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THE THIRD ANNUAL GAVITT TIPOFF GAMES NO. 15 XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN BADGERS (2-0, 0-0 BIG TEN) Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 8:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. CT) Kohl Center (17,287) in Madison, Wis.

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 Tim Brando and analysis from Bill Raftery. SCHEDULE/RESULTS (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) On-site studio with Mike Hill and Steve Lavin. 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 W/101-75 16 Thu. *at Wisconsin FS1 8:30 p.m. • Xavier has won nine of its last 11 games against seven different teams from the 20 Mon. Hampton FS1 8:30 p.m. Big Ten Conference since the 2007-08 season, including 4-1 in NCAA Tournament 23 Thu. +George Wash. FS1 5:00 p.m. action. XU is 1-1 vs. Wisconsin during that time; both games were NCAA games. 24 Fri. +TBD FOX TBD TBD • Xavier is 1-0 in The Gavitt Tipoff games, having won at then-No. 24 Michigan 86-70 28 Tue. Baylor FS1 6:30 p.m. in the 2015-16 season. DECEMBER • Xavier, 2-0, scored 100+ points for the second straight game in defeating Rider 2 Sat. #Cincinnati FS1 12:00 p.m. 101-75 on Monday night. That's a first for Xavier since the 2009-10 season. 6 Wed. Kent State FS1 7:00 p.m. • Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett has gotten off to a fast start, scoring a BIG EAST- 9 Sat. Colorado FS1 5:00 p.m. leading 25.5 ppg. on 65.4 percent shooting to go with 7.0 rpg. 16 Sat. East Tennessee St. FSN 2:00 p.m. 19 Tue. Marshall FS1 6:30 p.m. • Xavier is ranked 15th in this week's Associated Press Poll , up from No. 17 in the 22 Fri. at Northern Iowa CBSSN 9:00 p.m. preseason poll. 27 WED. AT MARQUETTE FS1 8:30 P.M. • Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett, a two-time First Team All-BIG EAST selection, 30 SAT. DEPAUL FS1 2:00 P.M. has been selected preseason All-BIG EAST First Team. Senior guard J.P. Macura has JANUARY been selected preseason All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention. 2 TUE. BUTLER FS1 7:00 P.M. 6 SAT. AT PROVIDENCE FOX-NATIONAL 12:00 P.M. • Xavier's senior duo of Trevon Bluiett and J.P. Macura has scored a combined 2,722 points in their XU careers, third among active duos in the nation. Bluiett is tied for 10 WED. AT VILLANOVA FS1 8:00 P.M. 12th on XU's all-time scoring list (1,636 points) and Macura is 43rd (1,086 points). 13 SAT. CREIGHTON FOX-NATIONAL 2:00 P.M. 17 WED. ST. JOHN'S CBSSN 8:30 P.M. • Xavier's Trevon Bluiett has made numerous preseason All-America lists, including 20 SAT. AT SETON HALL FOX-NATIONAL 2:30 P.M. second team honors from Sporting News, NBC Sports and Athlon Sports. 24 WED. MARQUETTE FS1 6:30 P.M. • Xavier, a 2017 NCAA Elite Eight team, has made it to at least the Sweet 16 six 30 TUE. AT ST. JOHN'S CBSSN 8:30 P.M. times in the last 10 years, one of only nine schools that can say that. XU is one of FEBRUARY only eight 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. THE ACTIVE PLAYERS (* LAST GAME STARTERS) 17 SAT. VILLANOVA FOX-NATIONAL 4:30 P.M. 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 15.0 8.5 2.0 Career-high 19 pts. vs. Rider on 7-8 shooting MARCH 1 Paul Scruggs (6-3/Fr.) G 9.5 4.0 2.5 Career-high 13 points vs. Rider 3 SAT. AT DEPAUL FS1 12:00 P.M. 3 *Quentin Goodin (6-4/So.) G 4.0 0.5 6.5 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 2.5 1.0 2.0 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 7.0 3.0 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 13) 9 Fri. %BIG EAST Tourn. FS1 6:30 p.m./9:00 p.m. 10 Leighton Schrand (6-1/So.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 Second-year walk-on 10 Sat. %BIG EAST Final FOX-NATIONAL 5:30 p.m. 11 Kerem Kanter (6-10/Gr.) F 2.0 4.5 1.0 11.3 ppg. & 6.3 rpg. at Wis.-GB last season # Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout 12 Nick Vanderpohl (6-1/Fr.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 First-year walk-on * Gavitt Games 13 Naji Marshall (6-7/Fr.) F 8.5 2.5 2.0 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 0.0 0.0 First-year walk-on % BIG EAST Tournament 22 *Kaiser Gates (6-8/Jr.) F 13.0 3.5 1.5 4-4 3-pointers in 14-point effort vs. Morehead St. BIG EAST GAMES ALL CAPS 54 Sean O'Mara (6-10/Gr.) F 5.0 4.0 0.0 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 16.0 3.5 5.0 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-WISCONSIN SERIES: that Xavier has recorded back-to-back least the Sweet 16 six times in the last 10 Wisconsin leads the series 3-2. Wisconsin 100-point games. In the 2007-08 season years, one of only nine schools that have won the last meeting on a buzzer-beater XU defeated Kansas State (103-77 on 12- been to at least six since 2008: Kansas (7), in the 2016 NCAA Tournament Second 31-07) and Virginia (108-70 on 1-3-08) in North Carolina (7), Michigan State (7), Wis- Round 66-63, snapping Xavier's two-game back-to-back games. In Monday's game, consin (7), Xavier (6), Louisville (6), Duke win streak in the series. Xavier defeated Xavier led by 19 points with 2:34 left in (6), Arizona (6) and Kentucky (6). Xavier Wisconsin 60-49 in the Second Round the first half but Rider battled back to 44- played in its fourth straight NCAA Tourna- of the 2009 NCAA Tournament in Boise, 34 at the half. With the score 46-41 with ment and its 11th in the last 12 years; Idaho (3-22-09). XU also won the last 18 minutes left, Xavier went on a 27-7 only eight schools have been to at least 11 regular season meeting in the series, 57- run to put the game away at 73-48 at the of the last 12 tournaments: Duke, Kansas, 48 at Cintas Center (12-10-01). midway point of the second half. Senior Gonzaga, Michigan State and Wisconsin Trevon Bluiett led Xavier with 26 points, are at 12, while Xavier, North Carolina and Villanova are at 11. XAVIER’S RECENT HISTORY VS. THE BIG nine rebounds and three assists. Sopho- Tyrique Jones TEN: Xavier is hoping to continue its more had a career-high 19 recent success against the Big Ten Confer- points on 7-of-8 shooting to go with eight ence. Xavier has won nine of its last 11 rebounds and three blocks. games against seven different teams from HOT SHOOTING IN THE OPENER: the Big Ten Conference since the 2007-08 Xavier season, including 4-1 in NCAA Tourna- recorded a 101-49 win over Morehead ment action. XU defeated Big Ten runner- State in its regular season opener on up Maryland in the 2017 NCAA Tourna- Nov. 10. Xavier, which recorded its 28th straight season-opening win (27th ment First Round. Xavier's 11 games and GREAT START FOR BLUIETT, WHO CON- 9-2 record vs. the Big Ten during that straight win in a home season opener), scored 100 points for the first time since TINUES TO PILE UP BIG EAST HONORS ... 10-year span have been played against Senior guard Trevon Bluiett, First Team Indiana (1-0), Iowa (1-1), Maryland (1-0), defeating Fairleigh Dickinson 117-75 in the 2012-13 season opener (11-9-12) All-BIG EAST and All-BIG EAST Tourna- Michigan (1-0), Minnesota (1-0), Purdue ment two years in a row, was selected to (3-0) and Wisconsin (1-1). In addition to and its 52-point win margin marked its largest since defeating Louisiana Mon- the 2017-18 preseason All-BIG EAST First the last-second loss to Wisconsin in 2016, Team. Bluiett leads the BIG EAST in scor- the other loss was an overtime loss to roe 118-61 on Nov. 24, 1997. Xavier's 62 first-half points, which included 75.9 ing at 25.5 ppg. on 17-of-26 (65.4 percent) then-No. 23 Iowa in the 2013 Paradise shooting from the field, including 10-of-18 Jam in The Bahamas. percent shooting from the field, marked XU's biggest halftime scoring total since (55.6 percent) from 3-point range. Bluiett that Fairleigh Dickinson game when XU is second on the team in rebounding at scored 68 in the first half. The senior duo 7.0 rpg. Bluiett scored a game-high 25 of Trevon Bluiett and J.P. Macura led the points on 9-of-12 shooting, including 5-of- way for the game with a combined 43 7 3-point shooting in the Morehead State points, hitting 15-of-19 from the field. win on his way to earning a spot on the Xavier opened the game with an 18-1 run and led by 28 points, 33-5, by the midway point of the first half. XU hit 11-of-14 XAVIER CAREER SCORING DUOS WHO XAVIER IN THE GAVITT GAMES: Xavier PLAYED FOUR YEARS TOGETHER is 1-0 in The Gavitt Games, the third an- 3-pointers in the dominating first half nual challenge between the Big Ten and effort. PLACE PLAYERS (YR) CAREER PTS. 1. Romain Sato the BIG EAST. Xavier defeated then-No. Lionel Chalmers (2000-04) 3,561 24 Michigan in Ann Arbor 86-70 in the 2. Lenny Brown 2015-16 season (11-20-15). XU has not Gary Lumpkin (1995-99) 3,392 yet played a home game in The Gavitt 3. Byron Larkin Games. Dexter Campbell (1984-88) 3,058 4. Tu Holloway FOR THE RECORD (WISCONSIN): Kenny Frease (2008-12) 2,936 Wisconsin, 2-0, is coming off an 89-61 5. Jamie Gladden win over Yale on Sunday. Aaron Williams (1989-93) 2,853 6. Stanley Burrell XAVIER BUILDING ON AN IMPRESSIVE Josh Duncan (2004-08) 2,822 FOR THE RECORD (XAVIER): Xavier, NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY: 7. Trevon Bluiett 2-0, scored 100+ points for the second Xavier made the 2017 NCAA Tournament Elite J.P. Macura (2014-present) 2,722 straight game in defeating Rider 101-75 8. Brian Grant on Monday night. That's a first for Xavier Eight, defeating No. 6 seed and Big Ten runner-up Maryland 79-65, No. 3 seed Tyrice Walker (1990-94) 2,620 since the 2009-10 season when XU 9. Justin Doellman and ACC runner-up Florida State 91-66 defeated Bowling Green (101-57 on Justin Cage (2003-07) 2,583 11-17-09) and Sacred Heart (105-65 and No. 2 seed and Pac-12 Champion 10. Jeff Jenkins on 11-21-09) in back-to-back games. Arizona 73-71 to reach the West Regional Dexter Bailey* (1980-84) 2,523 This is just the third time in 22 seasons Semifinal. Xavier has now made it to at *Victor Fleming (1980-84) scored 1,059 points. 2017-18 GAME NOTES

