The Xavier Musketeers host the Georgetown Hoyas at the Cintas Center. The Hoyas are fresh off an 84-80 loss to Marquette in beleagured Washington D.C.
The Hoyas are 12-7 with a 2-4 Big East Conference record. Host Xavier is 12-6 and 1-4 in conference play.
Xavier won its first Big East contest but has suffered losses to Seton Hall, Creighton and Maquette since.
Naji Marshall leads the Musketeers with a 16.7 ppg, followed by Paul Scruggs with a 14.7 average. Tyrique Jones leads Xavier with a 9.6 rebounds per game and 13.6 points. Jason Carter is scoring at a 7.1 clip and Quentin Goodin rounds out the starters with 6.8 per game.
Mac McClung leads Georgetown with a 19 ppg average. McClung is a sophomore. Omer Yurtseven is next with 14.2 ppg. Junior Jamorko Pickett scores 11.3 ppg. Terrell Allen a graduate transfer from Central Florida is a 9.8 scorer and senior Jagan Mosely averages 9.3 per game. Yurtseven, at seven feet tall, is the leading rebounder at 9.5 per game.
Xavier leads the all-time series 14-5 since, including a 1990 meeting in the NCAA tournament when Xavier reached the Sweet 16 for the first time under Pete Gillen. Xavier's 74-71 win in the second round propelled the Musketeers with Tyrone Hill, Derek Strong, Aaron Williams, Jamie Gladden, Michael Davenport and Jamal Walker over a storied Georgetown squad with Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo on John Thompson's unit.
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