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It was a tale of two halves Saturday afternoon at the Fiserv Forum as Seton Hall led for more than 19 minutes to open the game before falling to 14th ranked Marquette, 75-57.
The shorthanded Pirates (13-9, 6-4), who continue to be without senior captain Kadary Richmond due to injury, suffered its third straight loss after opening conference play winning six of their first seven.
The Hall opened the contest with a quick 4-0 advantage on jumpers from graduate guard Al-Amir Dawes and freshman guard Isaiah Coleman, who was making his second straight start in Richmond’s absence, in the first two minutes.
Back-to-back long-distance shots from senior guard Dylan Addae-Wusu extended the lead to 10-3 in the first three minutes and baskets from graduate center Jaden Bediako and senior forward Dre Davis
maintained the visitors’ hot start as they led 14-7 just five minutes into the game on 6/10 shooting.
Marquette, looking for retribution to their 78-75 loss three weeks ago in New Jersey, rallied back from the slow start and early deficit to close the score to 16-14 with less than 10 minutes remaining by speeding Seton Hall up and forcing turnovers as they were down one of their primary ballhandlers.
The Pirates maintained and extended their narrow lead thanks to five straight points from Davis on a three assisted by Addae-Wusu followed by an offensive rebound and putback for the 21-16 edge with
seven minutes to go.
Again, Marquette cut the lead back to two before Seton Hall pushed the Golden Eagles back to arm’s length, 25-19, on back-to-back layups from Bediako off assists from Dawes and sophomore guard Jaquan
Sanders, prompting a timeout from Marquette Head Coach Shaka Smart with four minutes remaining.
Marquette responded out of the timeout and eventually took their first lead of the game, 28-27, on a three from Ben Gold with just over a minute remaining before entering the half up 31-30.
The Hall cooled off considerably after the quick start, but was able to keep the game close by out rebounding the home team 22-15, including 8-4 on the offensive glass for a 12-4 advantage in second chance points, but nine turnovers and eight fast break points helped Marquette counteract their early sluggishness.
It was a different game in the second half as Marquette stormed out with a 14-4 run, including three makes from long range, for a 45-33 lead just four minutes into the half.
Seton Hall responded out of the media timeout with an 8-1 run of their own – capped by a block from Coleman before Dawes raced it up the court and laid it off for an easy bucket for Bediako, who scored
six of the team’s eight on the run, to close the score to 46-41. However, that would be as close as the Pirates would get the rest of the way as Marquette shot a blistering 19/31 (61%) from the field and 5/10
(50%) from three in the second half to pull away and get their retribution.
Leading Marquette was Oso Ighodaro with a game-high 21 points to go along with seven rebounds and four assists, while David Joplin tallied 20 points, including three triples, and Stevie Mitchell contributed
13 points and six boards.
Pacing Seton Hall was Bediako with 18 points and eight rebounds and Davis with 13 points, nine rebounds, two assists and a steal.
Seton Hall returns to action Tuesday evening when they play DePaul at Wintrust Arena.