Cincinnati Bearcats (6-2) at Xavier Musketeers (6-3)
Cincinnati; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Xavier hosts Cincinnati after Roddie Anderson III scored 28 points in Xavier’s 96-74 victory against the Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash.
The Musketeers have gone 5-1 at home. Xavier scores 78.7 points while outscoring opponents by 5.9 points per game.
The Bearcats play their first true road game after going 6-2 to begin the season. Cincinnati is 6-1 in games decided by 10 or more points.
Xavier averages 10.9 made 3-pointers per game, 3.1 more made shots than the 7.8 per game Cincinnati gives up. Cincinnati averages 9.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.9 more made shots on average than the 5.4 per game Xavier gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tre Carroll is shooting 46.1% and averaging 15.9 points for the Musketeers. Jovan Milicevic is averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers.
Day Day Thomas averages 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Bearcats, scoring 13.8 points while shooting 50.0% from beyond the arc. Shon Abaev is averaging 11.5 points.
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