Xavier Goes For Sweep Of Marquette

The Xavier Musketeers start their second trip around the Big East with a visit from the Marquette Golden Eagles, ne Warriors.

Xavier holds an (18-3, 6-2) record that includes a 91-87 win over the Eagles (13-6, 4-3) on December 27.

Xavier's Trevon Bluiett needs 13 points to join the 2,000 career points club.  He is sixth in the Big East with a 19.1 average.

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The Golden Eagles starting five is led by Marcus Howard, who scores at a 21.5 points-per-game clip.  Howard, a 3-point specialist is also a marksman from the foul line.  Howard, a sophomore, is the only NCAA Division I player to be perfect from the foul line, 57 of 57.  Dating back to last season, Howard has connected on 66 straight.  The Marquette record is 68 straight set by Steve Novak in from 2004-2006.  The NCAA Division I record for a season is 73 by Villanova's Steve Buchanan in 2001-02.  The career record is 85 straight by Darnell Archey of Butler from 2001-2003.

Andrew Rowsey averages 20.8 for the Eagles.  He is second to Howard on the team and fourth in the NCAA in free throw shooting.  He was 16-for-16 against UNC-Ashville on February 14, 2014.  He tied a Marquette record by Brian Wardle in 1999 and Dean Meminger in 1970.

Rounding out the starting five are Sam Hauser 15.1, Sacar Anim 5.9 and Matt Heldt 7.5.

Bluiett is backed by J.P Macura at 13.4, Karem Kanter 9.9, Naji Marshall 7.5 and Quentin Gooden 7.4.

The Golden Eagles hold a 49-23 all-time mark over Xavier.  Marquette won both regular season meetings last season.