Seton Hall University
15-10,8-6Big East
Creighton
16-8,10-3Big East
No. 23 Creighton Outlasts Seton Hall At Prudential Center
2/8/2023 10:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Newark, N.J. - The Seton Hall men's basketball team led by six points in the second half and held a slight lead with under 12 minutes to go but couldn't hang on as No. 23 Creighton outlasted the Pirates, 75-62, at Prudential Center on Wednesday evening.
Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) tied for the game-high with 19 points on 5-of-8 shooting from three-point range. Senior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) added 11 points and three steals while Junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y) chipped in with 10 points and tallied five steals.
The Pirates (15-10, 8-6 BIG EAST) still sits in fifth place in the BIG EAST with six games to play and have won seven of their last nine games.
How It Happened
Both teams shot at impressive clips in the first half with the Pirates shooting 50 percent from the floor and 60 percent from three-point range. It was back and forth at the start but a traditional three-point play converted by graduate student Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.) and two made free throws by Richmond gave the Pirates its first lead of the game with 13:05 to go before halftime, 16-15.
Creighton would counter with an 8-0 run to take a seven-point advantage and would stay up by seven, 36-29, with 3:53 to go before the break. A Dawes three off of an assist from Tae Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) and a Tray Jackson (Detroit, Mich.) layup after the under-four media timeout trimmed the Pirates deficit to two, 36-34. After a stop on the defensive end, Richmond corralled the rebound off of a missed shot, went coast-to-coast and layed it in to knot up the score at 36-36.
Creighton would take a one-point lead into the locker room but the Pirates jumped out to a 10-3 run at the start of the second, jolted by another Dawes three at the top of the key off of a set play and a corner three by Samuel gave Seton Hall its largest lead of the game, 49-43, with under 17 minutes to play in the game. A dunk by Jackson kept the Pirates in front, 55-53, with 12 minutes to go but a three by Creighton's Arthur Kaluma put the Bluejays in front for good with 10:49 left in the game. Dawes' fifth and final three-point basket of the game cut the Pirates' deficit to six, 66-60, but it would be as close as The Hall would get the rest of the way as the Bluejays closed the game on a 9-2 run.
Inside The Numbers
- Seton Hall shot a season-best 56 percent from three-point range (6-of-11) but allowed a season-worst 60 percent from beyond the arc (12-of-20).
- The Pirates forced 19 Creighton turnovers but scored only 18 points off of those miscues.
- Seton Hall committed only five turnovers.
- 19 of those turnovers came off of 12 steals by the Pirates.
- Seton Hall blocked six Creighton shots and the Bluejays tallied two swats.
- There were 10 lead changes and Creighton for 27:48 of game time.
- Junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had an efficient scoring night, dropping eight points on 5-of-6 shooting from the floor.
- Jackson added six points off the bench.
News & Notes
- Seton Hall still leads the all-time series against Creighton, 16-12.
- The Hall drops to 8-4 at Prudential Center this season
- Seton Hall's five turnovers was its fewest in a game since a 69-55 win over Marquette on Jan. 11, 2020.
- Graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.) had a game-high three blocks that gives him 361 swats in his career, 51 blocks this season and 29 blocks in BIG EAST play.
- Dawes tallied five treys in a game for the fourth time this season.
- Graduate student Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.) now had 998 career points.
Up Next
Seton Hall will next hit the road as the Pirates travel to Philadelphia for an 8 p.m. contest at Villanova on Saturday. The game will be televised 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.