XAVIER CAREER SCORING LEADERS DIV. I TOP SCORING DUOS (11-14-17) PLACE PLAYER (YR) CAREER PTS. PLACE PLAYER TEAM/CAREER PTS. 1. Byron Larkin (1984-88) 2,696 1. E.C. Matthews Rhode Island 2. David West (1999-03) 2,132 Jared Terrell 2,759 3. Romain Sato (2000-04) 2,005 2. Jaylen Adams St. Bonaventure Matt Mobley* 2,736 4. Tyrone Hill (1986-90) 2,003 3. Trevon Bluiett Xavier 5. Lenny Brown (1995-99) 1,885 J.P. Macura 2,722 6. Tu Holloway (2008-12) 1,833 4. Shannon Evans II Arizona State 7. Anthony Hicks (1979-83) 1,805 Tra Holder 2,508 TREVON BLUIETT 8. Jamie Gladden (1989-93) 1,780 5. Mike Daum South Dakota State PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA HONORS Reed Tellinghuisen 2,468 9. Steve Thomas (1962-66) 1,722 6. Elijah Brown* Oregon 10. Brian Grant (1990-94) 1,719 MiKyle McIntosh 2,426 Preseason Second Team All-America Honors: 11. Nick Daniels (1975-79) 1,690 *Includes Mobley's 737 points at Central Conn. Sporting News 12. Trevon Bluiett (2014-present) 1,636 State and Brown's 1,479 points at New Mexico NBC Sports Bob Quick (1965-68) 1,636 Athlon Sports 14. Stanley Burrell (2004-08) 1,612 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. He followed Preseason Third Team All-America Honors: 15. Stan Kimbrough (1986-89) 1,596 that up with 26 points, nine rebounds and ESPN 16. Darnell Williams (1995-00) 1,572 three assists in the Rider win on Monday. CBS Sports 17. Lionel Chalmers (2000-04) 1,556 Street & Smith's Basketball 18. Gary Lumpkin (1995-99) 1,507 ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP SCORING 19. James Posey (1996-99) 1,455 Blue Ribbon Basketball DUOS: Senior guards Trevon Bluiett and 20. Justin Doellman (2003-07) 1,402 College Sports Madness J.P. Macura, who were both named to 21. Jeff Jenkins (1980-84) 1,384 Watch Lists: the five-member 2017 NCAA All-West 22. Joe Viviano (1956-59) 1,338 Regional Team, have combined for 2,722 Citizen Naismith Trophy 23. Jamal Walker (1987-91) 1,333 points in their careers so far. The duo The John R. Wooden Award presented by 24. Jack Thobe (1959-62) 1,296 ranks third among the nation's top active Wendy’s Preseason Top 50 25. Derek Strong (1987-90) 1,291 scoring duos. The duo is also seventh USBWA National Player of the Year among all-time Xavier combinations that (Oscar Robertson Trophy) 26. Dave Piontek (1953-56) 1,287 have played four years together. Lute Olson Award 27. Jerry Helmers (1969-72) 1,275 Julius Erving Award 28. Josh Duncan (2004-08) 1,210 BLUIETT GRABBING PLENTY OF 29. Mark Lyons (2009-12) 1,194 NATIONAL ATTENTION ... LATEST IS A ------30. Justin Cage (2003-07) 1,181 SPOT ON THE WOODEN LIST: Xavier 31. Michael Davenport (1987-91) 1,172 2016-17 Postseason Honors senior guard Trevon Bluiett is on the pre- 32. Hank Stein (1956-59) 1,144 season watch list for the Oscar Robertson 2017 NCAA Tournament All-West Regional 33. Maurice McAfee (1997-01) 1,142 Trophy, which is given to the USBWA's 2017 All-BIG EAST Tournament 34. Dexter Bailey (1980-84) 1,139 National Player of the Year. He is also on 2016-17 First Team All-BIG EAST the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 35. Gene Smith (1949-52) 1,109 50 list and the watch lists for the Citizen 2016-17 NABC First Team All-District Richie Harris (1982-86) 1,109 Naismith Trophy, the Julius Erving Award 37. B.J. Raymond (2005-09) 1,104 and the Lute Olson Award, which is Col- 2015-16 Postseason Honors 38. Kenny Frease (2008-12) 1,103 legeInsider.com's National Player of the 2015-16 USA Today Third Team All-American 39. Kevin Frey (1998-02) 1,102 Year award. Bluiett has earned a long list 2016 All-BIG EAST Tournament 40. Derrick Brown (2006-09) 1,096 of preseason All-America honors, includ- 2015-16 First Team All-BIG EAST Huck Budde (1950-53) 1,096 ing second team honors from Sporting 2015-16 NABC First Team All-District 42. Bill Kirvin (1959-62) 1,088 News, NBC Sports and Athlon Sports and 43. J.P. Macura (2014-present) 1,086 third team honors from ESPN, CBS Sports, 44. Jim Boothe (1954-57) 1,085 Street & Smith's, Blue Ribbon Basketball 45. Bob Pelkington (1961-64) 1,075 and College Sports Madness. In addi- tion to those national honors, he Bluiett 46. Joe Geiger (1961-64) 1,073 earned the 12th-most votes for Associ- Aaron Williams (1989-93) 1,073 ated Press preseason All-American. For 48. Victor Fleming (1980-84) 1,059 the record, Xavier alumnus David West, 49. Gary Massa (1977-81) 1,049 who is now playing for the Golden State 50. Mike Plunkett (1973-76) 1,043 Warriors, earned Associated Press and US- 51. Semaj Christon (2012-14) 1,034 BWA National Player of the Year honors in 52. Michael Hawkins (1991-95) 1,029 2003. West is Xavier's only national player 53. T.J. Johnson (1994-98) 1,021 of the year to date. 2017-18 GAME NOTES

