Seton Hall University
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Providence
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Yetna & Rhoden Post Double-Doubles As Friars Get By Shorthanded Pirates
12/29/2021 10:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Providence, R.I. - Despite missing key players and depth due to COVID-19 protocol, the 15th-ranked Seton Hall men's basketball team put together a gutsy effort against No. 21 Providence on Wednesday evening but the Friars proved to be too much as they topped the Pirates, 70-65, at Dunkin' Donuts Center.
Seton Hall (9-2, 0-1 BIG EAST), which hadn't played a game since its 77-63 win over Rutgers on Dec. 12, saw its six-game winning streak snapped.
How It Happened
With 5:59 to play in the first half, sophomore Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) drove to the rim and gave the Pirates a 22-19 lead. But the Friars used a 15-0 run jump in front, 34-22.
PC's lead at halftime was nine, 36-27, and the Friars extended their advantage to as much as 13 in the second half but the Pirates kept chipping away at the deficit.
Late in the game, back-to-back baskets by graduate student Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) sparked a 13-5 run that was capped off by an alley-oop from graduate student Bryce Aiken (Randolph, N.J.) to grad student Alexis Yetna (Paris, France). The run made it a three-point game with 17 seconds left, but the Friars made key free throws down the stretch that iced the game.
Inside the Box Score
- The Pirates won the turnover battle, 10-7, and scored nine points off those miscues.
- The Hall outscored the Friars in the second half, 38-34.
- Seton Hall nearly out-shot the Friars as Providence shot 40.3 percent for the game and the Pirates shot 39.4 percent.
- Both benches scored 16 points.
News & Notes
- The Pirates'Â 10-point halftime deficit was their largest of the season.
- Seton Hall's bench has either outscored or tied its opponent's bench in every game this season.
- Yetna now has three double-doubles on the season and 21 in his career.
- Senior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) had 10 points and 10 rebounds and has scored in double-figures in each of his last nine games.
- Rhoden now has three double-doubles this season and eight in his career.
- Aiken has six double-digit scoring games this season and 59 for his career.
- Sophomore Jonnivius Smith (Selma, Ala.) appeared in his fifth game of the season and registered a block.
Up Next
No. 15 Seton Hall will host No. 22 Villanova at Prudential Center Saturday at 2 p.m. The game will be nationally televised on CBS and will also air on the radio on AM970 The Answer, simulcast on Sirius 135, XM 201 and the Pirate Sports Network.
Tickets to Saturday's game are still available at SetonHallTix.com/SHUvsNOVA, and fans are reminded to review Prudential Center's up-to-date entry policy at PruCenter.com/safety. Saturday is Ring in the BLUE Year, and official Ring in the BLUE Year t-shirts will be on sale at the Bookstore Pop-Up Shop on the Prudential Center concourse behind section 19.
