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Xavier University MUsketeers (0-0) vs. northern arizona Univ. lUMberjacks (0-0)

Fri., Nov. 14, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. ET • Cintas Center (10,250)

2014-15 SChEdulE/resUlts (0-0)

Date Opponent TV Time (EST)/ResultNOVEMBER 14 Fri. Northern Arizona FOX College 7:0018 Tue. Long Beach State FOX Sports 1 7:0021 Fri. StephenF.Austin FOXSports2 8:0024 Mon. Murray State FOX Sports 1 7:0027 Thu. +San Diego ESPN2 4:3028 Fri. +UTEP/Princeton ESPN TBD TBD30 Sun. +TBD ESPN TBD TBDDECEMBER 6 Sat. Alabama CBS Sports Network 8:009 Tue. IUPUI FOX Sports 1 7:0013 Sat. at Missouri ESPN2 4:0020 Sat. at Auburn SEC Network 6:0028 Sun. Florida Gulf Coast FOX Sports 1 4:0031 WED. GEORGETOWN FOX SPORTS 1 10:00JANUARy 3 SAT. AT DEPAUl FOX SPORTS 1 2:00 7 WED. SETON HALL CBS SPORTS NET 7:0010 SAT. AT BUTlER FOX SPORTS NET * 2:0014 WED. AT VIllANOVA FOX SPORTS 1 9:0017 SAT. MARQUETTE FOX SPORTS NET * 12:0022 THU. AT PROVIDENCE FOX SPORTS NET * 7:0024 SAT. DEPAUL FOX SPORTS 1 12:0027 TUE. AT GEORGETOWN FOX SPORTS 1 7:0031 SAT. AT SETON HAll FOX SPORTS 1 12:00FEBRUARy 4 WED. CREIGHTON FOX SPORTS 1 9:007 SAT. PROVIDENCE FOX SPORTS 1 1:0010 TUE. AT MARQUETTE FOX SPORTS 1 9:0014 SAT. ST. JOHN’S FOX TBD 3:0018 Wed. atCincinnati ESPN/ESPN2 7:0021 SAT. BUTLER FOX SPORTS NET * 2:0023 MON. AT ST. JOHN’S FOX SPORTS 1 8:0028 SAT. VILLANOVA FOX NATIONAL 2:00MARCH 7 SAT. AT CREIGHTON FOX SPORTS 2 2:0011-14 W.-SA. BIG EAST CHAMP. FOX SPORTS 1 TBD

+Wooden legacy in Anaheim CA. (XU, San Diego, Princeton, UTEP, long Beach St, Western Mich., San Jose St, Washington) * regional broadcastBIG EAST GAMES All CAPS Home Games In Bold Times Are Eastern Time

TElEviSioN & Radio

Television: FOX College Sports with play-by-play from Steve Physioc and analysis from Tarik Turner.Radio: 55KRC-AMandnationallyviaiHeartRadiowithplay-by-playfromXavierHallofFamer and former Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman (‘79).AnalysiswillbeprovidedbyXavierHallofFamerandXUall-timeleadingscorerByron Larkin (‘88).

the X factors...in 140 characters or less

•Xavierhaswon24straightregularseasonopenerswithitslastlosstoSouthernUtah(1989-90), a Big Sky member with Northern Arizona.

•Xavierhaswonall14ofitsseasonopenersatCintasCenter,includingawinoverGardner-Webb last season.

•Xavierhas six scholarship returnees back from a team that made its eighth NCAA Tournament in nine years.

•Xavierisoneofonly13schoolstomakeatleasteightNCAATournamentsinthelastnine years.

•Xavierusedabalancedattackwithfivedouble-figurescorersina102-68exhibitionwinoverNorthwoodonSaturday.

•Xavierplaysfourhomegamestoopenthe2014-15regularseasonbeginningwiththeNorthern Arizona game.

•Xavierhas23regularseasongamesinadditiontoBIGEASTChampionshipgamesthatwill be broadcast on a FOX Sports network this season.

•XavierwaspickedfourthbythecoachesintheBIGEASTpreseasonpollandseniorMattStainbrookwas named preseason BE First Team.