BLUIETT AND MACURA CONTINUE TO ROTHSTEIN HEAPING PRAISE ON CHRIS MACK RADIO SHOW: Xavier's Hall CLIMB XAVIER'S ALL-TIME SCORING LIST: XAVIER'S SOPHOMORE DUO: National of Fame radio play-by-play team of Joe Senior guard Trevon Bluiett has moved basketball expert Jon Rothstein lists Xavi- Sunderman and Byron Larkin, begin- into a tie with Bob Quick (1965-68) for er sophomore Tyrique Jones as one of his ning their 20th season together, host the 12th place on Xavier's all-time scoring top 20 "under the radar" players that are weekly Chris Mack Radio Show, which airs list with 1,636 career points following his expected to have a major impact in the live this season from Delicio Coal Fired 51 points scored for the first two games. 2017-18 season. In addition, Rothstein Pizza at University Station. The next show Senior guard J.P. Macura has moved up to listed fellow sophomore Quentin Goodin is Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. on 55KRC 43rd place with 1,086 points following his as one of his top 20 "breakout players" due to Xavier's upcoming travel schedule. 32 points scored for the first two games for the 2017-18 season. Both Jones and combined. Macura is just two points shy Goodin were starters as freshmen during of Bill Kirvin (1,088 from 1959-62) at No. Xavier's run to the 2017 NCAA Tourna- 42 and 10 points shy of Derrick Brown ment Elite Eight. (2006-09) and Huck Budde (1950-53), who are tied for 40th place with 1,096 GATES PICKED UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF points. LAST SEASON: Junior Kaiser Gates, who was a major contributor in Xavier's 2017 ALSO A GREAT START FOR MACURA, NCAA Tournament run, started the open- WHO EARNED PRESEASON BIG EAST er and contributed 14 points on 4-of-4 HONORS: Senior guard J.P. Macura, who 3-pointers to go with five rebounds. scored 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the Gates is fourth on the team in scoring win over Morehead State on Nov. 10 to at 13.0 ppg. and second in 3-pointers go with a career-high-tying five steals, is made with 7-of-13 (53.8 percent). He has second on the team in scoring at 16.0 ppg. scored in double figures in both games and leads the team in steals at 3.5 spg. this season. Macura was named preseason 2017-18 BIG EAST Conference honorable mention GOOD START FOR THE FRESHMEN: Naji by league coaches. Marshall contributed 12 points on 4-of-4 shooting in 21 minutes in the Morehead BLUIETT IS LOOKING TO JOIN AN IMPRES- State win to go with four rebounds, two SIVE BIG EAST LIST: Senior guard Trevon assists, a block and a steal. Elias Harden Bluiett, two-time First Team All-BIG EAST, contributed five points and three assists is looking to become just the 13th player in 20 minutes vs. Morehead State and in BIG EAST history to make the BIG EAST Paul Scruggs scored 13 points in the First Team three times. In BIG EAST his- Rider win. Scruggs has five assists and tory, 12 players have earned First Team zero turnovers for the season. All-BIG EAST honors three times: Luke Harangody, Notre Dame (2008-10) TIME SHARE: All 10 of Xavier's scholar- Troy Bell, Boston College (2001-03) ship players are averaging between 12.5 Danya Abrams, Boston College (1995-97) minutes and 25.0 minutes per game this Kerry Kittles, Villanova (1994-96) season. Lawrence Moten, Syracuse (1993-95) Terry Dehere, Seton Hall (1991-93) BASKETBALL TIMES HONORS XAVIER Derrick Coleman, Syracuse (1988-90) PROGRAM AGAIN IN 2017: The Xavier Sherman Douglas, Syracuse (1987-89) men's basketball program is tied with Dwayne Washington, Syracuse (1984-86) Florida for 15th in the new Basketball Chris Mullin, St. John’s (1983-85) Times rankings of the best NCAA men's Patrick Ewing, Georgetown (1983-85) basketball programs. Every five years John Pinone, Villanova (1981-83) since 1997, Basketball Times has evalu- ated the best of the best NCAA programs JONES ENJOYED A CAREER NIGHT: Sopho- with rankings that are based on five cate- more Tyrique Jones excelled as a starter gories: winning percentage, NBA players, down the stretch last season and has got- federal graduation rate, U.S. News and ten his second season off to a nice start. World Report academic reputation and Jones, who scored a career-high 19 points program cleanliness. Xavier was ranked on 7-of-8 shooting from the field vs. Rider 21st in the last rankings back in 2012. on Monday, is third on the team in scor- ing at 15.0 ppg. and leads the team in rebounding at 8.5 rpg. and in blocks at 3.5 bpg. Jones has hit 11-of-15 (73.3 percent) of his shots from the field. 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) 103 10 .9115 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) 237 36 .8681 10,727 Villanova 2-24-16 8. XAVIER Cintas Center (18th) 230 35 .8679 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) 715 112 .8646 10,558 Villanova 2-11-17 + Data courtesy of Collegiate Basketball News Co. and NCAA Stats --- updated 11-14-17 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 32 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 10,048 fans for its first St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova). 10,372 Marquette 1-17-15 265 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 151 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 both home CINTAS CENTER MAGIC: Xavier is 230-35 crowd of 10,727 for the Villanova game on games this season. (.868) all-time at Cintas Center, including Feb. 24, 2016. Xavier has averaged 98.0 2-0 this season. Xavier’s all-time winning percent capacity. percentage at Cintas Center is currently ranked eighth in the nation at 87.0 per- CINTAS CENTER ATTENDANCE RECORD ... cent (see the chart of the top teams with AGAIN: Xavier averaged a school-record a minimum of five years on their home 10,282 fans last season for 16 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: 2-0 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: 29-35 vs. Rider at CC (3-1-17) (11-13-17) XU Shooting 50% or better: 2-0 Xavier scored 100 points or more: XU 101, Rider 75 at CC Opponent made 20-29 free throws: 21-29 by Rider at CC XU Shooting between 40-49.9% (11-13-17) (11-13-17) 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: 10-31 vs. Rider at CC Opponents shoot 50% or better: 2OT in NCAA Trn. (3-25-10) (11-13-17) Opponents shoot less than 50%: 2-0 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: 2-0 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 Atlantis (11-29-13) (1-16-10) 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: 25 vs. Rider at CC XU Scoring 60-69 points: at CC (11-10-17) (11-13-17) 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 XU Scoring 80-89 points: Opponent scored 40 points or less: XU 65, Delaware State 33 at (12-31-15) 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: 2-0 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 101, Rider 75 at CC Opponent had 10 or more blocked shots: 10 by St. John’s at Allowing 70-79 points: 1-0 (11-13-17) 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.: 26 by Trevon Bluiett vs. Rider at CC Game is decided by 21 points or more: 2-0 (12-31-15) (11-13-17) 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: 2-0 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: 2-0 Xavier scored 50 or more in second half: 57 vs. Rider at CC zaga in NCAA Tournament in San Jose (3-25-17) (11-13-17) 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: 2-0 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: 2-0 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 1-0 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 (10): Bluiett (2), quette at CC (3-1-17) with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists vs. Providence at CC Macura (2), Gates (2), Jones (2), Marshall (1), Scruggs (1) (2-17-16) Xavier shot 50 pct. or more: 54.4 (31-57) vs. Rider at CC Double-Figure Rebounding Games (0): (11-13-17) 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 (2): Bluiett (2) 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. Rider at CC 30-Point (30-39) Scoring Games (0): (11-13-17) 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: 33.3 (24-72) by Rider at CC (11-13-17) 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 2-0 0-0 (BIG EAST) 10,224 (2/2) 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 824-387 (.680) #383-169 (.694) Conf. Regular Season 26 NCAA Tournaments/4 NIT

