By Bert Leeson

2 25 2024

GAME NOTES

https://goxavier.com/documents/2024/2/23/2023-24_NOTES_GAME_27_VS._MARQUETTE.pdf

CINCINNATI — The Xavier University Musketeers, 13-13 overall and 7-8 in the BIG EAST Conference, take on the No. 7 Marquette University Golden Eagles, 20-6 overall and 11-4 in the BIG EAST, on Sunday in Milwaukee. Xavier and Marquette are meeting for the first time this season. XU and MU meet again on March 9 in Cincinnati.

Xavier graduate student Quincy Olivari, who is second in the BIG EAST in scoring (19.1 ppg.), enters the Marquette game just 16 points shy of 2,000. Olivari has scored 1,984 points in his collegiate career, including his totals at Rice and Xavier.

XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (13-13, 7-8 BIG EAST)
NO. 7/8 MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY GOLDEN EAGLES (20-6, 11-4 BIG EAST)
SUNDAY, FEB. 25, 2024 AT 5:00 P.M. ET (4 P.M. CT)
FISERV FORUM IN MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Matt Schumacker and analysis from Nick Bahe.
Xavier Radio: 55KRC-AM with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famer Joe Sunderman (’79) analysis from XU all-time leading scorer and Hall of Famer Byron Larkin (’88). XU broadcast is also on the Varsity Network and on SXM.

Live Stats: Stats at GoXavier.com and gomarquette.com.

• Xavier is one of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities, as are fellow BIG EAST Conference members Marquette, Creighton and Georgetown.
• Xavier and Marquette play twice in XU’s final five regular season games. Marquette visits Xavier on March 9. MU is the only team XU has not yet played this season.
• Xavier has played the nation’s sixth-toughest schedule per the latest KenPom rankings.
• Xavier has 10 newcomers on the 2023-24 roster, including six freshmen who have logged 29.2 percent of the minutes played this season, the most for XU since 1995-96.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST Conference and is third in the nation in fastbreak points at 16.7 ppg. XU is fourth in the BIG EAST and 29th in the nation in assists at 16.6 apg.
• Xavier graduate student Quincy Olivari, who is second in the BIG EAST in scoring (19.1 ppg.), enters the Marquette game with 1,984 points in his collegiate career, including his totals at Rice and Xavier.
• Xavier’s Quincy Olivari leads the BIG EAST and is 16th in the nation in 3-point field goals at 3.1 made per game and leads the BIG EAST and is fourth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at .443.
• Xavier senior Dayvion McKnight is first in the BIG EAST and 18th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.12. He leads the team and is sixth in the BIG EAST in assists at 4.9 apg. and ninth in steals at 1.5 spg. McKnight, who has averaged 16.3 ppg. for the last 10 games, is third on the team in scoring at 12.1 ppg.
• Xavier sophomore Desmond Claude is second on the team in scoring at 16.1 ppg.
(ninth in the BIG EAST) and assists at 3.5 apg. (12th in the BIG EAST).
• Xavier senior Abou Ousmane, coming off a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds vs. Providence, leads XU in rebounding at 6.5 rpg. (14th in the BIG EAST). He is fifth in the BIG EAST in offensive rebounding (2.8 rpg.) and is sixth in blocks (1.4 bpg.).

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