Quentin Goodin Ups Career High in 69-55 Win Over Detroit Mercy

Friday, December 21

Cincinnati, Ohio

7 p.m.

Xavier University

8-5

Detroit Mercy

3-9

Detroit Mercy

Xavier

Quentin Goodin Ups Career High in 69-55 Win Over Detroit Mercy

12.21.18 | Men's Basketball

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Junior guard finishes with 22 points and nine boards, both career bests

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI – A new career high for Quentin Goodin led a trio of Musketeers in double figures as Xavier men's basketball pulled from Detroit Mercy in the second half, winning 69-55 at Cintas Center. Midway through the second half, a 21-6 scoring outburst turned a two point game into a 17-point Xavier advantage to move the Musketeers to 8-5 on the season. Goodin finished with 22 points to go with a career-high nine rebounds and nine assists.

FIRST HALF

Xavier took the lead on the opening basket, a three for Quentin Goodin, and went ahead by as many as seven, 15-8, in the first 10 minutes of the game. Goodin opened the game going 3-of-3 from the floor, scoring eight of Xavier's first 15 points.
UDM cut the Xavier lead down to one possession, 17-14, before Xavier responded with six straight points to push its lead out to nine, 23-14, with 7:29 before halftime.
After Xavier took its largest lead of the half, the Titans scored 10 unanswered to take a one-point lead, 24-23, with just under five minutes to play in the half.
After falling behind, Xavier closed out the half with a 9-2 run to take a 32-26 lead into halftime.
Goodin finished the half with a team-high nine points, and dished out four assists. The Musketeers finished with 11 assists, one on every made field goal in the half.
Keonte Kennedy, Zach Hankins and Ryan Welage each finished with six points in the half.
UDM held a 19-17 advantage on the boards. Zach Hankins led the Musketeers with five.
Each team finished the half with five turnovers, but UDM turned those miscues into 10 points to just five points off turnovers for the Musketeers.

SECOND HALF

Xavier opened up the second half with four straight points to take a 10-point lead, 36-26.
A 9-2 run by the Titans cut the lead down to one possession, 38-35, and pulling as close as two, 40-38, with 14 minutes left to play.
Over the next nine minutes, the Musketeers outscored the Titans 21-6 to break the game open, 63-46, going into the final four minutes of the game. The 17-point advantage was the Musketeers' largest of the game.
During that run, Ryan Welage led the Musketeers with eight points, Goodin scored seven for the Musketeers, while Paul Scruggs added six.
In the final five minutes, Detroit Mercy would get as close as 10, 65-55, with under a minute remaining, but the Musketeers went 4-of-4 from the free throw line to seal the game, 69-55.
Goodin led Xavier with 13 points in the second half.
Ryan Welage added 10 for the Musketeers on 4-of-6 shooting from the floor.
Hankins grabbed six rebounds to lead Xavier as the Musketeers dominated the boards, 26-16, after the break, including a 18-6 advantage on the defensive boards.

NOTABLES

Quentin Goodin upped his career-high to 22 points to lead the Musketeers, topping his previous career-high of 21, set last Tuesday at Missouri. Goodin also finished with a career-high nine rebounds and nine assists.
Ryan Welage scored 16 point, connecting on a team-high three three-pointers.
Zach Hankins finished with 12 points and a team-high 11 rebounds for his second double-double as Musketeer.
Xavier owned a 43-35 advantage on the board, including a 31-16 advantage on the defensive glass.
The Musketeers had assists on 20 of 22 made field goals.

UP NEXT

Xavier opens up BIG EAST Conference play on Saturday, Dec. 29 at DePaul. The Musketeers and the Blue Demons are set for a 2:00 p.m. ET tip off on FS1.

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