•Xavierhasgraduatedeachofthelast94men’sbasketballplayersthathaveplayedasseniors, including current senior and MBA student MattStainbrook.

the players

2013-14SEASON

NO. NAME(Ht./YR) POS. PPG RPG APG NOtES

0 LarryAustinJr.(6-2/Fr.) G Newcomer UnanimousFirstTeamAll-StateinIllinois

1 Jalen Reynolds (6-10/So.) F 3.8 3.8 0.1 led XU in scoring & reb. for 4 games in Brazil

2 *James Farr (6-10/Jr.) F 4.6 3.9 0.2 Second-leading returning rebounder

3 *Brandon Randolph (6-2/So.) G 2.6 1.3 1.3 Played all 34 games with 6 starts as a freshman

4 Edmond Sumner (6-5/Fr.) G Newcomer All-State guard and Magna Cum laude student

5 *TrevonBluiett(6-6/Fr.) F Newcomer Second-leadingXUscorerinBrazilinAugust

10 RemyAbell(6-4/Jr.) G FirstYearatXU TransferfromIndianaplayinginhisfirstXUgame

11 *DeeDavis(6-0/Sr.) G 7.7 1.8 4.7 led team & 2nd in BIG EAST in assists last season

13 MakindéLondon(6-10/Fr.) F Newcomer Grewfrom6-1asahighschoolseniorinNashville

15 MylesDavis(6-2/So.) G 5.3 1.5 0.9 Great shooter who is healthy entering soph. year

21 Tim Stainbrook (6-6/So.) F 0.0 0.0 0.0 YoungerbrotherofXUstandoutMattStainbrook

24 AndrewMitchell(5-10/Sr.) G Newcomer Practiceplayerlastyear;earnedfullwalk-onstatus

32 KevinCoker(6-6/Jr.) F 0.0 0.0 0.0 Third-year walk-on

40 *MattStainbrook(6-10/Sr.) C 10.6 7.4 2.2 Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST Conference

54 Sean O’Mara (6-10/Fr.) F/C Newcomer Standout football and basketball star at Benet Acad.

55 J.P. Macura (6-5/Fr.) G Newcomer 1st Team All-State & Minn. “Mr. Basketball” Finalist

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Xavier Media Contact: Assoc.AthleticDirectortomEiser(eiser@xavier.edu) 513-745-3124(office),513-382-5565(cell)and@EiserXUSportsonTwitter

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XavierAthleticstwitter:@XUAthleticsXavierticketstwitter:@Xaviertickets

XavierGamedaytwitter:@XavierGameDayXavierBasketballontwitter:@XavierMBBCoachMackontwitter:@CoachChrisMack

Eiserontwitter:@EiserXUSportsXavierAthleticsInstagram:@XUAthletics

XavierMen’sBasketballInstagram:@XavierMBB-----------------------------------------

BIG EAST website: www.BIGEAST.comBIG EAST Facebook: facebook.com/BIGEASTConference

BIGEAStConferencetwitter:@BIGEAStConfBIGEAStMBBtwitter:@BIGEAStMBB

2014-15 XAVIER MuskEtEER nuMERICAL ROstER

NO. NAME YR. POS.Ht. Wt. HOMEtOWN HIGHSCHOOl/lAStCOllEGE

0 LarryAustinJr. Fr. G 6-2 174 Springfield,Ill. Lanphier1 JalenReynolds So. F 6-10 232 Detroit,Mich. LivoniaStevenson/BrewsterAcademy(N.H.)2 JamesFarr Jr. F 6-10 247 Evanston,Ill. Evanston/MaineCentralInstitute3 Brandon Randolph So. G 6-2 189 Inglewood, Calif. Inglewood High4 Edmond Sumner Fr. G 6-5 170 Detroit, Mich. Country Day5 TrevonBluiett Fr. F 6-6 215 Indianapolis,Ind. ParkTudor10 ^RemyAbell Jr. G 6-4 195 Louisville,Ky. Eastern/IndianaUniversity11 DeeDavis Sr. G 6-0 170 Bloomington,Ind. South13 MakindéLondon Fr. F 6-10 210 Nashville,Tenn. Montverde(Fla.)Academy15 MylesDavis So. G 6-2 195 Plainfield,N.J. St.Benedict’s(N.J.)/NotreDamePrep(Mass.)21 Tim Stainbrook So. F 6-6 200 Bay Village, Ohio. lakewood St. Edward24 AndrewMitchell Sr. G 5-10 170 Louisville,Ky. DanvilleArea32 KevinCoker Jr. F 6-6 200 Plainfield,Ill. PlainfieldSouth40 MattStainbrook+ Sr. C 6-10 270 BayVillage,Ohio LakewoodSt.Edward/WesternMichiganUniversity54 Sean O’Mara Fr. F/C 6-10 247 lisle, Ill. Benet Academy 55 J.P.Macura Fr. G 6-5 190 Lakeville,Minn. LakevilleNorthHead Coach:ChrisMack(Xavier‘92;sixthseason)Assistants:RickCarter(MichiganState‘02;2ndseason),MikePegues(Delaware‘00;3rdseason)andTravisSteele(Butler‘04;6thseason)DirectorofBasketballAdministration:MarioMercurio(Xavier‘03;11thseason)DirectorofBasketballOperations:JeremyGrowe(Indiana‘09;sixthseason)Graduate Program Asst.: TySampson(Illinois‘13;2ndseason),JoeSullivan(Xavier‘14;1stseason),MichaelMassa(Xavier‘11;1stseason)Athletictrainer:DavidFluker(Wilmington‘86;fifthseasonwithcurrentstaffand12thoverall)StrengthandConditioningCoach:MattJennings(NorthCarolina‘96;sixthseason)AssociateAthleticDirectorforCommunicationsandMen’sBasketballMediaContact:TomEiser(Xavier‘84;29thseason)

