Seton Hall University
14-9,7-5Big East
St. John's
14-9,4-8Big East
Pirates Persevere Past Foul Trouble, Complete Sweep of St. John's
2/1/2023 11:26:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Guards Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) and Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) were spectacular for the Pirates as Dawes poured in 21 points and connected on four three-pointers and Richmond delivered an electric all-around performance of 15 points, a career-high 13 rebounds, seven assists and three steals.
Seton Hall sweeps the regular season series from St. John's, won at Carnesecca Arena for the first time since 2010 and now has won six of its last seven games to improve to 7-5 in BIG EAST play.
How It Happened
After St. John's made its first basket of the game, Seton Hall went on a 7-0 run, capped off by a Richmond coast-to-coast layup, that put the Pirates in front by five, 7-2. A monster jam by Ndefo, one of multiple by him in the first half, and a layup by Samuel made it 15-10 in favor of the Pirates with just over 13 minutes to play in the first half. St. John's would have their way over the next eight minutes as the Red Storm took a commanding 13 point lead, with 4:19 to play before the half.
That's when head coach Shaheen Holloway turned to his bench for help. Freshman Jaquan Sanders (Queens, N.Y.) cut to the rim and Richmond found him underneath for an easy two that cut the Pirate deficit to 11, 32-22, before three consecutive three-point baskets from graduate student Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.), Sanders and Senior Tray Jackson (Detroit, Mich.) quickly made it a two-point game, 33-31.
Seton Hall trailed 35-32 at halftime and it struggled through the first three minutes of the second stanza and trailed by six, 38-32. However, five straight points by Richmond, a layup by junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.) off of an inbounds play and three-pointer by Dawes helped the Pirates regain the lead, 42-38. A 7-0 Red Storm spurt gave them a seven-point advantage, 53-46, with under 12 minutes to go but the Pirates switched to a zone defense and it befuddled the Johnnies. The Pirates stayed hot from deep in the process and went on an 18-4 run to take a seven-point lead, 64-57. Five straight points scored by St. John's Joel Soriano made it a six-point contest with 1:03 to go but six consecutive free throws made by Dawes and Harris helped Seton Hall ice the game.
Inside The Numbers
- Seton Hall shot 50 percent from the field (31-of-62) and 45 percent from three (9-of-20).
- The Pirates had 19 assists to 14 turnovers while forcing 17 St. John's miscues off of 11 steals.
- The Hall scored 28 points off of those turnovers
- Seton Hall outscored St. John's 52-37 after halftime and held the Red Storm to 38 percent shooting from the floor and 25 percent shooting from deep (2-of-8).
- St. John's out rebounded Seton Hall, 40-36, and on the offensive glass 14-10.
- Richmond and Harris both finished with a game high plus/minus of plus-17.
- The Pirates' largest deficit was 13 with 4:19 left in the first half and their largest lead was 14 with 21 seconds to go in the game
News & Notes
- This is Seton Hall's third double-digit comeback this season; 10 vs. St. John's, Dec. 31, 17 vs. No. 14 UConn, Jan. 18.
- The Pirates have now won four consecutive BIG EAST road games, its longest league road streak since winning its first six on the road in 2019-20.
- Seton Hall has won back-to-back BIG EAST road games by double digits for the first time since 2009-10 (at Rutgers on March 4, at Providence on March 6).
- Richmond now has two double-doubles this season and three in his career.
- Richmond also set a new career high with 13 rebounds.
- Richmond is the first Seton Hall player since at least 2010 scoring at least 15 points, pulling down 13 rebounds and dishing out seven assists.
- Dawes now has three 20-point games this season and six in his career.
- Dawes' nine three-point baskets against the Red Storm this season are the most in a BIG EAST regular season series since Isaiah Whitehead had 11 against Butler in 2015-16.
- Harris now sits at 993 career points.
- The Pirates are 5-1 in Wednesday games this season.
Up Next
Seton Hall returns to Prudential Center on Sunday, Feb. 5 when the Pirates host DePaul at 12 p.m. The game will air on FS1 and fans can listen to Gary Cohen and 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.
- Sunday is our 1987-88 Seton Hall men's basketball team reunion! Please arrive early because the team will be honored on the court PREGAME! We are asking fans to be in their seats by 11:40 a.m.
- Scheduled to be in attendance are head coach P.J. Carlesimo, Mark Bryant, James Major, Martin Salley, Daryll Walker, Gerald Greene, Michael Cooper, Khyiem Long, Jose Rebimbas and more! Â
- Also in attendance on Sunday are members of the 1972 Seton Hall club football team that won the club national championship. The team just recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of winning!
- Sunday is one of our four designated Junior Pirates Club games, and the Kids Zone will be open on the concourse.
