Xavier drops fourth straight, falls flat at home against Seton Hall

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.

With the loss, Xavier's now 17-11 overall and 7-10 in the Big East Conference.