Reynolds, Jr. Scores Career-High 17 in Setback to No. 21 Oregon

Friday, December 4

Omaha, Neb.

9 p.m.

Seton Hall University

1-3,0-0Big East

No. 21 Oregon

1-1,0-0Pac-12

Seton Hall

Oregon

Reynolds, Jr. Scores Career-High 17 in Setback to No. 21 Oregon

12/4/2020 11:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Omaha, Neb. - The Seton Hall men's basketball team swished a season-high 14 three-pointers, but No. 21 Oregon was up to the challenge, winning the battle in the paint to come away with a 83-70 victory over the Pirates Friday night at CHI Health Center Omaha.

Senior Shavar Reynolds, Jr. (Manchester, N.J.) led the Pirates with a career-high 17 points and a career-high tying eight assists.

Oregon outscored The Hall in the paint, 38-18, and out-rebounded the Pirates, 38-22, in what proved to be the difference.

Turning Point
Seton Hall had to play from behind for most of the night, using the three ball to stay within striking distance. To start the second half, the Pirates got within three when Reynolds, Jr., hit a wing three-pointer, and senior Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) then caused a turnover on the other end, leading to a lob pass to junior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.), making it 36-33 Ducks.

The Pirates hung around in the two-possession range for a while; sophomore Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) had an impressive layup and the foul in traffic on his third attempt underneath to make it a six-point game, 54-48, with 9:11 to go. But Oregon then ripped off a 9-0 run while keeping the Pirates off the scoreboard for nearly three minutes. LJ Figueroa, playing in his first game with Oregon after being granted a transfer waiver, seemingly put the game away with a second-chance layup at 6:51 after the Pirates had turned the ball over to make it a 15-point lead.

Inside the Numbers

Seton Hall shot 46 percent for the game (24-for-52), 58 percent from three (14-for-24) and 67 percent from the free throw line (8-for-12). Oregon shot 53 percent overall (31-for-58), 43 percent from behind the arc (9-for-21) and 60 percent at the line (12-for-20).
Seton Hall made a season-high 14 three-pointers. It's the most threes the Pirates have made in a game since also making 14 against Oregon last season at Battle 4 Atlantis (14-for-27).
Oregon out-rebounded the Pirates, 38-22, and used 12 offensive rebounds to generate 14 second chance points.
Paint points were 38 to 18 in Oregon's favor.
Reynolds, Jr., scored a career-high 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field, 4-for-5 from three. He matched his career high in assists with eight.
Four other Pirates scored in double figures, including Samuel and Cale each scoring 11 points and Rhoden and senior Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia) each posting 10.

News & Notes

This was the third all-time meeting between Seton Hall and Oregon and all three now have been on neutral courts. The 2000 NCAA Tournament first-round game was played in Buffalo, N.Y., and last season the two teams played a Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinal in the Bahamas.
The Hall dropped to 21-13 in neutral site games since the start of the 2015-16 season.

Up Next
Seton Hall will complete its three-game road trip Sunday night when it faces Penn State in University Park, Pa., at 8 p.m. The game will be nationally televised on Big Ten Network, and the radio crew of Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will broadcast on AM970 The Answer, simulcast on XM 389, the Pirate Sports Network and TuneIn.