Pirates Fend Off DePaul At The Rock, 69-64 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Newark, N.J. - Behind five double-digit scorers, the Seton Hall men's basketball team climbed out of a 13-point deficit in the first half to fend off DePaul as the
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DePaul 9-15,3-10 Big East
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Seton Hall 15-9,8-5 Big East
Score By Periods
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| DePaul | 22 | 42 | 64 |
| Seton Hall | 26 | 43 | 69 |
Newark, N.J. - Behind five double-digit scorers, the Seton Hall men's basketball team climbed out of a 13-point deficit in the first half to fend off DePaul as the Pirates defeated the Blue Demons, 69-64, in front of 9,770 at Prudential Center on Sunday afternoon.
Senior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) and junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) both had 14 for the Pirates with Richmond dishing out a team-high four assists and pulling down six rebounds. Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) tallied 12 points graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.) added 13 and senior Tray Jackson (Detroit, Mich.) came off the bench to score 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting from the floor.
Seton Hall improved to 15-9 overall, 8-5 in the BIG EAST and have now won seven of its last eight games. The 1987-88 Pirates, the first NCAA Tournament team in program history, were honored in a pregame ceremony.
How It Happened
Seton Hall got out to sluggish start and didn't connect on its first field goal until the 10:39 mark in the first half on a Jackson layup. Jackson's layup, however, kicked off a 16-2 run and it was capped off by a Richmond three, giving the Pirates its first lead of the game at 18-17 with 5:25 to go before halftime. DePaul took the lead back on the next possession but two possessions, a Dawes steal led to a Ndefo layup and it led to an 8-2 spurt that closed the first half, giving the Pirates a four-point lead, 26-22.
With The Hall holding on to a one-point lead early in the second stanza, the ball went to Samuel as junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.J.) found him down low and the senior finished the layup to push the lead back to three, 29-26. Later, a stick back by Samuel and five-straight points scored by Dawes gave the Pirates its first double-digit lead of the game with under 16 minutes to play, 36-26. A Dawes three with 11:46 left ballooned the Seton Hall advantage to 17, 48-31, its largest of the game, but DePaul would fight their way back into it in the game's later stages. Following a Ndefo layup that made it 62-50 Pirates, a 7-0 run by the Blue Demons trimmed their deficit to five with 1:28 to go. However, the Pirates cashed in enough at the charity stripe down the stretch to hold on to the five-point victory.
Inside The Numbers
- Seton Hall shot just 34 percent from the field compared to DePaul's 40 percent clip.
- The Pirates held the Blue Demons to 24 percent shooting from deep (5-of-21) and DePaul went just 7-of-15 from the free throw line.
- Seton Hall tallied a season-best 45 free throw attempts and cashed in on 30 of them.
- DePaul finished with 17 fastbreak points and held the Pirates to zero.
- Seton Hall finished plus-three on the glass, 43-40.
- The Pirates dished out 12 assists and committed 13 turnovers.
- Dawes finished with the highest plus/minus in the game finishing at plus-11, second was freshman Tae Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) coming off the bench finishing at plus-nine.
- Seton Hall remains in sole possession of fifth place in the BIG EAST standings with the victory.
- The Pirates' 45 free throw attempts was their most in a game since Nov. 9, 2013 against Niagara when they tallied 53 attempts from the stripe.
- The win on Sunday was Seton Hall's fourth double-digit comeback win this season, its most since the 2019-20 had five double-digit comeback victories.
- Seton Hall is now 80-60 all-time at Prudential Center against BIG EAST opponents.
- The Hall is 4-2 in league play at The Rock this season and 8-3 overall.
- The Pirates are 14-1 this season when they hold an opponent to under 70 points.
- Ndefo remains the NCAA's active career leader in blocked shots with 358.
- Head coach Shaheen Holloway moves into a tie for second for most wins by a first-year head coach in Seton Hall history with Tommy Amaker and Richie Regan.
- Holloway moves into sole possession of second for the most BIG EAST wins by a rookie head coach in program history (8) and is one shy of tying Amaker.
- Richmond has scored in double figures in each of the last five games.
- Five players scored in double figures for the third time this season and the first time since the Pirates' win over Lincoln on Dec. 4, 2022.
A key matchup awaits Seton Hall on Wednesday as the Pirates host Creighton at 6:30 p.m. at Prudential Center. The game will be televised on FS1 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.
- This game qualifies for our Family Four Pack offer! Get four tickets and a $25 concession stand voucher for $125! Purchase now online or call our ticket office (973) 275-4255 during business hours.
- The first 400 Seton Hall students in attendance will receive a free Seton Hall Basketball shirt from McLoone's Restaurants!
