Nobody went 5-0 for the second straight session as all but one player picked Creighton over St. John's, and the one who didn't picked Butler over The Hall. 16 of our 19 remaining players went 4-1, but one of those surprisingly was not our leader, @GrMtWoods, who went 3-2 for the second consecutive session. As a result, the lead is down to three games with 20 to play (four sessions). @vegaspaul82 stays in second alone at 73-17 and inches a game closer to the lead. Five players are tied for third at 72-18.


Tuesday, February 27

Georgetown (9-18, 2-14) @ Villanova (15-12, 8-8) - 6:30 PM - FS1 - The Finn/Villanova


Wednesday, February 28

DePaul (3-24, 0-16) @ Xavier (13-14, 7-9) - 7:00 PM - FS2 - Cintas/Cincy

Providence (18-9, 9-7) @ #5 Marquette (21-6, 12-4) - 7:00 PM - FS1 - Fiserv/Milwaukee

St. John's (16-12, 8-9) @ Butler (15-12, 7-10) - 8:30 PM - CBSSN - Hinkle/Indy

SETON HALL (18-9, 11-5) @ #12 Creighton (20-8, 11-6) - 9:00 PM - FS1 - CHI/Omaha

Are in decline. Many causes but not a good thing for the communities. It’s states it’s temporary but the underlying reasons are common and seldom reversed.

Amazing this team is 18-9, 11-5 and likely an NCAA Tournament team with this natural disparity from 3 in this day and age. We've sat through many games like last night this season where we're clearly outplaying a team but the arc undermines us. Other games it's burnt us.

Through 27 games SHU is 150/475 from 3 compared to 225/671 for the opponents. We've been outscored by 225 points in 27 games, that's more than 8 per game. In BE games, it's almost exactly the same, 88/272 to 132/406 over 16 games, just over -8 point differential per game.

Overall as a team The Hall is 326th in 3PA:FGA, 338th in point % from 3 (opponents are 27th), and 285th in 3PT shooting %. And then when you realize what Dawes does alone, it's remarkable.

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TEAM INFO​

ACC
Pac-12
Big Ten

Those three leagues may get as little as 3 or 4 at large bids each

SEC
Big 12

May get as many as 6 or 7 at large bids each

AAC
Mountain West

Will be interesting to see how at large candidates are viewed in these two leagues

Also, hope that the teams with best records in some lesser leagues win their tournament

Win this game and your ticket is punched.

That said, the Pirate will have to be careful because McDermott, the clone of Jay Wright, will keep his starters in the entire game regardless of the score.

Creighton 79
Seton Hall 69

The Hall closes the game with a 9-0 run to improve to 8-9 in BIG EAST play.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) scored 12 of her game-high 22 points in the fourth quarter as the Seton Hall women's basketball team outlasted Providence, 71-65, in its final road game of the regular season on Wednesday.

The Hall trailed 65-62 with 3:03 remaining in the game, but finished the game with a 9-0 run. A three-pointer by Sha'Lynn Hagans (Manassas, Va.) with 1:27 left to play broke a 65-65 tie and the Pirates never trailed again.

Providence stayed in the game thanks largely to its three-point shooting. The Friars entered the contest averaging a BIG EAST-low 4.3 made three-pointers per game, but erupted for nine tonight against the Pirates.

In all, five Pirates scored at least nine points, led by Baines. Hagans finished with 13, while Kae Satterfield (New York, N.Y.) added 12 points and a team-best eight rebounds. Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.), returning from injury, had nine points, as did Brazil Harvey-Carr (Camden, N.J.).

THE STORY:
Providence made their first five shots, including a pair of three-pointers to race out to a 13-7 start. The Hall, however, bounced back with a 9-2 run, and a rebound and put-back by Makennah White (Farrell, Pa.) gave the Pirates their first lead of the game, 16-15, with 3:19 left in the first quarter. Seton Hall took a 21-18 lead after the first 10 minutes.

