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2016-17GAME NOTES

NO. 9/8 XAVIER U. MUSKETEERS (5-0, 0-0 BIG EAST CONF.)

VS. U. OF NORTHERN IOWA PANTHERS (3-1, 0-0 MVC)

Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 12 p.m. ET

at Xavier University's Cintas Center (10,250) in Cincinnati

SCHEDULE/RESULTS (5-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)

Date Opponent TV Time (EST)/ResultNOVEMBER 5 Sat. Ferris State (Exhibition) W/80-5611 Fri. Lehigh FOX COLLEGE W/84-8114 Mon. Buffalo CBSSN W/86-5317 Thu. +Missouri ESPNU W/83-82 (OT)18 Fri. +Clemson ESPNU W/83-7720 Sun. +Northern Iowa ESPN2 W/67-5926 Sat. NorthernIowa FSN/FSOHIO 12:00p.m.29 Tue. NorthDakotaSt. FS1 6:30p.m.DECEMBER3 Sat. at Baylor ESPN2 3:30 p.m.7 Wed. at Colorado PAC 12 9:00 p.m.10 Sat. Utah FOX-NATIONAL 5:30p.m.17 Sat. *WakeForest FS1 8:00p.m.20 Tue. E.Washington FS1 6:30p.m.28 WED. PROVIDENCE FSN-REGIONAL 7:00p.m.31 SAT. AT GEORGETOWN FS1 11:00 A.M.JANUARY7 SAT. ST.JOHN’S FS1 2:30P.M.10 TUE. AT VILLANOVA FS1 7:00 P.M.14 SAT. AT BUTLER FS1 2:00 P.M.16 MON. CREIGHTON FS1 2:00P.M.22 SUN. GEORGETOWN CBS 2:00P.M.26 Thu. #atCincinnati ESPN2 7:00p.m.29 SUN. AT ST. JOHN’S FS1 6:00 P.M.FEBRUARY1 WED. SETONHALL FS1 9:00P.M.4 SAT. ATCREIGHTON FOX-NATIONAL 3:00P.M.8 WED. DEPAUL FS1 6:30P.M.11 SAT. VILLANOVA FOX-NATIONAL 2:30P.M.15 WED. AT PROVIDENCE FS1 6:30 P.M.18 SAT. AT MARQUETTE CBSSN 8:00 P.M.22 WED. AT SETON HALL FS1 7:00 P.M.26 SUN. BUTLER FS1 3:30P.M.MARCH1 WED. MARQUETTE FS1 9:00P.M.4 SAT. AT DEPAUL FSN-REGIONAL 2:00 P.M. 8 Wed. %BIG EAST Tourn. FS1 7:00 p.m./9:30 p.m.9 Thu. %BIG EAST Tourn. FS1 TBD 10 Fri. %BIG EAST Tourn. FS1 6:30 p.m./9:00 p.m.11 Sat. %BIG EAST Final FOX-NATIONAL 5:30 p.m.

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TELEVISION & RADIO

Television: FSN (including FOX Sports Ohio) with VinceWelchand DickeySimpkins. Radio:55KRC-AM with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famer and former Musketeer standout JoeSunderman(‘79). Analysis will be provided by Xavier HallofFamerandXUall-timeleadingscorerByronLarkin(‘88).LiveStats: GoXavier.com

THE X FACTORS ... GAME KEYS THAT STAND OUT

•Xavier,5-0,defeatedMissouri,ClemsonandNorthernIowatowinthechampion-shipoftheTireProsInvitationalinOrlandoNov.17-20.

•Xavier,whichhadneverplayedNorthernIowapriortothisseason,issettoplayUNIasecondtimewithinaweek.

• Xavier has played back-to-back vs. the same non-conference opponent seven timespreviously;XUhasnotdoneitsincefacingYaletwostraightgamesin1960.

• Xavier is back in the top 10 at No. 9 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 8 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

• Xavier jr. J.P.MacuraearnedaspotontheTireProsInvitationalAll-TournamentTeam and this week's BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.

• Xavier jr. TrevonBluiett,a2016-17USA TODAY preseason Third Team All-Ameri-can,wasnamedMVPoftheTireProsInvitational.

• Xavier jr. TrevonBluiettbecamethe52ndmemberofXU's1,000-PointClubduringhis21-pointeffortvs.UNIintheTireProsInvitationaltitlegameonSunday.

• Xavier jr. TrevonBluiettand so. EdmondSumnermadetheWoodenAward,Nai-smithAwardandLuteOlsonAwardwatchlists;preseason1stTeamAll-BIGEAST.

• Xavier so. EdmondSumneristhirdontheteaminscoringat16.6ppg.,includingacareer-high 24 points to go with six assists vs. Lehigh on Nov. 11.

• Xavier jr. SeanO'Marascored a career-high 13 points in the Missouri win on Nov. 17on5-of-7shootinginacareer-hightying25minutes.

•Xavier,28-6overalllastseason,madeits10thNCAATournamentappearanceinthe last 11 years. XU is one of only nine schools that can say that.

•Xavierhasalistof100consecutivemen'sbasketballseniorsthathavegraduateddatingbacktothe1985-86schoolyear.

THE ACTIVE PLAYERS (* LAST GAME STARTERS)

NO. NAME(HT./YR) POS. PPG RPG APG NOTES0 TyriqueJones(6-9/Fr.) F 2.4 4.2 0.4 Game-high11reboundsvs.BuffaloonNov.143 QuentinGoodin(6-4/Fr.) G 4.2 1.4 2.2 11points&4assistsvs.BuffaloonNov.14 4 *Edmond Sumner (6-6/So.) G 16.6 5.2 3.6 18points,6rebounds&3stealsvs.Missouri5 *TrevonBluiett(6-6/Jr.) G 18.6 6.0 2.2 TireProsInvitational MVP10 Leighton Schrand (6-0/Fr.) G 2.0 0.0 0.0 First-year walk-on11 *MalcolmBernard(6-6/Sr.^) G 6.0 4.2 1.2 Started1st5gamesatXU;9pts.&7reb.vs.Clemson12 Cullen Barr (6-7/Sr.) F 0.0 0.0 0.0 First-year walk-on20 Alex Bergen (6-5/Sr.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 Second-year walk-on21 Tim Stainbrook (6-6/Sr.) F 3.0 0.0 0.0 Fourth season in the program22 KaiserGates(6-8/So.) F Missedthefirstfivegameswithaninjury24 Conor Peterson (6-6/Fr.) G/F 0.0 0.0 0.0 First-year walk-on35 RaShidGaston(6-9/Sr.) F 6.8 6.4 0.412pts.,10reb.vs.Missouri;XUleadingrebounder54 *SeanO’Mara(6-10/Jr.) F/C 7.4 3.4 0.8 Firstcareerstartsinfirstfivegames55 *J.P.Macura(6-5/Jr.) G 17.6 4.0 3.6 Team-high19.0ppg.atTireProsInvitational^ graduate student academically

XavierMediaContact: TomEiser,[email protected],513-382-5565(cell)and@EiserXUSportsonTwitter

2016-17GAME NOTES

XAVIER AND BIG EAST WEB SITES & SOCIAL MEDIA

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2016-17 XAVIER ACTIVE NUMERICAL ROSTER

NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN HIGHSCHOOL(S)/LASTCOLLEGE

0 TyriqueJones Fr. F 6-9 237 Bloomfield,Conn. VermontAcademy

3 QuentinGoodin Fr. G 6-4 194 Campbellsville,Ky. Taylor

4 EdmondSumner So. G 6-6 186 Detroit,Mich. CountryDay

5 TrevonBluiett Jr. G 6-6 198 Indianapolis,Ind. ParkTudor

10 LeightonSchrand* Fr. G 6-0 155 VillaHills,Ky. HolyCross

11 MalcolmBernard+# Sr. G 6-6 202 Miami,Fla. Middleburg/FAMU

12 CullenBarr* Sr. F 6-7 233 Libertyville,Ill. CarmelCatholic

20 AlexBergen* Sr. G 6-5 205 Cincinnati,Ohio OakHills

21 TimStainbrook Sr. F 6-6 208 BayVillage,Ohio LakewoodSt.Edward

22 KaiserGates So. F 6-8 228 Alpharetta,Ga. St.Francis

24 ConorPeterson* Fr. G/F 6-6 180 Libertyville,Ill. LibertyvilleHigh/BrewsterAcademy

35 RaShidGaston+ Sr. F 6-9 239 Warren,Ohio WarrenG.Harding/NorfolkState

54 SeanO’Mara Jr. F/C 6-10 244 GlenEllyn,Ill. BenetAcademy

55 J.P.Macura Jr. G 6-5 203 Lakeville,Minn. LakevilleNorth

HeadCoach:ChrisMack(Xavier‘92;eighthseason)

AssociateHeadCoach:TravisSteele(Butler‘04;ninthseason)

AssistantCoaches:LukeMurray(Fairfield‘07;secondseason)andMikePegues(Delaware‘00;fifthseason)

DirectorofBasketballAdministration:MarioMercurio(Xavier‘03;13thseason)

DirectorofBasketballOperations:JeremyGrowe(Indiana‘09;eighthseason)

VideoCoordinator:TySampson(Illinois‘13;fourthseason)

GraduateProgramAssistants:AllenPayne(Auburn‘14;secondseason)andRicardoJohnson(Ohio‘14;firstseason)

AssociateHeadAthleticTrainer:DavidFluker(Wilmington‘86;seventhseasonwithcurrentstaffand14thoverall)

StrengthandConditioningCoach:MattJennings(NorthCarolina‘96;eighthseason)

AssociateAthleticDirectorforCommunicationsandMen’sBasketballMediaContact:TomEiser(Xavier‘84;31stseason)

* - walk-on+ - transfer eligible in 2016-17 season# - graduate student academically

PRONUNCIATIONS Pegues Puh-Geese

TrevonBluiett Tray-vahnBlew-it

Macura Mah-cure-uh

O’Mara Oh-Mare-Uh

Kaiser KIE-Zer

Tyrique Tie-REEK

Quentin KWEN-tin

RaShid Rah-SHEED

2016-17GAME NOTES

THEXAVIER-NORTHERNIOWASERIES: Xavierleads1-0afterits67-59winthispast Sunday. XU and Northern Iowa had nevermetinmen'sbasketballuntilNov.20intheTireProsInvitationalChampion-ship in Orlando. This year they will meet twice in one week.

XAVIERPULLEDAWAYINSECONDHALFOFTIREPROSINVITATIONALTITLEGAME:Xavier beat Northern Iowa 67-59 on Sunday.UNIjumpedouttoanine-point,16-7leadmidwaythroughthefirsthalfofSunday'sTireProsInvitationalChampion-shipGamebutXUbattledbacktodead-lockthescoreat30-allathalftime.XUcontinuedthemomentuminthesecondhalf,dominatingthefirst10minutesofaction23-8totakea53-38leadwith10minutes remaining. Three UNI 3-pointers inthefinaltwominuteshelpedthePan-thersclosetowithinfivepoints,64-59,with25secondsleftbuttheynevergotany closer. Junior TrevonBuiett,whowasnamedTournamentMVP,ledallscorerswith21pointstogowitheightrebounds,two assists and two steals. Sophomore EdmondSumneradded 17 points.

UNUSUALBACK-TO-BACKGAMESBUTNOTTHEFIRSTTIMEFORXAVIER:Xavier has played back-to-back games against non-conference opponents seven previ-oustimesinmen'sbasketball.ThelasttimethatXavierplayedback-to-back games against a non-conference oppo-nent was the 1960-61 season when XU playedYaleintheMotorCityClassic(12-28-60)andthenhostedYalethreedayslater at Schmidt Fieldhouse (12-31-60). Inaddition,Xavierhasplayedaconfer-ence opponent in back-to-back games fourtimes,allofwhichcamewhenXUended the league regular season and then opened the league tournament against the same team: UMass (2006 and 2002 in theAtlantic10),Butler(1992intheMCC)and Evansville (1981 in the MCC).

FORTHERECORD(NORTHERNIOWA): NorthernIowa,3-1,defeatedArizonaState and Oklahoma before falling to Xavier in the championship game of the TireProsInvitational.

FORTHERECORD(XAVIER):Xavier,5-0and No. 9 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 8 in the USA Today Coaches Poll thisweek,defeatedMissouri (83-82 in overtime),Clemson(83-77)andNorthernIowa (67-59) to capture the championship ofthe2016TireProsInvitational.

XAVIER'SRECENTSUCCESSINREGULARSEASONEVENTS:Xavier,comingofftheTireProsInvitationalChampionshipwithwinsoverMissouri,ClemsonandUNI,has now won four regular season tourna-ment championships in 10 years. Xavier wonthe2015AdvocareInvitationallastseasonwithwinsoverAlabama,USCandDaytonandthe2008PuertoRicoTip-OffwithwinsoverMissouri,VirginiaTechand Memphis. XU won the 2007 Chicago Challenge with wins over Kent State and Indiana.Thisyear'sTireProsInvitationalChampionshipcameatthesamesite,HPFieldHouseinOrlando,thatXaviercapturedthe2015AdvocareInvitationalChampionship.

XAVIERWINOVERCLEMSONINCLUDEDACAREERGAMEFROMJ.P.MACURA:Junior J.P.Macura exploded for a career-high 28 points on the strength of a career-highsix3-pointerstogowithfiveassistsand three steals in Xavier's 83-77 win over ClemsononNov.18.Infact,his23-pointfirst-halfperformanceledXUtoa41-32halftimeleadandbrokehispreviouscareerhighforagame,20points.

XAVIERDEFEATEDMISSOURIINITSTIREPROSINVITATIONALOPENER: Xavier recordedan83-82overtimewinoverMissourionNov.17,XU'sfirstovertimegame since the 2015 BIG EAST Tourna-ment (67-61 win over Butler on 3-12-15 at Madison Square Garden).

XAVIEROPENEDTHESEASONWITHTWOWINSATCINTASCENTER:Xavier recorded an 86-53 win on Nov. 14 at Cintas Center overtwo-timedefendingMACChampionBuffalo. Xavier opened the season with an 84-81 win over preseason Patriot League favorite Lehigh on Nov. 11 at Cintas Center. Xavier has now won 27 straight regular season openers (26 at home and one road game) with its last loss coming in the 1989-90 season.

HONORSROLLINFORMACURAANDBLUIETT:JuniorJ.P.Macurawas named to the BIG EAST Conference Weekly Honor Rollthisweekafteraveragingateam-high18.8pointspergameforfourXavierwins,whileadding3.8rebounds,3.5assistsand2.3 steals per game. Macura connected for a career-high 28 points in the win over Clemson on Nov. 18 in the Tire Pros Invita-tionalonacareer-highsixthree-pointers.Macura helped Xavier win three games in Orlando to capture the Tire Pros Invita-tional,whileearningaspotontheAll-

Tournament Team. Junior TrevonBluiettwas named BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week by the College Sports Madness website.Bluiettscored17.0ppg.,4.8rpg.,2.0apg.and0.5spg.forthefourXUgamesthispastweek.BluiettwasnamedMVPoftheTireProsInvitationalforhiseffortsinthosethreewins,whilepassingthe1,000pointmarkforhiscareerduringa21-pointeffortinXavier’schampionshipgame win over Northern Iowa on Nov. 20.

NEWCOMERSTOTHESTARTINGLINEUP:Senior MalcolmBernard and junior SeanO'MarabothhavemadetheirfirststartsasMusketeersinthefirstfivegames.Junior J.P.Macura,the2015-16BIGEASTSixthManoftheYear,hasstartedthefirstfivegamesafterstartingonlyfourgameslast season. The only two returning start-ers in the lineup are junior TrevonBluiettand sophomore EdmondSumner.

20-20VISION:Xavier had two players score 20+ points vs.ClemsononNov.18,juniors J.P.Macura(28) andTrevonBluiett(21).ThisisthesecondtimethisseasonXU has had two 20+ point scorers in one game,includingtheLehighgamewhenBluietthadacareer-high25andsopho-more EdmondSumner had a career-high 24. Last season XU only accomplished that featonce.Infact,inthatgame(Marquetteon 2-6-16) three Musketeers reached the 20-pointmark:Bluiett(23),Macura(20)and Sumner (20).

