Richmond Dazzles as Pirates Take Care of Xavier, 88-70 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) posted yet another stellar stat line, finishing with 20 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds as the Seton Hall men's ba...
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Newark, N.J. - Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) posted yet another stellar stat line, finishing with 20 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds as the Seton Hall men's basketball team bounced back with an 88-70 victory over Xavier on Wednesday night at Prudential Center.
Richmond led the way with a career-high 13 dimes as the Pirates collected a season-best 21 assists on the night. Three other Pirates scored in double figures as well, including Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) with 18 points, Isaiah Coleman (Fredericksburg, Va.) with 14 points and Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) with 12 points.
The Pirates (16-9, 9-5 BIG EAST) move back into a tie with Creighton for third in the BIG EAST standings. Both Seton Hall and Creighton are two games ahead in the loss column of Butler, Providence and Xavier, all of whom are 7-7 in the conference.
How It Happened
Dawes started off the evening by connecting on his first three-point attempt. After a Xavier turnover, Dawes made another three-pointer that gave Seton Hall a 6-0 lead. Xavier's first basket of the contest made it 6-2 before The Hall used a 12-0 run that stretched its lead to 16, 18-2, with 12:33 left in the first half.
The Musketeers trimmed their deficit to 12, 23-11, with under 10 minutes to go before halftime but a three by Coleman, a driving layup by Dylan Addae-Wusu (Bronx, N.Y.) and an open three made by Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) pushed the Pirates' lead to 20, 31-11. A three-point basket by Jaquan Sanders (Queens, N.Y.) with 11 seconds left in the first half gave The Hall its largest lead of the game at 24, 47-23.
Both sides went blow-for-blow through the first six-plus minutes of the second half before the Musketeers used a 9-0 spurt to cut the Pirates' lead to 15, 61-46, with 11:38 left. Xavier got as close as 14 on two occasions with under eight minutes left but Richmond proved to be too much to handle as the senior from Brooklyn scored nine-straight points from the 8:30 mark to just over five minutes left in the game that helped cushion Seton Hall's lead.
Richmond's 13th and final assist of the night led to a dunk by Bediako and two free throws made by Coleman put the score at 86-65 with three minutes to go, putting the game out of reach.
Inside The Box Score
- Seton Hall shot 54 percent from the field, 37 percent from deep and 88 percent from the free throw line.
- The Pirates defense held Xavier to 29 percent shooting from the three-point line (5-of-17).
- The Pirates finished plus-seven on the glass, 34-27.
- Seton Hall finished with a season-high 21 assists and it committed only nine turnovers.
- 48 of Seton Hall's 88 points came in the paint.
- The Pirates led the entire game and their largest lead of the contest was 24 with 11 seconds left in the first half.
- Seton Hall limited Xavier to just eight fastbreak points.
- The Pirates forced 14 Xavier turnovers and turned it into 14 points.
- Seton Hall improves to 16-13 all-time against Xavier as the Pirates snap a three-game skid in their series with the Musketeers.
- The Pirates are now 10-3 at Prudential Center this season and 86-65 all-time against BIG EAST teams in Newark.
- Seton Hall's 22-point lead at halftime was its largest halftime advantage against a BIG EAST team since the Pirates' 25-point halftime lead on Georgetown in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament in 2019.
- Shaheen Holloway now has 97 career wins in six seasons as a head coach as he picks up his first career victory against Xavier.
- Richmond's 13 assists is tied for eighth most in a single game in program history and was last accomplished by Quincy McKnight vs. Butler on Jan. 15, 2020.
- Richmond is tied for eighth with McKnight, Jordan Theodore, Andre Barrett and Dan Hurley.
- Richmond now has 925 points in three seasons at Seton Hall.
- Richmond now has four double-doubles this season and seven in his career.
- Richmond's two steals gives him 153 for his career, moving him past Terry Dehere and into a tie for 15th all-time with Bryan Caver.
- Seton Hall is now 15-1 this season when leading at halftime.
- The Pirates are 14-4 this season Dawes scores in double-figures.
- Coleman now has five double-figure scoring games this season.
- Bediako has now posted 14 double-figure scoring games this season after having just 18 in four seasons at Santa Clara.
The Pirates will next hit the road to take on St. John's as the Pirates battle with the Red Storm on Sunday at 5 p.m. at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. Seton Hall will return home on Feb. 24 when the Pirates host Butler at 8:30 p.m. at Prudential Center. Tickets can be purchased at setonhalltix.com.