Leading 24-22, The Hall went on an 8-2 run, and a three-pointer by Baines gave it a 31-24 advantage with 6:29 left before halftime. The Friars responded, however, with a 9-2 spurt to close the half and force a 33-33 tie at the half. Seton Hall was just 3-for-11 in the second quarter and were held without a made field goal for the final 6:29. The Hall out-rebounded and forced more turnovers than the Friars in the first half, but shot only 32.4 percent, compared to 50 percent for Providence.

In the third quarter, a three-pointer by Harvey-Carr gave The Hall a 46-40 advantage, but Providence took the lead with a 9-0 run on three made three-pointers in three of the next four possessions.

Baines tried to single-handedly will the Pirates to a victory in the fourth, scoring 12 of her team-best 22 points in the final 10 minutes. With the score tied at 65, Hagans hit a dagger three-pointer from the corner in front of the jubilant Seton Hall bench with only 1:27 to play. The Hall was able to ice the game on the free-throw line.

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THE NUMBERS:

• Seton Hall was 27-for-65 (41.5%) from the floor for the game, while Providence was 24-for-58 (41.4%). The Hall was 7-for-26 (26.9%) from three-point range, while the Friars were 9-for-28 (32.1%).
• Baines had a game-high 22 points on 10-for-16 shooting to go with five rebounds.
• The Hall out-rebounded Providence, 39-to-34, which included a 14-to-8 edge on the offensive glass and a 12-to-9 advantage in second-chance points.
• Hagans had 13 points to go with three assists.
• Seton Hall was 10-for-16 (62.5%) from the free-throw line, while Providence was 8-for-11 (72.7%).
• Satterfield finished with 12 points, a team-high eight rebounds and two steals.
• Seton Hall forced 13 turnovers, while the Friars forced eight. The Hall had a 12-to-10 edge in points-off-turnovers.
• Wright tallied nine points, was perfect from the floor, and five rebounds.
• The Pirates had 36 points in the paint, compared to 24 for Providence.
• Harvey-Carr finished with nine points on three made three-pointers to go with three rebounds.

THE NOTES:

• Seton Hall improves to 16-12 overall and 8-9 in conference games, while Providence drops to 12-18 overall and 6-11 in the BIG EAST.
• With the victory, the Pirates know they will be either the six seed or the seven seed in next week's BIG EAST Tournament. A victory over Creighton on Sunday ensures the six seed. A loss and a Georgetown victory at Xavier gives The Hall the seven seed. If both teams win or lose, Seton Hall will be the six seed by virtue of its winning tie-breaker over Georgetown.
• The Hall is now 46-31 all-time against Providence and has won nine of the last 10 games in the series.
• For the 20th time in 28 games, Seton Hall forced more turnovers than its opponent.
• Baines reached at least 20 points for the fifth time this season and the ninth time in her career.
• With a steals tonight, Wright moved into a tie with Leslie Ardon for 20th place on Seton Hall's career list with 149.
• Wright made her return to the court after missing the last two games due to injury.
• This was only the second time this season that the Pirates have been tied at the half.
• Seton Hall's win tonight guarantees a winning season for the eighth time in 11 years with Head Coach Anthony Bozzella at the helm.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Sunday, March 3 when it hosts BIG EAST rival Creighton on Senior Day. The game is also The Hall's regular season finale. The contest will be nationally televised on FS1 with Gary Apple and Julianne Viani on the call. Tip-time is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. ET.

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Omaha, Neb. - No. 12 Creighton proved to be too much offensively for Seton Hall as the Bluejays rode 41 percent shooting from three-point range to an 85-64 win over the Pirates Wednesday night at CHI Health Center Omaha.

Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) finished as the team's leader with 18 points and eight rebounds. Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added 15 points and four assists for the Pirates (18-10, 11-6 BIG EAST).

The Hall, who had won three straight and five of six entering Wednesday, drop to fourth place in the BIG EAST standings.

How It Happened

Creighton jumped on the Pirates early as the Bluejays led 9-2 at the 16:21 mark in the first half. A Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) layup off of a feed from Richmond made it a five-point game before the under 16 media timeout. The Pirates forced a missed three-pointer on their next defensive possession and Davis followed that stop with a fadeaway jumper that cut The Hall's deficit to three, 9-6.

