1 4 4.0 Siblings: Enes, Betul and Games played: 1 Rebounds/game: 5.0 Ahmet; brother Enes Minutes/game: 15.0 Assists/game: 1.0 plays in the NBA with Points/game: 4.0 Turnovers/game: 2.0 the New York Knicks and FG Pct: 33.3 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.5 played college ball at 3FG Pct: 0.0 Steals/game: 1.0 Kentucky Major: Working on a master’s degree in sports administration; earned his undergradu- ate degree from Wiscon- sin-Green Bay 2017-18 GAME NOTES
AS A JUNIOR (2016-17) #55 Only Xavier player who started every game in the 2016-17 season ... Namedo t the five-member NCAA All-West Regional Team; averaged J.P 13.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game in the NCAA Tournament ... Second on the team and 16th in the BIG EAST MACURA in scoring for the season at 14.4 ppg., including a team-high 20-point game vs. Marquette on March 1 and a 22-point game vs. Creighton on 6-5 • 203 March 10 ... Had a 22-point game at Seton Hall on Feb. 22, a 23-point Senior • Guard game at Georgetown on Dec. 31 and a 20-point game vs. Georgetown on Jan. 22 ... Third on the team in assists at 2.9 apg., including a ca- Lakeville, Minn. reer-high seven vs. Villanova on Feb. 11 ... First on the team and ninth Lakeville North HS in the BIG EAST in steals at 1.4 spg. ... Scored in double figures in 32 games as a junior, including all four NCAA Tournament games ... Led the team in free-throw shooting at 78.5 percent, which ranked ninth BIG EAST HONORS in the BIG EAST ... Named on the BIG EAST Conference Weekly Honor Roll on Nov. 21 after averaging 18.8 ppg. for XU’s four wins in seven 2017-18 preseason All-BIG EAST Conference honorable mention ... days ... Averaged a team-high 19.0 ppg. for Xavier three games in the 2015-16 BIG EAST Sixth Man Award winner. Tire Pros Invitational Nov. 17-20, including a career-high 28 points on AS A SENIOR (2017-18) the strength of a career-high six 3-pointers in the win over Clemson on Nov. 18 ... Tire Pros Invitational All-Tournament Team. Scored 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the winIndividual over Mor Careerehead History State on Nov. 10 to go with a career-high-tying five steals. 1,000 POINT CLUB MEMBER Has 1,072 points, which ranks 47th on XU’s all-time scoring list.
XAVIER CAREERMACURA, STATS J.P. & CAREER HIGHS
Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2014-15 35-3 463/13.2 62-150 . 4 1 3 32-95 . 3 3 7 32-42 . 7 6 2 15 27 42 1.2 50 0 22 33 3 26 188 5.4 2015-16 34-4 773/22.7 108-230 . 4 7 0 37-104 . 3 5 6 67-83 . 8 0 7 48 41 89 2.6 81 4 69 35 1 37 320 9.4 2016-17 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 2017-18 1-1 22/22.0 6-7 . 8 5 7 1-2 . 5 0 0 5-7 . 7 1 4 0 3 3 3.0 2 0 4 0 1 5 18 18.0 TOTAL 108-46 2530/23.4 355-807 . 4 4 0 134-389 . 3 4 4 228-290 . 7 8 6 113 188 301 2.8 223 5 205 145 13 122 1072 9.9
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 28, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16 Rebounds: 7, 5 times Assists: 7, Villanova -- 02/11/17 Steals: 5, Morehead State -- 11/10/17; IUPUI -- 12/9/14 Blocks: 2, BUTLER -- 02/21/15 FG made: 10, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16 2017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball FG attempts: 18, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16; at Providence -- 2/15/17 Xavier Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) 3FG made: 6, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16; vs Creighton -- 3/10/17 All games 3FG attempts: 11, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16; vs Creighton -- 3/10/17 FT made: 10, Georgetown -- 01/22/17; Buffalo -- 11/14/16 FT attempts: 14, Georgetown -- 01/22/17 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME#55 MACURA, J.P. MACURA FILE Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg Full name: Jonathan Paul MOREHEAD STATE 11/10/17 * 22 6-7 . 8 5 7 1-2 . 5 0 0 5-7 . 7 1 4 0 3 3 3.0 2 4 0 1 5 18 18.0 Macura Totals 1 22 6-7 . 8 5 7 1-2 . 5 0 0 5-7 . 7 1 4 0 3 3 3.0 2 4 0 1 5 18 18.0 Nickname: J.P. Games played: 1 Rebounds/game: 3.0 Minutes/game: 22.0 Assists/game: 4.0 Birthdate/Birthplace: Points/game: 18.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 99.9 June 5, 1995 in Lakeville, FG Pct: 85.7 Steals/game: 5.0 Minn. 3FG Pct: 50.0 Blocks/game: 1.0 FT Pct: 71.4 Parents: Paul and Sue Ann Macura Siblings: David and Kari Anna Major: Communications 2017-18 GAME NOTES
