Davis Powers Pirates To Win Over Wagner, 72-51 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Dre Davis scored a game-high 17 points and Kadary Richmond posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds as Seton Hall men's basketball impro...
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BOX SCORE vs. Wagner 11.18.23 - Seton Hall University Athletics
BOX SCORE vs. Wagner 11.18.23
Newark, N.J. - Senior Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) scored a game-high 17 points and senior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds as the Seton Hall men's basketball team improved to 4-0 with a victory over Wagner, 72-51.
The Pirates had three players score in double figures, as graduate student Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) added 11 points and seven board to guide The Hall to its first 4-0 start to a season since 2016-17.
How It Happened
Seton Hall fed the paint early with Bediako scoring four of the Pirates' first eight points. Wagner used a 7-0 run to take a four point lead, 12-8, but Richmond answered with a three-point basket that made it a one-point game, 12-11.
Davis then went on a scoring run by himself. He first converted a tough layup with contact that gave the Pirates the lead again, 13-12, with 9:43 left in the first half before grabbing the rebound on the next defensive possession and drawing a foul on the other end. After hitting two free throws, Davis came up with a steal and transition jam that pushed the Pirates' lead to 17-12.
Eight of Richmond's team-best 11 first half points were scored in the final 4:31 of the first half, helping stretch the Pirates' lead to double-digits and making the first half score, 32-22.
The Seahawks hung around early in the second half where they only trailed by nine, 39-30, with 17:03 to play. Seton Hall found its shooting stroke though as it nailed back-to-back threes on its next two possessions from seniors Dylan Addae-Wusu (Bronx, N.Y.) and Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.), respectively, that made it a 15-point lead for the Pirates, 45-30.
With 11:51 to play, Davis would go into takeover mode again as he scored the Pirates' next five points that pushed The Hall's lead to 55-34. Freshman Isaiah Coleman (Fredicksburg, Va.) came off the bench with 10:51 to play and once again made an impact by scoring on a spinning layup and cashing in on his first career three-pointer from the corner of the floor that took Wagner out of it for good and made it 66-42 with 5:33 left.
Inside The Box Score
- Seton Hall shot 48 percent from the field, 32 percent from beyond the arc and 91 percent from the free throw line.
- The Pirates held Wagner to just 31 percent shooting from the floor and 23 percent shooting from deep.
- Seton Hall was just +4 on the backboards in the first half but finished +12 for the game, 43-31.
- Wagner was successful in transition, finishing with 12 fastbreak points compared to the Pirates' four.
- 42 of Seton Hall's 72 points were in the paint.
- The Pirates finished with 15 assists and 12 turnovers.
- The Seahawks took care of the basketball, committing only nine turnovers.
- Seton Hall improves to 29-6 all-time against Wagner and its won the last 14 games in the series.
- Seton Hall is now 87-12 (.879) all-time at Prudential Center against non-conference opponents and the Pirates have won 13 of their last 14 games against non-league foes in Newark.
- Wagner's 51 points are the Pirates' lowest point total allowed this season.
- Davis now has 32 career double-figure scoring performances and is up to 641 career points.
- Seton Hall is 15-2 when Richmond has seven or more rebounds and 12-3 all-time when Richmond has 10-plus points, 5-plus rebounds and 5-plus assists.
- Richmond now has four career double-doubles.
- Bediako's team's are 17-5 when he scores in double-figures.
- Richmond is up to 240 career assists at Seton Hall.
The Pirates will hit the road for the first time this season next week when they head to the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego from Nov. 23-24. Seton Hall will open with USC on Thanksgiving Day at 5:30 p.m. EST on FS1.
