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Make sure to get settled on the couch a little earlier this Sunday! The Xavier Musketeers (9-2, 2-2) are hosting the Providence Friars (7-4, 3-2) at 11 a.m. ET on FOX.
Ed Cooley’s Friars will enter Sunday on an extended break. They have not played since last Saturday, a 67-65 loss at home to Creighton. Providence lost starting guard Jared Bynum to a groin injury in the first half. Bynum is listed as day-to-day. David Duke and Nate Watson led the way, scoring 13 points apiece. Noah Horchler added a season-high 12 points off the bench, and A.J. Reeves contributed 10 points as well in the loss.
Seton Hall routs Xavier to close out 2020 with sixth win in seven games
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
Myles Cale was one of six Seton Hall players in double-figures in scoring in their 85-68 rout of Xavier at Cintas Center.
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Seton Hall will have plenty of reason to celebrate on New Year’s Eve.
The Pirates closed out 2020 with an emphatic 85-68 win over Xavier at Cintas Center for their sixth victory in seven games. Seton Hall will head into 2021 at 7-4, 4-1 in the Big East after handing Xavier (8-2, 1-2) just its second loss of the season.
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The Xavier Musketeers and Seton Hall Pirates return to action Wednesday evening in Cincinnati following the holiday break.
Seton Hall brings a 6-4 record into the contest, going 3-1 in Big East play. Xavier, on the other hand, comes into the game at 8-1, and 1-1 in Big East play.
The game will be a showdown between two of the Big East’s best big men, as Seton Hall’s Sandro Mamukelashvili and Xavier’s Zach Freemantle are the conference’s two leading-scoring forwards at 18.2 and 16.3 points per game, respectively.
The Musketeers and Pirates have split their matchups in each of the past two seasons, as the teams always seem to be quite evenly matched. This game doesn’t seem like it will be too much different, with KenPom projecting a 73-71 victory.
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Seton Hall hit a 15-0 run at the end of the first half against Xavier and never looked back.
The Pirates celebrated an 85-68 victory over the Musketeers in which they used a terrific defensive performance to power them to a W. The Hall held their adversaries to 43.1 percent from the floor and 20.8 percent from the perimeter.
It was a very, very strong showing and an optimism-inducing one as well. Seton Hall teeter-tottered a bit recently, but have won their last two in a row, three of the last four and six of the last seven dating back to December 6.
Dec 24, 2020
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Antwann Jones and Denzel Mahoney scored 13 points each to lead No. 13 Creighton to a 66-61 win over 22nd-ranked Xavier on Wednesday, handling the Musketeers their first loss of the season.
The Bluejays (7-2, 3-1 Big East) used an 8-0 run to start the second half to open up a 44-34 lead. before the Musketeers (8-1, 1-1) cut it to 64-61 with 10 seconds left on Paul Scruggs’ 3-pointer. Adam Kunkel then got a steal and had a chance to tie the game, but his 3-pointer with a second left rimmed out and allowed Creighton to hold on.