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^ - transfer now eligible in 2014-15 season

PROnunCIAtIOn guIdE

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HONORING THE MILITARy: Xaviermen’sbasketballhostsaSalutetoServiceandcelebrates Opening Night on Friday, No-vember14atCintasCenter.IncelebrationofVeteran’sDayandforappreciationtothemenandwomenwhohaveservedorarecurrentlyservinginthearmedforces,XavierwillprovideacomplimentarytickettotheregularseasonhomeopeneragainstNorthernArizona.TheofferisavailableexclusivelythroughGovX.com,aprivilegede-commercewebsiteforquali-fiedmembersoftheU.S.ArmedForcesandthoseinrelatedgovernmentagen-cies.Inadditiontoreceivingacompli-mentaryticket,GovXmembersmayalsopurchasediscountedticketsforfamilyandguestsat$10each.BesuretovisitGovXtotakeadvantageofspecialofferstoXaviermen’sbasketballallseasonlong.

THE SERIES: Thisisthefirstmeetingbetween the two schools in men’s basket-ball.

LOOKING FOR OPENING NIGHT SUCCESS AGAIN: Xavier has won 24 straight regular season openers (23 at home and one on the road) with its last loss in an opener coming in the 1989-90 “Sweet 16” season toSouthernUtahStateatCincinnatiGar-dens (97-90 on December 2, 1989). South-ern Utah State is a member of the Big Sky Conference along with Northern Arizona, this season’s opponent for the regular season opener. Xavier has won all 14 of its season openers at Cintas Center, includ-ingan83-59winoverGardner-Webblastseason (11-8-13).

FOR THE RECORD (NORTHERN ARIZONA): This is also the regular season opener for Northern Arizona, who beat California Baptist87-82inexhibitionplayonOct.29.

FOR THE RECORD (XAVIER): Xavier,21-13overallinthe2013-14season,finishedtiedforthirdintheBIGEASTConferenceat10-8,XU’sfirstasaBIGEASTmember. Head coach Chris Mack welcomes back sixscholarshipletterwinnersfromthe2013-14 team that made its eighth NCAA Tournament appearance in nine years. Mack, who signed a contract extension intheoffseasonthroughthe2019-20season, also welcomes a talented group ofsevennewcomersthatincludesasix-memberfreshmanrecruitingclassrankedinthetop20inthenation.

EXHIBITION OPENER: Xaviermen’sbas-ketball team topped Northwood, 102-68, this past Saturday in the Musketeers’ only public tune-up before opening the 2014-15 season. The Musketeers used balanced scoring to break the century mark, with fiveMusketeersscoringindoubledigits:MattStainbrook (16), Jalen Reynolds (15), Trevon Bluiett (14), Sean O’Mara (14) and Myles Davis (10). XU led 31-27 withundersixminutesleftinthefirsthalfbut went on a 16-5 run to end the half and a 4-0 run to start the second half and open up a 51-32 lead.

A HEAD START IN BRAZIL:Xavierplayedafour-gameexhibitiontourinBrazilinAugust. Sophomore Jalen Reynolds led Xavierinscoring(13.3ppg.),rebounding(10.8 rpg.), blocks (1.5 bpg.) and steals (1.5 spg.) for the four games. Freshman trevonBluiett was the team’s second-leadingscorer,averaging11.3ppg.togowith 1.8 apg.

GRAB A ROSTER ... PLENTy OF NEW FACES: Much of the excitement among Xavierfanssurroundsthesevennewfaces, including junior guard Remy Abell, whoiseligiblethisseasonaftertransfer-ringfromIndiana.Thenationally-rankedsix-memberfreshmanrecruitingclassin-cludesthree-timeIndianastatechampionandFirstTeamAll-StateselectionTrevon Bluiett,aforwardwhoaveraged35.7ppg. and 11.4 rpg. as a senior. FOXSports.comlistedBluiettandnewteammateJ.P. Macura among the top 10 shooters nationallyintheincomingfreshmanclass.BluiettisonthepreseasonSporting News All-Newcomer Team for the BIG EAST. Macura, a First Team All-State guard from Minnesota,averaged32.2ppg.and6.5rpg. as a senior while leading his team to astatetitle.larryAustinJr., a 6-2 guard from Illinois, was a unanimous First Team All-Stateselectionafteraveraging22.2points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.2 steals as a senior. Edmond Sumner, an explosivecomboguardandtwo-timeAll-StateselectionfromMichigan,averaged19.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.9 steals per game as a senior. Sean O’Mara, a rugged forward and First Team All-StateselectionfromIllinois,averaged23 points and 13 rebounds for his senior season, while leading his team to a 25-8 record and a Class 4A State Runner-Up finish.Thesixthmemberofthisimpres-siveclassisversatileforwardMakindé London,whoisoriginallyfromNashville,

Tenn.,butwonaNationalChampionshipthispastyearplayingforMontverdeAcad-emy in Florida.