AT HARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY #13 Playedt a Hargave Military Academy in the 2016-17 season, averag- ing 20.7 ppg. and 11.4 rpg. … Hargrave Military Academy is the same NAJI schoolt tha sent Xavier a pair of XU Hall of Famers: 2003 National Player of the Year, NBA veteran and 2017 NBA Champion David West MARSHALL and former conference defensive player of the year Stanley Burrell, who recently retired after a long and successful pro career overseas 6-7 • 218 ... Former XU standout Jordan Crawford, who transferred to XU from Freshman • Forward Indiana, also played at Hargrave ... Basketball coach: A.W. Hamilton. Atlantic City, N.J. AT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Eleanor Roosevelt HS Led Eleanor Roosevelt to the 2015-16 Maryland 4A State Champion- Hargrave Mil. Acad. (Va.) ship, while averaging 18 ppg., 7 rpg. and 4 apg. as a senior … 2015-16 Conference Player of the Year … 2015-16 First Team All-Metro … Bas- AS A FRESHMAN (2017-18) ketball coach: Brendan O’Connell. 12 points on 4-of-4 shooting in 21 minutes in the Morehead State win to go with four rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal. MACK ON MARSHALL “Naji is a throwback to that point-forward, versatile swingman of HIGHLY-RANKED years past. He can do a little bit of everything and do it a very high Four-star recruit (ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247sports.cIndividualom) … RankCareered Historylevel. I love his ability to pass, to see the play develop. We are con- No.y 39 b Scout.com, No. 47 by Rivals.com, No. 57 by 247sports.com tinually teaching but I’ve always believed it’s difficult to teach a player and No. 85 by ESPN.com … No. 20 at his position on ESPN.com ... a true feel for the game. Naji has that feel for the game. He rebounds, Played AAU basketball for DC Premier under Torrey Farrington. he scores and he loves to defend. But most of all, Naji plays to win.”
XAVIER CAREERMARSHALL, STATS Naji & CAREER HIGHS
Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2017-18 1-0 21/21.0 4-4 1.000 1-1 1.000 3-5 . 6 0 0 1 3 4 4.0 1 0 2 2 1 1 12 12.0 TOTAL 1-0 21/21.0 4-4 1.000 1-1 1.000 3-5 . 6 0 0 1 3 4 4.0 1 0 2 2 1 1 12 12.0
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 12, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Rebounds: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Assists: 2, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Steals: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Blocks: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG made: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG attempts: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 3FG made: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 3FG attempts: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FT made: 3, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 2017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball FT attempts: 5, Morehead State -- 11/10/17Xavier Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) All games
MARSHALL FILE 2017-18 #13GAME-BY-GAME MARSHALL, Naji Full name: Naji Maurice Marshall Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg Birthdate/Birthplace: Janu- MOREHEAD STATE 11/10/17 21 4-4 1.000 1-1 1.000 3-5 . 6 0 0 1 3 4 4.0 1 2 2 1 1 12 12.0 ary 24, 1998 Totals 0 21 4-4 1.000 1-1 1.000 3-5 . 6 0 0 1 3 4 4.0 1 2 2 1 1 12 12.0 in Atlantic City, N.J. Games played: 1 Rebounds/game: 4.0 Parents: Rayna Whitted and Minutes/game: 21.0 Assists/game: 2.0 Points/game: 12.0 Turnovers/game: 2.0 Maurice Marshall FG Pct: 100.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.0 3FG Pct: 100.0 Steals/game: 1.0 Siblings: Maurice, Martia, FT Pct: 60.0 Blocks/game: 1.0 Craig, Tai, Ausin and Myles; brother Tai plays basketball at Bowie State. My Dad, who is now an engineer, was a professional boxer. Major: Exploratory 2017-18 GAME NOTES
