XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO ROCKETS (1-1, 0-0 MID-AMERICAN) FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 2020 AT 12 P.M. ET CINTAS CENTER IN CINCINNATI, OHIO Xavier Media Contact: Tom Eiser, Associate Athletic Director for Communications [email protected], 513-382-5565 (cell) and @EiserXUSports on Twitter TELEVISION, RADIO AND LIVE STATS SCHEDULE/RESULTS (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Lane Grindle and analysis from Nick Bahe. Radio: 700 WLW-AM with play-by-play from XU Hall of Famer and former Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman (‘79). Analysis will be provided by Xavier Date Opponent TV Result/Time EST P.M. Hall of Famer and XU all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin (‘88). XU radio broadcast NOVEMBER (0-0) is also available on XM channel 380 and Internet 970. Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com. 25 Wed. Oakland * FS1 W/101-49 26 Thu. Bradley * FS1 W/51-50 THE X FACTORS 27 Fri. Toledo * FS1 Noon • Xavier is opening the 2020-21 season with three games in three days and 12 games in 29 days. Each of its first seven games are in Cincinnati, including six games 30 Mon. Eastern Kentucky FS1 7 p.m. at Cintas Center and the Dec. 6 Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout at Cincinnati. DECEMBER (0-0) 2 Wed. Tennessee Tech FS1 7 p.m. • Xavier dished off 34 assists vs. Oakland, second only in Xavier history to the 36- assist effort vs. Long Island in the 2001-02 season (12-8-01). 6 Sun. at Cincinnati + ESPN 3 p.m. 9 Wed. Oklahoma ^ FS1 8 p.m. • Xavier sophomore Zach Freemantle posted a double-double vs. Oakland with ca- reer highs of 21 points and 12 rebounds and a career-high four assists; he followed 12 SAT. AT PROVIDENCE FS2 6:30 P.M. that up with 19 points on the strength of a career-high three 3-pointers vs. Bradley. 15 TUE. SETON HALL FS1 8 P.M. • Xavier senior Paul Scruggs dished off a career-high 10 assists vs. Oakland and 18 FRI. AT DEPAUL FS1 2 P.M. followed that up with a 17-point, 7-assist game vs. Bradley. 20 SUN. MARQUETTE FS1 2 P.M. • Xavier's Paul Scruggs, preseason BIG EAST Second Team selection, is among the 20 23 WED. AT CREIGHTON FS1 3 P.M. watch list members for the 2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. • Xavier senior Paul Scruggs has scored 977 career points and is just 23 points shy of becoming the 57th member of Xavier's 1,000 Point Club. Fellow senior Jason Carter has scored 1,065 collegiate points, including 836 at Ohio. • Xavier sophomore KyKy Tandy hit a career-high six 3-pointers on his way to a career-high tying 18 points to go with a career-high seven assists vs. Oakland. • Xavier freshman Dwon Odom, who has started the first two games, hit what proved to be the game-winning shot vs. Bradley with less than four seconds left. THE TEAM (* LAST GAME STARTERS) NO. NAME (HT./YR) POS. PPG RPG APG NOTES Jan., Feb. and March schedules TBD 0 C.J. Wilcher (6-5/Fr.) G Currently in quarantine 1 Paul Scruggs (6-4/Sr.)* G 12.0 3.5 8.5 Team captain; preseason 2nd Team All-BIG EAST * Xavier Invitational at Cintas Center 2 Daniel Ramsey (6-9/So.) F Medical redshirt last season; not cleared for full activity + Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout 3 Colby Jones (6-5/Fr.) G Currently in quarantine ^ BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle 5 Adam Kunkel (6-4/Jr.)+ G 16.5 2.8 2.6 Awaiting NCAA waiver ruling to be able to play BIG EAST GAMES IN ALL CAPS 10 Nate Johnson (6-4/Sr.)* G 10.0 6.5 2.5 17 points on 5 3-pointers in Xavier debut Home Games In Bold 11 Dwon Odom (6-1/Fr.)* G 8.0 3.5 4.0 12 pts. & four ast. in 1st career start vs. Oakland 13 Bryan Griffin (6-8/Sr.) F 5.0 8.5 0.0 Led NCAA Division II in rebounding last season 14 Ben Stanley (6-6/Jr.)+ F 22.0 7.2 0.7 NCAA waiver ruling to play this year was denied 15 Spencer Cody (6-0/Jr.) G Second-year walk-on; Currently in quarantine 20 Ramon Singh (6-4/Jr.) G Third-year walk-on 21 Zak Swetye (6-1/Jr.) G Third-year walk-on 22 Dieonte Miles (6-10/Fr.) F 6.0 1.5 1.5 Redshirt last season; 12 points in XU debut 24 KyKy Tandy (6-2/So.) G 11.0 1.5 4.0 2020 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team 25 Jason Carter (6-8/Sr.)* F 4.0 8.5 0.5 One of the three team captains 32 Zach Freemantle (6-9/So.)