Seton Hall University
3-1,0-0Big East
Wagner
3-2,0-0NEC
Seton Hall Routs Wagner At Prudential Center, 82-44
11/20/2022 7:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Newark, N.J. — Sparked by a 19-point effort by senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) in his first start for the Seton Hall men's basketball team, the Pirates returned to their winning ways on Sunday as they soundly defeated Wagner, 82-44, at Prudential Center.
Dawes was 7-of-10 from the field and 5-of-7 from three while tallying two assists and three steals for The Hall (3-1). Joining Dawes in double figures was graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.), junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.), senior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) and senior Tray Jackson (Detroit, Mich.). Jackson scored 16 points on 3-of-3 shooting from deep.
How It Happened
Wagner hit the first bucket of the game, a three-point basket, but the Pirates used four steals, including three by Dawes, to go on an 11-0 run and take an eight-point lead. Dawes' first made three of the game came in transition and it extended the Seton Hall lead to 12, 17-5, with 12:05 to play in the first half, giving the Pirates their first double-digit lead of the contest.
The Seahawks cut their deficit to eight, 23-15, following a layup and made free throw with 4:50 to go in the half but Seton Hall used a 10-0 run, including five points from Ndefo, that pushed the lead back to 18. Five points in the final four seconds gave Wagner momentum going into the locker room but the Pirates opened the second half on a 6-0 run that turned a 13-point game into a 19-point contest, 44-25.
The halftime score would be as close as Wagner would get as Seton Hall's lead ballooned to 43 points on a 23-5 run that lasted nearly eight minutes and was capped off by a layup by graduate student Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.).
Inside The Numbers
- The Pirates shot nearly 48 percent from deep (11-of-23) and scored on 52 percent of their field goal attempts (28-of-54)
- Seton Hall held Wagner to 30 percent shooting from the field (18-of-59) and 25 percent shooting from three (5-of-20)
- The Pirates were +14 on the glass (44-30) and had 13 assists to 12 turnovers
- The Hall finished with 21 points on fast break opportunities to Wagner's seven.
- The Pirates led for 37:41 of game time.
- Five Pirates scored in double figures three different players had at least two steals (Dawes, Odukale, Kadary Richmond)
News & Notes
- Seton Hall has allowed 52 points or less in three of its four games this season.
- The game pitted two former Seton Hall points guards against one another in Shaheen Holloway and Wagner head coach Donald Copeland.
- The Pirates improve to 83-12 all-time at Prudential Center against non-conference opponents and have now won 13 of their last 14 against non-league foes at The Rock.
- Dawes' 19 points was a season high and he finished with five made threes, one shy of tying his career high done three times previously
- Odukale's 11 points pushed him the 500-point threshold for his career.
- Seton Hall is now 28-6 all-time vs. Wagner and its won the last 13 meetings.
- Seton Hall has won by an average of 34 points per game in three wins this season.
- Ndefo's 12 points was his first double figure scoring game of the season, the 57th of his career and he now sits at 1,208 career points
- Harris now has 922 career points.
Up Next
The Pirates will next hit the road for the first time this season as they travel to Orlando for Feast Week and the ESPN Events Invitational. Seton Hall will start the tournament facing Memphis on Thanksgiving Day at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN News. Fans can listen to all of the action on the SHU Pirates mobile app and on Sirius XM 383 or 973 on the Sirius XM app.