ppg., while hitting 65.0 percent (13-of-20) from the field ... Scored in #54 double figures in the first two NCAA games, including a career-high 18 in the Maryland win on March 16 on 5-of-6 shooting to go with a SEAN game-high seven rebounds ... Contributed 11 points, five rebounds, O'MARA three assists and three blocks in the Florida State win on March 18 ... Scoredt eigh points, including the game-winner with 40 seconds left, against Arizona on March 23 ... 10 points and four rebounds in the 6-10 • 244 Butler win on March 9 in the BIG EAST Tournament ... In fact, three Graduate • Forward of his nine double-figure scoring games came in the postseason ... Xavier was 8-1 in games when he scored double figures, including 3-0 Glen Ellyn, Ill. in the postseason ... Came up big in the Feb. 1 win over Seton Hall Benet Academy with 11 points and five rebounds in 14 minutes of action ... Came off the bench to contribute six points and six rebounds in 18 minutes vs. Georgetown on Jan. 22 and six points and six rebounds in 13 minutes AS A SENIOR (2017-18) at Villanova on Jan. 10 ... Had eight points and four rebounds in 13 Played 14 minutes in the season opener. minutes in the win at Georgetown on Dec. 31 ... Started eight games ... Contributed nine double-figure scoring games ... Made his first ca- VALUABLE SUMMER EXPERIENCE reer start as a Musketeer vs. Lehigh on Nov. 11, contributing 10 points Part of a team of collegiate all-stars (USA East Coast) coached by Larry too g with four rebounds, two assists and two steals in a career-high Brownt tha played in Madrid, Spain this summer against the National 25 minutes of action ... Scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting vs. Mis- Teams of Japan, Venezuela, Mexico, and Senegal. Individual Career Historysouri on Nov. 17 and 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting vs. Clemson on Nov. 18.t .. Sho 60.7 percent (88-of-145), including hitting all three of his AS A JUNIOR (2016-17) shots vs. Providence on Dec. 28 on his way to eight points in 13 min- Xavier’s third-leading scorer during the NCAA Tournament at 10.5 utes and all three for six points in 13 minutes at Villanova on Jan. 10.
XAVIER CAREERO'MARA, STATSSean & CAREER HIGHS
Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2014-15 25-0 106/4.2 14-25 . 5 6 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 9-19 . 4 7 4 9 8 17 0.7 16 1 5 4 7 2 37 1.5 2015-16 32-0 225/7.0 39-64 . 6 0 9 0-0 . 0 0 0 24-40 . 6 0 0 19 41 60 1.9 37 1 8 18 7 6 102 3.2 2016-17 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 2017-18 1-0 14/14.0 2-2 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.0 TOTAL 96-8 868/9.0 143-236 . 6 0 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 87-138 . 6 3 0 79 116 195 2.0 121 2 36 55 27 20 373 3.9
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 18, vs Maryland -- 3/16/17 Rebounds: 7, vs Maryland -- 3/16/17 Assists: 4, vs Creighton -- 3/10/17 Steals: 2, at St. John's -- 1/6/16; Lehigh -- 11/11/16 Blocks: 3, at Marquette -- 2/18/17; vs Florida State -- 3/18/172017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball FG made: 6, North Dakota State -- 11/29/16Xavier Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) FG attempts: 9, North Dakota State -- 11/29/16 All games FT made: 8, vs Maryland -- 3/16/17 O'MARA FILE FT attempts: 9, vs Maryland -- 3/16/17 Full name: Sean Riley O’Mara 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME#54 O'MARA, Sean
Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Nickname: Big Sean Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg Birthdate/Birthplace: MOREHEAD STATE 11/10/17 14 2-2 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 1 0 0 4 4.0 Totals 0 14 2-2 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 1 0 0 4 4.0 September 5, 1995 in Indianapolis, Ind. Games played: 1 Rebounds/game: 2.0 Minutes/game: 14.0 Turnovers/game: 1.0 Parents: John and Kim Points/game: 4.0 O’Mara; both played bas- FG Pct: 100.0 ketball at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa. Siblings: Shane Major: Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sports management; working on his master’s degree in sports administration 2017-18 GAME NOTES
team, averaging 14.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists for head #1 coach Mike Peterson in the summer of 2016.