THREEGUYSHAVESIGNEDTHEBUBBLE:WhenaMusketeergrabsadouble-figurerebound total he is asked to sign the re-boundingbubble,thedevicethatsitsovertherimforreboundingdrillsinpractice.Junior TrevonBluiettsigneditaftergrab-bing a game-high 11 rebounds vs. Lehigh onNov.11,whilefreshmanTyriqueJonesfollowedwithagame-high11vs.Buffaloon Nov. 14. Senior RaShidGaston joined thegroupaftergrabbingagame-highty-ing 10 rebounds vs. Missouri on Nov. 17.

CLOSECALLSGOXAVIER'SWAY: Xavier defeated Lehigh 84-81 in the opener on Nov.11andMissouri83-82inovertimeon Nov. 17. Xavier had only one of its 34 games last season decided by three points orless,thelast-second66-63lossto Wisconsin in the 2016 NCAA Second Round.Infact,XUhadonlyoneofits30regular season games last season decided bylessthansevenpoints,the98-93winover Creighton at Cintas Center in the regularseasonfinale(3-5-16).

2016-17GAME NOTES

ALL-AMERICACANDIDATEBLUIETTISTHENEWESTMEMBEROFXAVIER'S1,000POINTCLUB:Junior guardTrevon Bluiett, a 2016-17 USA TODAY preseason Third Team All-American and a 2016-17 preseason First Team All-BIG EAST selec-tion,scoredagame-high21pointsinthewinoverUNIonNov.20,givinghim1,013careerpoints.Bluiettisthe52ndmemberofXavier's1,000PointClub.Bluiett scored a career-high 25 points in the season opener vs. Lehigh on Nov. 11.

BLUIETTANDSUMNERNAMEDTO2016-17PRESEASONWATCHLISTS:The John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s announced its Preseason Top 50 and the list includes a pair of Xavier All-America candidates,juniorguardTrevonBluiett,(Xavier's leading scorer at 18.6 ppg.) and sophomore guard EdmondSumner(Xavier's third-leading scorer at 16.6 ppg.).Inaddition,TheAtlantaTipoffClubannounced the watch list of 50 players inconsiderationforthe2017NaismithMen’sCollegePlayeroftheYearandthelist also includes the duo. The Naismith mid-season list of 30 will be announced February9.Thismarksthefirsttime Xavier has placed two players on the WoodenAwardpreseasonlistandthefirsttimethatXavierhasplacedtwoplayeronthe Naismith preseason watch list. That's notall...BluiettandSumnerwerealsolisted on the Lute Olson Award Preseason Watch List (collegeinsider.com). The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to thenation'stopDivisionIplayerwhohasplayedatleasttwoseasons.Inaddition,BluiettandSumnerwerenamed2016-17preseason First Team All-BIG EAST.

MACURAWASPROJECTEDFORABREAK-OUTSEASONANDHEHASDONETHATSOFAR:JuniorJ.P.Macura,projectedbyCBSSportstobeoneofthenation'stop20breakoutplayersthisseason,has averaged 17.6 ppg. (second on the team) and a team-high tying 3.6 apg. Macura averaged a team-high 19.0 ppg. for Xavier's three games in the Tire Pros Invitational,includinga career-high 28 points on the strength of a career-high six 3-pointerstogowithfiveassistsandthreesteals in the win over Clemson on Nov. 18. Macura,whowasnamedtotheTire Pros InvitationalAll-TournamentTeam, has now scoredindoublefiguresin14ofhislast20gamesdatingbacktolastseason,includingallfivegamesthisseason.LastseasonMacura,who was named the 2015-16 BIG EAST Sixth Man Award win-ner,gaveXavieraddedenergyandaliftoffthebenchat9.4ppg.and2.0apg.

O'MARAMAKINGTHEMOSTOFHISCHANCE: Junior SeanO'Mara has started eachofthefirstfivegames,averaging7.4 ppg. and 3.4 rpg. O'Mara came up big with a career-high 13 points on 5-of-7 shootingtogowithfivereboundsvs. Missouri on Nov. 17.

GASTONHASBECOMEAFORCE:Senior forward RaShidGaston,whotransferredtoXavierfromNorfolkState,islistedasoneofthenation'stop20impacttrans-fersbyCBSSports.Gaston,wholeadstheteaminreboundingat6.4rpg.,hadninepointsandsevenreboundsvs.BuffaloonNov. 14 and scored12points,grabbedagame-high tying 10 rebounds and blocked four shots on Nov. 17 vs. Missouri.

BERNARDHASCOMEUPBIG:Senior guard MalcolmBernard,agraduatestu-dent academically who played last season atFAMU,startedthefirstfivegames,contributingsixpoints,fiverebounds,twoassists,twoblocksandtwostealsvs. MissourionNov.17,includingagame-savingblockwithtwosecondsleftinovertimethatledtoXU'sgame-winningpossession. His stat line of nine points and seven rebounds doesn't completely cover the impact he made with big plays vs.ClemsononNov.18,especiallylateinthe game.

FRESHMENGOODINANDJONESAREPLAYINGBIGGERROLES:Decorated fresh-man guard QuentinGoodin broke out for 11pointson3-of-3shooting,includinga3-pointer,andfreshmanbigmanTyriqueJones grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds vs.BuffaloonNov.14.Joneswaslistedoncollege basketball expertJonRothstein's top under-the-radar freshmen list. Goodin islogging17.6minutespergame,whileJones is playing 12.0 minutes per game.

CHRISMACKISXAVIER'SFIRST-EVER NATIONALCOACHOFTHEYEAR... SECONDONXU’SALL-TIMEWINSLIST:Head coach ChrisMackwas selected as the 2015-16 U.S. Basketball Writers AssociationHenryIbaAwardwinnerasNationalCoachoftheYearandtheCBSSports and Basketball TimesMagazineNationalCoachoftheYearinadditionto being runner up for Associated Press NationalCoachoftheYear.Mackwasnamed as the BIG EAST Conference Coach oftheYearbyCBSSportsandBleacherReport.Mack,whoisinhiseighthseasonatthehelm,hasrecordeda167-77(.684)marksofar,whichisgoodforsecondonXavier’sall-timewinslist.Mackhasmore NCAA Tournament wins (7) than any Xavier head coach in program history. He now trails only PeteGillen (202 wins in nine seasons from 1985-94) in overall wins. Mack played under Gillen at XU. Mack led Xavier to the NCAA Tournament sixtimesinhisfirstsevenseasonsatthe

CAREER SCORING LEADERS

PLACE PLAYER(YR) CAREERPTS.

1. ByronLarkin(1984-88) 2,696

2. DavidWest(1999-03) 2,132

3. RomainSato(2000-04) 2,005

4. TyroneHill(1986-90) 2,003

5. LennyBrown(1995-99) 1,885

6. TuHolloway(2008-12) 1,833

7. AnthonyHicks(1979-83) 1,805

8. JamieGladden(1989-93) 1,780

9. SteveThomas(1962-66) 1,722

10. BrianGrant(1990-94) 1,719

11. NickDaniels(1975-79) 1,690

12. BobQuick(1965-68) 1,636

13. StanleyBurrell(2004-08) 1,612

14. StanKimbrough(1986-89) 1,596

15. DarnellWilliams(1995-00) 1,572

16. LionelChalmers(2000-04) 1,556

17. GaryLumpkin(1995-99) 1,507

18. JamesPosey(1996-99) 1,455

19. JustinDoellman(2003-07) 1,402

20. JeffJenkins(1980-84) 1,384

21. JoeViviano(1956-59) 1,338

22. JamalWalker(1987-91) 1,333

23. JackThobe(1959-62) 1,296

24. DerekStrong(1987-90) 1,291

25. DavePiontek(1953-56) 1,287

26. JerryHelmers(1969-72) 1,275

27. JoshDuncan(2004-08) 1,210

28. MarkLyons(2009-12) 1,194

29. JustinCage(2003-07) 1,181

30. MichaelDavenport(1987-91) 1,172

31. HankStein(1956-59) 1,144

32. MauriceMcAfee(1997-01) 1,142

33. DexterBailey(1980-84) 1,139

34. GeneSmith(1949-52) 1,109

RichieHarris(1982-86) 1,109

36. B.J.Raymond(2005-09) 1,104

37. KennyFrease(2008-12) 1,103

38. KevinFrey(1998-02) 1,102

39. DerrickBrown(2006-09) 1,096

HuckBudde(1950-53) 1,096

41. BillKirvin(1959-62) 1,088

JimBoothe(1954-57) 1,085

43. BobPelkington(1961-64) 1,075

44. JoeGeiger(1961-64) 1,073

AaronWilliams(1989-93) 1,073

46. VictorFleming(1980-84) 1,059

47. GaryMassa(1977-81) 1,049

48. MikePlunkett(1973-76) 1,043

49. SemajChriston(2012-14) 1,034

50. MichaelHawkins(1991-95) 1,029

51. T.J.Johnson(1994-98) 1,021

52. TrevonBluiett(2014-present) 1,013

2016-17GAME NOTES

helm.HeisthefirstXUheadcoachtoleadXUtothreeSweet16s,havingledXUtotheSweet16in2010,2012and2015.

IMPRESSIVESCHEDULEONCEAGAIN:Xavier's schedule includes 18 games against teams that advanced to postseasonplaylastseason,including15games vs. 2016 NCAA Tournament teams.The 2016-17 slate lists home and away matchups against the rugged BIG EAST Conference,including2016NCAACham-pion Villanova and three other NCAA Tournamentteams(Butler,SetonHallandProvidence)inadditionto2016NITQuar-terfinalistCreighton.Thenon-conferenceshowcases seven games against 2016 NCAATournamentteams(Baylor, Buffalo,Cincinnati,Colorado,NorthernIowa twice and Utah) and one from the CBI (Eastern Washington).

BACKINTHETOP10:Xavier moved back into the Top 10 in both of the major polls on Monday. The Musketeers checked in at ninth in the AP Poll and eighth in the USA Today Coaches Poll. XU moved up from last week's rank of 11th in the AP and 10th in the Coaches Poll. Xavier is one of three BIG EAST Conference teams in the top 12 of this week's AP Poll. Vil-lanova(2),Xavier(9)andCreighton(12)are all in the top 12 and two other BIG EASTteams,SetonHallandButler,arereceiving votes. Xavier's non-conference roadfoesalsocaughttheattentionofAPvoters.Baylor,whichhostsXavieronDec.3,checksinatNo.20.Colorado,whichhostsXavieronDec.7,andCincinnati,whichhostsXUonJan.26,arebothamong the others receiving votes.

PRESEASONPOLLHISTORY:Xavier was ranked No. 7 in the 2016-17 preseason AssociatedPressPoll,whichisthehighestXU has ever been ranked in the pre-season AP Poll. Xavier was No. 8 in the preseason USA TodayCoachesPoll,whichmarked the highest preseason ranking in that poll.

SCHOOLRECORDSSETINTHEAPPOLLLASTSEASON:Xavierwasrankedafinalpollschool-recordNo.9inthefinal2015-16 AP Poll. Xavier spent 17 straight weeks intheAPTop25lastseason,whichsetasingle-season school record. XU also re-corded a school-record 14 straight weeks in the Top 10 of the AP Poll and reached ashighasaschool-recordNo.5forfiveweekslastseason(theJan.18,Feb.8,Feb.22,Feb.29andMarch7polls).

XAVIERISINELITENCAATOURNAMENTCOMPANY: Xavier has made 10 of the last 11 NCAA Tournaments and 14 of the last 16. Only nine schools have been to at least 10 NCAA Tournaments in the last 11years:Duke,Kansas,Gonzaga,Michi-ganStateandWisconsinareat11,whileXavier,Texas,NorthCarolinaandVilla-nova are at 10.

XAVIER...POSTSEASONREGULARSINCE1983: Xavier made its 29th postseason appearance in the last 34 years (1983-2016) in 2016. That span includes 25 NCAATournamentappearances,includ-ing 10 of the last 11 and 14 of the last 16 NCAA Tournaments. XU only made the NCAATournamentfieldonetime(1961)before the 1982-83 season.

SEEING20-20...ONEOFXAVIER’STOPWINNINGSEASONS:Xavier,28-6lastseason,recordeditsthirdstraight20-winseason,its10thin11yearsand18thin20years.Xavier’s28winstiedforthesecond-most wins in a season. Xavier’s 26 regular season wins matched the most regular season victories in school history (26 in 2007-08 NCAA Elite Eight season).

XAVIERINTHEPROS:Xavier has 23 former players playing professional basketball,includingDavidWest(Golden State Warriors) and SemajChriston (Okla-homa City Thunder) in the NBA. JordanCrawford,whoplayedinChinalastseason,iscurrentlyintheNBADL.Allthree of last year's scholarship seniors are playing overseas: RemyAbell(Finland),JamesFarr (Hungary) and JalenReynolds (Italy). XU has 20 former players playing professional basketball overseas.

GRADUATIONSTREAKHITS100...ANDSTILLCOUNTING:Xavier has a list of 100 consecutivemen'sbasketballseniorsthathavegraduateddatingbacktothe1985-86 school year. All four of last year's seniors earned their degrees: RemyAbell,KevinCoker,JamesFarr and JalenReynolds.

XAVIERWELCOMESONEOFTHENATION'STOPRECRUITINGCLASSES:Xavier University men’s basketball an-nounceditsimpressivefive-member2017recruitingclass.Thefive-membergroupiscurrentlyrankedNo.7inthenationbyScout.comand247sports.com,aswellasNo. 8 by ESPN.com and Rivals.com. EliasHarden,a6-5guardfromPebblebrookHighinMableton,Ga.,earnedfour-star

rankings by ESPN.com and 247sports.com and three-star by Scout.com and Rivals.com.Hardenaveraged20.9ppg.,5.8rpg.,1.9apg.and2spg.asajuniorwhileearning Class AAAA second team All-State. KentreviousJones,a6-10centerfromWestsideHighSchoolinMacon,Ga.,isathree-starrecruitbyESPN.com,Rivals.com,Scout.comand247sports.comwhoaveraged 21.2 ppg. and 13.8 rpg. last season. NajiMarshall,a6-6forwardfromHargraveMilitaryAcademyinChatham,Va.,isafour-starrecruitaccordingtoESPN.com,Scout.com,Rivals.comand247sports.com,whowon2016Confer-encePlayeroftheYearandFirstTeamAll-Metrohonorsafteraveraging18ppg.,7 rpg. and 4 apg. as a senior at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Maryland. JaredRidder,a6-7forwardfromKickapooHighSchoolinSpringfield,Mo.,isafour-starrecruit by ESPN.com and listed as one of 10 players that “Just Missed” the ESPN.comTop100.Ridder,whowasrankedastheNo.1playerinMissouribyESPN.com,averaged 19.3 ppg. and 7.2 rpg. this past season. PaulScruggs,a6-3guardfromProlificPrepinNapa,Calif.,isafour-starrecruitbyESPN.com,Scout.com,Rivals.com,and247sports.comandrankedna-tionallyatNo.28byESPN.com,No.31byRivals.com,No.31byScout.comandNo.29by247sports.cominadditiontocheck-inginastheNo.5pointguardnationally(ESPN.com).Scruggsaveraged19.8ppg,7.9rpg,4.1apg,and3.0spgasajunioratSouthport High School in Indianapolis and transferredtoProlificPrepinNapa,Calif.,for his senior season.

XAVIER’SBESTBIGEASTSEASONIN2015-16...PICKEDSECONDFOR2016-17:XavierfinishedsecondintheBIGEAST Conference at 14-4 last season. XUreachedthesemifinalsofthe2016BIG EAST Tournament. Xavier’s 14 BIG EAST wins were the most for XU since it joined the league for the 2013-14 season. XU was picked second by the BIG EAST coaches in the preseason coaches poll.

