The senior goalkeeper of Xavier’s University, Marcus Foster, collected an average of 7.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per match in his first season for the musketeers.
During the NCAA tournament on Wednesday evening First four games Against the Texas Longhorns in Dayton, the Muskies had to Overcome a two -digit deficit And trouble for the main scorers Zach Freemantle and Ryan Conwell.
Foster put XU on his shoulders for a large part of the match, marking a top of 22 points out of 8 on the field and 4 out of 5 to 3 points, with eight rebounds and two assists in 31 minutes.
The musketeers would simply not have accelerated to their confrontation in 64 years with the Illinois in Milwaukee without the big evening of Foster.
What to know of Foster:
Foster played four seasons at Furman before transferring to Xavier.
To favor Engaged in XU last Marchwould have chosen the Muscles of Indiana and Cal.
He collected an average of 10 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in 112 games for the Paladins. In his last season in Furman, he collected on average 17 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in 24 games.
Foster played for Furman in the 2023 NCAA tournament, against Kadin Shedrick and Virginia.
While Xu was Make your sweet race 16 In the NCAA 2023 tournament, Foster helped the 13th seeded Furman to an upheaval in the first round of Virginia n ° 4.
Foster was the second top scorer in the Paladins, with 14 points against the riders.
Kadin Shedrick, who led Virginia with 15 points in this defeat against Furman, collected 11 points for Texas during the Longhorns defeat against Xavier.
Foster made more than 3 points on Wednesday than he had done in the previous five games of Xavier.
Foster was 4 out of 6 of the 3 -point fork against Morgan’s state; 3 out of 5 of 3 against St. John’s; and 3 out of 3 of 3 against Georgetown.
But in the five XU games leading to the first victory, Foster was 3 out of 17 in the 3 -point range.
It is enough to say that Texas did not expect Foster to spend 4 out of 5 at long distance.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Marcus Foster: Xavier Guard marks 22 against Texas in the NCAA the first four