PAUL AT SOUTHPORT AND PROLIFIC PREP SCRUGGS Played at Southport High School (Ind.) under Kyle Simpson for three years before transferring to Prolific Prep (Calif.) for his senior year … During his three years at Southport he averaged 16.4 ppg., 7.4 rpg., 6-3 • 207 4.5 apg., and 2.3 spg., including 19.8 ppg., 7.9 rpg., 4.1 apg. and 3.0 Freshman • Guard spg. as a junior … 2016 Indiana Mr. Basketball Candidate … Two-time attendeet a the Stephen Curry Select All-American Camp … Trans- Indianapolis, Ind. ferredo t Prolific Prep in Napa, California for his senior season under Southport HS Billy McKnight, but played only five games before having his season cuty short b an injury in December of 2016 ... Battled back to play in Prolific Prep (Calif.) a number of postseason all-star events, including the Derby Classic in AS A FRESHMAN (2017-18) Louisville and the Allen Iverson Roundball Classic in April. Scored six points to go with four rebounds, four assists, a block ando tw steals with zero turnovers in 24 minutes of action in his MACK ON SCRUGGS collegiate debut vs. Morehead State. “Paul Scruggs is as tough of a competitor as we’ve recruited at Xavier. There’s not a challenge that Paul won’t answer. He loves to compete HIGHLY RANKED and he plays to win. He’s a point guard with excellent vision, an ability ESPN.com, Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247sports.cIndividualom four-star Career re- Historyto get in the lane and plays with a physicality that makes opponents cruit … Ranked nationally No. 28 by ESPN.com, No. 31 by Rivals.com, uncomfortable. He has the tools and mentality to be a lock down de- No. 31 by Scout.com and No. 29 by 247sports.com … No. 5 point fender in college.” guard nationally (ESPN.com) ... Standout for the Indy Hoosiers AAU
XAVIER CAREERSCRUGGS, STATS Paul & CAREER HIGHS
Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2017-18 1-0 24/24.0 3-7 . 4 2 9 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 4 4 4.0 2 0 4 0 1 2 6 6.0 TOTAL 1-0 24/24.0 3-7 . 4 2 9 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 4 4 4.0 2 0 4 0 1 2 6 6.0
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 6, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Rebounds: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Assists: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Steals: 2, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Blocks: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG made: 3, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG attempts: 7, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 3FG attempts: 2, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 2017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball Xavier Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) All games
2017-18 #01GAME-BY-GAME SCRUGGS, Paul
Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg MOREHEAD STATE 11/10/17 24 3-7 . 4 2 9 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 4 4 4.0 2 4 0 1 2 6 6.0 Totals 0 24 3-7 . 4 2 9 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 4 4 4.0 2 4 0 1 2 6 6.0 SCRUGGS FILE Full name: Paul Edward Games played: 1 Rebounds/game: 4.0 Minutes/game: 24.0 Assists/game: 4.0 Scruggs Points/game: 6.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 99.9 Nickname: Scrizzel FG Pct: 42.9 Steals/game: 2.0 3FG Pct: 0.0 Blocks/game: 1.0 Birthdate/Birthplace: March 9, 1998 in Indianapolis, Ind. Parents: Dan and Brenda Scruggs Siblings: J.W., Dominique, Jeremy, Nick, Aaron, Dan III Major: Business undecided 2017-18 GAME NOTES
SEDLER FAMILY MEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH Personal Data Xavier ninth-year head coach Chris Mack led Xavier to the NCAA On Twitter: @CoachChrisMack Tournament in seven of his first eight seasons at the helm, includ- ing the NCAA Elite Eight in 2017. Mack has led XU to at least the Born: Dec. 30, 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio • Age: 47 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 four times, including 2010, 2012, College Alma Mater: Xavier ‘92 2015 and 2017. He is the only Xavier head coach that has led (B.A. in communication arts) XU to four Sweet 16s. Mack has four more NCAA Tournament wins (10) than any XU head coach all-time and two more Sweet Prep Alma Mater: St. Xavier HS ‘88 16s. Mack is very familiar with postseason tournament play. In Wife: Christi fact, 2017 marked the 18th NCAA Tournament for Mack, includ- ing three as a player and 15 on the coaching staffs at Xavier and Children: Lainee (12), Hailee (11) and Brayden (2) Wake Forest.
