{"id":67978,"date":"2025-11-28T02:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T02:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/67978\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T02:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T02:34:07","slug":"xaviers-offense-hitting-higher-gear-with-texas-am-corpus-christi-up-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/67978\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavier’s offense hitting higher gear with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi up next"},"content":{"rendered":"

First-year head coach Richard Pitino must be feeling better about his Xavier<\/a> team following a strong showing at the Charleston Classic down in South Carolina.<\/p>\n

Even though the Musketeers (4-3) didn’t win the championship, they followed a one-point loss to Georgia last Friday with a 78-68 win over West Virginia where they made 16 of 25 3-point attempts.<\/p>\n

The Musketeers are now home in Cincinnati for their next five games, starting Friday night against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a team with 13 new players on this year’s roster, Xavier is starting to find some rhythm and camaraderie.<\/p>\n

“I feel like we’re starting to get a feel for playing with each other and when you make shots, the game’s easy,” center Jovan Milicevic said.<\/p>\n

Milicevic is the Musketeers’ second-leading scorer at 13.7 points per game (behind Tre Carroll’s 15.9 ppg), and he leads the team with 19 3-pointers.<\/p>\n

Through seven games, the Musketeers have 117 assists and are shooting 39% as a team from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

Three players — Roddie Anderson III, Filip Borovicanin and Malik Messina-Moore — have 20 or more assists, while Carroll, Milicevic and All Wright are shooting better than 42% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

“They’re playing the right way,” Pitino said. “They’re sharing the basketball, they’re shooting the ball well, taking great shots and doing a lot of great things.”<\/p>\n

Coming off a 122-75 win over Division III Howard Payne that snapped a four-game losing streak, the Islanders (2-4) are looking to build on their school-record scoring performance ahead of the start of Southland Conference play.<\/p>\n

Nick Shogbonyo leads the Islanders in scoring at 14.5 points per game. Sheldon Williams leads Texas A&M-Corpus Christi with 7.7 rebounds and D’Avian Houston has a team-high 26 assists.<\/p>\n

The Islanders average 75.8 points per game but also allow 74.5 points per game. They average 37.3 rebounds and are shooting 42.9% from the floor.<\/p>\n

This is Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s fifth road game in its last six games.<\/p>\n

–Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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