Gutsy Effort Leads to The Hall Taking Down No. 23 Providence - Seton Hall University Athletics
Four Seton Hall men's basketball players scored in double figures, and the Pirates defense held No. 23 Providence to 37 percent shooting and just four three-...
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Providence, R.I. - Four Seton Hall men's basketball players scored in double figures, and the Pirates defense held No. 23 Providence to 37 percent shooting and just four three-pointers made as The Hall defeated the Friars, 61-57, in a gutsy effort at Amica Mutual Pavilion Wednesday night.
Seton Hall, which improves to 2-1 in the BIG EAST with both wins being victories over AP Top 25 teams, now accounts for two of Providence's four home losses in its last 50 tries.
Senior Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) led the Pirates in scoring with 17 points, senior Dylan Addae-Wusu (Bronx, N.Y.) registered his fourth career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds and senior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had 16 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half.
How It Happened
Seton Hall jumped out to an 8-2 lead early in the first half on back-to-back threes by Richmond and Addae-Wusu and a driving layup by Richmond. The Pirates were holding on to a 10-8 lead following a Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) layup but the Friars proceeded to go on an 11-0 run to take a nine-point lead, 19-10, with 11:51 to play in the first half.
The Friars led by eight, 22-14, at the 8:03 mark when Seton Hall's zone defense started to give the Friars fits. Providence scored a field goal with 8:37 left before halftime and wouldn't score from the floor again until a layup with 51 seconds left in the first.
On the offensive end, the Pirates went on a 12-0 run with all baskets belonging to Richmond and Davis. With The Hall up by two with under 15 seconds to play, Addae-Wusu cashed in on a corner three off of a Richmond pass that gave Seton Hall a 29-24 halftime lead.
Davis' second three-pointer of the game gave the Pirates their largest lead of the contest at 37-29 but Providence continued to chip away at their deficit. The Friars took their first lead since the 4:03 mark in the first half on a fast break dunk that made it 47-46 Providence with 6:37 left.
Dawes would catch fire in crunch time and he helped the Pirates pull ahead for good as he scored five straight points that turned a tie score into a 55-51 Seton Hall lead. Providence trimmed the Pirates' lead to two with 3:43 to go but back-to-back buckets by Davis and Dawes and key defensive stops down the stretch sealed the victory.
Inside The Box Score
- Seton Hall shot 36 percent from the field (20-of-58) but also held Providence to 37 shooting from the floor (20-of-54).
- The Pirates shot 44 percent from the three-point line (7-of-16) and held the Friars to shoot just 24 percent from deep (4-of-17).
- Seton Hall finished plus-two on the glass, 38-36, and plus-five on the offensive boards.
- All six Seton Hall assists belonged to Richmond.
- Five of Bediako's six rebounds came on the offensive glass.
- Seton Hall led for 26:05 of game time.
- Seton Hall has now won 10 of its last 16 games against the Friars and 11 of those contests in that span have been decided by double-digits.
- The Pirates now trail the all-time series with the Friars 57-56 but they lead the series by a 39-34 margin in BIG EAST games.
- Seton Hall has won three of its last four games against Providence at Amica Mutual Pavilion.
- The Friars are 46-4 in their last 50 games at Amica Mutual Pavilion and two of those losses are to Seton Hall.
- The Pirates are now 2-2 in Quad 1 games this season.
- The Pirates have beaten multiple ranked teams in consecutive seasons under head coach Shaheen Holloway.
- With his six assists on Wednesday, Richmond now has 303 assists in three seasons at Seton Hall and he's just the 18th Pirate to eclipse the 300-assist threshold.
- Richmond is now tied with Myles Powell for 17th on the program career assist list.
- Richmond now has 40 games in his career with five or more assists and 47 career double-figure scoring games.
- Davis is averaging 20.5 points per game in his last two games against the Friars.
The Pirates are back at Prudential Center on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024 for another tough BIG EAST test against No. 7 Marquette at noon. Limited number of tickets remain. Secure your seats today.