FIVEBIGEASTNCAATEAMSIN2016:XavierwasoneoffiveBIGEASTConfer-ence schools in the 2016 NCAA Tourna-ment(No.2seedXavier,No.2seedVil-lanova,No.6seedSetonHall,No.9seedButlerandNo.9seedProvidence).Infact,the BIG EAST Conference has earned 15 NCAATournamentberthsinitsfirstthreeyearsinthecurrent10-teamconfigura-tion,includingfivein2016,sixin2015andfour in 2014. Eight of the 10 schools in the

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BIG EAST have earned NCAA berths in the pastthreeseasons:Xavier(3),Villanova(3),Providence(3),Butler(2),SetonHall(1),Georgetown(1),St.John’s(1)andCreighton (1).

XAVIERWELCOMESFIVEMOREHALLOFFAMEMEMBERSINJANUARY:The impressivenewfive-memberXavierUniversityAthleticHallofFameclassincludes men’s basketball standout Stan-leyD.Burrell(’08),women’sbasketballAll-Americans AmberS.Harris(’10)and Ta’ShiaK.Phillips(’11),baseball’sall-timewinningestpitcherLouisJ.Witte(’99)and popular broadcaster and media member AndrewP.MacWilliams. The new class will be inducted into the XU HallofFameatadinneronFriday,Jan.6 at Cintas Center and will be honored again at the men’s basketball game on Saturday,Jan.7vs.St.John’satCintasCenter.Thenewfive-memberclasswillbring the total number of members in theXavierAthleticHallofFameto128.They will also honored in the P. Douglas O’KeefeAthleticHallofFameontheconcourse at Cintas Center. Burrell will go down as one the best defensive play-ers in Xavier basketball history but he actually began his career as his team’s topoffensivestar,earningAtlantic10All-RookieTeamhonorsafterleadingXU in scoring as a freshman at 12.7 ppg. Burrellfinishedhiscareerwith1,612points,whichisstillgoodfor13thplaceonXU’sall-timescoringlist.Burrell,oneof the most popular players in Musketeer basketballhistory,helpedleadXUtotheNCAATournamentineachofhisfinalthreeseasons,includingthe2008NCAAElite Eight. Xavier won 93 games during Burrell’scareer,includingaschool-record30winsandasecondstraightAtlantic10Regular Season Championship in 2008. In fact,Burrellearnedalonglistofhonorshissenioryear,including2008Atlantic10ConferenceDefensivePlayeroftheYear.

CHRISMACKRADIOSHOWRETURNSDEC.1:The popular Coach Chris Mack Show is back at The Holy Grail at the Banks. This is the second straight year that the popular call-in radio show will broadcast live from The Holy Grail. ESPN 1530 will broadcast all but four of the shows during the men's basketball season. Most shows will air on Thursday nightsat7:00pm,withtheloneexceptionbeingMonday,January23.Thecomplete14-show schedule for the 2016-17 season is available at GoXavier.com. The show willtakethenexttwoweeksoffsinceXUwill be in Florida this week and the follow-ing Thursday is Thanksgiving.

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HOME COURT WINNING PERCENTAGE (MIN. FIVE YEARS)RK. TEAM ARENA(YEARASHOMECOURT) WON LOSTPCT.1. GONZAGA McCarthyAthleticCenter(13th) 167 14 .92272. KENTUCKY AdolphRuppArena(41st) 544 63 .89623. OREGON MatthewKnightArena(6th) 86 10 89584. LOUISVILLE KFCYum!Center(7th) 102 14 .87935. XAVIER CintasCenter(17th) 218 31 .87556. KANSAS AllenFieldhouse(62nd) 746 109 .87257. WISCONSIN KohlCenter(20th) 261 39 .87008. MICHIGANSTATE BreslinEventsCenter(28th) 362 56 .86609. PITTSBURGH PetersenEventsCenter(15th) 225 35 .865410. VCU SiegelCenter(18th) 222 35 .8638+ DatacourtesyofCollegiateBasketballNewsCo.andNCAAStats---updated11-23-16

CINTASCENTERISTHEPLACETOBE: Xavierhasaveraged10,032fansforitsfirst249gamesplayedatthe10,250-seatCintas Center since it opened for the 2000-01season,includingaCintasCenterrecord standing room only crowd of 10,727fortheVillanovagameonFeb.24,2016andthesecond-bestattendanceinCintasCenterhistoryonMarch5,2016vs.Creighton(10,633)forSeniorDay.Xavierhas averaged 97.9 percent capacity of its 10,250seatssincethebuildingopened.

ATTENDANCERECORDS:Xavier averaged school-record10,281fanspergameforits16homegamesinthe2015-16season,which broke the old single season Cintas Centerrecord(10,224for14gamesin2001-02 season). Note: Nine of the top 11 all-timesingle-gametotalsatCintas Center were BIG EAST games and the other two were local rivalry games. Six dif-ferent BIG EAST rivals are represented in thistop11list(Butler,Creighton,DePaul,Marquette,SetonHallandVillanova).

ANOTHERSELLOUT: The home opener on Nov. 11 vs. Lehigh was sold out. Xavier has sold out 138 games at Cintas Center sinceitopenedforthe2000-01season,including11gameslastseason(Miami,WesternKentucky,Cincinnati,Butler,DePaul,SetonHall,St.John’s,Marquette,Providence,VillanovaandCreighton).

TOP10ATCINTASCENTER:The Villanova game on Feb. 24,2016wasthesecondtimelastseasonthattwoAPTop 10 teams played at Cintas Center. The Butler game on Jan.2,2016markedthefirsttimeeverthattwoAPTop10teamshadfacedoffatCintasCenter. TOP25SHOWDOWNSATCINTASCENTER:Xavier has won all six games that have involved two AP Top 25 teams at CintasCenter,includingfourinthe2015-16season: No.5Xavier90,No.1Villanova83(2-24-16)No.8Xavier85,No.23Providence74(2-17-16)No.6Xavier88,No.9Butler69(1-2-16)No.12Xavier65,No.23Cincinnati55(12-12-15) No.23Xavier69,No.16Dayton43(1-24-08) No.19Xavier75,No.15Creighton73(12-31-02)

APTOP10VISITINGTEAMSATCINTASCENTER 2-24-16 No.5Xavier90,No.1Villanova83 1-2-16 No.6Xavier88,No.9Butler69 2-28-15 No.6Villanova78,Xavier66 3-6-14 No.6Villanova77,Xavier70 3-1-14 Xavier75,No.9Creighton69 2-2-06 No.10GeorgeWashington89,Xavier85 2-3-04 Xavier71,No.10Cincinnati69 1-17-04 No.6SaintJoseph’s81,Xavier73

TOPATTENDANCEMARKSALL-TIMEATCINTASCENTER: 10,727 Villanova 2-24-16 10,633 Creighton 3-5-16 10,617 Cincinnati 12-12-15 10,509 Marquette 2-6-16 10,498 Butler 1-2-16 10,492 Butler 2-21-15 10,483 Creighton 3-1-14 10,400 DePaul 1-12-16 10,372 Miami(Ohio) 11-13-15 10,372 Marquette 1-17-15 10,368 SetonHall 1-23-16 BOLDindicatesagamefromlastseason

CINTASMAGIC: Xavier is 218-31(.876)all-timeatCintasCenter,including1-0this season. Xavier’sall-timewinning percentage at Cintas Center is currently ranked fifthinthenationat87.6per-cent (see the chart of the top teamswithaminimumoffiveyears on their home court).

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THE XAVIER WINNING TRADITION Atlantic10,MCCorBIGEAST NCAA(seed)orNIT HomeAttendanceAvg.Year Record ConferenceRecord(Finish) Postseason (Sell-outs/HomeGames) 2016-17 5-0 0-0 10,183(1/2)2015-16 28-6 14-4(SecondinBIGEAST) NCAASecondRound(#2seed) 10,281(11/16)2014-15 23-14 9-9(SixthinBIGEAST) NCAASweet16(#6seed) 9,998(9/16) 2013-14(BeginBIGEAST) 21-13 10-8(T-ThirdinBIGEAST) NCAATournament(#12seed) 9,890(7/17) 2012-13 17-14 9-7(T-SixthinAtlantic10) 9,781(1/15)2011-12 23-13 10-6(T-ThirdinAtlantic10) NCAASweet16(#10seed) 10,155(10/16)2010-11 24-8 15-1(FirstinAtlantic10) NCAASecondRound(#6seed) 10,098(9/15)2009-10 26-9 14-2(T-FirstinAtlantic10) NCAASweet16(#6seed) 10,123(7/15)2008-09 27-8 12-4(FirstinAtlantic10) NCAASweet16(#4seed) 10,097(11/15)2007-08 30-7 14-2(FirstinAtlantic10) NCAAEliteEight(#3seed) 10,008(9/17)2006-07 25-9 13-3(T-FirstinAtlantic10) NCAASecondRound(#9seed) 9,910(5/15)2005-06 21-11 8-8(T-SeventhinAtlantic10)* NCAATournament(#14seed) 9,775(4/15)2004-05 17-12 10-6(T-SecondinAtlantic10West) 10,027(7/16)2003-04 26-11 10-6(T-ThirdinAtlantic10West)* NCAAEliteEight(#7seed) 9,902(8/16)2002-03 26-6 15-1(FirstinAtlantic10West) NCAASecondRound(#3seed) 10,181(14/15)2001-02 26-6 14-2(FirstinAtlantic10West)* NCAASecondRound(#7seed) 10,224(13/14)2000-01 21-8 12-4(T-SecondinAtlantic10) NCAATournament(#11seed) 10,072(12/14)1999-00 21-12 9-7(T-SecondinAtlantic10West) NITSecondRound 9,072(4/15)1998-99 25-11 12-4(SecondinAtlantic10West) NITThirdPlace 9,540(6/16)1997-98 22-8 11-5(T-FirstinAtlantic10West)* NCAATournament(#6seed) 9,924(10/14)1996-97 23-6 13-3(FirstinAtlantic10West) NCAASecondRound(#7seed) 9,436(5/14)1995-96(BeginAtlantic10) 13-15 8-8(ThirdinAtlantic10West) 8,871(5/14)1994-95 23-5 14-0(FirstinMCC) NCAATournament(#11seed) 8,201(2/14)1993-94 22-8 8-2(FirstinMCC) NITQuarterfinals 6,943(1/16)1992-93 24-6 12-2(T-FirstinMCC) NCAASecondRound(#9seed) 7,236(1/13)1991-92 15-12 7-3(T-SecondinMCC) 8,296(1/14)1990-91 22-10 11-3(FirstinMCC)* NCAASecondRound(#14seed) 6,812(1/15)1989-90 28-5 12-2(FirstinMCC) NCAASweet16(#6seed) 7,757(2/14)1988-89 21-12 7-5(ThirdinMCC)* NCAATournament(#14seed) 4,411(0/15)1987-88 26-4 9-1(FirstinMCC)* NCAATournament(#11seed) 5,853(1/15)1986-87 19-13 7-5(T-ThirdinMCC)* NCAASecondRound(#13seed) 3,213(0/15)1985-86 25-5 10-2(FirstinMCC)* NCAATournament(#12seed) 5,171(1/14)1984-85 16-13 7-7(FifthinMCC) 4,644(0/13)1983-84 22-11 9-5(ThirdinMCC) NITQuarterfinals 4,788(0/15)1982-83 22-8 10-4(T-SecondinMCC)* NCAATournament(#12seed) 3,002(0/15)1981-82 8-20 1-11(SeventhinMCC) 2,861(0/15)1980-81 12-16 8-3(FirstinMCC) 2,782(1/14)1979-80(BeginMCC) 8-18 0-5(SixthinMCC) 3,769(0/12)38-YearTotals803-373(.683)#374-160(.700)Conf.RegularSeason 25NCAATournaments/4NIT

*WonConferenceTournamentChampionship

#These37yearsinclude33-21(.611)BIGEAST,209-79(.726)Atlantic10and132-60(.688)MCCrecords.

+Xavierwonorshared16regularseasonconferencechampionshipsoverits34yearsintheAtlantic10andMCC(nineA-10andsevenMCC),whilewinning10conferencetournamentchampionships(fourA-10andsixMCC).XUwasintheMCC16years(1980-1995)andtheA-1018years(1996-2013).

+Xavierhasmade10ofthelast11NCAATournamentfieldsand14ofthelast16.+Xavierhasmade29postseasonappearancesinthelast34years,including25NCAATournamentberthsduringthattime.XUonlymadetheNCAATournamentfieldonetime(1961)beforethe1982-83season.+Xavierhasrecorded20-winseasonsin10ofthelast11yearsand18ofthelast20years.XUwasaschoolrecord30-7forthe2007-08season.

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THE LAST TIME... Xavierscored80-89points:XU83,Clemson77atTireProsInv. (11-18-16)Opponentscored80-89points:XU83,Missouri82inover-timeatTireProsInv.(11-17-16)Xavierscored90-99points:XU90,Marquette72atMadisonSquare Garden (3-10-16)Opponentscored90-99points:XU98,Creighton93atCC(3-5-16)Xavierscored100pointsormore:XU117,FairleighDickin-son 75 at CC (11-9-12)Opponentscored100pointsormore:KansasState101,XU96 in 2OT in NCAA Trn. (3-25-10)Xavierscored60pointsorless:Creighton70,XU56atCU(2-9-16)Opponentscored60pointsorless:XU67,NorthernIowa59at Tire Pros Inv. (11-20-16)Xavierscored50pointsorless:Tennessee64,XU49atBattle4Atlantis(11-29-13)Opponentscored50pointsorless:XU64,Alabama45atAdvocare Inv. (11-26-15)Xavierscored40pointsorless:Temple59,XU40atTU(1-25-00)Opponentscored40pointsorless:XU65,DelawareState33at CC (12-28-07)Xavierwonby10-19points:XU71,WeberState53inNCAATournament (3-18-16)Opponentwonby10-19points:Creighton70,XU56atCU(2-9-16)Xavierwonby20-29points:XU86,DePaul65atDU(1-30-16)Opponentwonby20-29points:Georgetown74,XU52atGU (2-22-14)Xavierwonby30pointsormore:XU86,Buffalo53atCC (11-14-16)Opponentwonby30pointsormore:Villanova95,XU64atVU (12-31-15)Xavierscored50ormoreinthefirsthalf:52 vs. Providence at CC (2-17-16)Opponentscored50ormoreinthefirsthalf: 50 by DePaul at CC (1-24-15)Xavierscored50ormoreinsecondhalf:53 vs. Seton Hall at Madison Square Garden (3-11-16)Opponentscored50ormoreinthesecondhalf:52 by Creighton at CC (3-5-16)Xavierscored25orlessinthefirsthalf:21 vs. Villanova at Madison Square Garden (3-14-15)Opponentscored25orlessinthefirsthalf:25byBuffalo at CC (11-14-16)Xavierscored25orlessinsecondhalf:23vs.CincinnatiatCC (12-12-15)Opponentscored25orlessinthesecondhalf: 21 by Ala-bamaatAdvoCareInvitational(11-26-15)Xavierplayedanovertimegame:XU83,Missouri82inover-timeatTireProsInv.(11-17-16)Xavierplayedmorethanoneovertime:Auburn89,XU882OT at AU (12-20-14)Xavierwonanovertimegame:XU83,Missouri82inover-timeatTireProsInv.(11-17-16)Opponentwonanovertimegame:Creighton79,XU72atCC (2-4-15)Xaviershot60percentfromthefield:67.6 (23-34) vs. Georgia State in NCAA Tournament (3-21-15)Opponentshot60percentfromthefield:63.2 (36-57) by Villanova at VU (12-31-15)Xaviershot50pct.ormore:52.6 (30-57) vs. Clemson at Tire Pros Inv. (11-18-16)Opponentshot50percentormore: 50.0 (29-58) by Lehigh at CC (11-11-16)Xaviershot35pct.orworse: 34.9 vs. Seton Hall at Madison Square Garden (3-11-16)Opponentshot35percentorworse:30.6(15-49)byBuffaloat CC (11-14-16)

