Jackson and Cincinnati host Xavier

Updated Dec. 14, 2024 3:43 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Cincinnati Bearcats (6-2) at Xavier Musketeers (4-5, 0-1 Big East)

Cincinnati; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Cincinnati visits Xavier after Reagan Jackson scored 29 points in Cincinnati's 95-52 victory against the Western Illinois Leathernecks.

The Musketeers are 4-2 in home games. Xavier is ninth in the Big East with 20.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Loren Christie averaging 5.1.

The Bearcats are 1-0 in road games. Cincinnati is 1-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.

Xavier scores 58.1 points per game, 3.6 more points than the 54.5 Cincinnati allows. Cincinnati averages 4.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 4.3 fewer made shots on average than the 8.4 per game Xavier allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Christie is scoring 12.0 points per game and averaging 6.4 rebounds for the Musketeers.

Jillian Hayes is averaging 19.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals for the Bearcats.

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

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