Davis Posts Second Straight Double-Double as Pirates Down Hoyas, 76-70 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) scored a career-high 25 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double as the Seton Hall men'...
Newark, N.J - Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) scored a career-high 25 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double as the Seton Hall men's basketball team came back from its idle week with a 76-70 win over Georgetown on Wednesday night at Prudential Center.
Davis' double-double is also the second of his career, shooting 11-of-19 from the floor on the night. Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) also hit the 20-point plateau, adding eight assists, seven rebounds, and a 13-for-16 clip at the free throw line.
Seton Hall improves to 15-8 overall and 8-4 in BIG EAST play with the win. The Pirates also moved into sole possession of third place in the conference standings with the win and Creighton's overtime loss at Providence.
How It Happened
The Pirates connected on their first three field goals of the game and it helped them jump out to a 10-5 lead at the 15:31 mark of the first half. Georgetown would quickly tie up the score at 10-10 before the Pirates used a 12-5 run, capped off by a steal and slam from Richmond, that made it 22-15 Seton Hall, forcing Providence to call a timeout.
Back-to-back buckets by Davis and Isaiah Coleman (Fredericksburg, Va.) gave Seton Hall a nine-point lead, their largest of the game, with 7:23 left before halftime but the Hoyas were able to get within two, 35-33 with over a minute left in the first half. However, Al-Amir Dawes' (Newark, N.J.) first three-pointer of the night was a timely one as it put the Pirates up five, 38-33.
Georgetown cut its deficit to three, 40-37, early in the second stanza before a traditional three-point play converted by Elijah Hutchins-Everett (Orange, N.J.) pushed the Pirates' lead back to six. A Hutchins-Everett three at the top of the arc made it a six-point lead for The Hall and it
kicked off an 8-0 run that gave Seton Hall an 11-point advantage, 51-40, with 15:00 to go in the game.
Dawes' second three of the contest kept the Pirates' lead at 11 at the 3:59 mark, 65-54, but the Hoyas wouldn't go away. Despite Georgetown getting within five points with under a minute left, two key free throws by Richmond with 48 seconds left helped ice the game as it gave The Hall a 75-68 advantage.
Inside The Box Score
- Seton Hall shot 43 percent from the floor and held the Hoyas to 36 percent shooting.
- The Pirates shot 6-of-19 from deep and held Georgetown to 25 percent from beyond the arc (10-of-40).
- The Pirates finished plus-four on the glass, 44-40.
- Seton Hall shot 71 percent from the free throw line going 20-of-28.
- The Pirates led for the whole game and there were only two ties.
- Both teams had 32 points in the paint.
- Seton Hall finished with 16 assists and 11 turnovers, which tied its best assist-turnover ratio in conference play.
- With the win, Seton Hall ties the all-time series with Georgetown at 60-60.
- The Pirates have won seven straight meetings with the Hoyas and they've won 11 of the last 13 matchups.
- Shaheen Holloway now has 18 BIG EAST wins in his first two seasons, the most for a Seton Hall head coach in program history.
- Tonight's win was Holloway's 96th career victory.
- Seton Hall is now 14-1 this season when leading at halftime.
- The Pirates improve to 9-3 at Prudential Center this season and 85-65 all-time against BIG EAST teams.
- Davis has scored in double-figures in each of the last 13 games and in 20 of 23 games this season.
- Davis now has 918 career points after his career evening.
- Richmond now has 401 career rebounds at Seton Hall.
- Richmond's 13 made free throws are the most made free throws by a Pirate since Myles Powell made 13 freebies on Jan. 9, 2019 vs. Butler.
- Dylan Addae-Wusu's eight-point outing gives him 934 career points.
- Hutchins-Everett tied his season high with seven rebounds.
The Pirates will travel to Philadelphia where they will take on Villanova at 12 p.m. on Sunday at Wells Fargo Center. The game will televised on CBS Sports Network and the it will be broadcast on the Seton Hall Basketball Radio Network.
