Pirates Muscle Their Way into BIG EAST Semifinals

Thursday, March 9

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2:30 p.m.

Seton Hall University

21-10

Marquette

19-12

Seton Hall

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FG%

.443

.400

3FG%

.429

.433

FT%

.957

.882

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NEW YORK – Junior Angel Delgado (Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic) finished one assist shy of a triple double, and the Seton Hall men's basketball team used a 17-2 mid-second half run and a 40-12 scoring advantage in the paint to record an 82-76 BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinal victory over Marquette Thursday afternoon at Madison Square Garden.

Delgado was one of five Seton Hall (21-10) players in double-figures with 12 points in addition to 16 rebounds, the most in a BIG EAST Tournament game in school history. He was doubled all game, but used the opportunity to pile up a career-high nine assists. If he had picked up one more assist, he would have joined Eddie Griffin as the only player in program history to record a triple-double. Griffin totaled 21 points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocks against Norfolk State on Dec. 4, 2000.

Junior Khadeen Carrington (Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored a game-high 19 points and was 11-of-11 from the free-throw line overall, with 10 of the makes coming over the final 1:21 as the Pirates were a season-best 22-for-23 from the charity stripe. Freshman Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) dropped 17 points on 3-of-6 shooting from long range and 6-for-6 from the line. Junior Desi Rodriguez (Bronx, N.Y.) finished with 11 points and seven boards, while senior Madison Jones (Raleigh, N.C.) had 13 points and three steals.

For Marquette (19-12), Andrew Rowsey scored a game-best 23 points.

Turning Point

The Golden Eagles led by as many as eight in the first half, but the Pirates found their rhythm and tied up the score, 35-35, going into halftime after Delgado buried a jumper with nine seconds remaining.

Markus Howard gave Marquette a 42-39 lead with a three-pointer at the 16:45 mark in the final period. Seton Hall then responded with a 17-2 run and held Marquette scoreless for nearly five minutes of game time to take a 56-44 lead with 10:52 remaining. Five different Pirates scored during the run, and it was punctuated by Powell's triple in the corner.

A breakaway dunk from sophomore Michael Nzei (Makurdi, Nigeria) gave the Pirates their biggest lead of the afternoon at 66-51 with 4:39 to go. Later, Delgado delivered a put-back slam with 2:01 left that brought the Pirate faithful to their feet at The Garden as SHU sealed a trip to the semifinals.

Inside the Numbers

The Pirates used a strong second half to earn the victory, shooting 44.8 percent over the final 20 minutes while holding Marquette to 38.7 percent. For the game, The Hall was 44.3 percent, and the Golden Eagles were 40.0 percent. The Hall improves to 18-6 when they shoot 40.0 percent or better.
The Hall held a dominating 40-12 scoring advantage in the paint and out-rebounded Marquette, 41-30.
Delgado recorded his 13th straight double-double and 24th in the last 25 games with his 12 points and 16 rebounds. He continues to lead the nation with 26 double dips this season.
Delgado's 16 rebounds Thursday are a program record in a conference tournament game, and he continues to lead the country in rebounding (13.2) and offensive rebounding (4.94). He grabbed eight offensive boards and is averaging 6.43 over the last seven games.
The big man recorded a career-best nine assists and helped the team record 16 assists to 11 turnovers. The Pirates have recorded a positive assist-to-turnover ratio in four of the last five games. Delgado's nine assists are tied for the fifth most in the program's BIG EAST Tournament history.
SHU was outstanding at the free-throw line Thursday, shooting a season best 95.7 percent (22-of-23). The team improves to 7-1 when shooting 70.0 or better from the stripe.

News & Notes

This was Seton Hall's eighth win against teams in the top 60 of the NCAA RPI as well as the sixth win against teams in the KenPom top 50.
Five Pirates scored in double figures for the first time since Feb. 11 vs. St. John's, which was also at Madison Square Garden.
Dating back to the start of the 2015-16 season, the Pirates improve to 44-1 in their last 45 games when holding at least a seven-point lead at any point in the contest.
The Hall advances to the 10th BIG EAST Tournament semifinal game in program history and the third semifinal appearance in the last four seasons under head coach Kevin Willard.
This was only Seton Hall's third game ever as a No. 5 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament and improved to 2-1. The Hall is also now 1-2 all-time against the No. 4 seed. This was also Seton Hall's first tournament win over Marquette in three tries.
The Pirates have now won four straight tournament games and are 6-1 in their last seven games at Madison Square Garden.
Delgado is now averaging 12.6 points and 12.6 rebounds in eight career games against Marquette.

Up Next

Friday night at The Garden awaits the Pirates. They will take on top-seeded and No. 2 ranked Villanova in the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals at 6:30 p.m. Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson and Lisa Byington are the FS1 broadcast team, and Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will have the radio call on 970AM The Answer, simulcast on the Pirate Sports Network.

Pirate Blue will have a pregame reception at Hudson Station Bar & Grill Friday from 4-6 p.m.