Mack, 47, has recorded a 187-91 (.673) mark and stands second on Xavier’s all-time wins list. Mack has strong ties to all of the other Xavier head coachest tha have reached 100 career wins at XU: Pete Gillen (202 wins in nine seasons from 1985-94), Skip Prosser (148 wins in seven seasons from 1994-2001) and Sean Miller (120 wins in five seasons from 2004-09). Mack played under Gillen and then-Gillen assistant Prosser and he worked on the staffs of Miller at Xavier and Prosser at both XU and Wake.
XAVIER’S FIRST-EVER NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR Mack, the 2015-16 Henry Iba Award winner as the United State Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) National Coach of the Year, was also the CBS Sports and Basketball Times magazine National Coach of the Year. Mack is the first National Coach of the Year in program history. Mack led Xavier to its highest national poll rankings in school history and best-ever NCAA Tournament seed (2) in the 2015-16 season.
2016 USA BASKETBALL Mack served as a court coach for the 2016 USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team training camp in the summer of 2016 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
COACHING SUCCESS STORY Mack, who was born December 30, 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio, is the 17th head coach in program history. Prior to being named Xavier’s head coach on April 15, 2009, Mack spent five seasons as an assistant on Sean Miller’s Xavier staff. Prior to that he was on the staff of the late Skip Prosser both at Xavier and at Wake Forest.
Mack was selected as the 2010-11 Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year. In addition, Mack was the recipient of the 2011 Skip Prosser Man of MACK’S SUCCESS ON COLLEGE COACHING STAFFS: the Year award, which was established in 2008 to honor those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who display moral integ- As The Xavier Head Coach rity off of it as well. Mack, the 2009-10 Basketball Times Rookie Coach of Season School Overall Conference Postseason the Year, was the first Xavier head coach to guide XU to the NCAA Tourna- 2017-18 Xavier 1-0 ment Sweet 16 in either his first or second season. 2016-17 Xavier 24-14 9-9/7th BE NCAA Elite Eight 2015-16 Xavier 28-6 14-4/2nd BE NCAA 2nd Round XAVIER PLAYER AND GRADUATE 2014-15 Xavier 23-14 9-9/6th BE NCAA Sweet 16 Mack, a 1992 Xavier University graduate with a degree in communi- 2013-14 Xavier 21-13 10-8/T-3rd BE NCAA 1st Round 2012-13 Xavier 17-14 9-7/T-6th A-10 cation arts, was a two-time team captain as a player at Xavier under 2011-12 Xavier 23-13 10-6/T-3rd A-10 NCAA Sweet 16 then-head coach Pete Gillen. He won an MCC Regular Season Champi- 2010-11 Xavier 24-8 15-1/1st A-10* NCAA 2nd Round onship at 12-2 and reached the second round of the 1993 NCAA Tour- 2009-10 Xavier 26-9 14-2/T-1st A-10* NCAA Sweet 16 nament. Mack was the 1987-88 Cincinnati Post Metro Player of the Totals Xavier 187-91 7 NCAA (10-7) Yeart a St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati before going on to start foro tw seasons at Evansville under Jim Crews, winning an MCC Regu- Ten Years Prior To Becoming Xavier Head Coach lar Season Championship and a trip to the second round of the 1989 Season School Overall Conf. Titles Postseason NCAA Tournament as a UE freshman. He transferred to Xavier after his 2008-09 Xavier 27-8 1st A-10* NCAA Sweet 16 sophomore season. 