Hall Pushes Past Georgetown, 76-68 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Tuesday's win sets the stage for a key showdown at UConn on Saturday
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68
Georgetown 6-21,1-15 Big East
76
Seton Hall 16-11,9-7 Big East
Score By Periods
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 20 | 48 | 68 |
| Seton Hall | 27 | 49 | 76 |
Newark, N.J. - Senior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) posted his second consecutive double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds and junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.) helped pace the defensive effort with 10 rebounds and four steals to go along with eight points as the Seton Hall men's basketball team returned to the win column with a 76-68 victory over Georgetown Tuesday night at Prudential Center.
Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) had a game-high 20 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the floor and 7-of-8 shooting from the free throw line. Junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added 14 points and graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.) chipped in with 11 points.
Seton Hall (16-11, 9-7 BIG EAST) moved into sole possession of fifth place in the BIG EAST with the victory and will meet with No. 20 UConn, who sits in sixth place with a league record of 8-7, at noon Saturday inside Gampel Pavilion on FOX.
How It Happened
The Pirates came out with urgency and pace as they scored on its first three possessions. With the score tied at 10-10 at the 14:18 mark, Dawes hit back-to-back three-point baskets that matched Seton Hall's largest lead of the game to that point, 16-10. Georgetown trimmed its deficit to one on a jumper that made it 17-16 but the Pirates used an 8-0 spurt to go ahead by nine, 25-16, with 3:41 to go before halftime. Samuel was fouled with 39 seconds to go in the first half and made both free throws, giving Seton Hall a seven point lead, 27-20, going into the locker room.
Richmond started the second half off with a three-point basket, giving Seton Hall its first double-digit lead of the game at 30-20, and its defense started to ramp up and get stops. The Pirates' defense helped balloon their lead to 15, 45-30, by holding the Hoyas to just one made field goal over nine-plus minutes of game action. Consecutive layups by Ndefo with under three minutes to go kept the Pirates' lead at eight and he would later make two key free throws that gave The Hall a 10-point lead, 69-59, with 1:20 to play. Despite the Hoyas getting to as close as four on two occasions with under a minute to go, the Pirates made seven of eight free throws down the stretch that sealed its ninth BIG EAST victory.
Inside The Numbers
- Seton Hall shot 41.5 percent from the field (22-of-53), 33 percent from three-point range (4-of-12) and 75 percent from the free throw line (28-of-37).
- The Pirates held Georgetown to 36.5 percent shooting from the floor (23-of-63) and 24 percent shooting from deep (6-of-25).
- Seton Hall went 21-of-25 from the free throw line in the second half.
- The Pirates had the advantage in points off turnovers (17-4), fast break points (18-8) and points in the paint (34-20).
- The Hall tallied 12 steals, led by Odukale's four swipes.
- The Pirates have now won their last eight games against Georgetown at Prudential Center.
- Head coach Shaheen Holloway is now tied with George Blaney and Tommy Amaker, respectively, for most wins by a first-year head coach in Seton Hall history (16) and most BIG EAST wins by a rookie head coach (9).
- Seton Hall improves to 5-3 this season at Prudential Center against BIG EAST foes and 9-4 in Newark overall.
- Odukale set a new career high with 10 rebounds.
- Holding the Hoyas to 20 points in the first half marked the fifth time this season that the Pirates have held an opponent to 20 points or less in a half.
- Seton Hall is now 14-2 this season when it holds teams under 70 points.
- Dawes now has four 20-point games this season, the most for a Pirate newcomer since Sterling Gibbs had six 20-point games in 2013-14.
- The Pirates are now 14-5 when Dawes scores in double digits.
- Ndefo now had 364 career blocks, the most for an active player in the NCAA.
Seton Hall will next hit the road for a pivotal BIG EAST clash as the Pirates travel to Connecticut to take on No. 20 UConn at 12 p.m. on Saturday. The game will be nationally televised on FOX and fans can listen to Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin call the action on the Seton Hall Basketball Radio Network that can be heard on the SHU Pirates mobile app, the Varsity network and SiriusXM.