Dawes' lone made three of the game made it a three-point game again, 14-11, with 9:47 left before halftime but the Bluejays used an 11-0 run that extended their lead 25-11. Creighton led by as much as 20 in the first half but back-to-back baskets made by Dylan Addae-Wusu (Bronx, N.Y.) and Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) at the end of the first trimmed the Pirates' deficit to 16, 38-22.

Seton Hall battled in the second half but Creighton's offense proved to be too potent as the Bluejays had an answer each time down the floor. A Richmond layup with 17:04 left to play made it a 17-point game, 45-28, before Creighton rattled off 10 straight points that ballooned their lead to 27, 55-28, their largest lead of the game

Inside The Box Score

• Seton Hall shot 42 percent from the field but allowed Creighton to shoot 54 percent from the field and 41 percent from three (13-of-32).
• The Pirates committed 13 turnovers but they also forced 15 miscues.
• Creighton had the slight edge in points off turnovers, 17-16.
• The Bluejays finished with a 35-38 edge on the glass but the Pirates finished with nine offensive rebounds to Creighton's eight.
• Creighton dished out 20 assists.
• Down two scholarship players due to illness, the Pirates dressed nine scholarship players Wednesday night.

News & Notes

• Seton Hall is now 16-14 all-time against Creighton and the Bluejays have won four straight in the series.
• Davis now has 987 career points after his 18-point outing and Addae-Wusu is now up to 965 career points.
• Richmond is up to 978 points as a Pirate.

Up Next

The Pirates will continue its tough road swing on Sunday as they travel to Storrs, Conn. to take on No. 3 UConn at 12 p.m. on CBS.

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• Vote Joel Soriano for Center of the Year

QUEENS, N.Y. (Feb. 2, 2024) – For the second-straight season, Joel Soriano has been named a top-10 candidate for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year, as announced on Friday.

St. John’s 6-foot-11 center is averaging 16.6 points and has scored double figures in 20 of 21 appearances this season. Soriano has also delivered eight 20-point performances this season, including recent back-to-back 21-point showings against Villanova and Xavier. The Yonkers, N.Y., native has also shot 63.1 percent from the field, which ranks 14th in the nation.

On the glass, Soriano has been a force averaging 10.0 rebounds (13th in NCAA), including 4.0 offensive boards (8th in NCAA) per game. The Johnnies’ center has led the team in rebounding in 13 games this season. Soriano also ranks among the nation’s best with 11 double-doubles (9th in NCAA) and has totaled 36 over his last 56 appearances at St. John’s.

Earlier this season, Soriano reached career milestones with 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. He also became the 53rd player in program history to score 1,000 points in a St. John’s uniform.

The Red Storm’s captain joins fellow BIG EAST bigs on the list in UConn’s Donovan Clingan and Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner.

Fan voting will opens today. Fans can vote for their favorite players in each of the rounds. The top player selections from the fan vote will get an additional vote towards making the next round.

This list will be narrowed down to five in March with the winner to be announced towards the end of the season at the Final Four in Phoenix.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award Top 10

NAME SCHOOL

Johni Broome Auburn
Armando Bacot UNC
Branden Carlson Utah
Donovan Clingan UConn
Hunter Dickinson Kansas
Zach Edey Purdue
Dawson Garcia Minnesota
PJ Hall Clemson
Ryan Kalkbrenner Creighton
Joel Soriano St. John’s

Game 28: Creighton Bluejays (20-8, 11-6 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (18-9, 11-5 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, Feb. 28 • Omaha, Neb. • CHI Health Center Omaha (17,352)) • 9 p.m.
TV: FS1 • Matt Schumacker & Donny Marshall
Web: FOXSports.com/Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 383 / SXM App / Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Creighton
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Notes You Need To Know

