Men's Basketball Takes Bite Out of Greyhounds, 94-80
11/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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NEWARK, N.J. Senior Jamar Nutter (Bloomfield, N.J.) scored 23 points to lead the Seton Hall men’s basketball team to a, 94-80, win over Loyola. The Pirates, who had four players score in double-figures, improve to 3-0 on the young season.
Nutter shot 7-of-14 from the field, and hit 5-of-11 from downtown. Sophomore John Garcia (Brentwood, N.J.) had a career-high 16 points and 10 rebounds for his first career double-double. Sophomore Eugene Harvey (Brooklyn, N.Y.) tallied 16 points and six assists.
Seton Hall jumped out to a 12-6 lead after Nutter drained a trey 5:33 into the game. The Greyhounds (3-2) scored six straight to tie the game at 12-12, and eventually took a, 20-17, lead after Gerald Brown knocked down a three-pointer with 11:30 in the half.
Trailing, 26-24, the Pirates’ full court pressure forced eight turnovers to spark a 20-4 run over a five-minute span to give Seton Hall a 14 point cushion, as they went into the half up, 51-36.
Loyola cut their deficit to 65-58, but the Pirates went on another 17-2 run, capped by Jeremy Hazell (Bronx, N.Y.) three-pointer to put the Greyhounds away for good.
Hazell set a career-high with 17 points off the bench, and sophomore Larry Davis (Middle Village, N.Y.) filled the stat-sheet with seven points, five rebounds, six assists, and career-best four steals.
Brown led the way for Loyola with 18 points and eight rebounds.
The Greyhounds out-shot Seton Hall 52.6 percent to 43.7 percent. The Pirates had just eight turnovers, and forced 19.
Seton Hall returns to action against Navy on Friday, November 23, at The Palestra for the Championship Round of The Philly Hoop Group Classic. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m.
