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Xavier visits Halaifonua and Georgetown
By The Associated Press
Xavier Musketeers (8-4, 0-1 Big East) at Georgetown Hoyas (8-3, 1-0 Big East)
Washington; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Georgetown takes on Xavier after Julius Halaifonua scored 21
points in Georgetown's 78-69 victory over the Marquette Golden Eagles.
The Hoyas are 6-0 on their home court. Georgetown ranks seventh in the Big East
at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 73.6 points while holding opponents to
42.3% shooting.
The Musketeers have gone 0-1 against Big East opponents. Xavier scores 76.6
points while outscoring opponents by 2.9 points per game.
Georgetown averages 78.2 points per game, 4.5 more points than the 73.7 Xavier
gives up. Xavier has shot at a 42.0% clip from the field this season, 0.3
percentage points below the 42.3% shooting opponents of Georgetown have
averaged.
The Hoyas and Musketeers match up Saturday for the first time in conference
play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Malik Mack is averaging 14.6 points and 4.5 assists for the
Hoyas. KJ Lewis is averaging 14.2 points over the last 10 games.
Tre Carroll is scoring 16.1 points per game and averaging 5.4 rebounds for the
Musketeers. Jovan Milicevic is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10
games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Hoyas: 7-3, averaging 77.3 points, 34.0 rebounds, 16.1 assists,
7.0 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 44.1% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 74.0 points per game.
Musketeers: 6-4, averaging 77.9 points, 34.3 rebounds, 19.1 assists, 6.7 steals
and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 42.6% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 75.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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