Balanced Effort Lifts Pirates Over Wagner, 85-63 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Six players scored in double-figures and Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) collected a double-double as the Seton Hall men's basketball team upended Wagner, 85-63...
Six Pirates scored in double-figures, led by 15 points from Jared Rhoden and Tyrese Samuel.
Box Score NEWARK, N.J. – Six players scored in double-figures and Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) collected a double-double as the Seton Hall men's basketball team upended Wagner, 85-63, at the Prudential Center on Wednesday.
After a close first half, the Pirate defense locked down Wagner in the second half, holding the Seahawks to just 34.3% shooting and 2-for-10 from three-point range in the final 20 minutes.
Rhoden finished with 15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) also had 15 points on an efficient 7-for-11 from the field. Sophomore Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had a brilliant all-around performance, finishing with 10 points, a game-high nine assists, six rebounds and four steals.
Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.), Alexis Yetna (Paris, France) and Tray Jackson (Detroit, Mich.) all also scored in double-figures.
What Happened:
Seton Hall started fast, scoring nine of the game's first 11 points over the first 3:37. A layup by Richmond with 15:22 left in the first half extended The Hall's lead to 13-4. The Pirates maintained a solid lead throughout the opening half, and a layup by Bryce Aiken (Randolph, N.J.) again boosted their advantage to eight points, 33-25, with 3:22 left to go before the break.
Wagner rallied late in the first half, however, and closed with an 8-2 run to cut their deficit to 35-33 at the half. The Pirates never trailed, but allowed Wagner to shoot 46.8% from the field in the opening 20 minutes.
The second half was a completely different affair. Wagner's Raekwon Rogers scored to cut their deficit to 40-37 with 17:58 left, but Seton Hall responded with an 11-0 run, fueled by six points from Samuel, to extend its lead to 51-37.
The Seahawks again pulled to with in eight points, but the Pirates turned up their defensive effort again, holding Wagner without a field goal for 5:24. During the run, The Hall outscored Wagner, 15-1, to take a commanding 68-46 advantage with 7:35 to go. From there, the Pirate lead never got lower than 16 points.
Inside the Box Score
- The Pirates shot a season-best 52.3 percent (34-for-65) from the field for the game.
- The Pirates shot 60.6 percent from the floor in the second half and held Wagner to 34.4 percent shooting.
- The Hall finished +13 (43-30) on the glass and blocked seven shots.
- Nine Pirates scored and five players scored in double figures.
- 50 of Seton Hall's 85 points were scored in the paint and 32 points were scored off the bench.
- The Seahawks edged out the Pirates in turnovers, 17-16, and scored 17 points off of those miscues.
- Seton Hall improves to 119-18 (.869) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points and 86-9 (.905) when it scores 80 points or more.
- The Hall improves to 27-6 against Wagner and have now won have 13 consecutive games against the Seahawks.
- The Pirates improve to 78-11(.875) all-time against non-conference opponents at the Prudential Center and 4-0 this season.
- The Pirates finished with six double-digit scorers for the first time since their 85-68 win vs. Xavier on Dec. 30, 2020.
- Head coach Kevin Willard is up to 210 career victories, two shy of P.J. Carlesimo for second place in program history.
- Richmond's nine assists was one shy of his career high set against North Carolina on March 1, 2021.
- Richmond now has nine career 5-plus assist performances.
- Rhoden registered his sixth-career double-double with his 15-point, 11-rebound performance.