Xaviermade40ormorefieldgoals:43-61 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson at CC (11-9-12)Opponentmade40ormorefieldgoals:48-81 by Kansas in Great Alaska Shootout (11-26-99)Xaviermade30ormorefreethrows:32-41vs.Marquetteat CC (1-9-14)Opponentmade30ormorefreethrows: 32-42 by Butler at BU (1-10-15)Xaviermade20-29freethrows:25-38 vs. Missouri 82 at Tire Pros Inv. (11-17-16)Opponentmade20-29freethrows:20-27 by Missouri at Tire Pros Inv. (11-17-16)Xaviermade10ormore3-Pt.FG:11-26vs.MarquetteatMadison Sq. Garden (3-10-16)Opponentmade10ormore3-Pt.FG: 10-24 by Northern Iowa at Tire Pros Inv. (11-20-16)Xavierhad50ormorerebounds:54 vs. Wright State at CC (12-8-15)Opponenthad50ormorerebounds:51 by Dayton at CC (1-16-10)Xavierhad25ormoreassists:25 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson at CC (11-9-12)Opponenthad25ormoreassists:25 by Villanova at VU (12-31-15)Xavierhad15ormoresteals:15 vs. Seton Hall at SHU (2-28-16)Opponenthad15ormoresteals:16 by Missouri in Puerto RicoTip-Off(11-20-08)Xavierhad10ormoreblockedshots:10 vs. Butler at CC (1-2-16)Opponenthad10ormoreblockedshots: 10 by St. John’s at MSG (2-23-15)Xavierhad15ormoreturnovers: 18 vs. Clemson at Tire Pros Inv. (11-18-16)Opponenthad15ormoreturnovers:17 by Northern Iowa at Tire Pros Inv. (11-20-16)Musketeerscored20-29pts.:21byTrevonBluiettvs. Northern Iowa at Tire Pros Inv. (11-20-16)TwoormoreMusketeerplayerswith20+pointsinonegame:28byJ.P.Macuraand21byTrevonBluiettvs.Clemsonat Tire Pros Inv. (11-18-16)Opponentscored20-29pts.:20 by Jeremy Morgan of Northern Iowa at Tire Pros Inv. (11-20-16)Musketeerscored30-39points:32 by Tu Holloway vs.. Dayton at CC (2-18-12)Opponentscored30-39pointsinagame:32 by Maurice Watson Jr. of Creighton at CU (2-9-16)Musketeerscored40+pointsinagame:47 by David West vs. Dayton at CC (2-8-03)Opponentscored40+pointsinagame:44 by Jimmal Ball of Akron at UA (12-21-96)Musketeergrabbed15+reb.:15 by James Farr vs. Weber State in NCAA Tournament (3-18-16)Musketeerhad10+assists:12 by Myles Davis vs. Providence at CC (2-17-16)Musketeerhad5ormoresteals:5 by J.P. Macura vs. IUPUI at CC (12-9-14)Musketeerhad5ormoreblocks:6 by Travis Taylor vs. Saint Louis at CC (3-6-13)Double-double(pts.-ast.):MylesDaviswith11points,12rebounds,and12assistsvs.ProvidenceatCC(2-17-16)Double-double(pts.-reb.):RaShid Gaston with 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. Missouri at Tire Pros Inv. (11-17-16)TwoMusketeerplayerswithdouble-doublesinonegame:10 points and 15 rebounds by Jalen Reynolds and Myles Davis with11points,12reboundsand12assistsvs.ProvidenceatCC (2-17-16)Triple-double(pts.-reb.-ast.):MylesDaviswith11points,12rebounds and 12 assists vs. Providence at CC (2-17-16)FiveMusketeersscoredindoublefigures:5vs.MarquetteatMadison Square Garden (3-10-16)SixMusketeersscoredindoublefigures:6 vs. Villanova at CC (2-24-16)SevenMusketeersscoredindoublefigures:7 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson at CC (11-9-12)

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BREAKDOWNLeading at the half: 3-0Trailing at the half: 1-0Tied at the half: 1-0InOvertime: 1-0

XUShooting50%orbetter: 2-0XUShootingbetween40-49.9% 3-0XUShootinglessthan40%: 0-0Opponentsshoot50%orbetter: 1-0Opponents shoot less than 50%: 4-0

XU outrebounds its opponent: 5-0Opponent outrebounds XU: 0-0Teamsaretiedinrebounds: 0-0

XU Scoring 50 points or less: 0-0XU Scoring 51-59 points: 0-0XU Scoring 60-69 points: 1-0XU Scoring 70-79 points: 0-0XU Scoring 80-89 points: 4-0XU Scoring 90-99 points: 0-0XU Scoring 100 or more points: 0-0

Allowing 50 points or less: 0-0Allowing 51-59 points: 2-0Allowing 60-69 points: 0-0Allowing 70-79 points: 1-0Allowing 80-89 points: 2-0Allowing 90 points or more: 0-0

Game is decided by 1-4 points: 2-0Game is decided by 5-10 points: 2-0Game is decided by 11-20 points: 0-0Game is decided by 21 points or more: 1-0

Playing at night: 3-0Playinginthemorningorafternoon: 2-0

TrevonBluiettleadsteaminscoring: 2-0Edmond Sumner leads team in scoring: 0-0J.P. Macura leads team in scoring: 3-0

Oneplayerscoresindoublefigures 0-0Twoplayersscoreindoublefigures: 0-0Threeplayersscoreindoublefigures: 1-0Fourplayersscoreindoublefigures: 3-0Fiveplayersscoreindoublefigures: 1-0Sixplayersscoreindoublefigures: 0-0Sevenplayersscoreindoublefigures: 0-0

In November: 5-0In December: 0-0In January: 0-0In February: 0-0In March: 0-0

On Sunday: 1-0On Monday 1-0On Tuesday: 0-0On Wednesday: 0-0On Thursday: 1-0On Friday: 2-0On Saturday: 0-0

Double-FigureScoringGames(20):Bluiett(5),Sumner(5),Macura(5),O’Mara(3),Gaston(1),Goodin(1)

Double-FigureReboundingGames(3):Bluiett(1), Jones(1),Gaston(1)

20-Point+ScoringGames(5):Bluiett(3),Sumner(1),Macura (1)

30-Point+ScoringGames(0):

Double-Doubles/Pts.-Reb.(2):Bluiett(1),Gaston(1)

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#11MALCOLMBERNARD

6-6 • 202Senior • Guard

Miami, Fla.Middleburg HS

FAMU

Individual Career History

BERNARD, Malcolm

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds ScoringSeason gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg2012-13* 30-0 303/10.1 18-53 . 3 4 0 8-19 . 4 2 1 22-33 . 6 6 7 23 37 60 2.0 38 0 19 19 8 17 66 2.22013-14* 28-6 407/14.5 26-71 . 3 6 6 5-20 . 2 5 0 39-65 . 6 0 0 36 62 98 3.5 42 0 36 23 6 18 96 3.42015-16* 28-25 906/32.4 126-299 . 4 2 1 12-57 . 2 1 1 138-209 . 6 6 0 39 159 198 7.1 83 0 119 98 19 63 402 14.42016-17 5-5 151/30.2 12-24 . 5 0 0 5-13 . 3 8 5 1-3 . 3 3 3 4 17 21 4.2 18 0 6 9 3 6 30 6.0TOTAL 5-5 151/30.2 12-24 . 5 0 0 5-13 . 3 8 5 1-3 . 3 3 3 4 17 21 4.2 18 0 6 9 3 6 30 6.0All* 91-36 1767/19.4 182-447 . 4 0 7 30-109 . 2 7 5 200-310 . 6 4 5 102 275 377 4.1 181 0 180 149 36 104 594 6.5

* Statistics from prior team/school

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:Points: 9, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16Rebounds: 7, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16Assists: 3, Buffalo -- 11/14/16Steals: 2, Buffalo -- 11/14/16; vs Missouri -- 11/17/16Blocks: 2, vs Missouri -- 11/17/16FG made: 4, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16FG attempts: 6, vs Clemson -- 11/18/163FG made: 1, 5 times3FG attempts: 3, Buffalo -- 11/14/16; vs Missouri -- 11/17/16; vs Northern Iowa -- 11/20/16FT made: 1, vs Missouri -- 11/17/16FT attempts: 1, Lehigh -- 11/11/16; vs Missouri -- 11/17/16; vs Clemson -- 11/18/16

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#11 BERNARD, Malcolm

Total 3-Pointers Free throws ReboundsOpponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avgLEHIGH 11/11/16 * 23 2-4 . 5 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0 3 3 3.0 3 1 2 1 0 5 5.0BUFFALO 11/14/16 * 27 3-5 . 6 0 0 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 2 4 3.5 4 3 3 0 2 7 6.0vs Missouri 11/17/16 * 32 2-5 . 4 0 0 1-3 . 3 3 3 1-1 1.000 1 4 5 4.0 4 2 1 2 2 6 6.0vs Clemson 11/18/16 * 34 4-6 . 6 6 7 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1 6 7 4.8 4 0 1 0 1 9 6.8vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 * 35 1-4 . 2 5 0 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 4.2 3 0 2 0 1 3 6.0Totals 5 151 12-24 . 5 0 0 5-13 . 3 8 5 1-3 . 3 3 3 4 17 21 4.2 18 6 9 3 6 30 6.0

Games played: 5Minutes/game: 30.2Points/game: 6.0FG Pct: 50.03FG Pct: 38.5FT Pct: 33.3

Rebounds/game: 4.2Assists/game: 1.2Turnovers/game: 1.8Assist/turnover ratio: 0.7Steals/game: 1.2Blocks/game: 0.6

2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME

COLLEGIATE CAREER STATS & XAVIER CAREER HIGHS

AT XAVIER (2016-17)Started the first five games of his Xavier career ... Had sixpoints,fiverebounds,twoassists,twoblocksandtwostealsvs. Missouri on Nov. 17, including a game-saving block with two seconds left inovertime that led toXU'sgame-winningposses-sion ... His stat line of nine points and seven rebounds doesn't completely cover the impact he made with big plays vs. Clemson onNov.18,especiallylateinthegame.

AT FAMU (2015-16)Graduated fromFAMU ... Playedone seasonat FAMUafter sit-tingoutthe2014-15seasonduetoNCAAtransferrules...SecondTeam All-MEAC … Led the MEAC and was ranked 10th in the na-tioninstealsat2.3spg.forthe2015-16season…AlsoledFAMUinscoring(14th intheMEACat14.4ppg.),rebounding(sixth inthe MEAC at 7.1 rpg.) and assists (second in the MEAC at 4.3 apg.) inhisfinalseason.

AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (2013-14 AND 2014-15)Playedin28gamesasasophomore,averaging3.4points,3.5re-bounds and 1.3 assists in 14.5 minutes per game … Scored a CSU career-high 16 points twice during his sophomore season ... ... Played in 30 games as a freshman ... Played 23 minutes in the NIT lossatSouthernMissonMarch20andcontributedfiveassists. HIGH SCHOOL EarnedDistrict6PlayeroftheYearHonorsasasenioratMiddle-burgHigh…Averaged18points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3blocks per game as a senior … Selected to the Florida 6A All-State Team.

BERNARD FILEFullName:Malcolm AlexanderBernardNickname:“Swayze”Birthdate/Birthplace:Janu-ary31,1994inMiami,Fla.Parents:LeslyBernardandMelindaBoatwrightSiblings:Jonathon,Preston,andAliyahMajor:GraduatedfromFAMUinMaywithabach-elor'sdegreeinsociology;pursuingamaster'sdegreeinsportadministration

2016-17GAME NOTES

#5TREVON BLUIETT

6-6 • 198Junior • Guard

Indianapolis, Ind.Park Tudor HS


BLUIETT, Trevon

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds ScoringSeason gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg2014-15 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 11.02015-16 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 15.12016-17 5-5 175/35.0 31-78 . 3 9 7 8-33 . 2 4 2 23-29 . 7 9 3 4 26 30 6.0 15 0 11 8 0 3 93 18.6TOTAL 76-71 2265/29.8 334-794 . 4 2 1 131-367 . 3 5 7 214-281 . 7 6 2 105 290 395 5.2 177 7 156 115 13 57 1013 13.3

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:Points: 25, Lehigh -- 11/11/16Rebounds: 16, Northern Kentucky -- 11/23/15Assists: 8, Marquette -- 02/06/16Steals: 3, Marquette -- 01/17/15; at St. John's -- 1/6/16Blocks: 3, at Providence College -- 1/26/16FG made: 9, vs Marquette -- 03/10/16; Lehigh -- 11/11/16FG attempts: 19, vs Northern Iowa -- 11/20/163FG made: 5, 5 times3FG attempts: 11, DePaul -- 01/12/16FT made: 9, at St. John's -- 1/6/16FT attempts: 12, Providence College -- 02/17/16


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#05 BLUIETT, Trevon

Total 3-Pointers Free throws ReboundsOpponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avgLEHIGH 11/11/16 * 37 9-17 . 5 2 9 2-7 . 2 8 6 5-5 1.000 3 8 11 11.0 3 3 2 0 1 25 25.0BUFFALO 11/14/16 * 29 4-11 . 3 6 4 2-3 . 6 6 7 3-5 . 6 0 0 0 3 3 7.0 3 1 0 0 0 13 19.0vs Missouri 11/17/16 * 29 5-16 . 3 1 3 0-6 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 1 2 3 5.7 4 1 3 0 0 13 17.0vs Clemson 11/18/16 * 40 6-15 . 4 0 0 2-7 . 2 8 6 7-9 . 7 7 8 0 5 5 5.5 2 4 2 0 0 21 18.0vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 * 40 7-19 . 3 6 8 2-10 . 2 0 0 5-6 . 8 3 3 0 8 8 6.0 3 2 1 0 2 21 18.6Totals 5 175 31-78 . 3 9 7 8-33 . 2 4 2 23-29 . 7 9 3 4 26 30 6.0 15 11 8 0 3 93 18.6


Rebounds/game: 6.0Assists/game: 2.2Turnovers/game: 1.6Assist/turnover ratio: 1.4Steals/game: 0.6


XAVIER CAREER STATS & CAREER HIGHS

AT XAVIER (2016-17)Leads Xavier in scoring at 18.6 ppg. ... BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week (College Sports Madness web site) ... MVP of the Tire Pros Invitationalforhiseffortsinthosethreewins,includingagame-high21-pointeffortinthechampionshipgamewinoverNorthernIowaonNov. 20 ... Scored a career-high 25 points in the opener vs. Lehigh on Nov.11,whilecompletinghisseventhcareerdouble-doublewithagame-high11rebounds,earningaspotonthefirstBIGEASTWeeklyHonor Roll.

1,000 POINT CLUB MEMBERPassedthe1,000pointmarkforhiscareerduringtheNorthernIowagameonNov.20...The52ndmemberofXavier's1,000PointClub.

2016-17 ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATEChosen as a 2016-17 USA TODAY Sports preseason Third Team All-American ... Named 2016-17 preseason First Team All-BIG EAST ... On the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 list ... AtlantaTipoffClubhasBluiettonthewatchlistof50playersinconsiderationforthe2017NaismithMen’sCollegePlayeroftheYear...Also on the Lute OlsonAwardPreseasonWatchList;thatawardispresentedannuallytothenation'stopDivisionIplayerwhohasplayedatleasttwosea-sons...OnthewatchlistagainthisseasonfortheJuliusErvingAward,whichgoestothenation'stopsmallforward.

2015-16 NATIONAL HONORS2015-16 USA TODAY Sports Third Team All-American ... NABC First Team All-District V ... USBWA First Team All-District V ... AdvoCare InvitationalAll-TournamentTeam.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015-16)2015-16 All-BIG EAST First Team ... BIG EAST All-Tournament Team afteraveraging19.5ppg.forXU’stwogames...LedXUinscoringat15.1ppg.(ninthinBIGEAST)and3-pointfieldgoalsmade(fourthinBIG EAST at 2.3 mpg.) ... Third on the team in rebounding at 6.1 rpg.

