West Virginia Mountaineers to visit Xavier Musketeers Saturday

Published Dec. 2, 2022 2:43 a.m. ET

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West Virginia Mountaineers (6-1) at Xavier Musketeers (5-3)

Cincinnati; Saturday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: West Virginia faces Xavier for a Division 1 Division matchup Saturday.

The Musketeers are 4-1 on their home court. Xavier ranks second in the Big East with 42.8 points per game in the paint led by Zach Freemantle averaging 9.8.

The Mountaineers are 1-0 on the road. West Virginia has a 6-1 record in games decided by 10 or more points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Souley Boum is scoring 15.8 points per game and averaging 3.9 rebounds for the Musketeers. Jack Nunge is averaging 15.0 points and 6.8 rebounds while shooting 51.8% for Xavier.

Erik Stevenson is scoring 14.1 points per game and averaging 2.4 rebounds for the Mountaineers. Tre Mitchell is averaging 12.6 points and 4.7 rebounds for West Virginia.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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