Attendance Record Shattered in Setback to No. 2 Nova

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12:30 p.m.

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Attendance Record Shattered in Setback to No. 2 Nova

2/18/2017 4:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Newark, N.J. – Junior Angel Delgado (Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic) collected his 21st double-double and junior Khadeen Carrington (Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored 22 points, but the Seton Hall men's basketball team ran into a hot shooting No. 2 Villanova team that was 67 percent from the field and fell, 92-70, in front of a Seton Hall Prudential Center record sellout crowd of 16,733 Saturday afternoon.

Delgado finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds for his eighth consecutive double dip while shooting 8-of-14 from the floor. Carrington went 3-for-8 from long range and 5-for-6 from the free throw line in his 11th 20-point game for the Pirates (16-10, 6-8 BIG EAST) this season. Senior Madison Jones (Raleigh, N.C.) totaled 11 points, four assists, four rebounds and two steals.

For the visiting Villanova (26-2, 13-2 BIG EAST), Kris Jenkins and Jalen Brunson scored 22 points each and shot a combined 15-of-17 from the field.

Turning Point

The Pirates took a 9-3 lead on a three-pointer from Jones at 17:20 in the opening period, but Villanova responded with a 14-2 run over the next 5:11 to go up 17-11 with 12:09 to go. The Wildcats were up eight, 27-19, but six points from Carrington and a triple from junior Desi Rodriguez (Bronx, N.Y.) got The Hall to within one of the lead, 31-30, with 2:47 remaining before the break.

The offense went cold though as the Pirates went 0-for-4 from the field to close the half, and Villanova hit its final four shots including three from beyond the arc to take its largest lead of the opening frame, 42-31, heading into the break.

The Wildcats scored the first 11 points of the second half and continued to build a lead over the first 10 minutes of the period. Villanova shot 75.0 percent (18-of-24) in the second half to seal the game.

Inside the Numbers

The Pirates shot 46.4 percent from the field, but Villanova finished 33-of-49 (67.3 percent) from the floor and 12-of-21 (57.1 percent) from three-point land. SHU falls to 13-6 when shooting 40.0 percent or better.
The Hall continued its season-long trend of improved shooting in the second half, and finished 16-of-30 (53.3 percent) over the final 20 minutes. The Pirates are shooting 48.4 percent in the second half overall.
The Pirates were edged 26-23 on the glass and were out-rebounded for just the fifth time this season, the third time during conference play.
Although the Pirates were out-rebounded, they played well on the defensive glass and limited Villanova to just four offensive boards, tied for the fewest SHU has allowed all season.
Carrington scored 22 points to finish with his 17th career 20-point game and 11th of the season. He leads the Pirates with 16.6 points per game during conference play and 17.8 points per game overall.
Delgado, the nation's leading rebounder (13.2 per game), had 19 points and 12 rebounds for his 21st double-double of the season, including eight in a row. He helped SHU take a 14-6 advantage in second chance points on the legs of seven offensive boards. He is second in the country with 4.7 offensive rebounds per game.
Jones continued to take care of the ball in home games and finished with four assists to one turnover. Entering the game he averaged 4.2 assists with a 2.9 assist-to-turnover ratio at home.

News and Notes

Saturday's attendance of 16,733 is the highest since Seton Hall started playing its home games at Prudential Center in 2007. The previous record of 13,569 was set on Feb. 6, 2012 vs. Syracuse. Additionally, Saturday marked the eighth time The Hall has had a crowd of over 10,000 in Newark.
The Pirates fall to 10-2 at home this season and 11-5 in their last 16 BIG EAST home games.
Villanova now leads the all-time series, 71-41, and improves to 27-27 on Seton Hall's home court. In spite of the defeat, the Pirates are the only team in the new BIG EAST to defeat Villanova three times and only one other team (Creighton) has two wins over the Wildcats.
Villanova is the first Associated Press top-two ranked program to visit Seton Hall since No. 1 Pittsburgh played the Pirates at Prudential Center on Feb. 28, 2009.
With his 19 points Saturday, Delgado moves into 39th on the SHU all-time scoring list with 1,024 career points.
This was Seton Hall's ninth game against an NCAA RPI top 50 team this season.

Up Next
The Pirates wrap up their three-game home stand at Prudential Center on Wednesday, Feb. 22 against Xavier at 7 p.m. The game will be nationally broadcast on FS1, and Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will deliver the radio broadcast on WMCA 570AM, simulcast on the Pirate Sports Network via SHUPirates.com or the SHU Pirates Mobile App. Tickets to Wednesday's game are available at Ticketmaster.com and the Seton Hall Athletics ticket office, (973) 275-4255. Fans can also purchase the "Finish Strong" pack by phone; the package includes a ticket to both the Xavier and Georgetown home games and a hot dog and soda at each game for just $66 per seat ($122 value).