BLUIETT FILEFullname:TrevonNykeeBluiettNickname:“Tre”Birthdate/Birthplace:November5,1994in Indianapolis,Ind.Parents:ReynardoandMariamBluiettSiblings:Ashtyn,Juwaan,andBrodyMajor:Sportmanagement

2016-17GAME NOTES

#35RASHIDGASTON

6-9 • 239Senior • Forward

Warren, OhioWarren G. Harding HS

Norfolk State


GASTON, RaShid

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds ScoringSeason gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg2012-13* 30-0 660/22.0 102-182 . 5 6 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 44-86 . 5 1 2 87 102 189 6.3 59 0 12 46 21 10 248 8.32013-14* 20-14 465/23.3 64-132 . 4 8 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 39-75 . 5 2 0 53 76 129 6.5 55 2 6 36 9 4 167 8.42014-15* 32-28 983/30.7 204-326 . 6 2 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 88-162 . 5 4 3 106 200 306 9.6 89 6 45 66 37 8 496 15.52016-17 5-0 90/18.0 11-20 . 5 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 12-18 . 6 6 7 13 19 32 6.4 19 2 2 7 6 2 34 6.8TOTAL 5-0 90/18.0 11-20 . 5 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 12-18 . 6 6 7 13 19 32 6.4 19 2 2 7 6 2 34 6.8All* 87-42 2198/25.3 381-660 . 5 7 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 183-341 . 5 3 7 259 397 656 7.5 222 10 65 155 73 24 945 10.9

* Statistics from prior team/school

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:Points: 12, vs Missouri -- 11/17/16Rebounds: 10, vs Missouri -- 11/17/16Assists: 2, vs Missouri -- 11/17/16Steals: 1, Lehigh -- 11/11/16; vs Northern Iowa -- 11/20/16Blocks: 4, vs Missouri -- 11/17/16FG made: 3, Buffalo -- 11/14/16; vs Missouri -- 11/17/16FG attempts: 5, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16; vs Northern Iowa -- 11/20/16FT made: 6, vs Missouri -- 11/17/16FT attempts: 10, vs Missouri -- 11/17/16


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#35 GASTON, RaShid

Total 3-Pointers Free throws ReboundsOpponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avgLEHIGH 11/11/16 14 2-2 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 1 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 5 5.0BUFFALO 11/14/16 15 3-4 . 7 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 3 4 7 4.5 4 0 2 0 0 9 7.0vs Missouri 11/17/16 27 3-4 . 7 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 6-10 . 6 0 0 3 7 10 6.3 5 2 2 4 0 12 8.7vs Clemson 11/18/16 15 1-5 . 2 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3 3 6 6.3 5 0 2 1 0 2 7.0vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 19 2-5 . 4 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 3 4 7 6.4 3 0 1 1 1 6 6.8Totals 0 90 11-20 . 5 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 12-18 . 6 6 7 13 19 32 6.4 19 2 7 6 2 34 6.8

Games played: 5Minutes/game: 18.0Points/game: 6.8FG Pct: 55.0FT Pct: 66.7



AT XAVIER (2016-17)LeadsXavier in reboundingat6.4 rpg.,while logging18.0min-utes per game ... Had 12 points, 10 rebounds, two assists andfour blocks vs. Missouri on Nov. 17 ... Contributed nine points and sevenreboundsin15minutesofactionintheBuffalowinonNov.14 ... Satoutthe2015-16seasonperNCAArulesafterhistransferfromNorfolkStateandwillusehisfinalseasonofeligibilitythisseason...PracticedwiththeMusketeersinthe2015-16season.

PRESEASON RECOGNITIONNamed one of the top 20 impact transfers by CBS Sports.

2014-15 (NORFOLK ST. JUNIOR)SecondTeamNABCAll-District15 selectionasa junior ... Four-time Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference defensive player of theweek ... Second-teamVirginia Sports InformationDirectors (Va-SID)All-State...Playedin32games,starting28times,foraNorfolkStatesquadthatfinished20-14overalland12-4intheMEAC...LedhisteamandwassecondintheMid-EasternAthleticConfer-ence in rebounding at 9.6 rpg. ... Second on the team in scoring at 15.5ppg....Shotateam-high62.6percentfromthefield,whichrankedsecondintheMEACandfourthinthenation...Added1.4assists and 1.2 blocks per game ... Recorded 18 double-doubles in scoringandrebounding...Scoredindoublefiguresin26games,includingacareer-high30pointson11-of-15shootingwith10re-bounds at Coppin State on Feb. 21.

GASTON FILEFullName:RashidSurretGastonNickname:“Sheed”Birthdate/Birthplace:January31,1995inWarren,OhioParents:LisaM.CarterandRobertGastonSiblings:FivesistersandfivebrothersMajor:Liberalarts

COLLEGIATE CAREER STATS & XAVIER CAREER HIGHS

2016-17GAME NOTES

#22KAISER GATES6-8 • 228

Soph. • ForwardAlpharetta, Ga.St. Francis HS


GATES, Kaiser

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds ScoringSeason gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg2015-16 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 3.2TOTAL 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

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:Points: 11, DePaul -- 01/12/16; Creighton -- 03/05/16Rebounds: 8, Creighton -- 03/05/16Assists: 2, Villanova -- 02/24/16Steals: 1, 11 timesBlocks: 1, 7 timesFG made: 4, DePaul -- 01/12/16FG attempts: 6, DePaul -- 01/12/163FG made: 3, Creighton -- 03/05/163FG attempts: 4, at Villanova -- 12/31/15FT made: 4, Butler -- 01/02/16; Miami -- 11/13/15FT attempts: 7, Villanova -- 02/24/16



AT XAVIER (2016-17)Recoveringfromaninjury...Didnotplayinthefirstfivegames.

AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16)Hit all three of his shots on his way to seven points in 10 min-utes of action in the NCAA Tournament win overWeber Stateon March 18 ... Also came up big in 15 minutes vs. Creighton on March5,grabbingacareer-higheightreboundstogowithaca-reer-hightying11pointson3-of-33-pointshooting ...Grabbedsevenreboundstogowithfivepointsandacareer-hightwoas-

sists in 17 minutes in the Villanova win on Feb. 24 ... Contributed seven points and two rebounds in 15 minutes at Butler on Feb. 13 ...Hadfivepointsandsixreboundsinacareer-high18minutesatMarquetteonJan.16...Scoredacareer-high11pointson4-of-6shooting,including2-of-33-pointers,togowithfourreboundsin16minutesofactionvs.DePaulonJan.12...Contributed10pointsvs.ButleronJan.2togowithfiverebounds;hit2-of-3from3-point range ... Grabbed six rebounds vs. Wright State on Dec. 8 ... Had four points and three rebounds in 10 minutes vs. Western KentuckyonDec.5...Scoredfivepointsinthreeminutesofactionvs. USC on Nov. 27.

GATES FILE

FullName:KaiserEvanBray-GatesNickname:“K.G.”Birthdate/Birthplace:November8,1996inAtlanta,Ga.Parents:NeciaandDavidGatesSiblings:ZorynandKazMajor:Exploratory

2016-17GAME NOTES

#3QUENTINGOODIN

6-4 • 194Freshman • GuardCampbellsville, Ky.

Taylor HS


GOODIN, Quentin


SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:Points: 11, Buffalo -- 11/14/16Rebounds: 3, vs Northern Iowa -- 11/20/16Assists: 4, Buffalo -- 11/14/16Steals: 2, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16FG made: 3, Buffalo -- 11/14/16; vs Northern Iowa -- 11/20/16FG attempts: 4, Lehigh -- 11/11/16; vs Northern Iowa -- 11/20/163FG made: 1, Buffalo -- 11/14/163FG attempts: 2, Lehigh -- 11/11/16FT made: 4, Buffalo -- 11/14/16FT attempts: 8, Buffalo -- 11/14/16


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#03 GOODIN, Quentin

Total 3-Pointers Free throws ReboundsOpponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avgLEHIGH 11/11/16 16 1-4 . 2 5 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 2 2.0BUFFALO 11/14/16 24 3-3 1.000 1-1 1.000 4-8 . 5 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 2 4 2 0 0 11 6.5vs Missouri 11/17/16 20 0-3 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 0 2 1 0 0 2 5.0vs Clemson 11/18/16 10 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 3 2 3 0 2 0 3.8vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 18 3-4 . 7 5 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0 3 3 1.4 0 1 0 0 1 6 4.2Totals 0 88 7-14 . 5 0 0 1-5 . 2 0 0 6-11 . 5 4 5 1 6 7 1.4 7 11 8 0 4 21 4.2


Rebounds/game: 1.4Assists/game: 2.2Turnovers/game: 1.6Assist/turnover ratio: 1.4Steals/game: 0.8



AT XAVIER (2016-17)Scored11pointson3-of-3shooting,includinga3-pointer,togowithfourassistsvs.BuffaloonNov.14...Contributedsixpointsand three rebounds vs.UNI onNov. 20, including a pair of bigsecond-half baskets ... Has logged 17.6 minutes per game.

AT TAYLOR COUNTYConsensus four-star recruit … 2016 Gatorade State Boys Basket-ballPlayeroftheYearinKentucky…2016AssociatedPressPlayerof theYear in thestateaswell ...Four-TimeAll-Stateselection,

including First Team as a junior and a senior (2015 and 2016) … Four-timeAll-Districthonoree…2016KentuckyDerbyClassicIn-vitee … 2016 McDonald’s All-American nominee … Averaged 22.9 pointsand7.9reboundspergameforTaylorCounty,whileshoot-ing47percentfromthefieldand72percentfromthefree-throwline…Teamfinished25-9andreturnedtotheSweet16beforelosing inthequarterfinalstoeventualstaterunner-upLouisvilleDoss…EarnedFirstTeamAll-Statehonorsasajuniorafteraver-aging 21.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in helping Taylor CountyreachtheSweet16forthefirsttimesince1983…2015Adidas All-American and 2015 Under Armour All-American camp invitations…Finishedhiscareerastheall-timeleadingscoreratTaylorCountyHighSchoolwith2,649pointsanda24.2ppg.ca-reeraverage…Alsoamassed773rebounds(8.1rpg.),629assists(4.1 apg.) and 325 steals (2.7 spg.) during his impressive four-year career.

GOODIN FILEFullName:Quentin EmmanuelGoodinNickname:“Q”or“QG”Birthdate/Birthplace: September3,1997inCampbellsville,Ky.Parents:ChrisandLaQuitaGoodinSibling:TreMajor:Exploratorybutlikelycommunicationsorsportmanagement

2016-17GAME NOTES

#0TYRIQUEJONES6-9 • 237

Freshman • ForwardBloomfield, Conn.Vermont Academy


JONES, Tyrique


SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:Points: 6, Buffalo -- 11/14/16Rebounds: 11, Buffalo -- 11/14/16Assists: 1, Buffalo -- 11/14/16; vs Missouri -- 11/17/16Steals: 1, Lehigh -- 11/11/16; Buffalo -- 11/14/16Blocks: 2, Buffalo -- 11/14/16FG made: 2, Buffalo -- 11/14/16; vs Northern Iowa -- 11/20/16FG attempts: 6, Buffalo -- 11/14/16FT made: 2, Buffalo -- 11/14/16FT attempts: 4, Buffalo -- 11/14/16


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#00 JONES, Tyrique

Total 3-Pointers Free throws ReboundsOpponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avgLEHIGH 11/11/16 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0.0BUFFALO 11/14/16 21 2-6 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 0 11 11 6.0 0 1 1 2 1 6 3.0vs Missouri 11/17/16 9 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3 1 4 5.3 5 1 0 1 0 0 2.0vs Clemson 11/18/16 12 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 1 2 4.5 4 0 1 0 0 2 2.0vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 10 2-3 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 1 3 4.2 3 0 1 0 0 4 2.4Totals 0 60 5-12 . 4 1 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 6 15 21 4.2 15 2 4 4 2 12 2.4





AT XAVIER (2016-17)Grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds to go with six points and two blocks,whiletakingapairofchargesondefense,inthewinoverBuffaloonNov.14...Haslogged12.0minutespergame.

PRESEASON RECOGNITIONNamed by college basketball expert Jon Rothstein as one of the top "Under the Radar" freshmen.

AT VERMONT ACADEMYESPN and Scout.com four-star recruit who attended Ver-mont Academy in Saxtons River, Vt. … Part of the ESPN 100 ... Averaged19.8points,9.7rebounds,2.2blocks,1.5stealsand1.7as-sistspergamethispastseasonatVermontAcademy,hispostgradu-ateseason,whileshooting61percentfromthefieldand74percentfrom the free-throw line … Earned 2015-16 Class AA All-NEPSAC First Team honors as he led his team to a 27-5 record and won the New England Prep School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC) Championshipgameforthefirsttimeinschoolhistory…Asasenior inthe2014-15seasonatVermontAcademy,Jonesaveraged13.2points,7.6re-bounds and 0.9 blocks per game while earning Class AA All-NEPSAC Second Team honors and leading Vermont Academy to a 24-7 record and the Class AA NEPSAC Finals.

BEFORE VERMONT ACADEMYNamed First Team All-State by the Hartford Courant as a high school junior…PlayedthreeseasonsatBloomfieldHighSchoolbeforeat-tendingVermontAcademy…Averaged10.6points,8.4reboundsand3.1blockspergameasajunioratBloomfieldHigh,leadinghisteamtotheClassSStateSemifinals.

JONES FILEFullName:TyriqueDanielJonesNickname:“Ty”or“Rique”Birthdate/Birthplace:May3,1997inHartford,Conn.Parents:PetraniaBaileyandthelateLesterJonesSiblings:DajounMajor:Exploratory

2016-17GAME NOTES

#55J.P

MACURA6-5 • 203

Junior • GuardLakeville, Minn.

Lakeville North HS


MACURA, J.P.


SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:Points: 28, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16Rebounds: 7, St. John's -- 02/03/16Assists: 5, 4 timesSteals: 5, IUPUI -- 12/9/14Blocks: 2, BUTLER -- 02/21/15FG made: 10, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16FG attempts: 18, vs Clemson -- 11/18/163FG made: 6, vs Clemson -- 11/18/163FG attempts: 11, vs Clemson -- 11/18/16FT made: 10, Buffalo -- 11/14/16FT attempts: 10, Buffalo -- 11/14/16


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#55 MACURA, J.P.

Total 3-Pointers Free throws ReboundsOpponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avgLEHIGH 11/11/16 * 37 5-14 . 3 5 7 1-5 . 2 0 0 2-2 1.000 2 3 5 5.0 2 4 3 0 1 13 13.0BUFFALO 11/14/16 * 30 4-11 . 3 6 4 0-2 . 0 0 0 10-10 1.000 2 0 2 3.5 1 3 0 1 1 18 15.5vs Missouri 11/17/16 * 42 6-14 . 4 2 9 1-7 . 1 4 3 6-6 1.000 3 2 5 4.0 2 5 2 0 2 19 16.7vs Clemson 11/18/16 * 38 10-18 . 5 5 6 6-11 . 5 4 5 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 4.0 3 5 2 1 3 28 19.5vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 * 32 3-9 . 3 3 3 2-5 . 4 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 7 0 4 4 4.0 4 1 2 0 3 10 17.6Totals 5 179 28-66 . 4 2 4 10-30 . 3 3 3 22-23 . 9 5 7 8 12 20 4.0 12 18 9 2 10 88 17.6





AT XAVIER (2016-17)Secondon the team in scoringat17.6ppg.andtied forfirst inassists at 3.6 apg. ... Named on the BIG EAST Conference Weekly HonorRollthisweekafteraveraging18.8ppg.forXU'sfourwinsin seven days ... ProjectedbyCBSSportstobeoneofthenation'stop 20 breakout players this season ... Averaged a team-high 19.0 ppg.forXavierthreegames intheTirePros Invitational, includ-ing a career-high 28 points on the strength of a career-high six

3-pointerstogowithfiveassistsandthreestealsinthewinoverClemson on Nov. 18 ... Named to the Tire Pros InvitationalAll-Tournament Team ... Has scoredindoublefiguresin14ofhislast20gamesdatingbacktolastseason,includingallfivegamesthisseason.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015-16)Voted the 2015-16 BIG EAST Sixth Man Award winner by the BIG EAST coaches ... Provided high energy and 9.4 ppg ... Scored a team-high tying 19 points to go with three steals in the win over Villanova on Feb.24...Hit80.7percentfromthefree-throwline,althoughdidn’thave enough attempts to be ranked in the BIG EAST Conference(would have been 10th) ... Scored 12 points to go with four assists and two steals at Georgetown on Feb. 20 and a career-high 20-point effortin31minutesofactionvs.MarquetteonFeb.6thatincludedtwoclutch3-pointersinthefinalfourminutes.

