Xavier's game at Georgetown will be the first of two road games. XU plays next Wednesday, March 6th against Butler, then concludes the regular season against Marquette on Saturday, March 9th at Cintas Center.
match
Xavier University Musketeers (14-14, 8-9 Big East)
Georgetown University Hoyas (9-19, 2-15 Big East)
Saturday, March 2, 2024, 7:30 PM ET
Capital One Arena in Washington DC
TV, radio and live statistics
tv set: Includes FS1 live play John Fanta and analysis from Tariq Turner.
Xavier Radio: 55KRC-AM, with commentary by Xavier Hall of Famer Joe Thunderman ('79) XU analysis of all-time leading scorers and Hall of Famers byron larkin ('88). XU broadcasts can also be found on Varsity Network and SXM.
Live statistics: Media statistics can be found at Statbroadcast.com and fan statistics can be found at GoXavier.com.
X factor
• Xavier Graduate Student quincy olivariThe BIG EAST's top scorer with 19.4 points scored 32 points against DePaul on Wednesday, eclipsing the 2,000-point mark in his college career. He has 2,030 points combined at Rice and Xavier.
• Xavier's Quincy Olivari They lead the BIG EAST, ranking 16th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at 3.2 per game, and 2nd in the BIG EAST and 6th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at .436.
• Xavier Sr. davion mcknight His assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.38 ranks first in the BIG EAST and 10th in the nation. He leads the team in assists and averages 5.1, which ranks him fourth in the BIG EAST. He leads the team in steals and ranks eighth in the league with 1.5 spg. McKnight averaged 15.5 ppg. He is third on the team in points scored in the past 12 games with 12.1 ppg.
• Xavier 2nd grade Desmond Claude Scored 15.3 ppg, second on the team. (He ranks 11th in the BIG EAST) and in assists he has 3.3 apg. (14th place in BIG EAST).
• Xavier Sr. Abu UsmanHe had a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds against Providence on February 21, and ranks fifth in the Big East in offensive rebounds (2.9 rebounds) and sixth in blocks (1.3 rebounds).
• Xavier has 10 newcomers on its 2023-24 season roster, including six freshmen who logged 30.0 percent of minutes this season, which was the highest for XU in 1995-96. This is the highest number since .
Kachi NzeXavier, who started Wednesday's game against DePaul, became the fourth freshman to start at least one game this season.
• Xavier ended its losing streak at four with a win over DePaul on Wednesday.
• Xavier has played the ninth-toughest schedule in the nation, according to the latest KenPom rankings.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST Conference and ranks third in the nation in fast break points with 16.5 ppg. XU ranks third in the BIG EAST and 21st in the nation in assists with 16.8 apg.
