PirateCrew: Seton Hall Pirates Football & Basketball Recruiting
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By Colin Rajala
After getting less than stellar play from their two veteran guards in back-to-back losses to major conference opponents during last week’s West Coast trip, Seton Hall used Wednesday’s night nonconference game against Northeastern to get back into form before it looks to salvage its conference schedule with two games against high major conference teams in the next 10 days.
The Pirates will travel to Waco, Texas on Dec. 5 to play the ninth ranked Baylor Bears in the Big East-Big 12 Battle before returning home to square off against in-state rival Rutgers in the Garden State
Hardwood Classic on Saturday, Dec. 9.
After shooting 16-57 (28%) from the field and 5-21 (24%) from three against USC and Iowa last week, graduate guard Al-Amir Dawes and senior guard Kadary Richmond combined for 46 points on 17-30
shooting from the field and 4-8 from long distance to propel the Pirates past the Northeastern Huskies 88-75 at the Prudential Center Wednesday.
The duo’s feast week hangover persisted in the first half as they combined for just 13 points, shooting 6-16 from the field, before taking over in the final twenty minutes with Dawes finishing with a game high
25 points to go along with five rebounds and five assists, while Richmond tallied 21 points, six rebounds and six assists.
Despite the slow start from two of their captains, The Hall built a 14-point lead in the first half. That is until graduate center Jaden Bediako picked up his second foul with just under four minutes to play in the
half, where Northeastern ended the half on a 12-5 run to close the score to 36-29.
Northeastern closed the score to 40-36 less than three minutes into the second half before an and-1 layup by Richmond sparked a 10-0 run that was capped by a three from Dawes off a cross court assist
from Richmond to extend the lead to 56-41, creating some breathing room.
While Seton Hall got right offensively in the matchup, shooting 32-54 (59.3%) from the floor, 8-18 (44.4%) from long distance and 16-19 (84.2 %) from the charity stripe, it was unable to run away with
the contest as it was a step slow defensively, allowing Northeastern to shoot 16-31 (51.6%) from the field, 6-10 (60%) from three and 8-9 (88.9%) from the free throw line in the second half.
The Huskies stuck around in the second half keeping the game within seven or eight points on several occasions before the Pirates iced the game late.
Bediako paced the Pirates with 13 points and eight rebounds, including two on the offensive glass, while freshman wing Isaiah Coleman notched 11 points off the bench, including the game’s two highlights.
In the first half he stole the ball at midcourt and brought the ball around his back to deke a defender before laying it in with a finger roll. In the second half, he completed a transition play with a layup off a
double alley-oop from Dawes and senior guard Dylan Addae-Wusu.
Coleman also added three rebounds and three steals in 23 minutes, finishing the game in place of senior wing Dre Davis who fouled out after scoring seven straight for the Pirates in the first half.
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