Xavier Musketeers (13-14, 5-11 Big East) at Providence Friars (12-15, 5-11 Big East)<\/p>\n
Providence, Rhode Island; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Providence hosts Xavier after Jaylin Sellers scored 21 points in Providence’s 71-68 victory over the DePaul Blue Demons.<\/p>\n
The Friars have gone 9-5 at home. Providence is the Big East leader with 36.1 rebounds per game led by Oswin Erhunmwunse averaging 8.4.<\/p>\n
The Musketeers are 5-11 against Big East opponents. Xavier has a 2-4 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.<\/p>\n
Providence is shooting 47.7% from the field this season, 0.8 percentage points higher than the 46.9% Xavier allows to opponents. Xavier averages 78.1 points per game, 6.6 fewer points than the 84.7 Providence gives up.<\/p>\n
The teams play for the second time this season in Big East play. Xavier won the last meeting 97-84 on Jan. 10. Malik Moore scored 23 points to help lead the Musketeers to the win.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Sellers is scoring 17.3 points per game with 4.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists for the Friars. Stefan Vaaks is averaging 18.3 points and 2.1 rebounds while shooting 37.9% over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Filip Borovicanin is averaging 9.6 points, 7.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists for the Musketeers. Tre Carroll is averaging 23.2 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Friars: 4-6, averaging 83.6 points, 37.0 rebounds, 12.6 assists, 3.6 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.1 points per game.<\/p>\n
Musketeers: 3-7, averaging 80.3 points, 31.5 rebounds, 17.4 assists, 5.7 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.8 points.<\/p>\n
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n