The Musketeers take on the Creighton Bluejays in the geographically incorrect Big East Conference this afternoon at the Cintas Center.
Creighton is the western most member of the conference with it's Omaha, Nebraska campus just this side of the middle of the country. From Creighton's campus it is 1,668 miles to the Pacific Ocean and 1,212 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. Creighton is the only team housed in the Central Time Zone.
Coach Greg McDermott in his 10th season at Creighton brings his squad 719 miles to oppose the Musketeers both teams bring identical records of 12-4 overall and 1-2 in the conference. Xavier leads the all-time series 17-13. They last met in Madison Square Gardens in the Big East tournament on March 14, 2019. Xavier pulled out a 63-61 win in overtime.
Creighton starts three juniors, Ty-Shon Alexander 15.9 ppg, Damien Jefferson 8.7 ppg and Mitch Ballock 12.3 ppg., The other two starters are, Marcus Zegarowski 17.4, the leading scorer and Christian Bishop 8.9 ppg. Alexander is the leading rebounder averaging 6.0 per game.
Both teams are coming off home losses. Creighton fell to Villanova 64-59. Xavier dropped a game to Seton Hall 83-71.
Xavier is led by Naji Marshall 16.5 ppg and Tryrique Jones 13.6 ppg and 10.1 rebounds per game. Jones is trying to become the first Xavier player to average a double-double since David West did it in 2002-03.
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