Seton Hall game thread

[muskieman]

7 p.m. at the Prudential Center
TV: FS1 with play-by-play from John Fanta and analysis from Donny Marshall
radio 700 WLW

Another game that last time saw Zack lead the team with 23 point. So who can fill that void?

Last game Adam, Souley and Jack had off games which they cannot do tonight.

Seton Hall is a very good defensive team(13th nationally) and is a team that likes to drive the ball and draw fouls. X will have to continue the progress they have made on Defense and find a way to fire up the defense.

Last game Cintas center 73-70

X has to stop the sloppy play and turnovers on offense and stay out of foul trouble while playing solid D. Scoring and Rebounding will be a key without Zack

FWIW a win for X would be big as it would be an away game Quad 1 win.

[xaviermuskie2003]

Both Kadary Richardson (PG) and Dre Davis (6th man) are injured.

Seton Hall cant score.

X rolls.

[skyhops]

When Xavier turns the ball over a lot they typically lose, so we need to take care of the basketball. I think we beat Butler but lose the road games and sneak in the dance with an 8 seed. The Feb curse continues.

[muskieman]

Both Kadary Richardson (PG) and Dre Davis (6th man) are injured.

Seton Hall cant score.

X rolls.

I have read that both might be back.

Xavier might be ranked better in Offense but the loss of Zack makes it difficult for X to maintain what they do best, and that is to play up tempo.
In the last four games X has scored less than 70 points in 3 of those games.

[skyhops]

Good point MM regarding our scoring lately and that has a lot to do with fatigue and no Free.

[muskieman]

Good point MM regarding our scoring lately and that has a lot to do with fatigue and no Free.

especially the second half of games. As much as people destroyed Zack last year about his play, those same people forgot he was still rehabbing his game for the first part of the season, so what makes anyone think he will be 100% of what he was before he went down?

I'd like to see Jack get more rest.

Let's hope Colby has a better game. Des is back and can only improve on his scoring versus the last game against DePaul. Jack played 26 minutes last time and only scored 4 points so we need him to impersonate Zack and give X 23 or more points this time.

[muskieman]

WOW a little less than 15 minutes to go and score 5-5 X has five points and 5 turnovers BUT on on the bright side only 4 fouls (Dripping)

[Kevin Reilly]

Horrible start. Jones with two fouls and we have 5 turnovers in the first 5 minutes. Team is not moving good too slow. Need to pick it up.

[xaviermuskie2003]

This ballgame is over.

Seton Hall is absolutely putrid on offense.

[Kevin Reilly]

Seton Hall has !2 points in 13 minutes. Excellent defense. My man Edwards with a couple baskets. Hunter is really having a tough game.