Historic Defensive Effort Leads Pirates Past DePaul, 72-39 - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall men's basketball team flexed its defensive muscles on Tuesday night, holding DePaul to just 22 percent shooting on the night in a 72-39 at Win...
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22. Seton Hall 72 DePaul 39 MBB BOX 1.30 - Seton Hall University Athletics
22. Seton Hall 72 DePaul 39 MBB BOX 1.30
Chicago, Ill. - The Seton Hall men's basketball team flexed its defensive muscles on Tuesday night, holding DePaul to just 22 percent shooting on the night in a 72-39 at Wintrust Arena. The 39 points are the fewest Seton Hall has ever allowed against a BIG EAST opponent.
The Pirates limited the Blue Demons to just 11 made field goals and just three 3-pointers. Seton Hall's previous mark for fewest points allowed against a conference foe was 42 against South Florida in the BIG EAST Tournament on March 12, 2013.
Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) posted his first career double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Isaiah Coleman (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) also posted double figure scoring nights with 15 points and 12 points, respectively. Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) returned after a two-game absence to score six points and pull down seven rebounds.
How It Happened
Both teams started off cold but the Pirates managed to jump out to 15-2 lead thanks to an 11-0 run. Despite The Hall holding DePaul to one field goal in the game's first 10 minutes, the Blue Demons were still within eight, 15-7, with 10:12 left in the first half. A steal by Richmond less than a minute later led to Dylan Addae-Wusu (Bronx, N.Y.) making one of two free throws and another defensive stop led to Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) finding Coleman in the corner for a three-pointer that pushed Seton Hall's lead back to 12, 19-7, at the 8:11 mark in the first half.
DePaul cut its deficit to 13, 31-18, on a buzzer-beating three that ended the first half but the Pirates used a 12-2 run that ballooned their lead to 23, 43-20, with 16:07 left. Davis and Coleman combined to go on a 7-0 run of their own that extended The Hall's advantage to 28 as the rout continued.
The Pirates' largest lead of the night came following four consecutive points scored by Jaquan Sanders (Queens, N.Y.) and layup by Coleman off of a Sanders feed that made it 72-36 Seton Hall.
Inside The Box Score
- Seton Hall shot 51 percent from the field and held DePaul to 22 percent shooting from the floor.
- The Pirates scored 23 points off of 15 DePaul turnovers.
- The Pirates finished plus-16 on the glass, 46-30.
- Seton Hall had a major advantage on points in the paint, finishing with 44 points to DePaul's 12.
- The Pirates went 8-of-12 from the line and DePaul finished 14-of-22 from the stripe.
- Seton Hall finished with 12 assists and 13 turnovers.
- The 33-point win was the Pirates' largest margin of victory against a BIG EAST team in the regular season and it's tied for Seton Hall's largest margin of victory in any BIG EAST game with the Pirates' 103-70 win over Syracuse in the 1993 BIG EAST Championship game.
- The 33-point win was Seton Hall's largest margin of victory this season.
- The Pirates are now 24-10 all-time against DePaul.
- Holloway now has 95 career victories as a head coach.
- The Pirates are now 13-1 this season when leading at halftime.
- Along with his first career double-double, Davis set a career high with 12 rebounds.
- Coleman now has four scoring games this season and he finished two points shy of matching his career high.
- Richmond's seven rebounds puts him at 394 rebounds for his career.
- Bediako now has 13 double-figure scoring games this season and 31 in his career.
