No. 12 Creighton Tops Seton Hall On Wednesday - Seton Hall University Athletics
No. 12 Creighton proved to be too much offensively for Seton Hall as the Bluejays rode 41 percent shooting from three-point range to an 85-64 win over the Pi...
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Omaha, Neb. - No. 12 Creighton proved to be too much offensively for Seton Hall as the Bluejays rode 41 percent shooting from three-point range to an 85-64 win over the Pirates Wednesday night at CHI Health Center Omaha.
Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) finished as the team's leader with 18 points and eight rebounds. Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added 15 points and four assists for the Pirates (18-10, 11-6 BIG EAST).
The Hall, who had won three straight and five of six entering Wednesday, drop to fourth place in the BIG EAST standings.
How It Happened
Creighton jumped on the Pirates early as the Bluejays led 9-2 at the 16:21 mark in the first half. A Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) layup off of a feed from Richmond made it a five-point game before the under 16 media timeout. The Pirates forced a missed three-pointer on their next defensive possession and Davis followed that stop with a fadeaway jumper that cut The Hall's deficit to three, 9-6.
Dawes' lone made three of the game made it a three-point game again, 14-11, with 9:47 left before halftime but the Bluejays used an 11-0 run that extended their lead 25-11. Creighton led by as much as 20 in the first half but back-to-back baskets made by Dylan Addae-Wusu (Bronx, N.Y.) and Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) at the end of the first trimmed the Pirates' deficit to 16, 38-22.
Seton Hall battled in the second half but Creighton's offense proved to be too potent as the Bluejays had an answer each time down the floor. A Richmond layup with 17:04 left to play made it a 17-point game, 45-28, before Creighton rattled off 10 straight points that ballooned their lead to 27, 55-28, their largest lead of the game
Inside The Box Score
- Seton Hall shot 42 percent from the field but allowed Creighton to shoot 54 percent from the field and 41 percent from three (13-of-32).
- The Pirates committed 13 turnovers but they also forced 15 miscues.
- Creighton had the slight edge in points off turnovers, 17-16.
- The Bluejays finished with a 35-38 edge on the glass but the Pirates finished with nine offensive rebounds to Creighton's eight.
- Creighton dished out 20 assists.
- Down two scholarship players due to illness, the Pirates dressed nine scholarship players Wednesday night.
- Seton Hall is now 16-14 all-time against Creighton and the Bluejays have won four straight in the series.
- Davis now has 987 career points after his 18-point outing and Addae-Wusu is now up to 965 career points.
- Richmond is up to 978 points as a Pirate.
The Pirates will continue its tough road swing on Sunday as they travel to Storrs, Conn. to take on No. 3 UConn at 12 p.m. on CBS.