SUMMER OF 2016Took a trip overseas late in the summer with some other collegiate student-athletes,playingfivegamescombinedinGermany,Belgiumand the Netherlands.

MACURA FILEFullName:JonathanPaulMacuraNickname:“J.P.”Birthdate/Birthplace:June5,1995inLakeville,Minn.Parents:PaulandSueAnnMacuraSiblings:DavidandKariAnnaMajor:Businessmanage-ment

2016-17GAME NOTES

#54SEAN

O'MARA6-10 • 244

Junior • Fd./Ctr.Glen Ellyn, Ill.

Benet Academy


O'MARA, Sean


SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:Points: 13, vs Missouri -- 11/17/16Rebounds: 6, Western Kentucky -- 12/05/15; Auburn -- 12/19/15Assists: 2, 4 timesSteals: 2, at St. John's -- 1/6/16; Lehigh -- 11/11/16Blocks: 2, Seton Hall -- 01/23/16; Providence College -- 02/07/15; BUTLER -- 02/21/15FG made: 5, Lehigh -- 11/11/16; vs Missouri -- 11/17/16FG attempts: 7, Lehigh -- 11/11/16; vs Missouri -- 11/17/16FT made: 5, DePaul -- 01/12/16FT attempts: 6, DePaul -- 01/12/16


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#54 O'MARA, Sean

Total 3-Pointers Free throws ReboundsOpponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avgLEHIGH 11/11/16 * 25 5-7 . 7 1 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3 1 4 4.0 3 2 1 0 2 10 10.0BUFFALO 11/14/16 * 16 1-5 . 2 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 3.5 4 2 0 0 0 4 7.0vs Missouri 11/17/16 * 25 5-7 . 7 1 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 2 3 5 4.0 1 0 0 1 1 13 9.0vs Clemson 11/18/16 * 12 4-4 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 3.5 4 0 2 0 0 10 9.3vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 * 11 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 2 3 3.4 2 0 2 0 1 0 7.4Totals 5 89 15-24 . 6 2 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 7-8 . 8 7 5 8 9 17 3.4 14 4 5 1 4 37 7.4





AT XAVIER (2016-17)Hasstartedeachofthefirstfivegames,contributingthreedou-ble-figurescoringgames...MadehisfirstcareerstartasaMuske-teervs.LehighonNov.11,contributing10pointstogowithfourrebounds,twoassistsandtwostealsinacareer-high25minutesofaction...Scoredacareer-high13pointson5-of-7shootingvs.MissourionNov.17and10pointson4-of-4shootingvs.Clemsonon Nov. 18 ... Has shot 62.5 percent (15-of-24) for the season.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015-16)Played in 32 of Xavier’s 34 games ... Scored two baskets in the NCAA game vs. Wisconsin on March 20 ... Contributed nine points on4-of-4shootingfromthefieldvs.SetonHallonJan.23andninepoints with three rebounds in the win over DePaul on Jan. 12. ... Scored a career-high 10 points in the win over Auburn on Dec. 19,while tyinghiscareerhigh for reboundswithsix ...Hadbigeffortsinback-to-backgamesvs.DaytononNov.29andWesternKentucky on Dec. 5 ... Grabbed a career-high six rebounds in the win over Western Kentucky on Dec. 5 ... Scored a then-career-high ninepointsandgrabbedfivereboundsintheDaytonwinonNov.29 ...Collectedfivepoints, three rebounds, ablockanda stealvs.USConNov.27innineminutesofaction...Contributedfourpoints in six minutes vs. Alabama on Nov. 26 ... Averaged 6.0 ppg. and 2.7 rpg. in 9.3 minutes per game in XU’s three games at the AdvoCareInvitationalNov.26-29.

AS A FRESHMAN (2014-15)Member of the 2014-15 BIG EAST Conference All-Academic Team ... Played in 25 games.

O'MARA FILEFullName:SeanRileyO’MaraNickname:“BigSean”Birthdate/Birthplace:Sep-tember5,1995inIndia-napolis,Ind.Parents:JohnandKimO’MaraSiblings:ShaneMajor:Sportmanagement

2016-17GAME NOTES

#4EDMONDSUMNER

6-6 • 186Sophomore • Guard

Detroit, Mich.Country Day HS


SUMNER, Edmond


SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:Points: 24, Lehigh -- 11/11/16Rebounds: 9, at Wake Forest -- 12/22/15; vs Seton Hall -- 3/11/16Assists: 9, Villanova -- 02/24/16Steals: 3, 5 timesBlocks: 2, Buffalo -- 11/14/16; vs Clemson -- 11/18/16; at Butler -- 2/13/16FG made: 8, Lehigh -- 11/11/16FG attempts: 23, vs Seton Hall -- 3/11/163FG made: 3, Marquette -- 02/06/16; Auburn -- 12/19/15; vs Seton Hall -- 3/11/163FG attempts: 9, vs Seton Hall -- 3/11/16FT made: 11, Villanova -- 02/24/16FT attempts: 13, Villanova -- 02/24/16


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#04 SUMNER, Edmond

Total 3-Pointers Free throws ReboundsOpponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avgLEHIGH 11/11/16 * 40 8-14 . 5 7 1 0-1 . 0 0 0 8-9 . 8 8 9 1 3 4 4.0 3 6 6 1 1 24 24.0BUFFALO 11/14/16 * 30 5-7 . 7 1 4 1-1 1.000 2-3 . 6 6 7 0 7 7 5.5 3 2 1 2 1 13 18.5vs Missouri 11/17/16 * 41 7-19 . 3 6 8 0-5 . 0 0 0 4-11 . 3 6 4 0 6 6 5.7 3 1 4 1 3 18 18.3vs Clemson 11/18/16 * 39 4-8 . 5 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 3-5 . 6 0 0 0 6 6 5.8 0 6 5 2 2 11 16.5vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 * 35 6-14 . 4 2 9 0-3 . 0 0 0 5-6 . 8 3 3 2 1 3 5.2 4 3 4 0 2 17 16.6Totals 5 185 30-62 . 4 8 4 1-11 . 0 9 1 22-34 . 6 4 7 3 23 26 5.2 13 18 20 6 9 83 16.6





AT XAVIER (2016-17)Thirdontheteaminscoringat16.6ppg.andtiedforfirstinassistsat 3.6 apg. ... Scored a career-high 24 points to go with six assists vs.LehighonNov.11...Scored17vs.NorthernIowaonNov.20,including 11 in the decisive second half.

ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATENamed 2016-17 preseason First Team All-BIG EAST ... On the John R.WoodenAwardPreseasonTop50list...AtlantaTipoffClubhasSumneron thewatch listof50players in consideration for the

2017NaismithMen’s College Player of the Year ...Also named on the Lute Olson Award Preseason Watch List ... The Lute Olson Awardispresentedannuallytothenation'stopDivisionIplayerwho has played at least two seasons.

AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16)Kyle Macy Freshman All-America Team (collegeinsider.com) .... Unanimousselectiontothe2015-16All-BIGEASTFreshmanTeambytheBIGEASTcoaches...SecondTeamAll-BIGEASTselectionbyCBS Sports and Bleacher Report ... 19 points (11-of-13 free-throw shooting),acareer-highnineassistsandsixreboundsinthewinover Villanova on Feb. 24 and 21 points to go with a career-high tying nine rebounds and four assists vs. Seton Hall on March 11 ...Secondontheteaminscoringat11.0ppg.,including20pointstogowithfiveassistsvs.MarquetteonFeb.6...Secondontheteam in assists at 3.6 apg. (10th in the BIG EAST) ... Started each of thefirst13gamesbeforesufferinganinjurylessthanthreemin-utes into the game at Villanova on Dec. 31 ... BIG EAST Conference FreshmanoftheWeekfivetimes...Scoredacareer-high22pointsinthewinatGeorgetown...WaymanTisdaleNationalFreshmanoftheWeek(selectedbyCBSSports.com’sMattNorlanderinpart-nership with the USBWA) for games ending the week of Dec. 27 afterscoring21pointsinthewinatWakeForestonDec.22,whilegrabbing a career-high nine rebounds.

SUMNER FILE

FullName:EdmondByronSumner

Nickname:“Ed”

Birthdate/Birthplace:De-cember31,1995inDetroit,Mich.

Parents:ErnestandFeliciaSumner

Siblings:ShanequaandErnestMajor:Computerscience

2016-17GAME NOTES

#21TIM

STAINBROOK6-6 • 208

Senior • ForwardBay Village, Ohio

Lakewood St. Edward

AS A MUSKETEERScored his first collegiate basket with a 3-pointer in the win over BuffaloonNov.14 ...Memberof theBIGEASTAll-AcademicTeamas a sophomore (2014-15) and junior (2015-16) ... Fourth season as aMusketeer…BrotherofMattStainbrook,oneof thestarsof the2013-14 and 2014-15 teams who is now playing professional basket-ballinSpain...Playedinsevengamesasafreshmen,fourgamesasasophomore and nine games as a junior.

AT LAKEWOOD ST. EDWARD HIGHHelped lead his team to the Division I State Final Four as a junior … Averaged 8.6 ppg. as a senior ... Scored 23 points in a winoverJackson,22points ina win over Richmond Heights and21pointsvs.St.Ignatius.

STAINBROOK FILEFullName:TimothyWilliamStainbrookNickname:“Tim”Birthdate/Birthplace:November4,1994inBayVillage,OhioParents:NancyandDaveStainbrookSiblings:MattandAndyMajor:Finance

#12CULLENBARR6-7 • 233

Senior • ForwardLibertyville, Ill.

Carmel Catholic HS

#24CONOR

PETERSON6-6 • 180

Freshman • Gd./Fd.Libertyville, Ill.

Brewster Academy

#20ALEX

BERGEN6-5 • 205

Senior • GuardCincinnati, Ohio

Oak Hills HS

#10LEIGHTONSCHRAND

6-0 • 155Senior • GuardVilla Hills, Ky.Holy Cross HS

XAVIER WALK-ONS

AS A MUSKETEERFirst-yearwalk-on...Marketingmajor. AS A MUSKETEER

Second-year walk-on ... Played in four games as a junior ... Sport man-agement major.

AS A MUSKETEERFirst-year walk-on ... Exploratory major.

AS A MUSKETEERFirst-year walk-on ... Sport management major.

2016-17GAME NOTES

SEDLER FAMILY MEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACHXavier eighth-year head coach ChrisMack was selected as the 2015-16 USBWA Henry Iba National Coach of the Year. CBSSports and Basketball Timesmagazinealsobestowed theirNa-tionalCoachoftheYearhonorsonMack.Mackwasnamedasthe2015-16BIGEASTConferenceCoachof theYearbyCBSSportsand Bleacher Report.

Mack, who led Xavier to its highest national poll rankings inschool history and best-ever NCAA Tournament seed (2) in the 2015-16season,hasrecordeda167-77(.684)markandstandssecondonXavier’sall-timewinslist.

Mack,46, ledXaviertotheNCAATournament insixofhisfirstsevenseasonsatthehelm,includingtheNCAATournamentSweet16in2010,2012and2015.HeistheonlyXavier

head coach that has led XU to three Sweet 16s and he has more NCAA Tournament wins (7) than any XU head coach. Mack is very familiar with postseasontournamentplay.Infact,2016markedthe17thNCAATournamentforMack,includingthreeasaplayerand14onthecoachingstaffsat Xavier and Wake Forest.

MackhasstrongtiestoalloftheotherXavierheadcoachesthathavereached100careerwinsatXU:PeteGillen(202winsinnineseasonsfrom1985-94),SkipProsser(148winsinsevenseasonsfrom1994-2001)andSeanMiller(120winsinfiveseasonsfrom2004-09).MackplayedunderGillenandthen-GillenassistantProsserandheworkedonthestaffsofMilleratXavierandProsseratbothXUandWake.

XAVIER’S FIRST-EVER NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEARMack,the2015-16HenryIbaAwardwinnerastheUnitedStateBasketballWritersAssociation(USBWA)NationalCoachoftheYear,wasalsotheCBSSports and Basketball TimesmagazineNationalCoachoftheYear.MackisthefirstNationalCoachoftheYearinprogramhistory.

2016 USA BASKETBALL Mackservedasacourtcoachforthe2016USABasketballMen’sU18NationalTeamtrainingcampthispastsummerattheUnitedStatesOlympicTrainingCenterinColoradoSprings,Colorado.

COACHING SUCCESS STORY Mack,whowasbornDecember30,1969inCleveland,Ohio,isthe17thheadcoachinprogramhistory.PriortobeingnamedXavier’sheadcoachonApril15,2009,MackspentfiveseasonsasanassistantonSeanMiller’sXavierstaff.PriortothathewasonthestaffofthelateSkipProsserbothat Xavier and at Wake Forest.

Mackwasselectedasthe2010-11Atlantic10ConferenceCoachof theYear.Inaddition,Mackwastherecipientofthe2011SkipProsserManoftheYearaward,whichwasestablishedin2008tohonorthosewhonotonly achieve success on the basketball court but who display moral integ-rityoffofitaswell.Mack,the2009-10Basketball Times Rookie Coach of theYear,wasthefirstXavierheadcoachtoguideXUtotheNCAATourna-mentSweet16ineitherhisfirstorsecondseason.

XAVIER PLAYER AND GRADUATE Mack,a1992XavierUniversitygraduatewithadegreeincommuni-cationarts,wasatwo-timeteamcaptainasaplayeratXavierunderthen-head coach Pete Gillen. He won an MCC Regular Season Champi-onship at 12-2 and reached the second round of the 1993 NCAA Tour-nament. Mack was the 1987-88 Cincinnati Post Metro Player of the Year at St. XavierHigh School inCincinnatibeforegoingon to startfortwoseasonsatEvansvilleunderJimCrews,winninganMCCRegu-lar Season Championship and a trip to the second round of the 1989 NCAATournamentasaUEfreshman.HetransferredtoXavierafterhissophomore season.

BASKETBALL FAMILY MAN Mack and his wife, Christi, have two daughters, Hailee (10) and Lainee (11), and a son, Brayden (1). Christi has a basketball back-groundandwasa2014inducteeintotheUniversityofDaytonAthleticHallofFame,theDirectorofBasketballOperationsforXU’swomen’sbasketball team (2001-03) and more recently as the former head girls basketballcoachatCincinnati’sColerainHigh.

