Pirates Celebrate Seniors, Defeat Georgetown For Fourth Straight Win

Wednesday, March 2

Newark, N.J.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

19-9,10-8Big East

Georgetown

6-23,0-18Big East

Georgetown

Seton Hall

2022 Men's Basketball Seniors Rhoden, Cale, Obiagu, Yetna, Harris, Aiken

Pirates Celebrate Seniors, Defeat Georgetown For Fourth Straight Win

3/2/2022 10:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score BOX SCORE (PDF)

Newark, N.J. - Senior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) scored 16 points, and sophomore Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) produced a double-double with 12 points and 10 assists as the Seton Hall men's basketball team took down Georgetown, 73-68, for its fourth straight win Wednesday at Prudential Center. Prior to the game, the Pirates celebrated Senior Night, honoring Rhoden along with Bryce Aiken (Randolph, N.J.), Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.), Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.), Ike Obiagu (Abuja, Nigeria) and Alexis Yetna (Paris, France).
Seton Hall won five consecutive games at Prudential Center to close out the home schedule. How It Happened The two sides went back and forth early but Georgetown used an 8-0 run to take a 15-12 lead. A thunderous jam by junior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) helped the shift the momentum back to the Pirates' side as it kicked off an 8-0 spurt of their own to retake the lead, 20-15, with 10:22 to play in the half. Seton Hall's largest lead of the game was 10, 31-21, and it came at the 4:45 mark as Richmond hit a pull-up three-point basket in transition. The Hoyas cut their deficit to three, 39-36, with just over a minute to go before halftime but Richmond hit his second three of the half to extend Seton Hall's lead to six, 42-36. Georgetown wouldn't go down without a fight, trimming the Seton Hall lead to one point, 48-47, at the 14:21 mark in the second. A putback dunk by Cale would ignite the crowd and kick off an 8-2 run and make it a seven-point game, 56-49. The Hoyas had used hot shooting all night to stay in the contest but Seton Hall's defense locked down, allowing only one Georgetown field goal from from the 12:56 mark to the 6:11 point in the second half. The Pirates led by only two with 28 seconds left but three made free throws by Rhoden put the game on ice. Inside The Box Score

Seton Hall shot 43 percent from the field, 20 percent from three and 77 percent from the free-throw line. Georgetown shot 40 percent from the field, 33 percent from three-point range and 88 percent from the charity stripe.
The Pirates finished +16 on the glass, 45-29, and racked up 19 offensive rebounds to the Hoyas' nine boards.
Seton Hall had the lead for 36:15 in the game.
Jamir Harris finished with the highest plus/minus on the team at +11.
Four Pirates finished in double-figures and Tyrese Samuel finished with nine points.

News & Notes

Seton Hall has now won 12 of its last 16 games against Georgetown, including each of the last seven matchups at Prudential Center.
The Pirates have now won at least 10 BIG EAST games for the third straight season and sixth time in seven years.
The Hall finished the season 12-2 at Prudential Center is now 156-69 (.693) all-time there.
The Pirates are now 16-0 this season when they hold their opponent under 70 points and 16-1 this season when leading or tied at halftime.
The Hall is now 131-19 (.873) when holding a seven-point lead or more at any juncture of the game.
Cale and Rhoden are now tied on the Seton Hall all-time scoring list with 1,222 points.
Richmond's double-double via points and assists is Seton Hall's first since Quincy McKnight did so at Butler on Jan. 15, 2020.

Up Next With BIG EAST Tournament seeding implications on the line, Seton Hall will wrap up the regular season at Creighton on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on FOX.