No. 23 Creighton Outlasts Seton Corridor At Prudential Middle

Newark, N.J. – The Seton Corridor males’s basketball staff led by six factors within the second half and held a slight lead with underneath 12 minutes to go however could not dangle on as No. 23 Creighton outlasted the Pirates, 75-62, at Prudential Middle on Wednesday night.

Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) tied for the game-high with 19 factors on 5-of-8 capturing from three-point vary. Senior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) added 11 factors and three steals whereas Junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y) chipped in with 10 factors and tallied 5 steals.

The Pirates (15-10, 8-6 BIG EAST) nonetheless sits in fifth place within the BIG EAST with six video games to play and have received seven of their final 9 video games.

How It Occurred

Each groups shot at spectacular clips within the first half with the Pirates capturing 50 p.c from the ground and 60 p.c from three-point vary. It was backwards and forwards initially however a standard three-point play transformed by graduate pupil Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.) and two made free throws by Richmond gave the Pirates its first lead of the sport with 13:05 to go earlier than halftime, 16-15.

Creighton would counter with an 8-0 run to take a seven-point benefit and would keep up by seven, 36-29, with 3:53 to go earlier than the break. A Dawes three off of an help from  Tae Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) and a Tray Jackson (Detroit, Mich.) layup after the under-four media timeout trimmed the Pirates deficit to 2, 36-34. After a cease on the defensive finish, Richmond corralled the rebound off of a missed shot, went coast-to-coast and layed it in to knot up the rating at 36-36.

Creighton would take a one-point lead into the locker room however the Pirates jumped out to a 10-3 run initially of the second, jolted by one other Dawes three on the prime of the important thing off of a set play and a nook three by Samuel gave Seton Corridor its largest lead of the sport, 49-43, with underneath 17 minutes to play within the recreation. A dunk by Jackson saved the Pirates in entrance, 55-53, with 12 minutes to go however a 3 by Creighton’s Arthur Kaluma put the Bluejays in entrance for good with 10:49 left within the recreation. Dawes’ fifth and ultimate three-point basket of the sport minimize the Pirates’ deficit to 6, 66-60, however it might be as shut as The Corridor would get the remainder of the way in which because the Bluejays closed the sport on a 9-2 run.

Inside The Numbers

• Seton Corridor shot a season-best 56 p.c from three-point vary (6-of-11) however allowed a season-worst 60 p.c from past the arc (12-of-20).
• The Pirates pressured 19 Creighton turnovers however scored solely 18 factors off of these miscues.
• Seton Corridor dedicated solely 5 turnovers.
• 19 of these turnovers got here off of 12 steals by the Pirates.
• Seton Corridor blocked six Creighton photographs and the Bluejays tallied two swats.
• There have been 10 lead modifications and Creighton for 27:48 of recreation time.
• Junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had an environment friendly scoring evening, dropping eight factors on 5-of-6 capturing from the ground.
• Jackson added six factors off the bench.

Information & Notes

• Seton Corridor nonetheless leads the all-time sequence in opposition to Creighton, 16-12.
• The Corridor drops to 8-4 at Prudential Middle this season
• Seton Corridor’s 5 turnovers was its fewest in a recreation since a 69-55 win over Marquette on Jan. 11, 2020.
• Graduate pupil KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.) had a game-high three blocks that provides him 361 swats in his profession, 51 blocks this season and 29 blocks in BIG EAST play.
• Dawes tallied 5 treys in a recreation for the fourth time this season.
• Graduate pupil Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.) now had 998 profession factors.

Up Subsequent

Seton Corridor will subsequent hit the highway because the Pirates journey to Philadelphia for an 8 p.m. contest at Villanova on Saturday. The sport shall be televised on FS1 and followers can take heed to Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin name the motion on the Seton Corridor Basketball Radio Community that may be heard on the SHU Pirates cellular app, the Varsity community and SiriusXM.