Detroit Mercy makes the trip south to Xavier's Cintas Center Friday night (7 p.m., FS2) for the Musketeers' final non-conference game of the season and Xavier will be without two of its starters.
Junior forward Tyrique Jones and sophomore forward Naji Marshall are both injured and will not play, Xavier confirmed a few hours before tipoff.
Marshall's dealing with a back injury and Jones hit his head in Thursday's practice.
Xavier 10, Detroit 6, 15:41 first half – Quentin Goodin's off to a great start, shooting 3 of 3 with a pair of 3-pointers.