Pirates Grind Out Win Over Saint Peter’s, 70-59 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Senior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, six rebounds, seven assists and six steals to pace the Seton Hall men's ba...
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Men's Basketball vs Saint Peter's on 11/6/2023 - Box Score - Seton Hall University Athletics
The official box score of Men's Basketball vs Saint Peter's on 11/6/2023
Newark, N.J. — Senior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, six rebounds, seven assists and six steals to pace the Seton Hall men's basketball team to a season-opening victory over Saint Peter's, 70-59, at Prudential Center.
The Pirates (1-0) saw strong second halves from seniors Dylan Addae-Wusu (Bronx, N.Y.), Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) and Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), who combined to score 31 of The Hall's 44 points in the final 20 minutes.
How It Happened
After converting on a floater in the paint to tie the score at 5-5 before the under-16 media timeout in the first half, the Pirates went on a 7-0 run capped off by a second-chance layup by sophomore Jaquan Sanders (Queens, N.Y.) that gave The Hall its largest lead of the first half at 10-5. The Peacocks held a five-point lead of their own in the first 20 minutes as they led 27-22 with 1:52 to go before the half. A layup by Richmond and two made free throws by freshman Isaiah Coleman (Fredericksburg, Va.) trimmed the Pirates' deficit to one that made the halftime score 27-26.
A pair of Richmond free throws at the start of the second stanza gave Seton Hall a 28-27 advantage, its first lead since the 6:46 mark in the first half. The Pirates were holding on to a two-point lead following a traditional three-point play by Davis with 14:31 left but Saint Peter's wouldn't go away. The Peacocks would hit a three-pointer on their next possession and they held Seton Hall without a field goal for nearly five minutes that helped propel them to a six-point lead, 47-41 with 9:33 to go. Davis would stop the bleeding with a three-point basket on The Hall's next trip down the floor and head coach Shaheen Holloway followed it up with a timeout to regroup the Pirates for the home stretch.
Later, Addae-Wusu nailed a three-pointer to tie the score up at 47-47 and he came up with a steal on the other end that led to a Dawes layup, putting the Pirates back in front, 49-47, with under eight to play. Those baskets kicked off a 10-3 run that put the Pirates in front for good. A dunk by Davis with 1:14 left gave Seton Hall its largest lead of the game at 68-56.
Inside The Box Score
- There were 17 lead changes and the game was tied six times in 40 minutes.
- The Pirates went 22-of-28 from the charity stripe (77 percent) and they went 15-of-18 from the stripe in the second half.
- Seton Hall shot 75 percent from the floor (12-of-16) in the final 20 points and it shot 6-of-14 from deep for the game.
- Graduate student Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) finished with four points and five rebounds in his first start for the Pirates.
- Three Seton Hall freshmen saw their first action; Coleman, Malachi Brown (Buford, Ga.) and Arda Ozdogan (Ankara, Turkey).
- The Pirates finished with 12 assists and 13 turnovers.
- Seton Hall has won its last 14 home openers.
- The Pirates improve to 85-12 all-time vs. non-conference opponents at Prudential Center, that includes seven-straight wins over non-league foes.
- Holloway is now 3-2 all-time in season opener and 4-1 in home openers.
- Holloway improves to 15-9 all-time against fellow New Jersey institutions.
- The Pirates have won their last six games against opponents from the Garden State.
- The Hall has held 12 opponents under 60 points through the first 34 games of Holloway's tenure.
- Seton Hall improves to 66-24 all-time against the Peacocks.
- Richmond's six steals were the most for the Pirates in a season opener since Paul Gause posted eight against Monmouth in 2007.
- Six steals matches Richmond's career high, which he has done on two other occasions and was last done in the victory at Rutgers last season.
- Richmond's line of 18 points, six rebounds, six steals and seven assists is only the fifth such game in Division I across the last four seasons.
- Richmond has 112 steals in his three-year Seton Hall career.
- Wusu now has 33 double-figure scoring games in his career.
- Davis went over the 600-career point threshold and is now at 604 career points.
The Pirates will return to historic Walsh Gymnasium for a 4 p.m. contest on Saturday against FDU. Tickets can be purchased www.shupirates.com/MBBWalsh.
