No motivation needed: It's Shootout time/ Tom Groeschen
Xavier rarely loses at home, and the Cincinnati Bearcats are keenly aware of that as they visit the Musketeers' Cintas Center for the 85th Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout on Saturday (noon, FS1).
No. 11-ranked UC (7-0) and No. 21 XU (6-1) both are ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for only the fourth time in Shootout history. XU enters with a 34-game non-league homecourt winning streak.
"We know they're really good at home," UC junior wing Jacob Evans III said. "You always want to not turn the ball over, and it's not going to be easy there.