Texas A&M Aggies vs Xavier Musketeers – NIT Championship Final Game Preview

NCAA

Texas A&M

Final

72:73

Xavier

Highlights and Stats

Madison Square Garden is hosting the final game of the NIT tournament in which Xavier will contest with Texas A&M, scheduled for Thursday, 07:00 PM EDT. The Aggies reached the decider having a 27-12 record, while the Musketeers are 22-13 for the year.

Texas A&M Aggies vs Xavier Musketeers Head to Head

The two teams have not met one another in recent years.

Texas A&M Aggies Form

*Last 10 Texas A&M Games - 9:1

03-29-2022	03-23-2022	03-19-2022	03-15-2022	03-13-2022	03-12-2022	03-10-2022	03-05-2022	03-02-2022	02-26-2022
72:56vs Washington State	67:52vs Wake Forest	75:60vs Oregon	74:62vs Alcorn State	65:50@ Tennessee	64:82@ Arkansas	83:80vs Florida	67:64vs Mississippi State	71:87@ Alabama	66:76@ Ole Miss

Texas A&M were up against the Washington State on Tuesday, 29th of March, winning 72-56. Quenton Jackson was the Aggies stand-out performer on the night and finished the game with 18 points, 6 dimes and 4 rebounds. Texas A&M ended the meeting hitting 48.5% of their field goals, 46.2% FT and 14.3% for 3 pts. 32 of the team’s 66 field goal shots went in. When shooting for 3, the Aggies were 2/14 and succeeded with 6 of their 13 FT attempts. Since the beginning of the campaign Texas A&M are averaging 58.54 field goal shots and 25.92 are ending in the basket. The school’s stats show that 6.54 of 20.13 attempts from distance are going in. So far in the campaign the Musketeers are 14.33/20.51 from the FT line. They lost just 1 of their previous 10 outings, while triumphing 9 times in the process and at the moment are on W4 streak.

Texas A&M Aggies Averages this Season

• Points For
  72.87
• Points Against
  66.00
• Assits
  13.72
• Rebounds
  32.05
• Steals
  10.08
• Turnovers
  12.59
• Blocks
  3.41
• Points Difference
  6.87

Field Goal Percentage

3-Point Percentage

Free Throw Percentage

Texas A&M Aggies Standout Performer

• Quenton Jackson

  Quenton Jackson has taken the mantle as the team's top performer this season, averaging 14.6 points, 2.0 assists and 3.4 rebounds for 26.2 minutes on the floor.

Texas A&M Aggies Missing Players

NONE

Xavier Musketeers Form

*Last 10 Xavier Games - 5:5

03-29-2022	03-22-2022	03-20-2022	03-15-2022	03-09-2022	03-05-2022	03-02-2022	02-26-2022	02-19-2022	02-16-2022
84:77vs St. Bonaventure	75:73vs Vanderbilt	72:56vs Florida	72:68vs Cleveland State	82:89vs Butler	97:75vs Georgetown	81:66@ St. John's	66:82vs Seton Hall	72:61@ Connecticut	73:86vs St. John's

Xavier cruised past St. Bonaventure, winning 84-77 on Tuesday, 29th of March. The Musketeers most valuable player of the match was Jack Nunge, who dropped 18 points, got 8 rebounds and delivered 3 assists. This proved enough for the team to triumph in the end. 53.1% of the Musketeers’s field goal attempts hit the basket. The Xavier roster also averaged 66.7% free throws and were 34.8% when shooting for 3 on the night. They succeeded with 34 of their 64 field goal attempts on the night, were 8 from 23 for 3 points and 8/12 at the free throw line. Since the start of the campaign they shoot 58.63 times from the field on average and 26.40 of those are going in. The Musketeers also attempt 20.94 times from long range and succeed with 6.71 on а nightly basis. The players typically stand on the free throw line 20.86 times per game, scoring 14.63 of these. Xavier won 5 of their last 10 meetings, while losing 5 for the period and right now are on a W4 streak.

Xavier Musketeers Averages This Season

• Points For
  73.62
• Points Against
  68.26
• Assits
  14.77
• Rebounds
  34.40
• Steals
  7.46
• Turnovers
  11.46
• Blocks
  4.37
• Points Difference
  5.35

Field Goal Percentage

3-Point Percentage

Free Throw Percentage

Xavier Musketeers Standout Performer

• Jack Nunge

  Jack Nunge has been the most valuable player among the Xavier roster, notching 13.4 pts, 1.0 dimes and 7.3 rebounds for an average of 26.3 minutes playing time this season

Xavier Musketeers Missing Players

NONE

Game Details

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Texas A&M					72
Xavier					73

Texas A&MXavier

• Score

  72

  73

• Field Goals Made

• Field Goals Attempts

• 3 pts Made

• 3 pts Attempts

• Free Throws Made

• Free Throws Attempts

• Rebounds Total

• Rebounds Offence

• Rebounds Defence

• Assists

• Steals

• Blocks

• Turnovers

• Personal Fouls

Player Ratings

Texas A&M

PLAYER	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
Tyrece Radford	37	6	17	35.3	1	4	25.0	2	3	66.7	4	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	15
Quenton Jackson	33	5	10	50.0	1	3	33.3	12	14	85.7	0	6	6	0	1	1	2	4	23
Hassan Diarra	25	5	7	71.4	2	2	100.0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	4	2	12
Henry Coleman III	24	2	4	50.0	0	0	0	3	4	75.0	3	6	9	0	0	0	0	2	7
Manny Obaseki	20	2	3	66.7	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	6
Wade Taylor IV	17	1	4	25.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	4
Hayden Hefner	15	1	4	25.0	1	3	33.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3
Ethan Henderson	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	0
Andre Gordon	10	1	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2
Aaron Cash	9	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0

Xavier

PLAYER	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
Colby Jones	40	9	13	69.2	3	5	60.0	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	3	0	4	4	21
Nate Johnson	37	2	8	25.0	2	6	33.3	1	3	33.3	0	3	3	2	3	1	1	2	7
Dwon Odom	34	8	12	66.7	0	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	3	3	2	0	1	3	4	18
Jack Nunge	33	6	11	54.5	0	2	0.0	3	5	60.0	6	5	11	4	2	1	0	2	15
Zach Freemantle	24	2	6	33.3	1	1	100.0	1	2	50.0	3	5	8	3	0	0	1	3	6
Adam Kunkel	23	1	9	11.1	1	4	25.0	1	2	50.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	4	4
Jerome Hunter	7	1	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Cesare Edwards	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0