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Xavier Musketeers 18-3 (6-2)
| Player | MP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevon Bluiett | 34.0 | .458 | .425 | .811 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 19.1 |
| J.P. Macura | 28.9 | .476 | .382 | .838 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 13.4 |
| Kerem Kanter | 15.7 | .560 | .333 | .793 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 9.9 |
| Kaiser Gates | 25.6 | .454 | .454 | .806 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 9.1 |
| Tyrique Jones | 17.0 | .647 | .561 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 8.2 | |
| Naji Marshall | 18.9 | .559 | .364 | .686 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| Quentin Goodin | 28.1 | .401 | .115 | .843 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 7.4 |
| Sean O'Mara | 14.8 | .640 | .850 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 7.0 | |
| Paul Scruggs | 16.3 | .425 | .192 | .667 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| Elias Harden | 7.9 | .214 | .143 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
Marquette Golden Eagles 13-6 (4-3)
| Player | MP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Howard | 31.5 | .472 | .389 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 21.5 |
| Andrew Rowsey | 31.4 | .430 | .423 | .908 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 20.8 |
| Sam Hauser | 32.7 | .508 | .496 | .900 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 15.1 |
| Sacar Anim | 23.8 | .435 | .067 | .596 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 5.9 |
| Jamal Cain | 16.9 | .456 | .424 | .500 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| Matt Heldt | 22.4 | .667 | .895 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 4.3 | |
| Theo John | 12.0 | .550 | .391 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | |
| Greg Elliott | 19.2 | .439 | .353 | .636 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| Harry Froling | 12.7 | .364 | .083 | .250 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.9 |
Xavier Nation, looking forward to hearing you in the Cintas! LOUD as you can get! X vs Marquette. Let's go!!! #GameDayGuide pic.twitter.com/x75ExoPzRm
— Chris Mack (@CoachChrisMack) January 24, 2018
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Three Keys:
-Chase Marquette off the arc. Marquette doesn't score very well inside, but they sure love shooting threes. If they win this game, it will be from the arc. Their offense isn't geared to score inside; Xavier should force them to.
-Force the pace. Marquette likes it slow like Sting. They're 7-1 in their 8 slowest games and 6-5 in the 11 games that have involved 69 or more possessions. If Xavier can run the game 69+ possessions deep - which they have in all but 2 of their games this year - Marquette will be uncomfortable, or at least less comfortable.
-Work inside-out. Marquette sucks at defending inside the arc and Xavier has three dudes who can eat on the post. Further, Kerem and Sean are both accomplished kick-out artists. Xavier has Marquette out-manned inside, and if they leverage that, they'll win.