PRESEASON HyPE: Despite the young squad,Xavierhasearnedsomepreseasonnoticeamongmanyofthenationalmedia.USA TodayhasXavierranked39thinitspreseason countdown of the top teams and collegesportsmadness.com has XU ranked 40th. XU was picked fourth out of 10 teams in the BIG EAST Conference preseason coaches’ poll.

SENIORS LEAD THE RETURNEES: Senior center MattStainbrook and senior point guard Dee Davis are the returning start-ers from last season and will be relied on by Coach Mack as leaders of this year’s squad.Stainbrook,apreseason2014-15 First Team All-BIG EAST Conference selectionbytheleaguecoaches,ledXUinreboundingat7.4rpg.(fifthinBIGEAST)and was third in scoring at 10.6 ppg. Stain-brook is the leading returnee in scoring and rebounding for the Musketeers and theonlyreturningdouble-figurescorer.DavisledXavierandwassecondintheBIG EAST last season in assists at 4.7 apg. and is the team’s second-leading returning scorer at 7.7 ppg.

PRESEASONHONORS:MattStainbrook is a preseason First Team All-BIG EAST selectionbytheBIGEASTcoachesandis also listed as a preseason All-BIG EAST selectionbySporting News and Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook and a preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team se-lectionbycollegesportsmadness.comandboth Athlon and Lindy’s in their preseason collegebasketballpublications.Daviswasnamed 2014-15 preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team by collegesportsmadness.com.

MORE RETURNING DEPTH: There are severalotherreturneeswhoareex-pected to step up this season, including sophomore forward Jalen Reynolds, who becameamajorinsideforceforXavieras the 2014 season progressed, including his 17-point, 16-rebound game in the win overSt.John’satMadisonSquareGar-den.VersatilejuniorforwardJames Farr showed some deep range and rebounding andwilllooktoimprovehisconsistencythis season. Sophomore guards Brandon Randolph and Myles Davis are expected to play much bigger roles in their second seasons.

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TOUGH SLATE AGAIN: Head coach Chris Mack will once again challenge the Musketeerswithanaggressivenon-conference schedule that should prepare the Musketeers well for the rugged round-robin 18-game BIG EAST schedule. The non-conference slate includes road games atMissouri,CincinnatiandAuburninad-ditiontotheWoodenTraditioninCalifor-nia.Xavier’shomeslateincludesgamesagainstAlabama,StephenF.Austin, Murray State and Florida Gulf Coast.

STAINBROOK EARNED A NATIONAL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE HONOR ... NOMI-NATED FOR OTHERS THIS yEAR: MattStainbrook was named to the 10-member men’sbasketballDivisionI-AAAAthlet-icsDirectorsAssociationScholar-AthleteTeam as a junior. This year Stainbrook is a top candidate for The Senior ClASS Award, which was created as an acronym for CelebratingLoyaltyandAchievementforStayinginSchool;itisaprestigiousawardthat honors seniors who excel in the areas ofcommunityinvolvement,theclassroom,character/leadershipandcompetition.Stainbrook is also a 2014-15 Allstate Good Works Team Nominee.

STAINBROOK IS A 1,000-POINT SCORER: Senior MattStainbrook passed 1,000 col-legiate 1,000 collegiate points during the 2014BIGEASTTournamentQuarterfinalsvs.Marquetteandnowhas1,027careerpoints, including 676 points as a two-year starter at Western Michigan.

MACK PASSED 100 WINS: Xaviersixth-yearhead coach Chris Mack(Xavier‘92)is just thefourthcoachinXavierhistorytoreach100 wins. MackisnowfourthonXavier’sall-timewinslistforheadcoachesat111-57(.661)astheXavierheadcoach,includ-ingfourNCAATournamentsinhisfirstfiveseasons, two of which ended in the Sweet 16 (2012 and 2010).

TIES TO OTHER XAVIER COACHES WITH 100 WINS: Pete Gillen (202 wins in nine seasons: 1985-94), Skip Prosser(148winsinsevenseasons: 1994-2001) and Sean Miller (120 winsinfiveseasons:2004-09)arethethreecoaches ahead of current Chris Mack on the XU wins list. Mack played under Gillen and then-Gillen assistant Prosser at XU and heworkedonthestaffsofMilleratXUandProsser at both XU and Wake.