• Winners of three straight and five of its last six games, the Seton Hall men's basketball team enters a tough stretch as it goes on the road to play two top-15 teams starting with No. 12 Creighton at 9 p.m. on Wednesday in Omaha.
• Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates are in sole possession of third place in the BIG EAST standings at 11-5 and they're one game ahead of Creighton in the loss column.
• The Pirates are 8-7 vs. Q1 + Q2 opponents this season after picking up a Q2 win against Xavier on Feb. 14, a Q1 road win at St. John's on Feb. 18 and a Q2 win over Butler on Feb. 24.
• Seton Hall has posted at least 10 BIG EAST wins the last nine seasons, the longest stretch in program history.
• Seton Hall's nine 10-win seasons since realignment in 2013-14 is tied for second in the BIG EAST:

10+ BIG EAST Win Seasons since 2013-14
1. Villanova - 10
2. Seton Hall - 8
Creighton - 8
Providence - 8
5. Marquette - 5

• Seton Hall is one of only 22 teams in Division I and one of five BIG EAST teams (UConn, Creighton, Marquette, Providence) with at least five Quad 1 wins.
• The Hall's five Q1 victories are more than 39 teams that are ranked ahead of the Pirates in the NET.
• Seton Hall is one of 18 teams in the country with multiple wins over top 10 teams.
• The Pirates lead the all-time series against Creighton, 16-13, but the Bluejays have won the last three meetings.
• The two teams played only the seventh game to reach three overtimes in BIG EAST history on Jan. 20 when Creighton came out on top, 97-94.
• After posting the best season by a first-year head coach in program history, Shaheen Holloway is once again raising the bar for Seton Hall head coaches as he approaches two milestones for second-year head coaches in South Orange.
• Seton Hall's win over St. John's on Feb. 18 tied Holloway with Kevin Willard for most wins by a Seton Hall head coach in his first two seasons.
• The Pirates' 76-70 win over Georgetown on Feb. 7 gave Holloway 18 BIG EAST victories as head coach at Seton Hall, the most in program history for a head coach in his first two seasons:

Most Wins Most BIG EAST Wins
1. Shaheen Holloway (2022-24) - 35 1. Shaheen Holloway - 21
2. Kevin Willard (2010-12) - 34 2. Tommy Amaker - 17
3. Tommy Amaker (1997-99) - 30 3. Louis Orr (2001-03) - 15
Richie Regan (1960-62) - 30 Kevin Willard - 15

• Holloway is one of only eight coaches in BIG EAST history to win 10 BIG EAST games in each of his first two seasons, joining Bob Huggins (West Virginia), Jamie Dixon (Pitt), Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Paul Evans (Pitt), Buzz Williams (Marquette), Mike Jarvis (St. John's) and Chris Holtmann (Butler).
• Kadary Richmond was one of 40 Div. I players named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy and All-America Watch List on Tuesday.
• Since Richmond's return to the lineup at DePaul on Jan. 30, the Pirates have gone 5-1 and he's posted three 20-point games and two double-doubles in wins over Xavier and St. John's.
• Dre Davis is making a case for being the BIG EAST's Most Improved Player of the Year as he's gone from averaging 18.8 minutes and 9.6 points per game last season to 31.6 minutes to 14.0 points per game this season.
• Jaden Bediako ranks second in the BIG EAST and seventh in Division I averaging 3.9 offensive rebounds per game.
• The Pirates are 16-4 this season when Al-Amir Dawes scores in double figures and 7-2 when he's the team's leading scorer.

Popped up in my memories today that we beat X in 2016, someone else just posted we beat Creighton 9 years ago today. Maybe just maybe luck is on our side tonight.

Jerry carino says coleman and nganga out with illness

Was a SHU grad in early 50s...big career with Aaron Spelling

he was lights out the entire 4th and won the game for his team

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Our start time won’t be delayed by a drawn out close game.

Well, it took nearly all season but the Pirates have finally moved into the 8th spot in Kenpom. Barely.

Last night's double digit beatdown of Butler has vaulted the Pirate's past the Bulldogs by a whopping 2 spots.

Next up will be Providence, 3 spots ahead of the Pirates and then in order Xavier (8 spots), St John's (12 spots) and Villanova (22 spots)

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Here's a look at my post back in mid Oct.

At the end it also included comments a couple of days later on the Blue/White scrimmage

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We live in a time in media where something is either the best or it sucks. Absolutes only. Well, often times more than one thing can be true at once.

