Feb. 18, 2016
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WASHINGTON - The “Brooklyn Boys” tandem of sophomores Isaiah Whitehead and Khadeen Carrington combined to score 40 points, and the Seton Hall men’s basketball team’s defense held Georgetown to 37.7 percent shooting as the Pirates came away with a convincing 72-64 road win over the Hoyas Wednesday at Verizon Center.
The victory earns The Hall (18-7, 8-5 BIG EAST) a regular season sweep of the Hoyas, building upon the Feb. 6 69-61 win at Prudential Center. The Pirates have now won five of their last six games and hold sole possession of third place in the BIG EAST, half a game ahead of Creighton. The victory is also the 100th at Seton Hall for head coach Kevin Willard.
Whitehead continues his ascent into the elite of the BIG EAST, finishing with 22 points on 6-of-14 shooting overall and 4-of-5 from three-point range. He dished out six assists on the evening and now has nine 20-point efforts this season and 12 games of at least 15 points and five assists.
Carrington was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line en route to his 18-point night. Fellow sophomore Desi Rodriguez (Bronx, N.Y.) contributed 17 points, three assists and three steals.
Turning Point
After a successful first half that featured deflections and tight defending, the Pirates went into halftime leading by eight, 36-28. Then The Hall blitzed the Hoyas to start the second half, going on a 16-8 run. Carrington and Rodriguez each buried a triple, and Rodriguez’s layup at 16:40 put the Pirates on top by 10, 44-34.
With the score at 46-36 with 14:37 to go, the Pirates were inbounding the ball underneath their basket, and Rodriguez found a high-flying sophomore Ismael Sanogo (Newark, N.J.) open in the middle of the paint for an alley oop layup. After getting a stop on the defensive possession, Whitehead then came back down and buried a three-pointer to put The Hall up 15, 51-36, and force a Hoyas timeout with 14:11 to go.
That was actually Seton Hall’s final made field goal of the night, but the Pirates took care of business at the free throw line, going 21-for-26 in the second half and 25-for-30 in the game overall. Georgetown got as close as six points, but the Pirates kept making their free throws to fend the Hoyas off.
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Up Next
Seton Hall will invade New York City on Sunday when the Pirates take on St. John’s at Madison Square Garden at noon. It will be a homecoming for The Hall’s four New York City student-athletes: Whitehead, Carrington, Rodriguez and Singh. The game will be nationally televised on FS1, and Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will have the radio call on AM970 The Answer. The radio feed will also be simulcast on the Pirate Sports Network, available at PirateSportsNet.tv and the Seton Hall Pirates Gameday App.
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WASHINGTON - The “Brooklyn Boys” tandem of sophomores Isaiah Whitehead and Khadeen Carrington combined to score 40 points, and the Seton Hall men’s basketball team’s defense held Georgetown to 37.7 percent shooting as the Pirates came away with a convincing 72-64 road win over the Hoyas Wednesday at Verizon Center.
The victory earns The Hall (18-7, 8-5 BIG EAST) a regular season sweep of the Hoyas, building upon the Feb. 6 69-61 win at Prudential Center. The Pirates have now won five of their last six games and hold sole possession of third place in the BIG EAST, half a game ahead of Creighton. The victory is also the 100th at Seton Hall for head coach Kevin Willard.
Whitehead continues his ascent into the elite of the BIG EAST, finishing with 22 points on 6-of-14 shooting overall and 4-of-5 from three-point range. He dished out six assists on the evening and now has nine 20-point efforts this season and 12 games of at least 15 points and five assists.
Carrington was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line en route to his 18-point night. Fellow sophomore Desi Rodriguez (Bronx, N.Y.) contributed 17 points, three assists and three steals.
Turning Point
After a successful first half that featured deflections and tight defending, the Pirates went into halftime leading by eight, 36-28. Then The Hall blitzed the Hoyas to start the second half, going on a 16-8 run. Carrington and Rodriguez each buried a triple, and Rodriguez’s layup at 16:40 put the Pirates on top by 10, 44-34.
