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Defense, Delgado's Double-Double Lift Hall Past Cal

12/7/2016 10:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Honolulu, Hawai'i - Junior Angel Delgado (Bajos De Haina, Dominican Republic) scored 16 points, none bigger than his hook shot jumper with 49 seconds remaining to lift the Seton Hall men's basketball team to a 60-57 victory over California at the FS1 Pearl Harbor Invitational in Bloch Arena. Delgado finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds for his third consecutive double-double.

The Pirates improved to 7-2 on the young season and earned a big neutral site win over a fellow Kenpom top-50 team in the Golden Bears, who fell to 7-2.

In addition to Delgado's performance, junior Desi Rodriguez (Bronx, N.Y.) scored 15 points, including an electric dunk in the second half, and junior Khadeen Carrington (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added 14 points. Although he did not score a single point, junior Ismael Sanogo (Newark, N.J.) played incredible defense all night, helping hold Cal's Ivan Rabb to eight points on 3-of-8 shooting.

Turning Point
After trailing by three at halftime, the Pirates actually took the lead for good, 47-45, with 9:44 remaining in the second half after Carrington came up with a steal and a layup.

However, the game was very much a tight battle until the final possession. Nursing a one-point lead, 56-55, the Pirates got the ball back on a Rabb turnover after senior Madison Jones (Raleigh, N.C.) disrupted him. The Hall gave the ball to Delgado, who had it inside the paint and made a power move over his defender for a jump hook that found the bottom of the net, giving the Pirates the three-point lead, 58-55.

Rabb came back down with a bucket, and then the Golden Bears fouled with under 30 seconds to go, sending Carrington to the free throw line. Carrington sank one of two for a two-point lead, 59-57.

The Pirates defense came up with one more big stop as Carrington again stripped Cal's Charlie Moore, though the Pirates would then turn the ball back over to the Golden Bears. Jabari Bird missed a three-point attempt, Delgado came up with the defensive rebound with just over two seconds to go, was fouled and then sank one of two free throws to seal it as Bird's desperation attempt missed at the buzzer.

Inside the Numbers

The Pirates went 24-for-52 from the field (46.2 percent) while Cal was 23-for-53 from the floor (43.4 percent). Both teams struggled from three-point land as the Pirates were 3-for-11 and the Golden Bears were 3-for-16.
Delgado notched his third consecutive double-double with his team-high 16 points and 12 rebounds. He now has five double-doubles on the season and 28 for his career. The Hall is now 24-4 all-time when he double dips. Delgado remains the BIG EAST leader in rebounding at 10.9 per game this season.
Rodriguez notched his fourth game of 15 points or better this season with his 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting.
Carrington scored 14 points, his lowest scoring output of the season, but also had four assists against just one turnover and recorded two steals. He is still leading the team at 20.0 points per game and now has 932 career points, moving into 46th all-time in Pirates history.
Sanogo did not record a point and yet was a big difference maker in the game, holding Rabb, who came into the game averaging 17.5 points, to just eight points on 3-of-8 shooting.

News & Notes

This was only the second all-time meeting between Seton Hall and Cal, the first coming way back in 1973. The series is now even at 1-1.
Seton Hall earned its second win of the season when trailing at halftime. The Pirates also topped Iowa in the same scenario.
The Pirates also earned their first win over a Pac-12 school under head coach Kevin Willard.
The Pirates are now 32-1 since the start of the 2015-16 season when generating at least a seven-point lead at any juncture of the game.
The Hall is now 63-19 in non-conference games under Willard, and the program has gone 78 consecutive non-conference regular season games without losing two in a row.
This was Seton Hall's fourth game against an NCAA Tournament team from last season. The Pirates won all four games (Fairleigh Dickinson, Iowa, Hawai'i and California).

Up Next
Seton Hall is headed home, but is again playing away from home this coming Monday night when the Pirates participate in the first-ever Under Armour Reunion at Madison Square Garden. After Auburn and Boston College compete at 6:30 p.m., the Pirates will take on nationally-ranked South Carolina at 9 p.m. Joe Davis, Bill Raftery and Shannon Spake will handle the television broadcast on FS1 and FOX Sports GO. Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will have the radio call on AM970 The Answer, SHUPirates.com and the SHU Pirates Mobile App.