Seton Hall Rallies, Falls Short Against Iowa, 85-72 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Senior Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) scored 18 points with seven rebounds and three assists and graduate student Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) p...
San Diego, Calif. — Senior Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) scored 18 points with seven rebounds and three assists and graduate student Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) posted his second double-double of the season in the Seton Hall Men's basketball team's 85-72 loss to Iowa in the consolation game of the Rady Children's Invitational on Friday evening.
The Pirates (4-2) nearly erased a large deficit for the second consecutive night before ultimately coming up short. Davis was named to the Rady Children's Invitational All-Tournament team after averaging 16.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in two games.
How It Happened
Iowa had its way offensively in the first half where it shot 60 percent from the field. The Hawkeyes went up 44-27 on a fast break dunk with 1:08 before halftime but back-to-back threes by senior Dylan Addae-Wusu (Brooklyn, N.Y.), including a buzzer-beating trey from the half court logo, made it an 11-point game, 44-33, and gave the Pirates momentum going into the locker room.
Despite consecutive buckets by senior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) to start the second half, Iowa was able to answer on their end each time and still led 53-39 before the Pirates went on a run. Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) got it started with a three-pointer off a feed from Bediako. A hook shot in the lane from Richmond led to another Dawes triple that forced Iowa to call a timeout. After a steal by freshman Isaiah Coleman (Fredericksburg, Va.), another bucket by Richmond in the paint made it a four-point game, 53-49, with 15:58 to play.
Both sides traded baskets down the stretch as the Pirates trimmed its deficit to five on three separate occasions. Davis converted field goals on consecutive trips that cut Iowa's lead to six, 71-65, with 5:23 to go but a Seton Hall turnover on its next time down the floor led to a dunk that and later a layup that pushed the Hawkeyes' lead back to 10, 75-65.
With 2:40 left in the game, Addae-Wusu found Dawes open on a corner three that made it a five-point contest again, 75-70, but it would be the closest the Pirates would get the rest of the way as a couple of empty trips offensively sunk the Pirates' hopes of a comeback.
Inside The Box Score
- Seton Hall finished plus-two on the backboards for the second consecutive game, 38-36.
- Iowa ended up shooting 56 percent from the field (31-of-55) while Pirates shot 36 percent.
- Seton Hall forced 11 Iowa turnovers and turned it into 14 points.
- The Pirates finished with 14 assists and six turnovers.
- Seton Hall shot 10-of-12 from the free throw line.
- Bediako now has six career double-doubles.
- Davis has scored in double-figures in five of six games this season.
- Coleman stuffed the staff sheet with eight points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals in 22 minutes.
- Richmond now has 350 career assists and 258 in his career at Seton Hall.
- Richmond now has 120 steals in his three-year Seton Hall career.
Seton Hall returns to the friendly confines of the Prudential Center on Wednesday, Nov. 29 against Northeastern at 6:30 p.m. It'll be Greek Night at The Rock.