With the score at 46-36 with 14:37 to go, the Pirates were inbounding the ball underneath their basket, and Rodriguez found a high-flying sophomore Ismael Sanogo (Newark, N.J.) open in the middle of the paint for an alley oop layup. After getting a stop on the defensive possession, Whitehead then came back down and buried a three-pointer to put The Hall up 15, 51-36, and force a Hoyas timeout with 14:11 to go.
That was actually Seton Hall’s final made field goal of the night, but the Pirates took care of business at the free throw line, going 21-for-26 in the second half and 25-for-30 in the game overall. Georgetown got as close as six points, but the Pirates kept making their free throws to fend the Hoyas off.
Inside the Numbers
- Seton Hall shot 38.5 percent for the game, but was 7-for-14 from three-point range and 25-for-30 from the free throw line. The Hall’s defense held Georgetown to 37.7 percent shooting overall and 22.2 percent (6-for-27) from behind the arc.
- Whitehead finished with 22 points, his ninth 20-point game of the season, and six assists, giving him his 11th game of at least 15 points and five assists. He also had two blocked shots, continuing to lead all BIG EAST guards in rejections. Over the last six games, he is averaging 21.0 points, 6.2 assists and 1.5 blocks while shooting 44.7 percent overall and a sizzling 59.0 percent from three-point range. In conference play overall, Whitehead is averaging 18.7 points and 5.7 assists, placing him in the top three in the league in both categories.
- Carrington had 18 points and was 10-for-10 from the free throw line, the second time this season he’s connected on 10 or more free throws in a game; he was 12-for-12 at Marquette. He has scored in double figures in 21 of 25 games this season. He also continued his strong play on the road; in eight true road contests he is averaging 16.8 points (SHU is 5-3 in true road games).
- Rodriguez was 5-for-10 from the field and had his second straight game of at least 17 points. He added three steals and leads the team with 39 on the season and has had at least one steal in 23 of 25 games.
- Sophomore Angel Delgado (Bajos De Haina, Dominican Republic) pulled down 11 rebounds, his 17th double-digit rebounding game of the season. He is now averaging 9.96 boards for the season and 9.85 in BIG EAST play, both of which rank second in the league.
- Georgetown freshman Jessie Govan led the Hoyas with 27 points on 10-of-13 shooting, but the Pirates did a great job on the rest of the Georgetown team, holding everyone else to 13-for-48 from the field (27.1 percent).
News & Notes
- Head coach Kevin Willard earned his 100th win at Seton Hall. He is the sixth coach in program history to reach the century mark and the first since P.J. Carlesimo did so. Combined with his three seasons at Iona, Willard now has 145 career wins.
- The Pirates’ eighth BIG EAST victory is the most since the 2011-12 team also picked up eight. They also earned their fourth BIG EAST road win of the season, closing to within one of the program record of five, previously reached four other Pirates teams (1988-89, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1999-00).
- The Hall is in sole possession of third place in the conference heading into the weekend, half a game ahead of Creighton and 1-1/2 games ahead of Providence, Butler and Georgetown.
- Seton Hall now has swept the regular season series from Georgetown in two of the last three seasons.
- After leading at halftime and earning the victory, the Pirates are now 14-0 when leading at the break this season.
- The Pirates also improved to 18-0 this season when leading by as many as seven points at any juncture of the game.
Up Next
Seton Hall will invade New York City on Sunday when the Pirates take on St. John’s at Madison Square Garden at noon. It will be a homecoming for The Hall’s four New York City student-athletes: Whitehead, Carrington, Rodriguez and Singh. The game will be nationally televised on FS1, and Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will have the radio call on AM970 The Answer. The radio feed will also be simulcast on the Pirate Sports Network, available at PirateSportsNet.tv and the Seton Hall Pirates Gameday App.
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