Seton Hall Falls At No. 9 Kansas - Seton Hall University Athletics
Seton Hall (4-4) nearly trailed by single digits going into halftime but the defending national champions proved to be too much in the second half.
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Lawrence, Kan. — Junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) tied for the game-high with a season-best 17 points and senior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) added 16 points but the Seton Hall men's basketball team ultimately fell to No. 9 Kansas, 91-65, on Thursday evening.
Seton Hall (4-4) nearly trailed by single digits going into halftime but the defending national champions proved to be too much in the second half.
How It Happened
Richmond scored the Pirates' first field goal of the game and it gave them an early 3-2 lead. Kansas jumped out to a nine-point lead, 23-14, but Richmond went on a 5-0 run by himself that cut the deficit to five. A Samuel layup plus the free throw made it a five-point game again with 6:36 to play in the half but an 8-0 run by the Jayhawks gave them their largest lead of contest at 13, 34-21. Despite the Pirates trimming their lead to nine, a Kansas three with 15 seconds left before halftime pushed its lead back to double-digits, 40-29.
The second stanza was all Jayhawks. Junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.) made one of two free throws that made it a 10-point contest but Kansas proceeded to go on a 10-1 run that extended their lead to 19, 50-31, and they never relinquished.
Inside The Numbers
- Despite picking up 11 more free throw attempts than Kansas, the Pirates only converted 59 percent of their attempts from the stripe (19-of-32) compared to the Jayhawks' 86 percent clip (18-of-21).
- Seton Hall was 4-of-19 from deep, with all four of their three-balls coming in the second half.
- The Pirates shot 44 percent for the game (21-of-48) but allowed Kansas to shoot at a 57 percent clip.
- Seton Hall had a slight edge in second chance points 10-9.
- 10 of the 11 Pirates that made the trip got into the game.
- Richmond also had five rebounds and led the team with five assists while making 7-of-9 free throws.
- Freshman Jaquan Sanders (Queens, N.Y.) had five points off of the bench.
- Seton Hall drops to 1-3 all-time against Kansas following the first non-neutral site game in the history of the series.
- The Pirates had previously beaten their opponent ranked ninth in the AP poll four consecutive times before Thursday evening.
- Thursday night marked the fourth time in Shaheen Holloway's last 19 games as a head coach that his team let up more than 70 points.
- Samuel has scored in double figures in six of Seton Hall's eight games this season.
- Richmond now has 22 double figure scoring games in his career and 21 games with five or more assists.
The Pirates will enjoy a few days off before welcoming Lincoln University to historic Walsh Gym for an 8:30 p.m. contest on Wednesday, Dec. 7, that will air on FS2. Dave Popkin and Kim Adams will have the call on the Seton Hall Basketball Radio Network that can be heard on the SHU Pirates mobile app and the Varsity mobile app.
