Three Musketeers Score Career Highs, But Xavier Unable to Hold Off Second Half Surge by SDSU

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Three Musketeers Score Career Highs, But Xavier Unable to Hold Off Second Half Surge by SDSU

11.20.18 | Men's Basketball

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Quentin Goodin, Elias Harden and Zach Hankins record Xavier career marks

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

MAUI – Xavier men's basketball opened up its second game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational with red-hot shooting, jumping out to a 19-point lead, but the San Diego State Aztecs responded, chipping away at the lead late in the first and going ahead in the second to give the Musketeers a 79-74 loss in the second game of the Invitational.

Career-best marks for Quentin Goodin, who led the team with 20 points, Zach Hankins, who added 15 and Elias Harden, who scored nine, fell just short of the late come-back for the Musketeers.

FIRST HALF

Xavier opened up a 4-0 lead to begin the game and pushed out to an 11 point lead in the first six minutes.
The Musketeers hit 4-of-5 from three, including three from Elias Harden, in the first nine minutes of the game, to extend the lead to 14, 25-11, with 11 minutes remaining before the break.
On his three early threes off the bench, Harden set a new career high in just four minutes of action, which led Xavier in the first half.
Xavier used 13 points off of seven turnovers to build its early lead, extending its advantage out to as many as 19, 32-13, in the first half, before a 10-2 run from the Aztecs cut the lead back to 11 with five minutes remaining before halftime.
After retaking a 13 point lead, San Diego State scored nine straight to cut the lead down to four, 36-32, going into the final two minutes of the half.
Four points in the final two minutes for Zach Hankins ended the Aztec's scoring streak, giving the Musketeers the 40-37 edge at the break.
After opening the game shooting over 66 percent, Xavier finished the half shooting 16-30 from the floor, including 5-of-11 from three.
The Aztecs held a 14-13 advantage on the boards in the first half.

SECOND HALF

Xavier opened the second half with a 6-2 run to extended the lead back to eight, 47-39, before SDSU scored 11 straight to give SDSU its first lead, 50-47, with 13 minutes to play.
The Aztec run continued into a 19-2 run to extend the lead out to nine, 58-49, with 10 minutes to play.
Paul Scruggs ended the run for the Musketeers, and a Tyrique Jones made it four straight for Xavier, cutting the SDSU lead to five, 58-53, with just under eight to play.
Xavier trailed by as many as nine in the final six minutes, but an 8-0 run for the Musketeers, featuring five points from Quentin Goodin, cut the Aztec lead down to one, 64-63, with three minutes to play.
Five straight points for SDSU pushed the lead back to six in the final minute of the game.
After trading free throws, a Goodin three cut the lead back to four 73-69, going into the final 25 seconds of the game. Goodin would score five points in the final 20 seconds of the game, but SDSU connected on 6-of-8 free throws to hold onto the lead, wining 79-74.
Goodin led Xavier with 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting in the second half, including 3-of-4 from behind the arc.
Zach Hankins added seven, going 2-of-2 from the floor in the second half.
SDSU grabbed 18 boards to 15 for Xavier in the second half.

NOTABLES

After scoring eight points in the final 30 seconds of the game, Quentin Goodin finished with a career-high 20 points, topping his previous career-high of 19 against Georgetown last season.
Zach Hankins went 6-of-8 from the floor for 15 points, topping his previous high mark at Xavier, 14, set against Evansville.
Elias Harden's nine early points topped his previous career-best mark of six.
Paul Scruggs added 11 points and grabbed six boards, matching Naji Marshall for team-high on rebounds as the Musketeers were out-rebounded 33-29.
Xavier held a 36-20 advantage on points in the paint, but after opening up play 4-of-5 from three in the first 10 minutes, finished the game shooting 8-of-25 from outside, compared to 11-of-27 shooting from beyond the arc for SDSU.

UP NEXT

Xavier plays its final game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational on Wed, Nov. 20 at 9:00 p.m ET against the loser of the Iowa State/Illinois game on ESPNU.

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