Pirates Tripped Up At No. 14 Marquette - Seton Hall University Athletics
Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) had a season-high 18 points and eight rebounds and Seton Hall trailed by only one at halftime but No. 14 Marquette ulti...
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Milwaukee, Wis. - Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) had a season-high 18 points and eight rebounds and Seton Hall trailed by only one at halftime but No. 14 Marquette ultimately pulled away as the Pirates fell to the Golden Eagles on the road, 75-57, on Saturday afternoon.
Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) had a near double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds for the Pirates (13-8, 6-4 BIG EAST) who were without starting point guard Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for the second consecutive game.
How It Happened
The Golden Eagles went into the locker room up 30-29 despite the Pirates holding on to the lead for more than 18 minutes in the first half. Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) opened the scoring with a running jumper and Isaiah Coleman (Fredericksburg, Va.) followed with a runner of his own that gave the Pirates a 4-0 lead. Back-to-back threes by Dylan Addae-Wusu (Bronx, N.Y.) extended Seton Hall's lead to 10-3 at 17:13 in the first.
Bediako held things down for the Pirates down the stretch in the first 20 minutes. With 5:44 left before halftime, Marquette made it a two-point game at 21-19 but the Pirate made two stops defensively and Bediako converted back-to-back buckets that pushed Seton Hall's lead back to six, 25-19. After another Bediako layup that made it 27-24 with 2:39 left, the Golden Eagles closed the first half on a 6-2 run that gave them a one-point lead at the half
Marquette opened the second half on a 10-2 run that extended their lead to 40-31 and it forced Seton Hall to call a timeout. With the Golden Eagles up by their largest lead at 12, 45-33, with 16:14 left, the Pirates responded with an 8-1 run that cut their deficit to five, 46-51, and it forced Marquette to use a timeout. Five would be as close as The Hall would get though. Later, a pair of made free throws by Davis with 10:41 to go in regulation got the Pirates within striking distance at 53-45 but an 8-0 Marquette run gave itself a 16-point lead, 61-45, with under eight minutes left that helped put the game out of reach.
Inside The Box Score
- Seton Hall had a perfect day from the free-throw line going 12-of-12.
- The Pirates out rebounded Marquette by three, 32-29, and they had a plus-two advantage on the offensive boards, 12-10.
- The Pirates forced 10 turnovers but had 17 turnovers of their own.
- Both teams scored 15 points off of the turnovers that they forced and the Pirates had an 18-13 edge in second-chance points.
- Bediako finished one-point shy of tying his career high with his 18-point performance.
- The last time Seton Hall went perfect from the line with a minimum of 12 attempts was at Xavier on Dec. 30, 2020 when the Pirates went 14-of-14 from the free-throw line.
- Davis has now scored in double-figures in each of the last 11 games.
- Coleman played a career-high 32 minutes
- Bediako now has 12 double-figure scoring games this season after posting 18 in his previous four collegiate seasons.
Up Next
The Pirates will next hit the road to take on DePaul on Tuesday at 9 p.m. Eastern. The game will be televised on FS1 and can be heard on the Seton Hall Basketball Radio Network via the SHU Pirates Mobile App, SHUPirates.com, SiriusXM and the Varsity Network.