PLENTy OF SUCCESS AT CINTAS CENTER: Xavier,whichwas15-2inthe2013-14season(its14thseason)atitsbeautiful

on-campus home, has compiled a 188-27 (.874)recordatCintasCenter.Xavier’s15winsinthe2013-14seasontiedwiththe2009-10 team for the second-most wins in a season at Cintas Center. The school record is 16 wins in a 16-1 2007-08 home season at Cintas Center.

ANOTHER STANDING ROOM ONLy SELLOUT: Xavierdrewstandingroomonlycrowds for each of its last two home games ofthe2013-14season,March6vs.Villanova(10,340)andMarch1vs.Creighton(oncam-pus facility school record crowd of 10,483). ThesewerethefirsttwogamesXavierhaseversoldstandingroomonlyticketsforatCintas Center since the building opened for the2000-01season.Xavierhasnowsoldout117games(outof215all-timegamesatCintasCenter)includesevenselloutsinthe2013-14season(Villanova,Creighton,Butler,Georgetown,St.John’s,Providenceand Gardner-Webb).

OVER TWO MILLION FANS AND COUNTING AT CINTAS CENTER: Xavierhasaveraged10,015 fans for its 215 games played at the 10,250-seat Cintas Center since it opened for the 2000-01 season, while selling out 117 games so far. That’s 97.7% capacity of its 10,250 seats since the building opened. Xavierpassedthetwomillionmarkformen’s basketball fans at Cintas Center on Nov.12,2013,fortheTennesseegame.

NCAA TOURNAMENT TRADITION: Xavierhas made eight of the last nine NCAA Tournaments and 12 of the last 14. Only 13schoolshavebeentoatleasteightNCAA Tournaments in the last nine years: Duke, Kansas, Gonzaga, Michigan State andWisconsinareatnine,whileXavier,Texas,Pittsburgh,NorthCarolina,Villa-nova,Marquette,OhioStateandLouisvilleare at eight. Three of those 13 schools are fromtheBIGEASTConference(Xavier,Vil-lanovaandMarquette).

POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT TRADI-TION: Xaviermadeits27thpostseasonappearances in the last 32 seasons (1983-2014). That span includes 23 NCAA Tournament appearances, including eight of the last nine and 12 of the last 14 NCAA Tournaments. XU only made the NCAA Tournamentfieldonetime(1961)beforethe 1982-83 season.

SEEING 20-20 ... ANOTHER 20-WIN SEASON: Xavier,21-13,recordeditseighth20-win season in the last nine years and its 16th 20-win season in the last 18 years in the 2013-14 season.

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the last tiMe... Xavier scored 80-89 points: XU 83, DePaul 64 at CC (2-19-14)Opponent scored 80-89 points: Creighton 86, XU 78 at BIG EASTTourn.atMadisonSquareGarden(3-14-14)Xavier scored 90-99 points: XU93,AbileneChristian65atCC(11-25-13)Opponent scored 90-99 points: Creighton 95, XU 89 at CU (1-12-14)Xavier scored 100 points or more: XU 117, Fairleigh Dickin-son 75 at CC (11-9-12)Opponent scored 100 points or more: Kansas State 101, XU 96 in 2OT in NCAA Trn. (3-25-10)Xavier scored 60 points or less: North Carolina State 74, XU 59 in NCAA Tournament at UD Arena (3-18-14)Opponent scored 60 points or less: XU 65, Saint John’s 53 at MSG (2-25-14)Xavier scored 50 points or less: Tennessee64,XU49atBattle4Atlantis(11-29-13)Opponent scored 50 points or less: XU 64, Butler 50 at BU (2-11-14)Xavier scored 40 points or less: Temple 59, XU 40 at TU (1-25-00)Opponent scored 40 points or less: XU 65, Delaware State 33 at CC (12-28-07)Xavier won by 10-19 points: XU 65, Saint John’s 53 at MSG (2-25-14)Opponent won by 10-19 points: North Carolina State 74, XU 59 in NCAA Tournament at UD Arena (3-18-14)Xavier won by 20-29 points: XU93,AbileneChristian65atCC (11-25-13)Opponent won by 20-29 points: Georgetown 74, XU 52 at GU (2-22-14)Xavier won by 30 points or more: XU 117, Fairleigh Dickinson 75 at CC (11-9-12)Opponent won by 30 points or more: la Salle 80, XU 49 at CincinnatiGardens(1-23-00)Xavierscored50ormoreinthefirsthalf:50vs.DePaulatDU (1-20-14)Opponentscored50ormoreinthefirsthalf: 55 by Duke at Izod Center (12-20-08)Xavier scored 50 or more in second half: 51vs.Georgetownat CC (1-15-14) Opponent scored 50 or more in the second half: 53 by Villanova81atVU(2-3-14)Xavierscored25orlessinthefirsthalf:20vs.SetonHallatSHU (3-3-14)Opponentscored25orlessinthefirsthalf:22 by Butler at BU (2-11-14)Xavier scored 25 or less in second half: 23vs.CincinnatiatU.S. Bank Arena (12-14-13)Opponent scored 25 or less in the second half: 23 by Saint John’s at MSG (2-25-14)Xavierplayedanovertimegame:XU 85, Bowling Green 73 in overtimeatCC(12-7-13)Xavierplayedmorethanoneovertime:XU94,Wofford90in3OT at CC (11-27-10)Xavierwonanovertimegame:XU 85, Bowling Green 73 in overtimeatCC(12-7-13)Opponentwonanovertimegame:Iowa77,Xavier74atBattle4Atlantis(11-28-13)Xaviershot60percentfromthefield:64.3(27-42)vs.DePaulat CC (2-19-14)Opponentshot60percentfromthefield:60.0 (30-50) by St. Joseph’s at CC (1-17-04)Xavier shot 50 pct. or more: 50.8(33-65)vs.CreightonatBIGEASTTourn.atMadisonSquareGarden(3-14-14)Opponent shot 50 percent or more: 54.7 (29-53) by North Carolina State in NCAA Tournament at UD Arena (3-18-14)Xavier shot 35 pct. or worse:34.4(21-61)vs.SaintJoseph’sat SJU (1-26-13)Opponent shot 35 percent or worse: 34.0 (18-53) by Butler at BU (2-11-14)

