In the talent laden Big East Conference it is important to "hold service" at home.
The Xavier Musketeers will host the streaking Seton Hall Pirates with that in mind. Xavier lost on the road to Villanova but defeated St. John's at home. The Pirates have won four straight and both of their Big East contests, beating DePaul 74-66 on the road and Georgetown 78-62 at home.
The Pirates and Musketeers split their two games last season with each team winning on the road, ironically. Seton Hall is 11-9 against Xavier all-time and 7-6 since both entered the Big East together.
Seton Hall (11-4, 2-0) is an experienced team, starting seniors, Quincy McKnight 11.1 ppg, Myles Powell 21.2 ppg, the Pirated leading scorer and Romaro Gill 6.1 ppg. Junior Myles Cale 7.9 ppg and sophomore Jared Rhoden 8.1 ppg fill the first five.
Xavier (12-3, 1-1) boasts leading scorer Naji Marshall, a junior who averages 16.6 ppg and will become a 1,000-point scorer with his 12th point. Senior Tyrique Jones averages a double-double with 13.2 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. The last player to do that for a season was NBA star David West, who averaged 16.9 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.
Xavier will host Creighton on Saturday January 11 at 2:00. Seton Hall plays Marquette at home at 4:00 on Saturda.
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