National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Xavier 94, Seton Hall 72
When: 2:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Where: Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Officials: # Brent Hampton, # James Breeding, # Michael Palau
Attendance: 10212

Ryan Conwell scored a game-high 22 points, Marcus Foster added 14 points and six rebounds as host Xavier thrashed Seton Hall 94-72 to pick up its first Big East Conference win Tuesday in Cincinnati.

Four other players scored in double figures for the Musketeers (9-5, 1-2 Big East), who shot a dominant 57.4 percent from the field (27 of 47) while holding Seton Hall to 37.7 percent (23 of 61).

Dante Maddox Jr. scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half, adding six assists. Dailyn Swain had 13 points, Jerome Hunter scored 12 on perfect 3-for-3 shooting and John Hugley IV tied his season high with 11.

Isaiah Coleman paced Seton Hall with 19 points. Scotty Middleton scored 12 and Chaunce Jenkins 11 for the Pirates (5-9, 0-3), who have lost five straight and six of seven.

The teams combined for 51 fouls, 29 committed by Seton Hall. The Musketeers went 30 of 40 from the foul line.

Xavier fell behind 5-0 before responding with its 16-point run, bookended by baskets from Foster and featuring eight points from Conwell. When Conwell added a 3-pointer eight minutes in to give Xavier a 20-11 lead, the Musketeers had made seven of their first 10 shot attempts.

Maddox, listed at 6-foot-2, leapt to block a dunk attempt by 6-foot-9 Pirates center Godswill Erheriene. Maddox set up Hunter for a fastbreak 3-pointer, then made a steal and took it the other way himself for a 30-15 Xavier lead at the 9:04 mark of the half.

The Musketeers held two more 15-point leads before taking a 44-31 advantage into the locker room after Conwell beat his man down the floor to make a last-second jumper. Conwell shot 6-for-10 overall with three triples for 18 points in the half.

Hugley got in on the action in the second half when he bullied his way in for a layup, hit a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer and added a bucket and foul shot for Xavier. The three-point play pushed the Musketeers' lead past 20 for the first time at 63-41 with 13:33 to play.

Xavier led by 25 with more than 10 minutes to go, and the Pirates drew no closer than 20 the rest of the way. Foster hit a fastbreak layup and a 3-pointer down the stretch to punctuate the dominant win.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Seton Hall   Xavier
Isaiah Coleman 19 Scoring Ryan Conwell 22
Chaunce Jenkins 4 Assists Dante Maddox Jr. 6
Isaiah Coleman 5 Rebounds Marcus Foster 6
Dylan Addae-Wusu 5 Free Throws Made Dailyn Swain 7
Isaiah Coleman 2 Steals Ryan Conwell 2
Chaunce Jenkins 2 Blocks Jerome Hunter 4
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Seton Hall 72 37.7 6-13 20-24 13 28 3 4 14
Xavier 94 57.4 10-21 30-40 20 27 9 7 10