Two groups with hopes of creating a push for postseason play meet Tuesday evening when Xavier hosts Georgetown in Cincinnati.
The Musketeers (13-9, 5-6 Huge East) are coming off an 86-77 loss to Creighton on Wednesday and have had 5 days of relaxation to arrange for his or her first of 9 remaining regular-season video games.
Xavier has little room for error to attempt to make a push for an NCAA Match berth, barring a championship run on the Huge East event in New York in mid-March.
“We might actually take off over the following 4 or 5 weeks,” Musketeers coach Sean Miller mentioned. “Whether or not we’re in a position to do it or not, that is still to be seen. Now we have the power to play at a really excessive stage. We have proven that. We have to show it into excessive gear now.”
Xavier continues to be powered by Zach Freemantle and Ryan Conwell. Freemantle leads the crew in scoring (16.5 factors per sport) and rebounding (7.4 rpg) whereas Conwell is scoring at a clip of 16.3 factors per contest.
Georgetown (14-8, 5-6) rebounded from a 25-point dwelling loss to St. John’s on Jan. 28 with a 73-70 win over Butler on Friday in Washington.
The Hoyas and Musketeers met in Washington on Jan. 3, and Georgetown captured a 69-63 win. In that sport, Georgetown’s Malik Mack scored 20 of his game-high 26 factors within the second half.
It has been a tough month for the Hoyas since, as they’ve dropped six of eight general to fall out of at-large consideration for the NCAA Match.
“It has been considerably of a irritating January with popping out of Syracuse (victorious on Dec. 14) and never having the identical lineup persistently,” Georgetown coach Ed Cooley mentioned. “I give our youngsters lots of credit score. Coming off of a really disturbing loss in opposition to a high-quality opponent (St. John’s), for us to reply the way in which we did (Friday), specifically, the second half defensively. We had been in a position to shut it out. Once you’re constructing and rising, it’s a must to count on one thing like that.”
Thomas Sorber and Micah Peavy lead a balanced scoring assault for Georgetown, with Sorber averaging 14.7 factors and eight.9 rebounds per sport whereas Peavy is scoring at a 14.4 ppg clip.
–Area Degree Media