Potent Offense on Display as Pirates Dispatch UAlbany, 96-71 - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall men's basketball team shot 62.1 percent from the field, had six players score in double figures, and put up its highest scoring total in four ...
Newark, N.J. - The Seton Hall men's basketball team shot 62.1 percent from the field, had six players score in double figures, and put up its highest scoring total in four years as the Pirates dispatched UAlbany, 96-71, Wednesday night at Prudential Center.
Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) led Seton Hall with 15 points in just 20 minutes of action. The Pirates had three double-digit scorers off the bench in freshman Isaiah Coleman (Fredricksburg, Va.), who had 13 points, sophomore Jaquan Sanders (Queens, N.Y.), who had 10 points, and freshman Malachi Brown (Buford, Ga.), who also finishd with 10 points. Coleman also added eight rebounds, two assists and two steals.
How It Happened
UAlbany jumped out to a 6-2 lead after hitting on its first two attempts from deep but the Pirates answered with a 16-3 run to jump in front 19-9.
After making a running jumper that put the Pirates up by 13, 29-16, with 9:18 left in the first half, senior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) wowed the crowd by grabbing a defensive rebound on one end and knifing through traffic in the backcourt by dribbling the ball behind his back and through his legs in one motion. He then found Sanders on the wing who passed it Coleman on the low block and finished a lay up with contact, converting a traditional three-point play that extended the Pirates' lead to 16, 32-16.
The Great Danes cut their deficit to 10 on a three-pointer with 7:13 left before halftime but Sanders' first trey of the game and a layup by Dawes gave The Hall a 15-point advantage again, 39-24. A three-point basket by senior Dylan Addae-Wusu (Bronx, N.Y.) gave the Pirates their biggest lead of the game up to that point, 47-29, at 4:03 mark in the first half.
UAlbany would not go away early on in the second half as both sides traded baskets after halftime and it trailed by just 15 with under 15 minutes to go. From that point on, Coleman was all over the floor for the Pirates as he sparked a Seton Hall run that would put the game out of reach. Coleman put up four points, two assists, two steals and two rebounds in an 11-0 Seton Hall run that ballooned its lead to 26, 74-48, with 12:10 left in the game.
Inside The Box Score
- Seton Hall shot 62 percent (36-of-56) from the field and 36 percent (5-of-14) from beyond the three-point line.
- Seton Hall out-rebounded UAlbany, 33-29, and finished with 17 assists and nine turnovers.
- 10 Pirates found the scoring column and all 13 players that dressed played at least one minute.
- Seton Hall led for 35:32 and there was only one lead change.
- The Pirates' bench finished with 39 points.
- The Great Danes had 11 offensive rebounds and posted 12 second chance points to just three for the Pirates
- 96 points scored by The Hall is the most of the Shaheen Holloway Era and the most points scored by the Pirates in a regulation game since a 105-71 win over Wagner on Nov. 5, 2019 at Walsh Gym.
- Seton Hall shot 70 percent (21-of-30) in the first half, its highest percentage in a half since shooting 78.6 percent in the second half against FDU on Nov. 11, 2016.
- Tonight marked the first time that six Pirates scored in double figures since Dec. 1, 2021 vs. Wagner.
- Seton Hall improves to 86-12 all-time at Prudential Center against non-conference opponents and it's won 12 of its last 13 games against non-league foes in Newark.
- This marks head coach Shaheen Holloway's first 3-0 start to a season.
- Richmond is up to 248 assists and 117 steals in his three-year career at Seton Hall.
- Sanders now has three double-digit scoring games in his career.
- Coleman's 13 points is the first double-digit scoring performance of his career.
The Pirates are back at Prudential Center in downtown Newark on Saturday when they take on Wagner at 12 p.m. Single-game tickets are available on Ticketmaster, and a special Family Four Pack offer is also available through Fevo.