2007-08 Xavier 30-7 1st A-10* NCAA Elite Eight 2006-07 Xavier 25-9 T-1st A-10* NCAA 2nd Round BASKETBALL FAMILY MAN 2005-06 Xavier 21-11 Tourn. Champs NCAA 1st Round 2004-05 Xavier 17-12 Mack and his wife, Christi, have two daughters, Hailee (11) and 2003-04 Wake Forest 21-10 NCAA Sweet 16 Lainee (12), and a son, Brayden (2). Christi has a basketball back- 2002-03 Wake Forest 25-6 1st ACC* NCAA 2nd Round ground and was a 2014 inductee into the University of Dayton Athletic 2001-02 Wake Forest 21-13 NCAA 2nd Round Hall of Fame, the Director of Basketball Operations for XU’s women’s 2000-01 Xavier 21-8 NCAA 1st Round basketball team (2001-03) and more recently as the former head girls 1999-00 Xavier 21-12 NIT 2nd Round basketball coach at Cincinnati’s Colerain High. * Regular Season 2017-18 GAME NOTES
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Morehead State vs Xavier 11/10/17 7:00 p.m. at Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center)
Morehead State 49 • 0-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 10 CHATMAN, Alonzo f 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 13 HARRIS, Lamontray f 1-7 0-3 1-2 1 5 6 3 3 1 3 0 0 23 00 HICKS, A.J. g 0-5 0-3 2-4 0 0 0 4 2 1 3 0 2 28 02 WALKER, Jordan g 5-14 3-8 5-5 0 4 4 4 18 1 4 0 1 33 32 HENSON, Djimon g 1-6 1-2 1-2 2 2 4 1 4 0 1 0 1 25 01 KING, Londell 1-3 0-0 0-1 3 2 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 5 03 BAKER, James 2-7 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 1 4 0 0 1 1 14 04 COOPER, De'von 1-4 1-2 2-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 14 05 WRIGHT, Cedric 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 11 FEAGIN, Richard 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 GREEN, Malek 2-4 1-1 2-4 1 3 4 2 7 0 0 2 0 21 21 THOMPSON, Trell 1-8 1-3 1-2 3 0 3 1 4 2 2 0 1 20 23 CRAWFORD, Austin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 2 0 2 1 Totals 14-59 7-23 14-22 15 17 32 27 49 5 17 4 9 200
FG % 1st Half: 8-31 25.8% 2nd half: 6-28 21.4% Game: 14-59 23.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 7-23 30.4% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd half: 10-13 76.9% Game: 14-22 63.6% 4
Xavier 101 • 1-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 JONES, Tyrique f 4-7 0-0 3-7 3 6 9 1 11 2 1 4 1 20 22 GATES, Kaiser f 4-4 4-4 2-4 0 5 5 4 14 0 1 1 0 19 03 GOODIN, Quentin g 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 2 2 7 4 0 0 19 05 BLUIETT, Trevon g 9-12 5-7 2-2 1 4 5 2 25 3 0 2 1 22 55 MACURA, J.P. g 6-7 1-2 5-7 0 3 3 2 18 4 0 1 5 22 01 SCRUGGS, Paul 3-7 0-2 0-0 0 4 4 2 6 4 0 1 2 24 04 HARDEN, Elias 1-3 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 2 5 3 2 0 0 20 10 SCHRAND, Leighton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 KANTER, Kerem 2-6 0-3 0-0 0 5 5 0 4 1 2 0 1 15 13 MARSHALL, Naji 4-4 1-1 3-5 1 3 4 1 12 2 2 1 1 21 14 VANDERPOHL, Nick 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 SINGLETON, Matt 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 54 O'MARA, Sean 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 14 Team 2 0 2 Totals 36-53 12-21 17-28 7 34 41 19 101 26 15 10 11 200