* Won Conference Tournament Championship #These 39 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

the Lute Olson Award, which is CollegeInsider.com's National Player #5 of the Year award ... List of preseason All-America honors includes sec- ond team honors from Sporting News, NBC Sports and Athlon Sports TREVON and third team honors from ESPN, CBS Sports, Street & Smith's, Blue Ribbon Basketball and College Sports Madness ...Earned the 12th- BLUIETT most votes for Associated Press preseason All-American.

1,000 POINT CLUB MEMBER ... TOP 15 ON XU LIST 6-6 • 198 Tied for 12th on Xavier's all-time scoring list with 1,636 career points Senior • Guard after his game-high 26-point effort vs. Rider on Monday. Indianapolis, Ind. AS A JUNIOR (2016-17) Named to the five-member 2017 All-West Regional Team ... Averaged Park Tudor HS 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 the 2017 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team for a second straight year AS A SENIOR (2017-18) after averaging 19.3 ppg. and 5.7 rpg. at Madison Square Garden .... Leads the BIG EAST in scoring at 25.5 ppg. on 17-of-26 (65.4 per- First Team All-BIG EAST selection by the league coaches, his second cent) shooting from the field, including 10-of-18 (55.6 percent) from straight year on the first team ... NABC First Team All-District 5 for 3-point range ... Second on the team in rebounding at 7.0 rpg. ... the second straight year ... BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll five times Scored a game-high 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including 5-of-7 and Player of the Week twice as a junior ... Second in the BIG EAST 3-point shooting, in the Morehead State win on Nov. 10 to earn a in scoring at 18.5 ppg. ... 19 games with 20 points or more ... Second spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 13). on the team in rebounding at 5.7 rpg. (10th in the BIG EAST) ... Third in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goals made at 2.5 per game ... Missed PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN AND ALL-BIGIndividual EAST Career Historytwo games (at Providence and at Marquette) due to an ankle injury, Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST selection is on the watch lists for snapping a streak of 72 straight starts ... Forced out of Feb. 11 game the Preseason Top 50 for The John R. Wooden Award presented by vs. Villanova by injury ... Tire Pros Invitational MVP ... Scored a career- Wendy’s, The Citizen Naismith Trophy, the Oscar Robertson Trophy high 40 points at Cincinnati on Jan. 26 on the strength of a school (USBWA's National Player of the Year), the Julius Erving Award and 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 2-2 50/25.0 17-26 .6 5 4 10-18 .5 5 6 7-7 1.000 2 12 14 7.0 5 0 6 2 2 1 51 25.5 TOTAL 109-104 3403/31.2 532-1226 .4 3 4 224-597 .3 7 5 348-458 .7 6 0 129 454 583 5.3 253 9 226 187 19 87 1636 15.0

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 14, 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- RIDER 11/13/17 * 28 8-14 .5 7 1 5-11 .4 5 5 5-5 1.000 1 8 9 7.0 3 3 2 0 0 26 25.5 napolis, Ind. Totals 2 50 17-26 .6 5 4 10-18 .5 5 6 7-7 1.000 2 12 14 7.0 5 6 2 2 1 51 25.5 Parents: Reynardo and Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 7.0 Mariam Bluiett; Minutes/game: 25.0 Assists/game: 3.0 Dad was on the All-Marine Points/game: 25.5 Turnovers/game: 1.0 Football Team and Mom FG Pct: 65.4 Assist/turnover ratio: 3.0 3FG Pct: 55.6 Steals/game: 0.5 was on the All-Marine FT Pct: 100.0 Blocks/game: 1.0 Basketball Team Siblings: Ashtyn, Juwaan and Brody Major: Liberal arts 2017-18 GAME NOTES

ment at 7.8 ppg., while hitting 52.4 percent from the field, including #22 43.8 percent from 3-point range ... Scored in double figures in the first two NCAA Tournament games, including an 11-point game vs. Mary- KAISER land on March 16 and a 14-point game vs. Florida State on March 18 GATES on 5-of-6 shooting, including a career-high tying four 3-pointers out of five attempts ... Started four games as a sophomore ... Grabbed a career-high and game-high 10 rebounds in the DePaul win on Feb. 8 6-8 • 228 ... Scored 13 points on the strength of 3-of-4 3-point shooting to go Junior • Forward 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 Alpharetta, Ga. rebounds vs. St. John’s at MSG on Jan. 29 ... Made his first collegiate St. Francis HS start at 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 the field, including 4-of-6 3-pointers ... Did not play in the first five games while recovering from a preseason scope procedure on his left AS A JUNIOR (2017-18) knee ... Contributed six points on 2-of-3 3-point shooting to go with Fourth on the team in scoring at 13.0 ppg. and second in 3-point- three rebounds vs. North Dakota State on Nov. 29 ... Had five points ers made with 7-of-13 (53.8 percent) ... Has started and scored in and five rebounds in 19 minutes at Baylor on Dec. 3 and grabbed five double figures in both games this season ... Started the opener vs. more rebounds in 16 minutes of action at Colorado on Dec. 7. Morehead State and contributed 14 points on 4-of-4 3-pointers to go with five rebounds, marking his fourth career game with four AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16) 3-pointers. Individual Career HistoryEarned 11.7 minutes per game for his last 10 games compared with 9.7 minutes per game for his first 20 ... Hit all three of his shots on his AS A SOPHOMORE (2016-17) way to seven points in 10 minutes of action in the NCAA Tournament Xavier’s fifth-leading scorer for the four games in the NCAA Tourna- win over Weber State on March 18.

