By Colin Rajala

Seton Hall (6-18, 1-12) squared off with Georgetown (15-9, 6-7) Saturday afternoon at Capital One Arena down four rotation players and held tough for 35 minutes, but the lack of depth and experience was too much to overcome as the shorthanded Pirates faltered late, 60-46.

Seton Hall’s ninth straight loss entrenched them at the bottom of the Big East standings, while Georgetown remains one game out of a first-round bye in the conference tournament as it continues to seek out opportunities to make its first NCAA Tournament since 2020-2021.

Seton Hall raced out to the early 8-2 advantage in the first five minutes of the contest on a three from the wing by freshman guard Jahseem Felton assisted by sophomore guard Garwey Dual, who also connected on a layup and free throw of his own in the opening minutes.

A layup from freshman forward Godswill Erheriene off the feed from Dual gave the Pirates a 10-4 advantage less than six minutes into the game, but Georgetown clawed back into the matchup, drawing it to 15-14 on a wing three from graduate forward Micah Peavy with just over ten minutes remaining in the opening half. Peavy and freshman center Thomas Sorber combined for 11 of Georgetown’s first 14 points, shooting 5/10 from the field compared to 1/6 from the rest of the team.

For the game, Peavy led all scorers with 22 points to go along with seven rebounds, four assists and three steals, while Sorber contributed 13 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, one steal and one block.

In the losing effort, Coleman tallied 21 points, 10 rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block while Erheriene finished with eight points, seven rebounds, one block and one assist in one of his best games as an up and comer.

The Hoyas took their first lead of the game, 23-22, on a layup from freshman forward Caleb Williams with just over four minutes to go in the first half before Seton Hall sophomore wing Isaiah Coleman put the Pirates back in front, 24-22 with three minutes and change remaining. Unfortunately for the visitors, Georgetown closed the half on a 12-2 run to enter the half up 34-26.

The Pirates opened the second half on a 7-2 run in the opening two minutes and thirty seconds on a layup from Dual, a dunk from Erheriene and step-back three from Coleman to close the score to 36-33. Georgetown slowly built up its lead, which reached seven points, 46-39 on an and-one jumper from Williams with nine minutes to go in the game.

The Pirate closed the score to within three points with just over five minutes remaining, 48-45, on a layup from Coleman off the feed from Dual, but Seton Hall only scored one point the rest of the game as Georgetown closed on a 12-1 run to sweep the season series.

Georgetown turned over Seton Hall 20 times, which led to 19 points, and outrebounded the visitors 37-31, including 16-7 on the offensive glass, to earn the victory.