Seton Hall University
12-9,5-5Big East
Marquette
16-5,8-2Big East
Pirates Tripped Up By No. 20 Marquette
1/21/2023 8:25:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Newark, N.J. - Turnovers plagued the Seton Hall men's basketball team on Saturday as the Pirates fell to No. 20 Marquette, 74-53, at Prudential Center.
Junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had 10 points and five assists while senior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) and freshman Tae Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) chipped in with eight points a piece.
How It Happened
Marquette opened the scoring with a three-point basket but the Pirates used an 8-0 run that capped off by a dunk by junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.) to take an 8-3 lead. However, turnovers would plague The Hall in the first 20 minutes as the Golden Eagles scored 16 points off of 13 Seton Hall turnovers. Despite the miscues, the Pirates stayed within striking distance as junior Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) nailed a three-pointer to tie the score at 27-27 with 5:07 left in the first half. Marquette's Kam Jones would respond by scoring eight of the Golden Eagles' final 10 points of the half as they went into the locker room with a 37-29 lead.
After Jones completed a traditional three-point play, the Pirates trimmed their deficit to single digits as Samuel connected on a deep jumper from the baseline and graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.) came up with a steal and score in transition that made it a seven-point game, 40-33. A 13-4 run for the Golden Eagles would quickly dispel the Pirates' attempt at a comeback though as Marquette took a commanding 53-36 advantage with 15:15 to go. The Pirates would make another run with under 10 minutes left when a three by senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) cut Marquette's lead to 14, 62-48. The Pirates came up with a steal on the defensive end but the Golden Eagles stole it back and turned it into a transition dunk.
Inside The Numbers
- Seton Hall shot 46 percent from the floor (17-of-37) and 42 percent from three-point range (5-of-12)Â and 70 percent from the charity stripe (14-of-20).
- Marquette shot 54 percent from the floor (29-of-54) and 33 percent from deep (9-of-27).
- The Pirates finished plus-three in rebounding margin, 26-23.
- The Hall was plagued by 26 turnovers and the Golden Eagles turned it into 34 points.
- Seton Hall got 19 points from its bench compared to Marquette's 15.
News & Notes
- The loss snaps the Pirates' four-game win streak and their run of five wins in the last six games.
- Seton Hall falls to 7-3 at Prudential Center this season and 3-2 against BIG EAST opponents.
- Saturday was only the third game this season where the Pirates shot better than 40 percent from the field and from three; Wagner on Nov. 20 and Butler on Jan. 7.
- Marquette has won the last four games in the series and lead the all-time series with the Pirates, 23-13.
- Graduate student Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.) now has 983 career points.
- Ndefo now has 353 career blocks, the most among active players in the NCAA.
- Richmond now has 10 five-plus assist outings this season and 28 career games with five or more assists
Up Next
Seton Hall heads into a bye week and will resume action one week from today when the Pirates travel to Butler for a 4 p.m. contest at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Saturday, Jan. 28 on FS1. Fans can listen to Dave Popkin call the action on the Seton Hall Basketball Radio Network that can be heard on the SHU Pirates mobile app, the Varsity network and SiriusXM.
