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The 21st ranked Xavier Musketeers (5-1) host the 16th ranked Baylor Bears (5-0) in a non-conference game that will take place at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio at 6:30 PM ET. Xavier are the 4.5-point favorite with a total offered up at 143.5.
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In their last game Baylor beat a tough Creighton teaM 65-59 in the Hall of Fame Classic championship game. King McClure was the high scorer for the Bears picking up 19 points on 7/11 shooting and two other Baylor players had 15 points. Khyri Thomas was the high scorer for Creighton with 15 points on only 5/14 shooting and he also missed eight of his 10 3-pointers. After being outscored by nine points in the first half the Bears stormed back in the 2nd half outscoring Creighton by 15 points. For the game Baylor shot 46.2% from the floor and they held Creighton to 34.4% and one of the reasons the game was close was that the Bears had 16 turnovers while Creighton only had nine. Baylor covered the spread in the game as a 1-point favorite with the total going Under. This will be the Bears first road game of the season.
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Xavier is coming off their first loss of the season falling to Arizona State 102-86 in the Las Vegas Invitational. J.P. Macura was the high scorer for the Musketeers with 23 points on 7/11 shooting and he hit on three of his six 3-pointers. Shannon Evans II was the high scorer for the Sun Devils with 22 points on 7/14 shooting and he hit on four of his eight 3-pointers. Xavier was outscored by 18 points in the 2nd half and for the game they shot 55.6% from the floor and ASU shot 55.9%. The Musketeers failed to cover the spread as a 6.5-point favorite and the total went Over. Xavier is 3-0 at home this season
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Baylor ranks tied for 144th in the nation in ppg and 16th in opponents’ ppg and Xavier ranks 16th in ppg and tied for 145th in opponents’ ppg.
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These teams met last season at Baylor where the Bears beat the Musketeers 76-61.
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This season Baylor is 2-0 ATS with an O/U record of 0-1-1 and Xavier is 5-1 ATS with an O/U record of 5-1.
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SAGARIN RATINGS<br />
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Baylor: 88.32<br />
Xavier: 88.35
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INJURY REPORT<br />
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BAYLOR<br />
[F] 11/13/2017 - Leonard Allen is out indefinitely ( Undisclosed )<br />
[G] 11/13/2017 - Tyson Jolly is out indefinitely ( Undisclosed )
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XAVIER<br />
NONE
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Key Betting Trends<br />
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BAY is 18-7-1 ATS in their last 26 road games
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BAY is 9-3 ATS in their last 12 non-conference games
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BAY has an Over record of 3-1-1 in their last 5 road games
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AV is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games
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XAV is 12-2 ATS in their last 14 games
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XAV has an Over record of 5-1 in their last 6 home games
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