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Just three weeks removed from a four-point road victory at Providence, Seton Hall found itself on the opposite side of things as the Friars got their revenge, handing the Pirates a four-point loss, 67-63, Wednesday evening at the Prudential Center.
The back-and-forth matchup, which saw five ties and 12 lead changes, was the second straight home loss for The Hall after they opened the season 8-1 at home and began conference play by winning six of their first seven.
It was an uphill battle for Seton Hall (13-7, 6-3), which was playing shorthanded as Big East player of the year candidate Kadary Richmond sat out for undisclosed reasons, as the Pirates shot 21/65 (32.3%) from the field and 5/16 from long distance (31.3%) in the game.
The Pirates found themselves leading at the half 31-30 thanks to an 8-0 run over the final two minutes despite shooting 10/36 (27.8%) from the field, which included just two field goals from two of the three players expected to primarily shoulder the load with Richmond out. Graduate guard Al-Amir Dawes was just 2/11 from the field for eight points, while senior guard Dylan Addae-Wusu was scoreless in the opening frame, shooting 0/8.
Despite the poor shooting, The Hall found themselves up in the second half, extending their lead to ten points, 51-41, on a three from Dawes with less than 13 minutes remaining.
Dawes started out the second half shooting a blistering 7/7 from the field, including 2/2 from three, for 16 points before Providence Head Coach Kim English assigned Devin Carter the task of slowing him down and denying him the ball, which proved effective as Dawes wound up shooting 0/4 from the field over the course of the final six minutes of the matchup.
“I thought we came out, obviously if I would have known he wasn’t going to play a couple days ago, I probably could have had some stuff going on in practice and made some other guys [fill in]. But when you find out at 2:30-3, it’s kind of hard to adjust your game plan for stuff like that. But for the most part, I thought we came out, when we ran our offense, I thought we got some good stuff. When we didn’t run our offense, we kind of struggled. I thought we ran our offense and got the lead up in the second half, and I tried to get some main guys some rest and Providence came out, made a couple threes, and then we came back in and we weren’t in sync at all. And I think that was the difference,” Seton Hall Head Coach Shaheen Holloway said, in the post-game press conference.
Leading 55-50 with less than nine minutes remaining, Seton Hall went scoreless from the field over the ensuing four minutes, committing three turnovers and missing five shots from the field, including two bunnies, while Providence reeled off 10 straight points as part of a larger 19-4 run, capped by a dunk from Josh Oduro to take a 60-55 lead, which they would not surrender the rest of the way.
Seton Hall had chances to cut into Providence’s narrow margin down the stretch, but the Pirates inability to execute down the stretch without Richmond or manufacture points in crunch time proved to be the difference in the tight contest.
Leading Seton Hall was Dawes with a career high 26 points on 9/22 shooting, including 2/6 from long range, to go along with three assists and three steals.
“Al’s a basketball player. He played point guard in high school, he’s been a playmaker for us. I thought he did a solid job, I thought he got a little tired down the stretch, but when you’ve got guys like [Devin] Carter and [Jayden] Pierre guarding you the whole game, they’re two good physical defenders, I thought they wore him down a little bit,” Holloway said, after the game.
Senior forward Dre Davis tallied 16 points on just 4/11 shooting, while freshman guard Isiah Coleman, who made his first career start in Richmond’s absence, posted 11 points, four rebounds and two steals.
“I thought he was solid. I thought he came in and found out this afternoon, took the challenge and I thought he played well. Obviously when you lose the game, it’s kind of hard to sit back and say who played well. We didn’t get the job done,” Holloway added.
Pacing Providence was Davonte 'Ticket' Gaines with 17 points on 5/7 shooting from distance, Josh Oduro with 16 points, including 12 in the second half, alongside eight rebounds and Devin Carter with 14 points, six rebounds, six assists and two steals.
The Pirates outrebounded the Friars 39-32, including 20-8 on the offensive glass, and held the advantage in second chance points, 15-8, and points off turnovers, 21-9, to keep the game close despite their poor shooting.
Seton Hall will return to action with a two-game road trip that begins at Marquette on Saturday at 1 p.m. and ends Tuesday evening at DePaul at 9 p.m.
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