Case in point: the Big 12 is the best basketball conference. That's my opinion, I believe it to be a fact. They currently have 10 teams in the top 45 in the NET rankings. About that ... the comments from Clemson Tigers coach Brad Brownell point out another truth. The Big 12 has effectively manipulated those NET rankings in a way that benefits them significantly.

On WCCP radio, Brownell pointed out how the out-of-conference scheduling of the Big 12 helps ensure higher NET rankings so that once they play in-conference games, everyone benefits because you're only head-to-head with highly ranked teams.

Regarding that out-of-conference, Brownell said, "They're playing 300-level teams and winning by 40 and 50 points to increase their offensive and defensive efficiency numbers, which is a big part of the NET tool." I would interject to say that's not entirely correct -- the quality of the opponent is taken into account. Brownell added, "Our league has zero teams in the top 50 of the NET that have a nonconference strength of schedule 250 or higher. The Big 12 has six teams."

I appreciate a coach being willing to name names -- which Brownell did. Specifically pointing out the Cincinnati Bearcats and Iowa State Cyclones as examples of out-of-conference schedules that were -- to use his word -- awful. Now, that is an opinion ... so I looked. Hard to argue it's not a fact.

Here's where fans get mad -- so Cyclone fans, please listen to me. I know you're good because you are. But look at your out-of-conference and you see exactly what Brownell is talking about. Outside of a big win over in-state rival Iowa, it's mostly 40-point blowouts versus hopelessly overmatched teams. It also includes losses to the Texas A&M Aggies and the ACC's own Virginia Tech Hokies. Which, no shock, Brownell mentioned in noting the ACC is 9-3 against the Big 12 this season.

That includes Clemson's win over the TCU Horned Frogs. Again quoting Brownell, "We played TCU, beat TCU, TCU's doing well in the Big 12. And I remember preparing for the TCU game and telling my staff, 'Look who they've played.' They haven't played anybody. Every game is Abilene Christian and Houston Baptist. We're getting ready to play them and we've already played a really hard schedule. But look at their NET. Their NET rankings get up and then when they beat each other up, they don't have bad losses."

And that, as I mentioned earlier, is the way you game this one particular data point the committee uses. You have a cheat code if you can artificially bump your NET ranking out of conference, you're effectively depositing money you draw down against in conference play.

If this sounds like preemptive sour grapes from the Tigers coach, it's not. Clemson is 23 in the NET and 24 in KenPom -- they're a tournament team this year. But he does think it played a role in keeping Clemson out last year.

As I said at the start, more than one thing can be true at once. As I always say, there are facts and opinions. My opinion is that the Big 12 is the best conference. The non conference schedule numbers are facts. But you can use the bug in the system to your advantage, which they have.

I'd add one more fact to this: The ACC can do the exact same thing next season. Nobody is stopping you. Schedule accordingly.

LUBBOCK, Texas -- Dylan Disu scored 21 points, Max Abmas added 18 and Texas rode a big first half to a 81-69 victory over Texas Tech on Tuesday night in a game that included a significant delay after fans threw objects onto the floor.

Midway through the second half Texas' Brock Cunningham delivered a hard check to Darrion Williams, knocking the Red Raiders player out of bounds. While officials were reviewing the play, objects including water bottles were thrown onto the floor and security could be seen escorting a few fans out of the arena.

Cunningham was ejected with a flagrant foul 2, and Texas Tech was given an administrative technical for the fans' behavior. That announcement resulted in more objects thrown. Texas Tech coach Grant McCasland took the microphone to implore the crowd to stop.

"We all know what's at stake in this game," McCasland said afterward, according to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. "There's a lot going on. There's a lot of passion in this game. When you have to go talk on the mic, you're talking to 15-plus-thousand people but really you're talking to a couple people that are doing things that are completely unacceptable. You could tell when I finally communicated clearly, like, this can't happen, a lot of people were applauding because they know it's not what we need to do and it cost us technicals and it caused us a problem.

"But you know what comes with this great place is there's a lot of passion, and unfortunately I thought the decisions of a few people impacted everybody and that's not what this is about, and we'll get better because of it."

