Turnovers Plague Pirates In Loss At Georgetown - Seton Hall University Athletics
Isaiah Coleman posted his second double-double of the season and his career with 21 points and 10 rebounds but the Seton Hall men's basketball team coughed u...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Isaiah Coleman posted his second double-double of the season and his career with 21 points and 10 rebounds but the Seton Hall men's basketball team coughed up 20 turnovers that helped Georgetown defeat the Pirates, 60-46, on Saturday afternoon at Capital One Arena.
Godswill Erheriene had a career day for The Hall (6-18, 1-12 BIG EAST) as he set personal bests with eight points and 28 minutes played. He also matched his season and career high in rebounds with seven boards.
The Pirates were once again down multiple starters as Chaunce Jenkins (knee), Dylan Addae-Wusu (ankle), Scotty Middleton (ankle) and Emmanuel Okorafor (ankle) sat out Saturday's loss with injuries.
How It Happened
Seton Hall jumped out to an 8-2 lead early in the first half after a steal and fast break layup from Garwey Dual. With 12:32 to go and the Pirates lead cut to three, Prince Aligbe converted a fadeaway jumper off glass and drew a foul call. He completed the traditional three-point play on the ensuing free throw.
Two made free throws by Coleman gave Seton Hall a one-point lead, 24-23, with 3:26 to play in the first half but an 11-2 run put the Hoyas in front by eight heading into halftime.
The Hall used a 7-2 run capped off by a made three-point field goal from Coleman trimmed the Pirates' deficit to three, 36-33, early in the second half. A traditional three-point play from Jahseem Felton with 12:31 left to play kept the Pirates within three but the Hoyas made one-of-two free throws on the next possession before getting a stop and scoring again to push their lead back to six. Coleman would go on to score six of the Pirates' next eight points that kept Seton Hall within distance.
Coleman's layup at the 5:22 mark in the second half trimmed Georgetown's lead to three again. The Hoyas responded with a 12-1 run over the final five-plus minutes of game time and they held the Pirates without a field goal to ice the game.
News & Notes
- The Pirates turned in their best defensive performance of their BIG EAST schedule so far holding Georgetown 39.7 percent shooting from the field and 22.7 percent shooting from three-point range.
- Those were the lowest shooting percentages for a Seton Hall opponent since holding Florida Atlantic to 34 percent from the field and 14 percent from deep on Nov. 24.
- 20 turnovers is the second-most the Pirates have committed this season.
- Dual dished out a game-high six assists, his sixth game of the season and ninth of his career with at least five or more assists.
- Dual set a new career high with 39 minutes played.
- Coleman and Felton both played the full 40 minutes, a career first for the both of them.
- Felton finished with a career-high six rebounds.
- Coleman has scored in double figures in 12 of the last 14 games.
- Coleman now has eight 20 point games this season and six of those performances have come against BIG EAST teams.
- With his 21-point game on Saturday, Coleman went over 500 career points and now sits at 507 career points
The Pirates will have a week off before hosting No. 19 UConn at Prudential Center on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 2:30 p.m.