* F 20.0 9.5 2.0 Team captain; 2020 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team + Transfer; stats are from last season at previous school HEAD COACH: Travis Steele (Butler '04) --- 40-29 (Third Year as XU head coach) 2020-21 XAVIER MUSKETEER NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL(S) / LAST COLLEGE 0 C.J. Wilcher Fr. G 6-5 195 Plainfield, N.J. Roselle Catholic HS 1 Paul Scruggs Sr. G 6-4 196 Indianapolis, Ind. Southport HS / Prolific Prep (Calif.) 2 Daniel Ramsey So. F 6-9 233 Cordele, Ga. Deerfield Windsor HS / Norcross HS 3 Colby Jones Fr. G 6-5 195 Birmingham, Ala. Mountain Brook HS 5 Adam Kunkel $ Jr. G 6-4 176 Hebron, Ky. Cooper HS / Belmont University 10 Nate Johnson * Sr. G 6-4 195 Miami, Fla. McArthur HS / Gardner-Webb University 11 Dwon Odom Fr. G 6-1 180 Alpharetta, Ga. St. Francis HS 13 Bryan Griffin * Sr. F 6-8 230 Pomona, N.Y. Saint Joseph Regional / Mercy College 14 Ben Stanley $ Jr. F 6-6 230 Baltimore, Md. Millwood HS / Hampton University 15 Spencer Cody Jr. G 6-0 170 Chicago, Ill. DePaul Prep 20 Ramon Singh Jr. G 6-4 187 Sydney, Australia La Lumiere School (Ind.) 21 Zak Swetye Jr. G 6-1 170 Darien, Conn. Darien HS 22 Dieonte Miles Fr. F 6-10 220 Walton, Ky. Walton-Verona HS 24 KyKy Tandy So. G 6-2 190 Hopkinsville, Ky. University Heights Academy 25 Jason Carter * Sr. F 6-8 227 Johnstown, Ohio Johnstown-Monroe HS / Ohio University 32 Zach Freemantle So. F 6-9 225 Teaneck, N.J. Bergen Catholic HS Head Coach: Travis Steele (Butler ‘04; 3rd season) Assistant Coaches: : Jonas Hayes (Georgia ’04; 3rd season), Dante Jackson (Xavier ’11; 3rd season), Ben Johnson (Minnesota ’05; 3rd season) Associate Athletic Director for Basketball Administration: Mario Mercurio (Xavier ‘03; 18th season) Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Matthew Graves (Butler ‘98; 2nd season) Head Athletic Trainer: David Fluker (Wilmington ‘86; 18th season) Strength and Conditioning Coach:Matt Jennings (North Carolina ‘96; 12th season) Video Coordinator: Trey Scotti (Indiana ‘17; 4th season) Graduate Program Assistants: Leighton Schrand (Xavier ’20; 1st season) and Sean Flannery (John Carroll ’20; 1st season) Associate Athletic Director for Communications/MBB Media Contact:Tom Eiser (Xavier ‘84; 35th season) * Graduate student academically. $ Not able to play in games (as of 11-24-20) XAVIER AND BIG EAST WEB SITES & SOCIAL MEDIA PRONUNCIATIONS Dante DAN-tay Hashtag: #LetsGoX Dieonte Dee-On-tay Xavier Athletics website: www.GoXavier.com Xavier Athletics Facebook: facebook.com/XavierMusketeers Fluker Flew-ker Xavier Athletics Twitter: @XUAthletics KyKy KEE-kee Xavier Athletics Instagram: @XUAthletics Xavier Gameday Twitter: @XavierGameDay Singh SING Swetye SWEE-tie Xavier Basketball on Twitter & Instagram: @XavierMBB Coach Steele on Twitter: @CoachSteeleXU Wilcher WILL-chur Eiser on Twitter: @EiserXUSports 0 C.J. Wilcher 1 Paul Scruggs 2 Daniel Ramsey 3 Colby Jones 5 Adam Kunkel 6-5 195 Freshman 6-4 196 Senior 6-9 233 Sophomore 6-5 195 Freshman 6-4 176 Junior Guard Guard Forward Guard Guard Plainfield, N.J. Indianapolis, Ind. Cordele, Ga. Birmingham, Ala. Hebron, Ky. 10 Nate Johnson 11 Dwon Odom 13 Bryan Griffin 14 Ben Stanley 15 Spencer Cody 6-4 195 Senior 6-1 180 Freshman 6-8 230 Senior 6-6 230 Junior 6-0 170 Junior Guard Guard Forward Forward Guard Miami, Fla. Alpharetta, Ga. Pomona, N.Y. Baltimore, Md. Chicago, Ill. 20 Ramon Singh 21 Zak Swetye 22 Dieonte Miles 24 KyKy Tandy 25 Jason Carter 6-4 187 Junior 6-1 170 Junior 6-10 220 Freshman 6-2 190 Sophomore 6-8 227 Senior Guard Guard Forward Guard Forward Sydney, Australia Darien, Conn. Walton, Ky. Hopkinsville, Ky. Johnstown, Ohio 32 Zach Freemantle Travis Steele Jonas Hayes Dante Jackson Ben Johnson 6-9 225 Sophomore Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Forward 3rd Year 3rd Year 3rd Year 3rd Year Teaneck, N.J. Butler ‘04 Georgia ‘04 Xavier ‘11 Minnesota ‘05 Mario Mercurio Matthew Graves David Fluker Matt Jennings Assoc. AD for Special Asst. to the Head Athletic Trainer Strength and Basketball Admin. Head Coach 18th Year Conditioning Coach 18th Year • Xavier ‘03 2nd Year • Butler ‘98 Wilmington ‘86 12h Year • N. Carolina ‘96 TOLEDO'S XAVIER CONNECTION: Former Xavier standout guard Jeff Massey, Toledo's Associ- ate Head Coach, is in his seventh season on the UT staff. A 1995 Xavier gradu- ate, Massey helped guide The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has Xavier to the 1994 NIT Xavier's Paul Scruggs among the 20 watch list mem- Quarterfinals as a junior bers for the 2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the and teamed with backcourt Year Award.