After play resumed, Tech (29-9, 8-7 Big 12) scored the next five points to get the deficit under 20 for the first time in the half, but the Red Raiders didn't get closer than the 12-point final margin.

Texas coach Rodney Terry said he told the officials he was considering taking his team off the court before order was restored.

"I did say that to [referee] Kelly Self," Terry said. "I said, Kelly, man, if they keep throwing things, because they're throwing directly at our bench at this point, I said we're going to go back in the locker room. I said I know we've got one technical foul. It should be a second technical foul, but if they keep throwing things at our guys, at the bench, then we've got to protect our guys and go inside."

Terry commended McCasland for taking the microphone and "settling everybody down a little bit."

"Some coaches won't do that," Terry said. "He did that. Kudos to him. Proud of him. Proud of Coach Grant. He's a man of a lot of character and a good man who's done a great job coaching his team."

Chendall Weaver finished with 15 points, and Kadin Shedrick had 10 for Texas (18-10, 7-8).

Isaacs finished with 17 points, 13 coming in the second half, for Tech, which lost for just the second time in 16 home games. Williams had 16 points, Joe Toussaint 13 and Chance McMillian 10 along with a game-high nine rebounds. Seven-footer Warren Washington, who has started all 24 games he has played, sat out with a nagging foot injury.


An noisy, energized crowd urged the Red Raiders on early in this final scheduled meeting between the rivals. But Texas (18-10, 7-8), which is leaving the Big 12 for the SEC next season, never trailed and outscored the Red Raiders 28-9 over the final seven minutes of the half to lead 47-23. Texas shot 60% in the first half, including 12 points from Disu and 11 by Abmas. Tech shot just 24% in the half, making 1 of 10 from the arc, and Isaacs was 0-for-10 from the floor.

There were 56 free throws taken, and three players from each team finished with four fouls.

The Longhorns gained a split of the season series and claimed their 90th win in the series that has spanned 157 games.

Texas is host to Oklahoma State while Texas Tech is at West Virginia on Saturday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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South Orange, N.J. --Staus Pokrovsky (Pittsgrove, N.J.) went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and four RBI and Zack Sylvester (Montville, N.J.) drove in three runs and reached based three times as the Seton Hall baseball team handled Wagner in its home opener, 15-5, at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium on Tuesday.

Jayson Torres (East Islip, N.Y.) earned his first career win and Alex D'Ambrosio (Marlboro, N.J.) faced the minimum in two scoreless innings of relief work. Alex Lyons (West Chester, Pa.) posted his second multi-hit game of the, had an RBI and scored twice from the nine-spot in the batting order.

How It Happened

After Torres worked a clean top of the first inning, Pokrovsky reached on a one-out single and he was driven in on a triple by Danny Melnick (Hamilton, N.J.) that gave the Pirates a 1-0 lead. A Wagner error following a wild pitch allowed two more runs to score before the first inning ended with the Pirates leading 3-0.

Torres blanked the Seahawks in the top of second and that set the stage for crooked number in the home half. The Pirates went station-to-station as an RBI single from Lyons, a run-scoring single off the bat of Jonathan Luders (Lynnfield, Mass.), an RBI groundout from Pokrovsky and an RBI single from Sylvester made it 7-0 Pirates. Nick Ferri (Flemington, N.J.) plated Sylvester with an RBI double that put the PIrates up 8-0.

Wagner got on the board with three runs in the top of the third and it tacked on another run in the top of the fourth that cut the Seton Hall lead in half, 8-4. D'Ambrosio entered in the fifth where he tossed a scoreless frame and he retired the side in order in the sixth that kept it a four-run game. With two on and one out in the bottom of the sixth, Pokrovsky doubled down the left field line and cleared the bases, giving the Pirates some breathing room by extending their lead to 10-4. Later, with runners on the corners and one out still, Sylvester delivered a bases-clearing triple that gave The Hall a 12-4 lead.