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 2-2 40/20.0 8-14 .5 7 1 7-13 .5 3 8 3-6 .5 0 0 2 5 7 3.5 8 0 3 2 3 0 26 13.0 TOTAL 65-6 1043/16.0 100-244 .4 1 0 60-170 .3 5 3 54-86 .6 2 8 63 155 218 3.4 119 0 30 37 15 26 314 4.8

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; Rider -- 11/13/17 Steals: 2, DePaul -- 02/08/17; Wake Forest -- 12/17/16; at DePaul -- 3/4/17 Blocks: 2, Rider -- 11/13/17 FG made: 6, St. John's -- 01/07/17 FG attempts: 10, Rider -- 11/13/17 3FG made: 4, 4 times 3FG attempts: 9, Rider -- 11/13/17 2017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball FT made: 4, 4 times Xavier Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 14, 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 RIDER 11/13/17 * 21 4-10 .4 0 0 3-9 .3 3 3 1-2 .5 0 0 2 0 2 3.5 4 3 1 2 0 12 13.0 Totals 2 40 8-14 .5 7 1 7-13 .5 3 8 3-6 .5 0 0 2 5 7 3.5 8 3 2 3 0 26 13.0 Birthdate/Birthplace: November 8, 1996 in Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 3.5 Minutes/game: 20.0 Assists/game: 1.5 Atlanta, Ga. Points/game: 13.0 Turnovers/game: 1.0 Parents: David and FG Pct: 57.1 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.5 3FG Pct: 53.8 Blocks/game: 1.5 Necia Gates FT Pct: 50.0 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 games at 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 the bench at 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 over the last 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) Has started 19 straight games ...Leads the team in assists at 6.5 apg. 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 2-2 44/22.0 3-5 .6 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 2-3 .6 6 7 0 1 1 0.5 5 0 13 6 1 0 8 4.0 TOTAL 40-20 960/24.0 73-205 .3 5 6 13-52 .2 5 0 44-76 .5 7 9 6 72 78 2.0 85 1 144 80 7 34 203 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 14, 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 RIDER 11/13/17 * 25 2-4 .5 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.5 3 6 2 1 0 6 4.0 Totals 2 44 3-5 .6 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 2-3 .6 6 7 0 1 1 0.5 5 13 6 1 0 8 4.0 Nickname: Q or QG

Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 0.5 Birthdate/Birthplace: Minutes/game: 22.0 Assists/game: 6.5 September 3, 1997 in Points/game: 4.0 Turnovers/game: 3.0 Campbellsville, Ky. FG Pct: 60.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 2.2 3FG Pct: 0.0 Blocks/game: 0.5 Parents: Chris and LaQuita FT Pct: 66.7 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 Played at 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- him to shoot the ball over defenders and will give us versatility at the head State in his collegiate debut on Nov. 10. 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 guardIndividual ... 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 2-0 37/18.5 1-4 .2 5 0 1-3 .3 3 3 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 1.0 3 0 4 2 0 0 5 2.5 TOTAL 2-0 37/18.5 1-4 .2 5 0 1-3 .3 3 3 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 1.0 3 0 4 2 0 0 5 2.5

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 5, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Rebounds: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17; Rider -- 11/13/17 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 14, 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 RIDER 11/13/17 17 0-1 .0 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.5 Full name: Elias Jamar Totals 0 37 1-4 .2 5 0 1-3 .3 3 3 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 1.0 3 4 2 0 0 5 2.5 Harden Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 1.0 Nicknames: Eli and Easy Minutes/game: 18.5 Assists/game: 2.0 Points/game: 2.5 Turnovers/game: 1.0 Birthdate/Birthplace: FG Pct: 25.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 2.0 February 3, 1999 in 3FG Pct: 33.3 East Point, Ga. FT Pct: 100.0 Parents: Darius and Ruth Harden Sibling: Jalen, Daria and Ethan Major: Exploratory 2017-18 GAME NOTES

AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17) #0 Started 13 games, including all four NCAA Tournament games ... Scored 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the NCAA Second Round win TYRIQUE over Florida State on March 18 ... Second on the team in offensive re- bounding at 1.6 rpg., which ranked 14th in the BIG EAST despite log- JONES ging 11.0 minutes per game ... Posted a 13-point game at Marquette on 6-of-8 shooting ... Hit 8-8 from the field at Creighton on Feb. 4 for 6-9 • 242 16 points, equaling the best single-game field goal percentage effort by a Musketeer in over 20 years ... The last time someone did better Sophomore • Forward was then-junior Torraye Braggs, who hit 9-9 vs. Western Kentucky on Bloomfield, Conn. Nov. 23, 1996 ... Grabbed six rebounds in 16 minutes in his first col- legiate start at St. John’s on Jan. 29 ... Played well at Cincinnati on Bloomfield HS Jan. 26 with six points, five rebounds and an assist in 12 minutes ... Vermont Academy Posted his first career double-figure scoring game vs. St. John’s on Jan. 7, contributing 10 points to go with five rebounds and two blocks AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18) ... Grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds to go with six points and two Scored a career-high 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the field vs. blocks, while taking a pair of charges on defense, in the win over Buf- Rider on Monday ... Third on the team in scoring at 15.0 ppg. ... Leads falo on Nov. 14. the team in rebounding at 8.5 rpg. and in blocks at 3.5 bpg. ... Has hit 11-of-15 (73.3 percent) of his shots from the field ... Got his second AT VERMONT ACADEMY season off to a nice beginning in a starting role Individualvs. Morehead Career State HistoryAveraged 19.8 points and 9.7 rebounds at Vermont Academy in his on Nov. 10 with 11 points, nine rebounds, two assists and four blocks postgraduate season … 2015-16 Class AA All-NEPSAC First Team hon- in 20 minutes of action. ors as he led his team to a 27-5 record and won the New England Prep School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC) Championship game for the first time in school history … Basketball coach: Alex Popp. 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 2-2 45/22.5 11-15 .7 3 3 0-0 .0 0 0 8-13 .6 1 5 5 12 17 8.5 3 0 4 1 7 2 30 15.0 TOTAL 39-15 452/11.6 79-128 .6 1 7 0-0 .0 0 0 28-54 .5 1 9 63 68 131 3.4 77 3 15 28 23 11 186 4.8

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 19, Rider -- 11/13/17 Rebounds: 11, Buffalo -- 11/14/16 Assists: 2, Morehead State -- 11/10/17; Rider -- 11/13/17; Providence -- 12/28/16 Steals: 1, 11 times Blocks: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG made: 8, at Creighton -- 02-04-17 FG attempts: 8, at Creighton -- 02-04-17; Rider -- 11/13/17; at Marquette -- 2/18/17 FT made: 5, Rider -- 11/13/17 2017-18 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 14, 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 RIDER 11/13/17 * 25 7-8 .8 7 5 0-0 .0 0 0 5-6 .8 3 3 2 6 8 8.5 2 2 0 3 1 19 15.0 Totals 2 45 11-15 .7 3 3 0-0 .0 0 0 8-13 .6 1 5 5 12 17 8.5 3 4 1 7 2 30 15.0 Jones Nickname: Ty, Rique Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 8.5 Minutes/game: 22.5 Assists/game: 2.0 Birthdate/Birthplace: May Points/game: 15.0 Turnovers/game: 0.5 3, 1997 in FG Pct: 73.3 Assist/turnover ratio: 4.0 Hartford, Conn. FT Pct: 61.5 Steals/game: 1.0 Blocks/game: 3.5 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 game at 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 2-0 29/14.5 2-7 .2 8 6 0-4 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 9 9 4.5 1 0 2 2 0 1 4 2.0 TOTAL 2-0 29/14.5 2-7 .2 8 6 0-4 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 9 9 4.5 1 0 2 2 0 1 4 2.0

