Pirates Use Strong Second Half To Defeat Lincoln, 82-55 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Despite missing three key contributors, the Seton Hall men's basketball used a strong second half to power past Lincoln University as the Pirates tamed the Lions,
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South Orange, N.J. — Despite missing three key contributors, the Seton Hall men's basketball used a strong second half to power past Lincoln University as the Pirates tamed the Lions, 82-55, inside historic Walsh Gymnasium on Wednesday evening.
Five players scored in double figures for the Pirates (5-4), led by 17 points from graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.) on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor. Ndefo also pulled down seven rebounds and blocked six shots. Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) and senior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) both had 16 points. Samuel posted a career-high 14 rebounds for his second double-double of the season.
The Pirates won despite missing junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.), junior Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) and senior Tray Jackson (Detroit, Mich.), three players that average at least 7.4 points per game.
How It Happened
In a back and forth first half, Lincoln held onto a two-point lead, 28-26, with 2:45 to play before halftime. The Pirates used the charity stripe to claw their way back into the lead as Samuel made two free throws and Davis made two free throws that gave The Hall the lead following an offensive rebound. A fast break layup converted by graduate student Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.) gave The Hall a four-point advantage and took a five-point lead into the locker room.
Sparked by junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Seton Hall used a 7-0 run at the start of the second half that gave it its largest lead of the game at 12, 41-29. With the Pirates holding on to a 10-point lead with 12:05 to play, Lincoln nailed a three-point basket that cut its deficit to seven, 51-44, before Dawes responded with a trey of his own that put Seton Hall up by double digits for good.
Inside The Numbers
- Seton Hall shot 51 percent from the floor (27-of-53) and held Lincoln to 37 percent shooting from the field (21-of-57).
- The Pirates only made 5-of-21 three-pointers compared to the Lions' 5-of-12 shooting from distance.
- Seton Hall finished +19 on the glass, 45-26, and had a 42-20 edge in the paint.
- Both teams had 19 turnovers.
- The Pirates shot 10 percent better from the free throw line in the second and finished 23-of-32 (72 percent) from the charity stripe.
- Seton Hall improves to 5-4 on the season and 427-143 all-time inside Walsh Gym.
- The Pirates are 4-1 as the home team this season.
- The Pirates have won 28 straight regular season games against non-conference opponents dating back to 1989.
- The Hall is 137-21 since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
- Dawes is now up to 973 career points.
- Ndefo set a season high in blocks with six and now has 325 career swats, the most by an active player in Division I.
- Ndefo now has 23 games in his career where he has tallied five or more blocked shots.
- Samuel posted his second double-double of the season and the fourth of his career.
- Freshman Jaquan Sanders (Queens, N.Y.) scored eight of his career-high 11 points in the second half.
- Freshman Tae Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) now has two double figure scoring games this season.
Next up for the Pirates is the Garden State Hardwood Classic against Rutgers on Sunday, Dec. 11, at Jersey Mike's Arena in Piscataway. John Fanta and Jim Spanarkel will be on the call on FS1 and Dave Popkin and Kim Adams can be heard on the Seton Hall Basketball Radio Network on the SHU Pirates mobile app, Varsity Network and SiriusXM.
