CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 17-10 overall and 7-9 in the BIG EAST Conference, host the Seton Hall University Pirates, 17-9 overall and 8-8 in the BIG EAST, on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at Cintas Center. XU is looking to bounce back from a 99-92 triple overtime loss at No. 11 Providence on Wednesday, while SHU is gunning for its third straight win.
Seton Hall won the first meeting earlier this month in Newark, N.J., 73-71, on Feb. 9. Junior Jack Nunge led Xavier with 22 points that night while senior Paul Scruggs scored 21 to go with seven rebounds, seven assists and three steals.