Personal Data

OnTwitter:@CoachChrisMack

Born:Dec.30,1969inCleveland,Ohio•Age:46

CollegeAlmaMater: Xavier ‘92 (B.A.incommunicationarts)

PrepAlmaMater: St. Xavier HS ‘88

Wife:Christi

Children:Lainee(11),Hailee(10)andBrayden(1)

MACK’S SUCCESS ON COLLEGE COACHING STAFFS:

As The Xavier Head CoachSeason School Overall Conference Postseason2016-17 Xavier 5-0 2015-16 Xavier 28-6 14-4/2nd BE NCAA 2nd Round2014-15 Xavier 23-14 9-9/6th BE NCAA Sweet 16 2013-14 Xavier 21-13 10-8/T-3rd BE NCAA 1st Round 2012-13 Xavier 17-14 9-7/T-6th A-10 2011-12 Xavier 23-13 10-6/T-3rd A-10 NCAA Sweet 162010-11 Xavier 24-8 15-1/1st A-10* NCAA 2nd Round 2009-10 Xavier 26-9 14-2/T-1st A-10* NCAA Sweet 16 Totals Xavier 167-77 6NCAA(7-6) Ten Years Prior To Becoming Xavier Head CoachSeason School Overall Conf.Titles Postseason2008-09 Xavier 27-8 1st A-10* NCAA Sweet 162007-08 Xavier 30-7 1st A-10* NCAA Elite Eight2006-07 Xavier 25-9 T-1st A-10* NCAA 2nd Round2005-06 Xavier 21-11 Tourn. Champs NCAA 1st Round2004-05 Xavier 17-12 2003-04 Wake Forest 21-10 NCAA Sweet 162002-03 Wake Forest 25-6 1st ACC* NCAA 2nd Round2001-02 Wake Forest 21-13 NCAA 2nd Round2000-01 Xavier 21-8 NCAA 1st Round1999-00 Xavier 21-12 NIT 2nd Round* Regular Season

2016-17GAME NOTES

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsLehigh vs Xavier

11/11/16 7 p.m. at Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center)

Lehigh 81 • 0-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Holba, Matt f 4-4 0-0 1-1 1 2 3 4 9 1 3 0 0 2132 Kempton, Tim c 9-16 0-2 7-9 2 5 7 4 25 0 3 1 1 3601 Ross, Kahron g 3-8 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 3 6 12 3 1 1 3702 Leufroy, Kyle g 2-7 1-3 2-2 1 1 2 2 7 1 3 0 3 2705 Price, Austin g 3-10 2-6 3-4 2 2 4 3 11 2 2 0 3 3111 Cohen, Jordan 3-4 3-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 0 1 1131 Andree, Pat 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 3 5 3 1 0 0 2042 Alston, Brandon 3-5 2-3 1-1 1 1 2 4 9 1 3 0 1 17

Team 1 3 4Totals 29-58 9-23 14-17 10 17 27 23 81 21 20 2 10 200

FG % 1st Half: 16-31 51.6%3FG % 1st Half: 5-13 38.5%

FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0%

2nd half: 13-27 48.1%2nd half: 4-10 40.0%2nd half: 8-9 88.9%

Game: 29-58 50.0%Game: 9-23 39.1%Game: 14-17 82.4%

DeadballRebounds

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Xavier 84 • 1-0Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min54 O'MARA, Sean c 5-7 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 3 10 2 1 0 2 2504 SUMNER, Edmond g 8-14 0-1 8-9 1 3 4 3 24 6 6 1 1 40-05 BLUIETT, Trevon g 9-17 2-7 5-5 3 8 11 3 25 3 2 0 1 3711 BERNARD, Malcolm g 2-4 1-2 0-1 0 3 3 3 5 1 2 1 0 2355 MACURA, J.P. g 5-14 1-5 2-2 2 3 5 2 13 4 3 0 1 3700 JONES, Tyrique 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 803 GOODIN, Quentin 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 1635 GASTON, RaShid 2-2 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 1 14

Team 1 0 1Totals 32-62 4-17 16-19 12 20 32 21 84 18 17 3 8 200


FT % 1st Half: 1-1 100.0


Game: 32-62 51.6%Game: 4-17 23.5%Game: 16-19 84.2%

DeadballRebounds

3,1

Officials: Jeffrey Anderson, Gary Prager and Wally RuteckiTechnical fouls: Lehigh-None. Xavier-None.Attendance: 10250

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalLehigh 43 38 81Xavier 48 36 84

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchLEHIGH 32 17 11 6 23XU 44 24 20 12 7

Last FG - LEHIGH 2nd-00:20, XU 2nd-04:47.Largest lead - LEHIGH by 1 2nd-12:14, XU by 12 1st-16:23.LEHIGH led for 00:49. XU led for 38:57. Game was tied for 00:14.

Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 2 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsBuffalo vs Xavier

11/14/16 7 p.m. at Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center)

Buffalo 53 • 1-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min33 PERKINS, Nick f 4-10 3-5 4-7 0 7 7 4 15 0 3 0 0 2334 SMART, Ikenna f 1-2 0-0 3-4 1 3 4 3 5 0 3 0 0 2300 HAMILTON, Blake g 3-9 2-6 0-2 0 3 3 5 8 1 6 1 0 2302 CONNER, Willie g 2-9 2-7 2-2 0 2 2 2 8 0 2 1 0 3303 JORDAN, Davonta g 2-8 0-1 3-4 0 3 3 4 7 4 2 1 1 2701 JONES, James 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1104 KADIRI, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 922 CARUTHERS, Dontay 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 1323 PINO, Christian 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 124 MCKINZIE, Quate 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 1231 JOHNSON, Raheem 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 4 0 0 2 0 0 742 RAKICEVIC, Nikola 1-3 1-3 1-2 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 18

Team 5 2 7Totals 15-49 10-27 13-21 8 25 33 38 53 8 21 4 2 200


FT % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0%


Game: 15-49 30.6%Game: 10-27 37.0%Game: 13-21 61.9%

DeadballRebounds

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min54 O'MARA, Sean c 1-5 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 1604 SUMNER, Edmond g 5-7 1-1 2-3 0 7 7 3 13 2 1 2 1 3005 BLUIETT, Trevon g 4-11 2-3 3-5 0 3 3 3 13 1 0 0 0 2911 BERNARD, Malcolm g 3-5 1-3 0-0 2 2 4 4 7 3 3 0 2 2755 MACURA, J.P. g 4-11 0-2 10-10 2 0 2 1 18 3 0 1 1 3000 JONES, Tyrique 2-6 0-0 2-4 0 11 11 0 6 1 1 2 1 2103 GOODIN, Quentin 3-3 1-1 4-8 0 1 1 2 11 4 2 0 0 2410 SCHRAND, Leighton 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 112 BARR, Cullen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 BERGEN, Alex 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 STAINBROOK, Tim 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 424 PETERSON, Conor 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 GASTON, RaShid 3-4 0-0 3-4 3 4 7 4 9 0 2 0 0 15

Team 0 2 2Totals 26-53 6-11 28-38 8 32 40 21 86 16 9 5 5 200


FT % 1st Half: 16-22 72.7%


Game: 26-53 49.1%Game: 6-11 54.5%Game: 28-38 73.7%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: John Gaffney, Brent Hampton and Alfred SmithTechnical fouls: Buffalo-None. Xavier-None.Attendance: 10116

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalBuffalo 25 28 53Xavier 44 42 86

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUB 8 9 8 3 10XU 40 17 6 8 31

Last FG - UB 2nd-00:59, XU 2nd-01:25.Largest lead - UB None, XU by 34 2nd-01:25.UB led for 00:00. XU led for 37:17. Game was tied for 02:43.


Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsXavier vs Missouri

11/17/16 1:00 PM ET at Orlando, Fla. (HP Field House)


## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min54 O'MARA, Sean c 5-7 0-0 3-4 2 3 5 1 13 0 0 1 1 2504 SUMNER, Edmond g 7-19 0-5 4-11 0 6 6 3 18 1 4 1 3 4105 BLUIETT, Trevon g 5-16 0-6 3-4 1 2 3 4 13 1 3 0 0 2911 BERNARD, Malcolm g 2-5 1-3 1-1 1 4 5 4 6 2 1 2 2 3255 MACURA, J.P. g 6-14 1-7 6-6 3 2 5 2 19 5 2 0 2 4200 JONES, Tyrique 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 903 GOODIN, Quentin 0-3 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2035 GASTON, RaShid 3-4 0-0 6-10 3 7 10 5 12 2 2 4 0 27

Team 6 7 13 1Totals 28-70 2-22 25-38 19 33 52 24 83 14 14 9 8 225


FT % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5%


OT: 3-7 42.9%OT: 0-3 0.0%OT: 6-8 75.0%

Game: 28-70 40.0%Game: 2-22 9.1%Game: 25-38 65.8%

DeadballRebounds

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Missouri 82 • 1-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min24 PURYEAR, Kevin f 5-17 1-5 11-12 1 9 10 1 22 3 1 0 0 4025 WOODS, Russell f 2-3 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 5 4 0 1 1 0 1701 PHILLIPS, Terrence g 7-16 1-6 6-6 0 7 7 5 21 5 2 0 1 4003 HUGHES, Frankie g 8-20 5-13 3-5 2 3 5 1 24 3 4 0 3 4133 VANLEER, Cullen g 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 4 3 1 2 1 1 3702 JACKSON, Willie 3-3 0-0 0-1 1 3 4 4 6 0 1 0 0 2005 SMITH, Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 211 WALTON, K.J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 814 NIKKO, Reed 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 2 0 1115 GEIST, Jordan 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9

Team 3 2 5 1Totals 27-65 8-26 20-27 9 30 39 28 82 13 14 4 5 225


FT % 1st Half: 11-16 68.8%


OT: 4-8 50.0%OT: 1-3 33.3%OT: 2-2 100.0

Game: 27-65 41.5%Game: 8-26 30.8%Game: 20-27 74.1%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Gerry Pollard, Hal Lusk, Kipp KissingerTechnical fouls: Xavier-None. Missouri-None.Attendance: 1991Game 2 of the Tire Pros Invitational

Score by periods 1st 2nd OT TotalXavier 36 35 12 83Missouri 38 33 11 82

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchXU 44 8 18 6 14MU 28 13 8 4 8

Last FG - XU OT-01:29, MU OT-01:03.Largest lead - XU by 6 1st-16:19, MU by 10 1st-06:25.XU led for 10:59. MU led for 24:57. Game was tied for 09:04.


Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsClemson vs Xavier

11/18/16 1:30 PM at Orlando, Fla. (HP Field House)

Clemson 77 • 3-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min05 BLOSSOMGAME, Jaron f 5-12 1-4 2-5 0 3 3 3 13 2 1 0 1 4015 GRANTHAM, Donte f 7-15 3-9 4-4 1 2 3 3 21 4 2 1 4 3550 DJITTE, Sidy c 5-8 0-0 1-4 3 4 7 5 11 2 1 0 2 2810 DeVOE, Gabe g 5-13 3-9 3-5 2 6 8 3 16 5 2 0 2 3812 HOLMES, Avry g 3-9 2-5 4-4 0 4 4 1 12 3 2 0 0 3600 ROBERTIN, Legend 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 502 REED, Marcquise 0-2 0-0 4-4 0 1 1 1 4 3 4 0 1 18

Team 3 2 5Totals 25-59 9-27 18-26 9 22 31 17 77 19 12 1 10 200


FT % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6%


Game: 25-59 42.4%Game: 9-27 33.3%Game: 18-26 69.2%

DeadballRebounds

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Team 1 3 4Totals 30-57 9-21 14-19 8 29 37 25 83 17 18 4 8 200


FT % 1st Half: 1-1 100.0


Game: 30-57 52.6%Game: 9-21 42.9%Game: 14-19 73.7%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Ron Groover, Lee Cassell, Brian O'ConnellTechnical fouls: Clemson-DJITTE, Sidy. Xavier-GASTON, RaShid.Attendance: 10022016 Tire Pros Invitational

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalClemson 32 45 77Xavier 41 42 83

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchCU 28 14 10 3 4XU 36 16 8 4 4

Last FG - CU 2nd-01:22, XU 2nd-00:57.Largest lead - CU by 3 1st-16:05, XU by 12 1st-01:28.CU led for 00:48. XU led for 36:53. Game was tied for 02:19.


2016-17GAME NOTES

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsXavier vs Northern Iowa

11/20/16 7:30 PM ET at Orlando, Fla. (HP Field House)



Team 4 0 4 1Totals 24-59 5-22 14-18 12 25 37 22 67 7 14 1 11 200


FT % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7%


Game: 24-59 40.7%Game: 5-22 22.7%Game: 14-18 77.8%

DeadballRebounds

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Northern Iowa 59 • 3-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min02 Carlson, Klint f 3-10 2-4 1-2 2 4 6 1 9 1 1 0 1 3825 Koch, Bennett f 4-8 0-0 3-6 0 3 3 1 11 2 6 0 1 2513 McCloud, Juwan g 1-4 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 3 5 3 0 2 2620 Morgan, Jeremy g 5-13 4-9 6-7 2 9 11 4 20 4 3 4 3 3833 Lohaus, Wyatt g 1-4 1-2 1-2 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 2903 Friedman, Ted 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 521 Rhodes, Hunter 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 323 Ashton, Jordan 3-3 2-2 0-0 1 6 7 1 8 0 1 0 0 2530 Haldeman, Spencer 0-4 0-4 1-2 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 11

Team 1 2 3 1Totals 18-48 10-24 13-21 7 26 33 19 59 12 17 4 8 200


FT % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0%


Game: 18-48 37.5%Game: 10-24 41.7%Game: 13-21 61.9%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Gerry Pollard, Ron Groover, Lamont SimpsonTechnical fouls: Xavier-None. Northern Iowa-None.Attendance: 20162016 Tire Pros InvitationalChampionship Game

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalXavier 30 37 67Northern Iowa 30 29 59

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchXU 28 14 8 7 16UNI 16 13 3 2 12

Last FG - XU 2nd-04:16, UNI 2nd-00:25.Largest lead - XU by 16 2nd-09:50, UNI by 9 1st-10:52.XU led for 25:17. UNI led for 12:12. Game was tied for 02:31.


2016-17 Xavier Men's Basketball

Xavier Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 20, 2016)

All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

ALL GAMES 5-0 2-0 0-0 3-0

CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

NON-CONFERENCE 5-0 2-0 0-0 3-0

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 5-5 175 35.0 31-78 . 3 9 7 8-33 . 2 4 2 23-29 . 7 9 3 4 26 30 6.0 15 0 11 8 0 3 93 18.6

55 MACURA, J.P. 5-5 179 35.8 28-66 . 4 2 4 10-30 . 3 3 3 22-23 . 9 5 7 8 12 20 4.0 12 0 18 9 2 10 88 17.6

04 SUMNER, Edmond 5-5 185 37.0 30-62 . 4 8 4 1-11 . 0 9 1 22-34 . 6 4 7 3 23 26 5.2 13 0 18 20 6 9 83 16.6

54 O'MARA, Sean 5-5 89 17.8 15-24 . 6 2 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 7-8 . 8 7 5 8 9 17 3.4 14 0 4 5 1 4 37 7.4

35 GASTON, RaShid 5-0 90 18.0 11-20 . 5 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 12-18 . 6 6 7 13 19 32 6.4 19 2 2 7 6 2 34 6.8

11 BERNARD, Malcolm 5-5 151 30.2 12-24 . 5 0 0 5-13 . 3 8 5 1-3 . 3 3 3 4 17 21 4.2 18 0 6 9 3 6 30 6.0

03 GOODIN, Quentin 5-0 88 17.6 7-14 . 5 0 0 1-5 . 2 0 0 6-11 . 5 4 5 1 6 7 1.4 7 0 11 8 0 4 21 4.2

00 JONES, Tyrique 5-0 60 12.0 5-12 . 4 1 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 6 15 21 4.2 15 1 2 4 4 2 12 2.4

21 STAINBROOK, Tim 1-0 4 4.0 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0

10 SCHRAND, Leighton 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0

20 BERGEN, Alex 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

12 BARR, Cullen 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

24 PETERSON, Conor 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 12 12 24 2

Total.......... 5 1025 140-301 . 4 6 5 26-93 . 2 8 0 97-132 . 7 3 5 59 139 198 39.6 113 3 72 72 22 40 403 80.6

Opponents...... 5 1025 114-279 . 4 0 9 46-127 . 3 6 2 78-112 . 6 9 6 43 120 163 32.6 125 5 73 84 15 35 352 70.4

TEAM STATISTICS XU OPP

SCORING 403 352

Points per game 80.6 70.4

Scoring margin +10.2 -

FIELD GOALS-ATT 140-301 114-279

Field goal pct . 4 6 5 . 4 0 9

3 POINT FG-ATT 26-93 46-127

3-point FG pct . 2 8 0 . 3 6 2

3-pt FG made per game 5.2 9.2

FREE THROWS-ATT 97-132 78-112

Free throw pct . 7 3 5 . 6 9 6

F-Throws made per game 19.4 15.6

REBOUNDS 198 163

Rebounds per game 39.6 32.6

Rebounding margin +7.0 -

ASSISTS 72 73

Assists per game 14.4 14.6

TURNOVERS 72 84

Turnovers per game 14.4 16.8

Turnover margin +2.4 -

Assist/turnover ratio 1.0 0.9

STEALS 40 35

Steals per game 8.0 7.0

BLOCKS 22 15

Blocks per game 4.4 3.0

ATTENDANCE 20366 5009

Home games-Avg/Game 2-10183 0-0

Neutral site-Avg/Game - 3-1670

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals

Xavier 199 192 12 403

Opponents 168 173 11 352

Date Opponent Score Att.

