PirateCrew: Seton Hall Pirates Football & Basketball Recruiting
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By Zack Cziryak
Seton Hall brought the defense, but a season long struggle on the offensive side of the ball was ultimately the Pirates’ undoing in a 75-62 loss to #23 ranked Creighton on Wednesday night in Newark, N.J.
The Pirates forced 19 Creighton turnovers, including 12 steals, and added 6 blocks, but Baylor Scheierman would knock down back-to-back 3-pointers on either side of the 4-minute mark of regulation to put Seton Hall away and secure the Bluejays’ 8th straight victory. The Hall, which was as close as 6 points with under 4 minutes to go, was outscored 32-13 over the final 16 and a half minutes, tallying just 7 points over the last 11 minutes.
Creighton (16-8, 10-4) shot a scintillating 61.4% on 27-44, including 12-20 from beyond the arc, to pull away from the Pirates (15-10, 8-6) after falling behind by 6 points early in the second half and taking only a 1-point lead into halftime. The Pirates shot 42.9% from the field, though a 6 for 11 mark from beyond the arc kept them in the game until the final minutes.
Scheierman, the South Dakota State transfer, paced the Bluejays with 19 points and 9 rebounds, leading four of five starters in double-figures as Ryan Nembhard, Ryan Kalkbrenner and Arthur Kaluma tallied 15, 13 and 11 points, respectively. The fifth starter, Trey Alexander, notched 8 points and added 8 assists.
Al-Amir Dawes led the Pirates with team-highs of 19 points on the strength of five 3-pointers while adding 3 rebound and 3 assists. Kadary Richmond and Tyrese Samuel dropped in 10 and 11 points, respectively for Seton Hall.
Dawes kickstarted a 10-3 run to open the 2nd half that would give the Pirates a 6-point lead, its largest of the game at 49-43, with a 3-pointer his fourth in four tries to begin the game. The Pirates also used an 8-0 run toward the end of the first half to take a brief 37-36 lead before heading into half down 40-39 in an opening frame that saw the Pirates lead for 16:21.
The Bluejays assisted on 17 of 27 made field goals compared to just 7 assists for the Pirates and ultimately took advantage of the shooting disparity by cleaning the glass, outrebounding Seton Hall 31-15 while each team tallied only 5 offensive rebounds apiece.
Creighton also held the edge at the free throw line, finishing 9-13 compared to 8-14 for the Pirates.
The Pirates return to action on Saturday against the Villanova Wildcats in Philadelphia.