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; Rider -- 11/13/17 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 14, 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 RIDER 11/13/17 14 0-1 .0 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 4 4 4.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 Siblings: Enes, Betul and Totals 0 29 2-7 .2 8 6 0-4 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 9 9 4.5 1 2 2 0 1 4 2.0 Ahmet; brother Enes Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 4.5 plays in the NBA with Minutes/game: 14.5 Assists/game: 1.0 the New York Knicks and Points/game: 2.0 Turnovers/game: 1.0 played college ball at FG Pct: 28.6 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.0 Kentucky 3FG Pct: 0.0 Steals/game: 0.5 Major: Working on a master’s degree in sports administration; earned his undergradu- ate degree from Wiscon- sin-Green Bay 2017-18 GAME NOTES

1,000 POINT CLUB MEMBER #55 Has 1,086 points, which ranks 43rd on XU’s all-time scoring list.

J.P AS A JUNIOR (2016-17) Only Xavier player who started every game in the 2016-17 season ... MACURA Named to the five-member NCAA All-West Regional Team; averaged 13.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game in the 6-5 • 203 NCAA Tournament ... Second on the team and 16th in the BIG EAST Senior • Guard 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 Lakeville, Minn. March 10 ... Had a 22-point game at Seton Hall on Feb. 22, a 23-point Lakeville North HS 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- reer-high seven vs. Villanova on Feb. 11 ... First on the team and ninth BIG EAST HONORS 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 2017-18 preseason All-BIG EAST Conference honorable mention ... the team in free-throw shooting at 78.5 percent, which ranked ninth 2015-16 BIG EAST Sixth Man Award winner. in the BIG EAST ... Named on the BIG EAST Conference Weekly Honor AS A SENIOR (2017-18) Roll on Nov. 21 after averaging 18.8 ppg. for XU’s four wins in seven days ... Averaged a team-high 19.0 ppg. for Xavier three games in the Second on the team in scoring at 16.0 ppg. and leads the team in Individual Career HistoryTire Pros Invitational Nov. 17-20, including a career-high 28 points on steals at 3.5 spg. ... Scored 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the win the strength of a career-high six 3-pointers in the win over Clemson over Morehead State on Nov. 10 to go with a career-high-tying on Nov. 18 ... Tire Pros Invitational All-Tournament Team. five steals.

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 2-2 42/21.0 8-11 .7 2 7 2-4 .5 0 0 14-17 .8 2 4 0 7 7 3.5 4 0 10 3 2 7 32 16.0 TOTAL 109-47 2550/23.4 357-811 .4 4 0 135-391 .3 4 5 237-300 .7 9 0 113 192 305 2.8 225 5 211 148 14 124 1086 10.0

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 14, 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 RIDER 11/13/17 * 20 2-4 .5 0 0 1-2 .5 0 0 9-10 .9 0 0 0 4 4 3.5 2 6 3 1 2 14 16.0 Totals 2 42 8-11 .7 2 7 2-4 .5 0 0 14-17 .8 2 4 0 7 7 3.5 4 10 3 2 7 32 16.0 Nickname: J.P.

Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 3.5 Birthdate/Birthplace: Minutes/game: 21.0 Assists/game: 5.0 June 5, 1995 in Lakeville, Points/game: 16.0 Turnovers/game: 1.5 Minn. FG Pct: 72.7 Assist/turnover ratio: 3.3 3FG Pct: 50.0 Steals/game: 3.5 Parents: Paul and Sue FT Pct: 82.4 Blocks/game: 1.0 Ann Macura Siblings: David and Kari Anna Major: Communications 2017-18 GAME NOTES

AT HARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY #13 Played at Hargave Military Academy in the 2016-17 season, averag- ing 20.7 ppg. and 11.4 rpg. … Hargrave Military Academy is the same NAJI school that 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.com)Individual … RankedCareer Historylevel. I love his ability to pass, to see the play develop. We are con- No. 39 by 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 2-0 38/19.0 6-8 .7 5 0 1-3 .3 3 3 4-8 .5 0 0 1 4 5 2.5 4 0 4 3 1 2 17 8.5 TOTAL 2-0 38/19.0 6-8 .7 5 0 1-3 .3 3 3 4-8 .5 0 0 1 4 5 2.5 4 0 4 3 1 2 17 8.5

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; Rider -- 11/13/17 Steals: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17; Rider -- 11/13/17 Blocks: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG made: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG attempts: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17; Rider -- 11/13/17 3FG made: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 3FG attempts: 2, Rider -- 11/13/17 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 14, 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 RIDER 11/13/17 17 2-4 .5 0 0 0-2 .0 0 0 1-3 .3 3 3 0 1 1 2.5 3 2 1 0 1 5 8.5 Totals 0 38 6-8 .7 5 0 1-3 .3 3 3 4-8 .5 0 0 1 4 5 2.5 4 4 3 1 2 17 8.5 in Atlantic City, N.J. Parents: Rayna Whitted and Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 2.5 Minutes/game: 19.0 Assists/game: 2.0 Maurice Marshall Points/game: 8.5 Turnovers/game: 1.5 FG Pct: 75.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.3 Siblings: Maurice, Martia, 3FG Pct: 33.3 Steals/game: 1.0 Craig, Tai, Ausin and Myles; FT Pct: 50.0 Blocks/game: 0.5 brother Tai plays basketball at Bowie State. My Dad, who is now an engineer, was a professional boxer. Major: Exploratory 2017-18 GAME NOTES

AS A JUNIOR (2016-17) #54 Xavier’s third-leading scorer during the NCAA Tournament at 10.5 ppg., while hitting 65.0 percent (13-of-20) from the field ... Scored in SEAN double figures in the first two NCAA games, including a career-high O'MARA 18 in the Maryland win on March 16 on 5-of-6 shooting to go with a game-high seven rebounds ... Contributed 11 points, five rebounds, three assists and three blocks in the Florida State win on March 18 ... 6-10 • 244 Scored eight points, including the game-winner with 40 seconds left, Graduate • Forward against Arizona on March 23 ... 10 points and four rebounds in the Butler win on March 9 in the BIG EAST Tournament ... In fact, three Glen Ellyn, Ill. of his nine double-figure scoring games came in the postseason ... Benet Academy Xavier was 8-1 in games when he scored double figures, including 3-0 in the postseason ... Came up big in the Feb. 1 win over Seton Hall with 11 points and five rebounds in 14 minutes of action ... Came off AS A SENIOR (2017-18) the bench to contribute six points and six rebounds in 18 minutes vs. Contributed six points and six rebounds in 11 minutes vs. Rider on Georgetown on Jan. 22 and six points and six rebounds in 13 min- Nov. 13. utes at Villanova on Jan. 10 ... Had eight points and four rebounds in 13 minutes in the win at Georgetown on Dec. 31 ... Started eight VALUABLE SUMMER EXPERIENCE games ... Contributed nine double-figure scoring games ... Made his Part of a team of collegiate all-stars (USA East Coast) coached by Larry first career start as a Musketeer vs. Lehigh on Nov. 11, contributing Brown that played in Madrid, Spain this summer againstIndividual the National Career History10 points to go with four rebounds, two assists and two steals in a Teams of Japan, Venezuela, Mexico, and Senegal. career-high 25 minutes of action ... Scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shoot- ing vs. Missouri on Nov. 17 and 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting vs. Clem- son on Nov. 18.