11/11/16 LEHIGH W 84-81 10250

11/14/16 BUFFALO W 86-53 10116

+ 11/17/16 vs Missouri Wot 83-82 1991

+ 11/18/16 vs Clemson W 83-77 1002

+ 11/20/16 vs Northern Iowa W 67-59 2016

* = Conference game

+ = Tire Pros Invitational (HP Field House in Orlando, Fla.)


Xavier Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Nov 19, 2016)

All games

00 03 04 05 10 11 12

Opponent Date Score JONES,TYRI GOODIN,QUE SUMNER,EDM BLUIETT,TR SCHRAND,LE BERNARD,MA BARR,CULLE

LEHIGH 11/11/16 84-81 W 0 - 1 - 0 2 - 1 - 2 2 4 - 4 - 6 2 5 - 1 1 - 3 DNP 5 - 3 - 1 DNP

BUFFALO 11/14/16 86-53 W 6 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 - 4 1 3 - 7 - 2 1 3 - 3 - 1 2 - 0 - 0 7 - 4 - 3 0 - 0 - 0

vs Missouri 11/17/16 83-82 W 0 - 4 - 1 2 - 1 - 2 1 8 - 6 - 1 1 3 - 3 - 1 DNP 6 - 5 - 2 DNP

vs Clemson 11/18/16 83-77 W 2 - 2 - 0 0 - 1 - 2 1 1 - 6 - 6 2 1 - 5 - 4 DNP 9 - 7 - 0 DNP

vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 67-59 W 4 - 3 - 0 6 - 3 - 1 1 7 - 3 - 3 2 1 - 8 - 2 DNP 3 - 2 - 0 DNP

20 21 24 35 54 55

Opponent Date Score BERGEN,ALE STAINBROOK PETERSON,C GASTON,RAS O'MARA,SEA MACURA,JP

LEHIGH 11/11/16 84-81 W DNP DNP DNP 5 - 2 - 0 1 0 - 4 - 2 1 3 - 5 - 4

BUFFALO 11/14/16 86-53 W 0 - 0 - 0 3 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 9 - 7 - 0 4 - 3 - 2 1 8 - 2 - 3

vs Missouri 11/17/16 83-82 W DNP DNP DNP 1 2 - 1 0 - 2 1 3 - 5 - 0 1 9 - 5 - 5

vs Clemson 11/18/16 83-77 W DNP DNP DNP 2 - 6 - 0 1 0 - 2 - 0 2 8 - 4 - 5

vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 67-59 W DNP DNP DNP 6 - 7 - 0 0 - 3 - 0 1 0 - 4 - 1


Xavier Player High/Low Analysis (as of Nov 20, 2016)

All games

Xavier - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Points 28 MACURA, J.P. vs Clemson (11/18/16)

25 BLUIETT, Trevon vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

24 SUMNER, Edmond vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

21 BLUIETT, Trevon vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

21 BLUIETT, Trevon vs Clemson (11/18/16)

Field Goals Made 10 MACURA, J.P. vs Clemson (11/18/16)


Field Goal Att. 19 BLUIETT, Trevon vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

19 SUMNER, Edmond vs Missouri (11/17/16)

FG Pct (min 5 made) .714 (5-7) O'MARA, Sean vs Missouri (11/17/16)

.714 (5-7) SUMNER, Edmond vs Buffalo (11/14/16)

.714 (5-7) O'MARA, Sean vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

3-Point FG Made 6 MACURA, J.P. vs Clemson (11/18/16)


2 MACURA, J.P. vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)


2 BLUIETT, Trevon vs Buffalo (11/14/16)


3-Point FG Att. 11 MACURA, J.P. vs Clemson (11/18/16)


3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made) .667 (2-3) BLUIETT, Trevon vs Buffalo (11/14/16)

.545 (6-11) MACURA, J.P. vs Clemson (11/18/16)

Free Throws Made 10 MACURA, J.P. vs Buffalo (11/14/16)


Free Throw Att. 11 SUMNER, Edmond vs Missouri (11/17/16)

10 GASTON, RaShid vs Missouri (11/17/16)

10 MACURA, J.P. vs Buffalo (11/14/16)

FT Pct (min 3 made) 1.000 (10-10) MACURA, J.P. vs Buffalo (11/14/16)

1.000 (6-6) MACURA, J.P. vs Missouri (11/17/16)

1.000 (5-5) BLUIETT, Trevon vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

Rebounds 11 JONES, Tyrique vs Buffalo (11/14/16)


Assists 6 SUMNER, Edmond vs Clemson (11/18/16)


Steals 3 MACURA, J.P. vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

3 MACURA, J.P. vs Clemson (11/18/16)


Blocked Shots 4 GASTON, RaShid vs Missouri (11/17/16)

2 SUMNER, Edmond vs Clemson (11/18/16)

2 BERNARD, Malcolm vs Missouri (11/17/16)

2 SUMNER, Edmond vs Buffalo (11/14/16)

2 JONES, Tyrique vs Buffalo (11/14/16)

Turnovers 6 SUMNER, Edmond vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

5 SUMNER, Edmond vs Clemson (11/18/16)

Fouls 5 GASTON, RaShid vs Clemson (11/18/16)

5 JONES, Tyrique vs Missouri (11/17/16)

5 GASTON, RaShid vs Missouri (11/17/16)

Minutes 42 MACURA, J.P. vs Missouri (11/17/16)






Xavier Opponent High/Low Analysis (as of Nov 20, 2016)

All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Points 25 Kempton, Tim vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

24 HUGHES, Frankie vs Missouri (11/17/16)

22 PURYEAR, Kevin vs Missouri (11/17/16)

21 GRANTHAM, Donte vs Clemson (11/18/16)

21 PHILLIPS, Terrence vs Missouri (11/17/16)

Field Goals Made 9 Kempton, Tim vs Lehigh (11/11/16)


Field Goal Att. 20 HUGHES, Frankie vs Missouri (11/17/16)


FG Pct (min 5 made) .625 (5-8) DJITTE, Sidy vs Clemson (11/18/16)

.563 (9-16) Kempton, Tim vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

3-Point FG Made 5 HUGHES, Frankie vs Missouri (11/17/16)

4 Morgan, Jeremy vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

3-Point FG Att. 13 HUGHES, Frankie vs Missouri (11/17/16)


9 GRANTHAM, Donte vs Clemson (11/18/16)

9 DeVOE, Gabe vs Clemson (11/18/16)

3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made) 1.000 (2-2) Ashton, Jordan vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

.750 (3-4) Cohen, Jordan vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

Free Throws Made 11 PURYEAR, Kevin vs Missouri (11/17/16)

7 Kempton, Tim vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

Free Throw Att. 12 PURYEAR, Kevin vs Missouri (11/17/16)

9 Kempton, Tim vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

FT Pct (min 3 made) 1.000 (6-6) PHILLIPS, Terrence vs Missouri (11/17/16)

1.000 (4-4) HOLMES, Avry vs Clemson (11/18/16)

1.000 (4-4) REED, Marcquise vs Clemson (11/18/16)

1.000 (4-4) GRANTHAM, Donte vs Clemson (11/18/16)

Rebounds 11 Morgan, Jeremy vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)


Assists 12 Ross, Kahron vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

5 McCloud, Juwan vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

5 DeVOE, Gabe vs Clemson (11/18/16)


Steals 4 GRANTHAM, Donte vs Clemson (11/18/16)



3 Leufroy, Kyle vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

3 Price, Austin vs Lehigh (11/11/16)

Blocked Shots 4 Morgan, Jeremy vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

2 NIKKO, Reed vs Missouri (11/17/16)

Turnovers 6 Koch, Bennett vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

6 HAMILTON, Blake vs Buffalo (11/14/16)

Fouls 5 DJITTE, Sidy vs Clemson (11/18/16)


5 WOODS, Russell vs Missouri (11/17/16)

5 MCKINZIE, Quate vs Buffalo (11/14/16)

5 HAMILTON, Blake vs Buffalo (11/14/16)


Xavier Team Game-by-Game (as of Nov 20, 2016)

All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds

Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg

LEHIGH 11/11/16 84-81 W 32-62 . 5 1 6 4-17 . 2 3 5 16-19 . 8 4 2 12 20 32 32.0 21 18 17 3 8 84 84.0

BUFFALO 11/14/16 86-53 W 26-53 . 4 9 1 6-11 . 5 4 5 28-38 . 7 3 7 8 32 40 36.0 21 16 9 5 5 86 85.0

vs Missouri 11/17/16 83-82 Wot 28-70 . 4 0 0 2-22 . 0 9 1 25-38 . 6 5 8 19 33 52 41.3 24 14 14 9 8 83 84.3

vs Clemson 11/18/16 83-77 W 30-57 . 5 2 6 9-21 . 4 2 9 14-19 . 7 3 7 8 29 37 40.2 25 17 18 4 8 83 84.0

vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 67-59 W 24-59 . 4 0 7 5-22 . 2 2 7 14-18 . 7 7 8 12 25 37 39.6 22 7 14 1 11 67 80.6

Xavier 403 140-301 . 4 6 5 26-93 . 2 8 0 97-132 . 7 3 5 59 139 198 39.6 113 72 72 22 40 403 80.6

Opponents 352 114-279 . 4 0 9 46-127 . 3 6 2 78-112 . 6 9 6 43 120 163 32.6 125 73 84 15 35 352 70.4

Games played: 5

Points/game: 80.6

FG Pct: 46.5

3FG Pct: 28.0

FT Pct: 73.5

Rebounds/game: 39.6

Assists/game: 14.4

Turnovers/game: 14.4

Assist/turnover ratio: 1.0

Steals/game: 8.0

Blocks/game: 4.4


Xavier Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Nov 20, 2016)

All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds

Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg

LEHIGH 11/11/16 84-81 W 29-58 . 5 0 0 9-23 . 3 9 1 14-17 . 8 2 4 10 17 27 27.0 23 21 20 2 10 81 81.0

BUFFALO 11/14/16 86-53 W 15-49 . 3 0 6 10-27 . 3 7 0 13-21 . 6 1 9 8 25 33 30.0 38 8 21 4 2 53 67.0

vs Missouri 11/17/16 83-82 Wot 27-65 . 4 1 5 8-26 . 3 0 8 20-27 . 7 4 1 9 30 39 33.0 28 13 14 4 5 82 72.0

vs Clemson 11/18/16 83-77 W 25-59 . 4 2 4 9-27 . 3 3 3 18-26 . 6 9 2 9 22 31 32.5 17 19 12 1 10 77 73.2

vs Northern Iowa 11/20/16 67-59 W 18-48 . 3 7 5 10-24 . 4 1 7 13-21 . 6 1 9 7 26 33 32.6 19 12 17 4 8 59 70.4

Opponents 352 114-279 . 4 0 9 46-127 . 3 6 2 78-112 . 6 9 6 43 120 163 32.6 125 73 84 15 35 352 70.4

Xavier 403 140-301 . 4 6 5 26-93 . 2 8 0 97-132 . 7 3 5 59 139 198 39.6 113 72 72 22 40 403 80.6

Games played: 5

Points/game: 70.4

FG Pct: 40.9

3FG Pct: 36.2

FT Pct: 69.6

Rebounds/game: 32.6

Assists/game: 14.6

Turnovers/game: 16.8

Assist/turnover ratio: 0.9

Steals/game: 7.0

Blocks/game: 3.0


Xavier Team High/Low Analysis (as of Nov 20, 2016)

All games

Xavier - TEAM GAME HIGHS

POINTS 86 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

84 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

83 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

83 vs Missouri (11/17/16)

67 vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

FIELD GOALS MADE 32 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

30 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 70 vs Missouri (11/17/16)

62 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .526 (30-57) vs Clemson (11/18/16)

.516 (32-62) LEHIGH (11/11/16)

3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 9 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

6 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 22 vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)


3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .545 (6-11) BUFFALO (11/14/16)

.429 (9-21) vs Clemson (11/18/16)

FREE THROWS MADE 28 BUFFALO (11/14/16)


FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 38 vs Missouri (11/17/16)

38 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .842 (16-19) LEHIGH (11/11/16)

.778 (14-18) vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

REBOUNDS 52 vs Missouri (11/17/16)

40 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

ASSISTS 18 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

17 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

STEALS 11 vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

8 vs Clemson (11/18/16)


8 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

BLOCKED SHOTS 9 vs Missouri (11/17/16)

5 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

TURNOVERS 18 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

17 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

FOULS 25 vs Clemson (11/18/16)



Xavier High/Low Analysis (as of Nov 20, 2016)

All games

Opponent - GAME HIGHS

POINTS 82 vs Missouri (11/17/16)

81 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

77 vs Clemson (11/18/16)


53 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

FIELD GOALS MADE 29 LEHIGH (11/11/16)


FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 65 vs Missouri (11/17/16)

59 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .500 (29-58) LEHIGH (11/11/16)

.424 (25-59) vs Clemson (11/18/16)

3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 10 vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

10 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 27 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

27 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .417 (10-24) vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

.391 (9-23) LEHIGH (11/11/16)

FREE THROWS MADE 20 vs Missouri (11/17/16)

18 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 27 vs Missouri (11/17/16)

26 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .824 (14-17) LEHIGH (11/11/16)

.741 (20-27) vs Missouri (11/17/16)

REBOUNDS 39 vs Missouri (11/17/16)


33 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

ASSISTS 21 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

19 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

STEALS 10 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

10 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

BLOCKED SHOTS 4 vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)


4 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

TURNOVERS 21 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

20 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

FOULS 38 BUFFALO (11/14/16)




All games

Xavier - GAME LOWS

POINTS 67 vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)


83 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

84 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

86 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

FIELD GOALS MADE 24 vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

26 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 53 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

57 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .400 (28-70) vs Missouri (11/17/16)

.407 (24-59) vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 2 vs Missouri (11/17/16)

4 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 11 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

17 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .091 (2-22) vs Missouri (11/17/16)

.227 (5-22) vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

FREE THROWS MADE 14 vs Clemson (11/18/16)


FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 18 vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

19 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

19 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .658 (25-38) vs Missouri (11/17/16)

.737 (14-19) vs Clemson (11/18/16)

.737 (28-38) BUFFALO (11/14/16)

REBOUNDS 32 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

37 vs Clemson (11/18/16)


ASSISTS 7 vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)


STEALS 5 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

8 LEHIGH (11/11/16)


8 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

BLOCKED SHOTS 1 vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

3 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

TURNOVERS 9 BUFFALO (11/14/16)



FOULS 21 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

21 BUFFALO (11/14/16)



All games

Opponent - GAME LOWS

POINTS 53 BUFFALO (11/14/16)


77 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

81 LEHIGH (11/11/16)


FIELD GOALS MADE 15 BUFFALO (11/14/16)


FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 48 vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

49 BUFFALO (11/14/16)

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .306 (15-49) BUFFALO (11/14/16)

.375 (18-48) vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 8 vs Missouri (11/17/16)

9 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

9 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 23 LEHIGH (11/11/16)


3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .308 (8-26) vs Missouri (11/17/16)

.333 (9-27) vs Clemson (11/18/16)

FREE THROWS MADE 13 BUFFALO (11/14/16)


FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 17 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

21 BUFFALO (11/14/16)


FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .619 (13-21) BUFFALO (11/14/16)

.619 (13-21) vs Northern Iowa (11/20/16)

REBOUNDS 27 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

31 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

ASSISTS 8 BUFFALO (11/14/16)


STEALS 2 BUFFALO (11/14/16)


BLOCKED SHOTS 1 vs Clemson (11/18/16)

2 LEHIGH (11/11/16)

TURNOVERS 12 vs Clemson (11/18/16)


FOULS 17 vs Clemson (11/18/16)


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