Xaviermade40ormorefieldgoals:43-61vs.FairleighDickinson at CC (11-9-12)Opponentmade40ormorefieldgoals:48-81 by Kansas in Great Alaska Shootout (11-26-99)Xavier made 30 or more free throws: 32-41vs.Marquetteat CC (1-9-14)Opponent made 30 or more free throws: 30-34 by Gonzaga at GU (12-22-10)Xavier made 20-29 free throws: 21-38vsDePaulatCC (2-19-14)Opponent made 20-29 free throws: 21-24 by Creighton at BIGEASTTourn.atMadisonSquareGarden(3-14-14)Xavier made 10 or more 3-Pt. FG: 12-26vs.CreightonatCU(1-12-14) Opponent made 10 or more 3-Pt. FG: 11-25 by Creighton at BIGEASTTourn.atMadisonSquareGarden(3-14-14)Xavier had 50 or more rebounds: 50vs.WakeForestatCC(12-28-13)Opponent had 50 or more rebounds: 51 by Dayton at CC (1-16-10)Xavier had 25 or more assists: 25vs.FairleighDickinsonatCC (11-9-12)Opponent had 25 or more assists: 25byVillanovaatVU(2-3-14)Xavier had 15 or more steals: 16vs.CoastalCarolinaatCC(11-17-01)Opponent had 15 or more steals: 16 by Missouri in Puerto RicoTip-Off(11-20-08)Xavier had 10 or more blocked shots: 10vs.SaintLouisatCC (3-6-13)Opponent had 10 or more blocked shots:10byProvidenceat PC (1-25-14)Xavier had 15 or more turnovers:15vs.SaintJohn’satMSG(2-25-14)Opponent had 15 or more turnovers: 15byMarquetteatBIGEASTTourn.atMadisonSquareGarden(3-13-14)Musketeer scored 20-29 pts.: 23byIsaiahPhilmorevs.Creigh-tonatBIGEASTTourn.atMadisonSquareGarden(3-14-14)Opponent scored 20-29 pts.: 25 by T.J. Warren of North Caro-lina State in NCAA Tournament at UD Arena (3-18-14)Musketeer scored 30-39 points: 32byTuHollowayvs.Dayton at CC (2-18-12)Opponent scored 30-39 points in a game: 32 by Doug McDermottofCreightonatBIGEASTTourn.atMadisonSquareGarden (3-14-14) Musketeer scored 40+ points in a game: 47byDavidWestvs.Dayton at CC (2-8-03)Opponent scored 40+ points in a game: 44 by Jimmal Ball of Akron at UA (12-21-96)Musketeer grabbed 15 + reb.: 16byJustinMartinvs. Creighton at CC (3-1-14)Musketeer had 10 + assists: 10 by Semaj Christon at St. Bonaventure(1-16-13)Musketeer had 5 or more steals: 5byDeeDavisvs.Mar-quetteatBIGEASTTourn.atMadisonSquareGarden(3-13-14)Musketeer had 5 or more blocks: 6byTravisTaylorvs.Saintlouis at CC (3-6-13)Double-double (pts.-ast.): 19 points & 10 assists by Semaj Christonvs.St.BonaventureatSBU(1-16-13)Double-double (pts.-reb.): 19points&16reboundsbyJustinMartinvs.CreightonatCC(3-1-14)Two Musketeer players with double-doubles in one game: 22points&15assistsbyDeeDavisand20points&12re-boundsbyTravisTaylorvs.FairleighDickinsonatCC(11-9-12)Triple-double (pts.-reb.-ast.): Tu Holloway 26 pts., 11 reb. & 10ast.vs.FordhamatCC(2-19-11)FiveMusketeersscoredindoublefigures:5vs.VCUatCC(2-23-13)SixMusketeersscoredindoublefigures:6vs.LaSalleatCC(2-22-11)SevenMusketeersscoredindoublefigures:7vs.FairleighDickinson at CC (11-9-12)