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 2-0 25/12.5 3-4 .7 5 0 0-0 .0 0 0 4-4 1.000 2 6 8 4.0 7 1 0 2 0 1 10 5.0 TOTAL 97-8 879/9.1 144-238 .6 0 5 0-0 .0 0 0 91-142 .6 4 1 81 120 201 2.1 126 3 36 56 27 21 379 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 14, 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 RIDER 11/13/17 11 1-2 .5 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 4-4 1.000 2 4 6 4.0 5 0 1 0 1 6 5.0 September 5, 1995 in Totals 0 25 3-4 .7 5 0 0-0 .0 0 0 4-4 1.000 2 6 8 4.0 7 0 2 0 1 10 5.0 Indianapolis, Ind.

Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 4.0 Parents: John and Kim Minutes/game: 12.5 Turnovers/game: 1.0 O’Mara; both played bas- Points/game: 5.0 Steals/game: 0.5 ketball at Allegheny College FG Pct: 75.0 in Meadville, Pa. FT Pct: 100.0 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

No. 31 by Scout.com and No. 29 by 247sports.com … No. 5 point #1 guard nationally (ESPN.com) ... Standout for the Indy Hoosiers AAU team, averaging 14.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists for head PAUL coach Mike Peterson in the summer of 2016.

SCRUGGS AT SOUTHPORT AND PROLIFIC PREP Played at Southport High School (Ind.) under Kyle Simpson for three 6-3 • 207 years before transferring to Prolific Prep (Calif.) for his senior year … Freshman • Guard During his three years at Southport he averaged 16.4 ppg., 7.4 rpg., 4.5 apg., and 2.3 spg., including 19.8 ppg., 7.9 rpg., 4.1 apg. and 3.0 Indianapolis, Ind. spg. as a junior … 2016 Indiana Mr. Basketball Candidate … Two-time Southport HS attendee at the Stephen Curry Select All-American Camp … Trans- ferred to Prolific Prep in Napa, California for his senior season under Prolific Prep (Calif.) Billy McKnight, but played only five games before having his season AS A FRESHMAN (2017-18) cut short by an injury in December of 2016 ... Battled back to play in Scored a career-high 13 points vs. Rider on Nov. 13 ... Scored six a number of postseason all-star events, including the Derby Classic in points to go with four rebounds, four assists, a block and two Louisville and the Allen Iverson Roundball Classic in April. steals with zero turnovers in 24 minutes of action in his collegiate debut vs. Morehead State on Nov. 10 ... Has five assists and zero MACK ON SCRUGGS turnovers for the season. “Paul Scruggs is as tough of a competitor as we’ve recruited at Xavier. Individual Career HistoryThere’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 abil- ESPN.com, Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247sports.com four-star re- ity to get in the lane and plays with physicality. He has the tools and cruit … Ranked nationally No. 28 by ESPN.com, No. 31 by Rivals.com, mentality to be a lock down defender in college.”

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 2-0 44/22.0 8-16 .5 0 0 1-6 .1 6 7 2-3 .6 6 7 0 8 8 4.0 4 0 5 0 1 2 19 9.5 TOTAL 2-0 44/22.0 8-16 .5 0 0 1-6 .1 6 7 2-3 .6 6 7 0 8 8 4.0 4 0 5 0 1 2 19 9.5

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Points: 13, Rider -- 11/13/17 Rebounds: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17; Rider -- 11/13/17 Assists: 4, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Steals: 2, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 Blocks: 1, Morehead State -- 11/10/17 FG made: 5, Rider -- 11/13/17 FG attempts: 9, Rider -- 11/13/17 3FG made: 1, Rider -- 11/13/17 2017-18 Xavier Men's Basketball 3FG attempts: 4, Rider -- 11/13/17 Xavier Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 14, 2017) FT made: 2, Rider -- 11/13/17 All games FT attempts: 3, Rider -- 11/13/17

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 RIDER 11/13/17 20 5-9 .5 5 6 1-4 .2 5 0 2-3 .6 6 7 0 4 4 4.0 2 1 0 0 0 13 9.5 SCRUGGS FILE Totals 0 44 8-16 .5 0 0 1-6 .1 6 7 2-3 .6 6 7 0 8 8 4.0 4 5 0 1 2 19 9.5 Full name: Paul Edward Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 4.0 Scruggs Minutes/game: 22.0 Assists/game: 2.5 Nickname: Scrizzel Points/game: 9.5 Assist/turnover ratio: 99.9 FG Pct: 50.0 Steals/game: 1.0 Birthdate/Birthplace: March 3FG Pct: 16.7 Blocks/game: 0.5 9, 1998 in Indianapolis, Ind. FT Pct: 66.7 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 188-91 (.674) mark and stands second on Xavier’s all-time wins list. Mack has strong ties to all of the other Xavier head coaches that 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 2-0 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 188-91 7 NCAA (10-7) Year at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati before going on to start for two 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 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Morehead State vs Xavier Rider vs Xavier 11/10/17 7:00 p.m. at Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center) 11/13/17 8:30 p.m. at Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center)

