Xavier hosts Whitley and Southern

Southern Jaguars (4-5) at Xavier Musketeers (7-3)

Cincinnati; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Southern plays the Xavier Musketeers after Brion Whitley scored 27 points in Southern's 98-76 win over the LSU-Alexandria Generals.

The Musketeers are 5-1 on their home court. Xavier is fourth in college basketball with 19.9 assists per game. Colby Jones leads the Musketeers averaging 5.6.

The Jaguars are 1-4 in road games. Southern is the top team in the SWAC scoring 13.8 fast break points per game.

TOP PERFORMERS: Souley Boum is scoring 17.0 points per game and averaging 4.1 rebounds for the Musketeers. Adam Kunkel is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers for Xavier.

Whitley averages 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Jaguars, scoring 12.4 points while shooting 41.4% from beyond the arc. Bryson Etienne is averaging 12 points and 1.9 steals for Southern.

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