Seton Hall University
21-11
Butler
20-12
Pirates Fall to Butler on Last-Second Shot
3/9/2018 1:11:00 AM | Men's Basketball
NEW YORK - Senior Khadeen Carrington (Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored 17 points and hit a three-point play with 11 seconds remaining in the game to put the Seton Hall men's basketball team up one point over Butler, but Tyler Wideman cleaned up a Kamar Baldwin miss with a put-back layup with 3.6 seconds left to lift the Bulldogs past the Pirates, 75-74, Thursday night in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden.
No. 6 seed Butler (20-12), which only led for 1:28 of the 40-minute contest, advances to face No. 2 seed Villanova in the semifinals. No. 3 seed Seton Hall (21-11) lost its first conference tournament quarterfinal since 2003 and will now turn its attention to the NCAA Tournament.
In addition to his 17 points, Carrington issued seven assists and grabbed six rebounds. Senior Ismael Sanogo (Newark, N.J.) scored 12 points, all in the first half, and senior Angel Delgado (Bajos De Haina, Dominican Republic) poured in 13 points and nine rebounds.
Turning Point
Seton Hall built a 14-point lead in the first half, but Butler hung tough and cut the deficit to eight at the half, 43-35.
In the second half, Seton Hall went cold on offense, shooting only 8-for-28 from the field. This opened up opportunities for the Bulldogs to make it a game as they got to within one, 58-57, with 8:12 to play.
Delgado woke the Pirates up with a dunk to spark a 6-0 run, but Baldwin had a pair of "and-ones" and then tied the game at 66-66 with a three-pointer at 3:35.
With the Pirates trailing by two, sophomore Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) buried a huge three-pointer with under a minute to go to reclaim a one-point lead, but Baldwin again came through with a slash to the basket to go up, 72-71. It was 73-71 when Carrington drove to the basket and got the and-one layup with 11 seconds to go, putting The Hall on top 74-73.
That set the stage for Butler as Baldwin drove to the basket and had a clear look that missed. Wideman was in perfect position for the offensive rebound and put-back, Butler's 10th offensive rebound of the game.
Powell's desperation three at the buzzer missed.
Inside the Numbers
- Seton Hall shot 46.3 percent from the field (25-for-54), but it was a tale of two halves as the Pirates were 65.4 percent in the first half and only 28.6 percent in the second half. The Hall was also 50 percent from three (9-for-18) and 78.9 percent (15-for-19) at the line.
- Butler shot 47.6 percent (30-for-63) from the field, 23.1 percent (6-for-26) from behind the arc and 60 percent (9-for-15) at the line.
- The Pirates out-rebounded Butler 38-29, but they were outscored in the paint, 38-28.
- Carrington led the Pirates with 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting with seven assists and six rebounds.
- Delgado missed a double-double by one rebound as he finished with 13 points and nine rebounds.
- Sanogo had 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting as he came only two points shy of his career high.
- Powell had nine points and five assists. He has 30 assists in his last six games.
News & Notes
- Seton Hall lost in the BIG EAST quarterfinals for the first time since 2003, snapping a three-game winning streak. This was also Seton Hall's first loss when the No. 3 seed.
- The defeat also snapped Seton Hall's three-game winning streak over Butler. The Pirates are now 4-8 all-time against the Bulldogs, 1-1 in the conference tournament.
- The Pirates fell to 17-9 in conference tournament games when the higher seed.
- Seton Hall dropped to 63-7 in its last 70 games when holding a lead of at least seven points at any juncture of the game.
- This was the fourth time that Seton Hall ended the regular season and played its first conference tournament game against the same opponent. It's the first time that the Pirates lost the conference tournament game in that scenario.
- Seton Hall is now 29-35 all-time in the conference tournament, 10-12 in the quarterfinals.
- Carrington surpassed Walter Dukes (1950-53) for ninth all-time in Seton Hall scoring history. He now stands at 1,792 points. He also passed Greg Tynes (1974-78) and Dan Callandrillo (1978-82) for 13th all-time in assists. He now has 383.
Up Next
The Pirates are looking forward to NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday and hearing their name called for a third straight season. The show will take place Sunday at 6 p.m., live on TBS.
