Seton Hall University
10-8,3-4Big East
Georgetown
5-13,0-7Big East
Dawes' Second Half Performance Leads Hall To 66-51 Win At Georgetown
1/11/2023 12:43:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Washington, D.C. - 21 of a career-high 24 points for senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) came in the second half and it sparked the Seton Hall men's basketball team in a 66-51 road victory at Georgetown on Tuesday evening.
Dawes shot 7-of-12 from the field, 4-of-6 from three-point range and 3-of-3 from the charity stripe after halftime for the Pirates (10-8, 3-4 BIG EAST), who have won three of their last four games in conference play.
Graduate student Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.) chipped in with nine points on three three-point baskets and junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.) finished plus-15 with a team-best nine rebounds, six points, two steals and two blocks.
How It Happened
In a tightly contested first 20 minutes that saw the Pirates shoot 34 percent from the field and the Hoyas shoot at a 29 percent clip, Georgetown took a six-point lead, 17-11, with 5:30 to play before halftime when three-point shots started falling for Seton Hall. Dawes' first three of the evening cut the deficit to three and two treys by Harris were featured in an 11-4 Seton Hall run that gave the Pirates a one-point advantage with 2:06 to go in the first.
With the halftime score knotted up at 27-27, Dowes came out of the locker room on fire. Starting off with an offensive set that led to a wide-open three by Dawes to at the beginning of the second half, Dawes would go on to score 18 of the Pirates' next 21 points in nearly eight minutes of game action. It gave The Hall a nine-point lead, 47-38, with 12:53 to play and the Pirates wouldn't relinquish the lead from there.
The Hoyas would get as close as five points, 47-42, with 10:38 in regulation but senior Tray Jackson (Detroit, Mich.) and junior Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) came off the bench and produced all of the Pirates' scoring in a 7-2 run that gave Seton Hall a 54-44 lead, its largest of the game. The Pirates held Georgetown scoreless for the final two minutes of the game and they converted on their free throw attempts, sealing its first BIG EAST road win of the season.
Inside The Numbers
- Seton Hall shot 38 percent from the field, 37 percent from beyond the arc and 90 percent from the stripe.
- The Pirates held Georgetown to 31 percent shooting from the floor and just 16 percent from three (4-of-24).
- Seton Hall dished out 13 assists and committed eight turnovers.
- The Hoyas finished plus-two on the glass, 43-41, and plus-four on the offense boards, 16-12.
- The Pirates won out in second chance points (16-8), fast break points (13-4) and bench points (22-11).
- Jackson came off the bench and scored seven points, all in the second half, pulled down four rebounds and recorded two blocked.
- Junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) stuffed the stat sheet with eight rebounds, six assists, four steals and four points.
News & Notes
- The win marks the Pirates' third BIG EAST win and all have come by double digits.
- The last time Seton Hall's first three conference wins came by double digits was in the 2007-08 season.
- Seton Hall moves to 10-1 this season when holding its opponent to under 70 points.
- The Pirates have won four straight in the series against the Hoyas and now trail the all-time series, 57-60.
- The Hall is now 142-22 since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
- Dawes surpassed his previous career best of 22 points that he last registered on New Year's Eve against St. John's.
- Dawes has now made five treys in a game three times this season, one shy of his career high of six made threes.
- Richmond has dished out at least five assists in six of the last seven games.
- Davis went over 500 career points with his six-point outing and now has 5-4 career points.
- Harris is now up to 976 career points.
Up Next
Seton Hall will next travel to DePaul as the Pirates face the Blue Demons at 12 p.m. Eastern on FS1 on Saturday. Fans can listen to the the action on the Seton Hall Basketball Radio Network that can be heard on the SHU Pirates mobile app, the Varsity network and SiriusXM.