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0larryAustinJr.6-2•174•Fr.•GSpringfield,Ill.

lanphier

11 Dee Davis6-0•170•Sr.•GBloomington, Ind.

South

1 Jalen Reynolds6-10•232•So.•F

Detroit, Mich.Brewster Academy (N.H.)

2 James Farr6-10•247•Jr.•F

Evanston,Ill.MaineCentralInstitute

3 Brandon Randolph6-2•189•So.•GInglewood, Calif.

Inglewood

32 Kevin Coker6-6•200•Jr.•FPlainfield,Ill.

PlainfieldSouth

Mario MercurioDir. of Basketball Admin.

11th Year Xavier‘03

4 Edmond Sumner6-5•170•Fr.•G

Detroit, Mich.Country Day

40MattStainbrook6-10•270•Sr.•CBay Village, Ohio

lakewood St. Edward

10 Remy Abell6-4•195•Jr.•GLouisville,Ky.

Eastern

13 Makindé London6-10•210•Fr.•FNashville,Tenn.

MontverdeAcademy(Fla.)

15 Myles Davis6-2•195•So.•GPlainfield,N.J.

Notre Dame Prep (Mass.)

21 Tim Stainbrook6-6•200•So.•FBay Village, Ohio

lakewood St. Edward

24 Andrew Mitchell5-10•170•Sr.•G

Louisville,Ky.DanvilleArea

54 Sean O’Mara6-10•247•Fr.•F/C

lisle, Ill.Benet Academy

5trevonBluiett6-6•215•Fr.•FIndianapolis, Ind.

Park Tudor

Chris MackHead Coach

6th Year Xavier‘92

55 J.P. Macura6-5•190•Fr.•GLakeville,Minn.LakevilleNorth

Rick CarterAssistant Coach

2nd YearMichiganState‘02

Travis SteeleAssistant Coach

6th YearButler‘04

Jeremy GroweDir.ofBasketballOperations

6th YearIndiana‘09

David FlukerAthleticTrainer

12th YearWilmington‘86

MattJenningsStrength & Cond. Coach

6th YearNorthCarolina‘96

Mike PeguesAssistant Coach

3rd YearDelaware‘00

2013-14 Xavier Men's Basketball

Xavier Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 19, 2014)

All games

Overall record: 21-13 Conf: 10-8 Home: 15-2 Away: 4-6 Neutral: 2-5

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

00 CHRISTON, Semaj 34-34 1200 35.3 201-420 . 4 7 9 19-49 . 3 8 8 157-235 . 6 6 8 15 76 91 2.7 72 1 142 89 8 45 578 17.0

20 MARTIN, Justin 33-30 930 28.2 126-279 . 4 5 2 50-134 . 3 7 3 83-108 . 7 6 9 36 134 170 5.2 91 2 32 62 9 27 385 11.7

40 STAINBROOK, Matt 33-31 807 24.5 145-261 . 5 5 6 1-3 . 3 3 3 60-87 . 6 9 0 79 165 244 7.4 89 4 71 61 31 24 351 10.6

31 PHILMORE, Isaiah 33-26 821 24.9 105-194 . 5 4 1 0-7 . 0 0 0 96-136 . 7 0 6 66 99 165 5.0 91 3 16 46 2 8 306 9.3

11 DAVIS, Dee 32-29 997 31.2 78-196 . 3 9 8 39-105 . 3 7 1 50-59 . 8 4 7 8 50 58 1.8 85 2 149 62 1 38 245 7.7

15 DAVIS, Myles 34-2 609 17.9 54-161 . 3 3 5 41-124 . 3 3 1 30-45 . 6 6 7 4 48 52 1.5 45 0 29 20 1 15 179 5.3

02 FARR, James 34-1 420 12.4 63-122 . 5 1 6 19-50 . 3 8 0 11-20 . 5 5 0 44 89 133 3.9 62 1 6 17 23 12 156 4.6

01 REYNOLDS, Jalen 31-3 401 12.9 49-92 . 5 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 20-32 . 6 2 5 51 68 119 3.8 76 0 4 17 15 7 118 3.8