Morehead State 49 • 0-1 Rider 75 • 1-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## 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 Scott, Frederick f 3-9 1-4 2-3 2 3 5 2 9 1 0 0 0 26 13 HARRIS, Lamontray f 1-7 0-3 1-2 1 5 6 3 3 1 3 0 0 23 20 Marshall, Tyere c 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 13 00 HICKS, A.J. g 0-5 0-3 2-4 0 0 0 4 2 1 3 0 2 28 02 Allen, Jordan g 4-11 3-6 3-4 2 2 4 1 14 0 2 0 2 23 02 WALKER, Jordan g 5-14 3-8 5-5 0 4 4 4 18 1 4 0 1 33 12 g 32 HENSON, Djimon g 1-6 1-2 1-2 2 2 4 1 4 0 1 0 1 25 Durham, Anthony 2-8 0-3 3-4 1 0 1 3 7 1 0 0 1 22 01 KING, Londell 1-3 0-0 0-1 3 2 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 5 23 Jordan, Stevie g 4-12 0-5 6-7 3 3 6 1 14 9 3 0 0 31 03 BAKER, James 2-7 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 1 4 0 0 1 1 14 05 Randall, Tyrei 0-7 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 14 04 COOPER, De'von 1-4 1-2 2-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 14 10 Washington-Ives, Kea 4-10 0-3 0-1 1 1 2 3 8 3 0 0 0 25 05 WRIGHT, Cedric 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 11 Eke, Devine 2-4 0-1 1-2 2 2 4 4 5 1 1 1 1 19 11 FEAGIN, Richard 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15 Cisse, Karamoko 2-3 0-0 3-4 3 2 5 4 7 0 2 0 0 17 12 GREEN, Malek 2-4 1-1 2-4 1 3 4 2 7 0 0 2 0 21 44 Wilson, Paxton 2-5 2-5 3-4 3 2 5 0 9 0 1 0 0 10 21 THOMPSON, Trell 1-8 1-3 1-2 3 0 3 1 4 2 2 0 1 20 Team 2 1 3 1 23 CRAWFORD, Austin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 24-72 6-30 21-29 19 19 38 26 75 15 11 2 5 200 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: 11-32 34.4% 2nd half: 13-40 32.5% Game: 24-72 33.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 3-19 15.8% Game: 6-30 20.0% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 8-31 25.8% 2nd half: 6-28 21.4% Game: 14-59 23.7% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 9-14 64.3% 2nd half: 12-15 80.0% Game: 21-29 72.4% 5,2 3FG % 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 7-23 30.4% Rebounds 4 FT % 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd half: 10-13 76.9% Game: 14-22 63.6% Xavier 101 • 2-0 Xavier 101 • 1-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 f ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min JONES, Tyrique 7-8 0-0 5-6 2 6 8 2 19 2 0 3 1 25 22 f 00 JONES, Tyrique f 4-7 0-0 3-7 3 6 9 1 11 2 1 4 1 20 GATES, Kaiser 4-10 3-9 1-2 2 0 2 4 12 3 1 2 0 21 22 GATES, Kaiser f 4-4 4-4 2-4 0 5 5 4 14 0 1 1 0 19 03 GOODIN, Quentin g 2-4 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 3 6 6 2 1 0 25 03 GOODIN, Quentin g 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 2 2 7 4 0 0 19 05 BLUIETT, Trevon g 8-14 5-11 5-5 1 8 9 3 26 3 2 0 0 28 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 2-4 1-2 9-10 0 4 4 2 14 6 3 1 2 20 55 MACURA, J.P. g 6-7 1-2 5-7 0 3 3 2 18 4 0 1 5 22 01 SCRUGGS, Paul 5-9 1-4 2-3 0 4 4 2 13 1 0 0 0 20 01 SCRUGGS, Paul 3-7 0-2 0-0 0 4 4 2 6 4 0 1 2 24 04 HARDEN, Elias 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 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 1 0 0 2 10 SCHRAND, Leighton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 KANTER, Kerem 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 11 KANTER, Kerem 2-6 0-3 0-0 0 5 5 0 4 1 2 0 1 15 13 MARSHALL, Naji 2-4 0-2 1-3 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 17 13 MARSHALL, Naji 4-4 1-1 3-5 1 3 4 1 12 2 2 1 1 21 54 O'MARA, Sean 1-2 0-0 4-4 2 4 6 5 6 0 1 0 1 11 14 VANDERPOHL, Nick 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 2 0 2 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 Totals 31-57 10-31 29-35 9 32 41 26 101 25 11 7 5 200 Team 2 0 2 FG % 1st Half: 14-23 60.9% 2nd half: 17-34 50.0% Game: 31-57 54.4% Deadball Totals 36-53 12-21 17-28 7 34 41 19 101 26 15 10 11 200 3FG % 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% 2nd half: 7-19 36.8% Game: 10-31 32.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 13-17 76.5% 2nd half: 16-18 88.9% Game: 29-35 82.9% 2 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 4 Officials: Ron Groover, Wally Rutecki, Alfred Smith FT % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd half: 10-18 55.6% Game: 17-28 60.7% Technical fouls: Rider-None. Xavier-None. Attendance: 10224 Officials: Mike Stuart, Matt Potter and Tom Morrissey Technical fouls: Morehead State-None. Xavier-None. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Attendance: 10224 Rider 34 41 75 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench RID 32 13 17 8 29 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Xavier 44 57 101 XU 40 16 11 12 24 Morehead State 24 25 49 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench MOR 10 13 9 3 22 Xavier Last FG - RID 2nd-00:10, XU 2nd-03:03. Score tied - 1 time. 62 39 101 XU 44 24 10 23 31 Largest lead - RID None, XU by 34 2nd-03:38. Lead changed - 0 times. RID led for 00:00. XU led for 39:07. Game was tied for 00:53. 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 14, 2017) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 2-0 2-0 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 2-2 50 25.0 17-26 .6 5 4 10-18 .5 5 6 7-7 1.000 2 12 14 7.0 5 0 6 2 2 1 51 25.5 55 MACURA, J.P. 2-2 42 21.0 8-11 .7 2 7 2-4 .5 0 0 14-17 .8 2 4 0 7 7 3.5 4 0 10 3 2 7 32 16.0 00 JONES, Tyrique 2-2 45 22.5 11-15 .7 3 3 0-0 .0 0 0 8-13 .6 1 5 5 12 17 8.5 3 0 4 1 7 2 30 15.0 22 GATES, Kaiser 2-2 40 20.0 8-14 .5 7 1 7-13 .5 3 8 3-6 .5 0 0 2 5 7 3.5 8 0 3 2 3 0 26 13.0 01 SCRUGGS, Paul 2-0 44 22.0 8-16 .5 0 0 1-6 .1 6 7 2-3 .6 6 7 0 8 8 4.0 4 0 5 0 1 2 19 9.5 13 MARSHALL, Naji 2-0 38 19.0 6-8 .7 5 0 1-3 .3 3 3 4-8 .5 0 0 1 4 5 2.5 4 0 4 3 1 2 17 8.5 54 O'MARA, Sean 2-0 25 12.5 3-4 .7 5 0 0-0 .0 0 0 4-4 1.000 2 6 8 4.0 7 1 0 2 0 1 10 5.0 03 GOODIN, Quentin 2-2 44 22.0 3-5 .6 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 2-3 .6 6 7 0 1 1 0.5 5 0 13 6 1 0 8 4.0 04 HARDEN, Elias 2-0 37 18.5 1-4 .2 5 0 1-3 .3 3 3 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 1.0 3 0 4 2 0 0 5 2.5 11 KANTER, Kerem 2-0 29 14.5 2-7 .2 8 6 0-4 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 9 9 4.5 1 0 2 2 0 1 4 2.0 10 SCHRAND, Leighton 2-0 4 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 3 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 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 Team 4 0 4 Total...... 2 400 67-110 .6 0 9 22-52 .4 2 3 46-63 .7 3 0 16 66 82 41.0 45 1 51 26 17 16 202 101.0 Opponents...... 2 400 38-131 .2 9 0 13-53 .2 4 5 35-51 .6 8 6 34 36 70 35.0 53 1 20 28 6 14 124 62.0

TEAM STATISTICS XU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 202 124 11/10/17 MOREHEAD STATE W 101-49 10224 Points per game 101.0 62.0 11/13/17 RIDER W 101-75 10224 Scoring margin +39.0 - FIELD GOALS-ATT 67-110 38-131 * - Conference game Field goal pct .6 0 9 .2 9 0 3 POINT FG-ATT 22-52 13-53 3-point FG pct .4 2 3 .2 4 5 3-pt FG made per game 11.0 6.5 FREE THROWS-ATT 46-63 35-51 Free throw pct .7 3 0 .6 8 6 F-Throws made per game 23.0 17.5 REBOUNDS 82 70 Rebounds per game 41.0 35.0 Rebounding margin +6.0 - ASSISTS 51 20 Assists per game 25.5 10.0 TURNOVERS 26 28 Turnovers per game 13.0 14.0 Turnover margin +1.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 2.0 0.7 STEALS 16 14 Steals per game 8.0 7.0 BLOCKS 17 6 Blocks per game 8.5 3.0 ATTENDANCE 20448 0 Home games-Avg/Game 2-10224 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Xavier 106 96 202 Opponents 58 66 124