After Wagner scratched a run across in the top of the eighth that made it 13-5, Pokrovsky continued his big day by delivering his second home run of the season in the bottom of the eighth that made it 14-5 Pirates. With two outs and Melnick standing on second base, Ryan Frontera (Red Bank, N.J.) delivered his first career RBI on a base knock to right center field that gave Seton Hall its 15th run of the ball game

Up Next

The Pirates will embark on their Spring Break trip this weekend as they open a four-game series with Florida International on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Miami.

Bosworth shoots a career-best ,67, and the Pirates a 276 to move up after two rounds.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. – Sophomore Jack Bosworth (Simsbury, Conn.) fired a career-best, 5-under-par, 67, to help push the Seton Hall men's golf team up two spots in the team standings after two rounds at the Loyola Intercollegiate on Monday.

Bosworth had only one blemish on an otherwise brilliant round that included six birdies and 11 pars. He raced up the individual leader board and is currently tied for 10th place with a 6-under-par, 71-67-138. Bosworth's 5-under-par, 67, is the 14th in program history and is tied for 11th best single-round on a par-72 course in Seton Hall history.

As a team, The Hall climbed to fifth place after a historically good second round. The Pirates carded a 12-under-par, 276, as a team, which is the second-lowest par-72, single-round score ever for a Seton Hall team. Through 36 holes, Seton Hall is 14-under-par with a 286-276-562. North Dakota State is currently the team leader at 26-under-par.

Seton Hall's top individual after two rounds remains George Fricker (Woodbridge, England). The junior had another spectacular round, using four birdies and 13 pars in route to a 3-under-par, 69. Fricker is currently ninth overall in a field of 116 individual golfers through two rounds with a 7-under-par, 68-69-137.

Delaware's Arsit Areephun is currently the individual leader entering round three at 12-under-par.

All four Seton Hall individuals whose scores counted shot under par as Joshua Lee (Lantana, Texas) and Wenliang Xie (Zhaoqing, China) both shot a 2-under-par, 70, on Monday. Both players had five birdies and 10 pars in round two. Lee is tied for 42nd overall with a 1-under-par, 73-70-143, through two rounds. Xie is one stroke behind and tied for 49th place at even par with a 74-70-144.

Eli Shah (Newtown Square, Pa.) shaved three strokes off his first-round score and carded a 6-over-par, 78, in round two. Through 36 holes, the freshman is 15-over-par with an 81-78-159.

Competing as an individual, Isaiah Williams (Flemington, N.J.) turned in the best round of his young collegiate career. The freshman had four birdies and 12 pars in route to a 2-under-par, 70, for his first sub-par round. Through 36 holes, Williams is tied for 49th at even-par with a 74-70-144.

Tournament Details:
2024 LOYOLA INTERCOLLEGIATE
Host: Loyola University
Location: Goodyear, Ariz.
Course: Palm Valley Golf Club
Course Vitals: Par-72, 7,015 yards
Dates: February 25-27, 2024

THE COURSE:
Designed by renowned golf course architect Arthur Hills, Palm Valley Golf Club's Palms Course is one of the most popular championship Phoenix Arizona golf courses. The excellent layout provides a stiff challenge for accomplished players, yet it is flexible enough for novices to enjoy. One asset that sets Palm Valley Golf Club apart from other Phoenix Arizona golf courses is its diversity in play. The Palms Course has been rated among Arizona's best public golf courses by The Phoenix Business Journal, and the 18th hole is routinely cited by avid players as one of the best par-5s in the state.

THE FIELD:
In addition to Seton Hall and host Loyola, the huge field includes 18 other teams including: Air Force, Boise State, Bucknell, Delaware, Drake, Eastern Michigan, Gonzaga, Howard, Idaho, James Madison, Marshall, Missouri State, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, SIU-Edwardsville, South Dakota, South Dakota State and Utah Valley.

THE FORMAT:
Teams will play five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round.

THE SCHEDULE:
The field will play 18 holes per day for three days, Sunday through Tuesday. A shotgun start at 7:45 a.m. PT all three days will begin competition. Seton Hall golfers will be paired with golfers from Air Force, Howard and Missouri State in round one.

THE RESULTS:
Live scoring will be available for the tournament via Golfstat.com. Complete results will also be available following each day's competition at SHUpirates.com.