03 RANDOLPH, Brandon 34-6 451 13.3 35-99 . 3 5 4 5-26 . 1 9 2 14-22 . 6 3 6 10 34 44 1.3 38 0 43 24 0 11 89 2.6

35 STENGER, Erik 24-8 165 6.9 11-19 . 5 7 9 0-0 . 0 0 0 7-21 . 3 3 3 9 21 30 1.3 21 0 2 6 6 5 29 1.2

24 RICHARDS, Kamall 7-0 23 3.3 2-7 . 2 8 6 0-2 . 0 0 0 1-1 1.000 1 3 4 0.6 0 0 2 2 0 2 5 0.7

14 WHELAN, Tim 5-0 5 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.2

21 STAINBROOK, Tim 7-0 11 1.6 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0

32 COKER, Kevin 5-0 6 1.2 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

22 AMOS, Landen 3-0 4 1.3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0.0

Team 56 47 103 13

Total.......... 34 6850 869-1850 . 4 7 0 174-500 . 3 4 8 530-770 . 6 8 8 379 834 1213 35.7 674 13 497 421 97 196 2442 71.8

Opponents...... 34 6850 797-1851 . 4 3 1 233-661 . 3 5 2 489-732 . 6 6 8 335 734 1069 31.4 689 20 489 381 161 187 2316 68.1

TEAM STATISTICS XU OPP

SCORING 2442 2316

Points per game 71.8 68.1

Scoring margin +3.7 -

FIELD GOALS-ATT 869-1850 797-1851

Field goal pct . 4 7 0 . 4 3 1

3 POINT FG-ATT 174-500 233-661

3-point FG pct . 3 4 8 . 3 5 2

3-pt FG made per game 5.1 6.9

FREE THROWS-ATT 530-770 489-732

Free throw pct . 6 8 8 . 6 6 8

F-Throws made per game 15.6 14.4

REBOUNDS 1213 1069

Rebounds per game 35.7 31.4

Rebounding margin +4.2 -

ASSISTS 497 489

Assists per game 14.6 14.4

TURNOVERS 421 381

Turnovers per game 12.4 11.2

Turnover margin -1.2 -

Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 1.3

STEALS 196 187

Steals per game 5.8 5.5

BLOCKS 97 161

Blocks per game 2.9 4.7

ATTENDANCE 168127 159506

Home games-Avg/Game 17-9890 10-10257

Neutral site-Avg/Game - 7-8134

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals

Xavier 1118 1302 22 2442

Opponents 1099 1204 13 2316

Date Opponent Score Att.

11/08/13 GARDNER-WEBB W 83-59 10250

11/12/13 TENNESSEE W 67-63 9878

11/15/13 MOREHEAD ST. W 79-56 9528

11/20/13 MIAMI (OHIO) W 77-51 9514

11/25/13 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W 93-65 9269

+ 11/28/13 vs Iowa L o t 74-77 2258

+ 11/29/13 vs Tennessee L 49-64 1573

+ 11/30/13 vs Southern Cal L 78-84 1393

12/07/13 BOWLING GREEN Wot 85-73 9270

12/10/13 EVANSVILLE W 63-60 9086

^ 12/14/13 vs Cincinnati W 64-47 10250

12/21/13 at Alabama W 77-74 10477

12/28/13 WAKE FOREST W 68-53 10064

* 12/31/13 ST. JOHN'S W 70-60 10250

* 01/04/14 BUTLER W 79-68 10250

* 01/09/14 MARQUETTE W 86-79 9630

* 01-12-14 at Creighton L 89-95 17589

* 01/15/14 GEORGETOWN W 80-67 10250

* 01/20/14 at DePaul W 84-74 6531

* 1/25/14 at Providence College L 72-81 11112

* 02/01/14 SETON HALL L 60-68 10063

* 02/03/14 at Villanova L 58-81 6500

* 02/08/14 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE W 59-53 10250

* 02/11/14 at Butler W 64-50 6868

* 2/15/14 at Marquette L 72-81 18644

* 02/19/14 DEPAUL W 83-64 9752

* 02/22/14 at Georgetown L 52-74 11854

* 2/25/14 at ST.JOHNS W 65-53 6707

* 03/01/14 CREIGHTON W 75-69 10483

* 03/03/14 at Seton Hall L 62-71 6286

* 03/06/14 VILLANOVA L 70-77 10340

3/13/14 vs Marquette W 68-65 13807

3/14/14 vs Creighton L 78-86 15580

03/18/14 vs North Carolina State L 59-74 12077

* = BIG EAST Conference game

^ = U.S. Bank Arena (Cincinnati, Ohio)

+ = Battle 4 Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas)