WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team travels to Cincinnati, Ohio for a Friday night matchup with the Xavier University Musketeers on January 19. Tipoff at Cintas Center is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on FS1. Georgetown is coming off an 80-67 loss at then-No. 4/4 UConn on Sunday and enters Friday's game at 8-9 overall with a 1-5 mark in league action. Xavier, on a two-game hot streak with a winning margin of +17.0 points over the last two games, enters the contest at 9-8 on the season and an even 3-3 in league action. XU won 85-65 at Providence on Saturday before returning home to defeat Butler 85-71.
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• Tuesday's game can be seen live on FS1 with Lisa Byington calling the play-by-play and Nick Bahe providing analysis.
• The game will be broadcasted locally on The Team 980 FM and on the SiriusXM app with Rich Chvotkin on the call for his 50th season.
• A link to the live stats can be found on GUHoyas.com.

 
ABOUT THE HOYAS

• Despite cutting the deficit to six in the second half, Georgetown could not get any closer as they fell 80-67 at then-No. 4/4 UConn on Sunday. Supreme Cook led a quartet of Hoyas in double figures with his fourth double-double on the year as he tallied 18 points on an efficient 5-of-7 performance from the floor as well as knocking down eight free throws. He added a game-best 13 rebounds in the contest. Jayden Epps added 16 points, while Jay Heath chipped in 13 points and Dontrez Styles rounded out those in double figures with 11. Following a week where all other teams among the AP top six fell, UConn started the week as the top-ranked team.
• Epps' 18.0 ppg ranks second in the BIG EAST, while Styles (13.5) and Cook (11.0) trail him to make a trio of Hoyas in double figures.
• Cook's 8.2 rpg leads the team and ranks fifth in the BIG EAST Conference. Making 63.5% of his shots from the field, Cook ranks second in field goal percentage among the league.
• Epps paces the offense with 4.0 apg, ranking eighth in the league in assists while his 2.4 3-pointers per game is good enough for sixth in the conference.
• The Hoyas are led by Ed Cooley who is in his 18th season as a collegiate head coach and his first season with Georgetown. In 2022, Cooley was the recipient of the Naismith Coach of the Year Award, named the Sporting News Coach of the Year, the BIG EAST Coach of the Year, the NABC District 5 Coach of the Year and the USBWA District 1 Coach of the Year.

 
ABOUT THE MUSKETEERS

• A trio of Musketeers posted double figures led by XU's Desmond Claude's 26 as Xavier held off a Butler comeback bid for the 85-71 win at Cintas Center on Tuesday. Dayvion McKnight chipped in 20 points while Quincy Olivari added 15 to round out those in double figures. Abou Ousmane pulled down a game-best 11 boards in the contest while Olivari paced the offense with five assists.
• Olivari leads a trio of Musketeers in double figures averaging 17.6 ppg, good enough for fourth in the BIG EAST. He is followed by Claude (15.8 ppg) and McKnight (10.1 ppg).
• Ousmane is XU's leader on the glass, grabbing 6.8 rpg.
• McKnight's 5.1 apg leads the squad and ranks fifth in the league.
• In his second stint at XU, Head Coach Sean Miller is in his second season since returning to Xavier and his seventh overall following his first tenure (2004-09).

 
ABOUT THE SERIES WITH XAVIER

• Friday's matchup will be the 26th all-time in program history with Xavier holding the 19-6 advantage. The Hoyas are 1-10 in Cincinnati with the lone win at Cintas Center coming on January 19, 2016 when Tre Campbell knocked down a career-high 21 points, with 17 in the first half, to lead a quartet of Hoyas in double figures past Xavier, 81-72. D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera tallied 20 while L.J. Peak and Jessie Govan each chipped in 13 off the bench.
• Cooley has a record of 10-11 all-time against the Musketeers. He and Head Coach Sean Miller have met three times previously with Miller holding the 2-1 edge.