FG % 1st Half: 22-29 75.9% 2nd half: 14-24 58.3% Game: 36-53 67.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 11-14 78.6% 2nd half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 12-21 57.1% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd half: 10-18 55.6% Game: 17-28 60.7% 4
Officials: Mike Stuart, Matt Potter and Tom Morrissey Technical fouls: Morehead State-None. Xavier-None. Attendance: 10224
Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Morehead State 24 25 49 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench MOR 10 13 9 3 22 Xavier 62 39 101 XU 44 24 10 23 31
Last FG - MOR 2nd-00:08, XU 2nd-01:42. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - MOR None, XU by 58 2nd-03:58. Lead changed - 0 times. MOR led for 00:00. XU led for 39:48. Game was tied for 00:12. 2017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball Xavier Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 10, 2017) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0
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 1-1 22 22.0 9-12 . 7 5 0 5-7 . 7 1 4 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 5.0 2 0 3 0 2 1 25 25.0 55 MACURA, J.P. 1-1 22 22.0 6-7 . 8 5 7 1-2 . 5 0 0 5-7 . 7 1 4 0 3 3 3.0 2 0 4 0 1 5 18 18.0 22 GATES, Kaiser 1-1 19 19.0 4-4 1.000 4-4 1.000 2-4 . 5 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 4 0 0 1 1 0 14 14.0 13 MARSHALL, Naji 1-0 21 21.0 4-4 1.000 1-1 1.000 3-5 . 6 0 0 1 3 4 4.0 1 0 2 2 1 1 12 12.0 00 JONES, Tyrique 1-1 20 20.0 4-7 . 5 7 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-7 . 4 2 9 3 6 9 9.0 1 0 2 1 4 1 11 11.0 01 SCRUGGS, Paul 1-0 24 24.0 3-7 . 4 2 9 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 4 4 4.0 2 0 4 0 1 2 6 6.0 04 HARDEN, Elias 1-0 20 20.0 1-3 . 3 3 3 1-2 . 5 0 0 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 2 0 3 2 0 0 5 5.0 11 KANTER, Kerem 1-0 15 15.0 2-6 . 3 3 3 0-3 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 4.0 54 O'MARA, Sean 1-0 14 14.0 2-2 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.0 03 GOODIN, Quentin 1-1 19 19.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 2 0 7 4 0 0 2 2.0 10 SCHRAND, Leighton 1-0 2 2.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 14 VANDERPOHL, Nick 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 20 SINGLETON, Matt 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 2 0 2 Total...... 1 200 36-53 . 6 7 9 12-21 . 5 7 1 17-28 . 6 0 7 7 34 41 41.0 19 0 26 15 10 11 101 101.0 Opponents...... 1 200 14-59 . 2 3 7 7-23 . 3 0 4 14-22 . 6 3 6 15 17 32 32.0 27 1 5 17 4 9 49 49.0
TEAM STATISTICS XU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 101 49 11/10/17 MOREHEAD STATE W 101-49 10224 Points per game 101.0 49.0 Scoring margin +52.0 - * - Conference game FIELD GOALS-ATT 36-53 14-59 Field goal pct . 6 7 9 . 2 3 7 3 POINT FG-ATT 12-21 7-23 3-point FG pct . 5 7 1 . 3 0 4 3-pt FG made per game 12.0 7.0 FREE THROWS-ATT 17-28 14-22 Free throw pct . 6 0 7 . 6 3 6 F-Throws made per game 17.0 14.0 REBOUNDS 41 32 Rebounds per game 41.0 32.0 Rebounding margin +9.0 - ASSISTS 26 5 Assists per game 26.0 5.0 TURNOVERS 15 17 Turnovers per game 15.0 17.0 Turnover margin +2.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.7 0.3 STEALS 11 9 Steals per game 11.0 9.0 BLOCKS 10 4 Blocks per game 10.0 4.0 ATTENDANCE 10224 0 Home games-Avg/Game 1-10224 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Xavier 62 39 101 Opponents 24 25 49