The late-season spiral continued for Xavier's men's basketball team on Saturday against Seton Hall at Cintas Center as the Musketeers suffered their fourth loss in a row, 82-66.
Xavier neglected one very important thing against Seton Hall: defense.
Defense requires energy, effort, emotion and execution, and the Musketeers didn't check many of those boxes in one of their biggest games of the season.
Seton Hall shot 53% from the field, 42% from beyond the arc and 80% from the foul line.
Xavier had little to no success getting stops, which made it hard for Xavier's offense to close the distance or keep it close.