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Saint Francis (PA) heads into a matchup against Xavier as losers of five road games in a row. The teams match up Monday for the first time this season.
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Xavier opened up a five-game homestand with an 88-67 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Cintas Center Nov. 28.
Led by Jovan Milicevic's 14 points, the Xavier Musketeers defeated the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders 88-67 on Friday
Coming off back-to-back 19-point losses, Xavier got its bounce-back performance and climbed over .500 with a blowout win over Old Dominion.
Xavier has won 35 straight season-openers heading into Richard Pitino's debut as head coach against Marist Nov. 3.
The Musketeers are 3-3 in non-conference play. Xavier is 1-2 in games decided by 10 or more points. The Mountaineers are 5-1 in non-conference play. West Virginia scores 71.8 points and has outscored opponents by 14.5 points per game.
Xavier coughed up a 20-point second-half lead but made enough plays down the stretch to beat visiting Marist in Richard Pitino's debut Nov. 3.
Xavier is shooting 40.9% from the field this season, 7.7 percentage points lower than the 48.6% Saint Francis (PA) allows to opponents. Saint Francis (PA) averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.2 more made shots on average than the 5.1 per game Xavier gives up.
Preview the Nov 28 matchup between the Xavier Musketeers and Texas A&M-CC Islanders with how to watch, tv channel info, predictions, odds, over/under, spread, betting lines and more.