Seton Hall Continues Hot-Streak, Sets Up Third Meeting With Villanova
By DENNIS CHAMBERS NEW YORK -- In a familiar
By DENNIS CHAMBERS NEW YORK -- In a familiar
NEWARK — Standing in the shadow of Seton Hall’s near-doomed season Khadeen Carrington delivered a superhuman performance.
“Clark Kent,” Ismael Sanogo said about Carrington’s game after the Pirates’ 87-81 win over No. 20 Creighton at Prudential Center. “Every time we need a big bucket, he’s there.”
Carrington delivered multiple big buckets Wednesday night, but the overall show he put on was so much more. The junior finished with a career-high 41 points, seven assists, five rebounds, and four steals. Most importantly in a game decided by six points, Carrington turned the ball over just one time.
“I love how efficient he was,” head coach Kevin Willard said of his lead guard. “Ten-for-fifteen, seven assists, one turnover, four steals. He made his free throws. He rebounded, he defended. That was the best game I’ve seen him play from an all-around standpoint.”
By DENNIS CHAMBERS
NEWARK — With nine seconds left on the clock in Seton Hall’s second straight overtime appearance, freshman guard Myles Powell elevated in the lane and let the ball fly from his right hand.
“Please drop,” Powell said of the thoughts going through his mind as he attempted the eventual game-winning shot.
The sharpshooting rookie got his wish – as the ball clanked off the back of the rim and fell through the net – leading the Pirates to a 72-70 victory over Providence at Prudential Center.
FINAL: SETON HALL 72 PROVIDENCE 70. Powell with the game-winner! pic.twitter.com/1HaZPRlC1s
— John Fanta (@John_Fanta) February 9, 2017
Coming off a victory Saturday at Georgetown, the Pirates found themselves in their second straight overtime contest — their first such stretch since Dec. 9 and Dec. 22 of 2007, against Penn State and James Madison, respectively.
NEWARK -- Seton Hall's leading scorer Khadeen Carrington dislocated
By DENNIS CHAMBERS
NEWARK — Make that 21 straight wins by Seton Hall when Angel Delgado double-dips.
The junior big man powered the Pirates to a 72-61 win over Rutgers behind his 19 points and 16 rebounds. It was the third straight win for Seton Hall in the Garden State Hardwood Classic, and Delgado’s performance garnered his second straight Joe Calabrese MVP of the game trophy.
“I feel great,” Delgado said after the win. “We keep showing that we’re the best team in New Jersey.”
Delgado set fire to Twitter last week after Seton Hall’s win over Delaware when he said that Rutgers could be the No. 1 team in the nation, but the Pirates were still going to beat them.
We overcame adversity tonight and it was a total team effort. Check out the highlights from our second half rally to win the #GSHC! #HALLin pic.twitter.com/IXXUJoxwLc
— Seton Hall MBB (@SetonHallMBB) December 24, 2016
After starting the game slow – along with the rest of the Pirates who shot just 24 percent from the field in the first half – Delgado stepped up in the second half to become the difference-maker, finishing 7-of-19 from the field.
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Nets rookie Isaiah Whitehead sat courtside for Seton Hall’s season-opener, but two of his former classmates carried the day without him.
On opening night in Walsh Gymnasium, the Pirates found their answer in a most familiar spot: Angel Delgado and Khadeen Carrington.
The two juniors, who came to South Orange in the same recruiting class as Whitehead, unloaded on Fairleigh Dickinson – an NCAA tournament team last year – for a combined 49 points in the team’s 91-70 win.
Seton Hall unveiled two banners, one for winning the Big East Tournament title, and a second for making the NCAA Tournament.
Carrington scored 27 points, making five shots from downtown, while Delgado muscled his way to 22 points and 14 rebounds.
With the vacancy left by Whitehead after he jumped to the NBA, attention turned to these two Pirates to step their game up. But for them, it was business as usual.
NEW YORK — Angel Delgado, Khadeen Carrington and Desi Rodriguez sat together in the first row at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday taking it all in.
Returning to the Garden for the first time since they defeated Villanova in the Big East title game last March, the trio of Pirate juniors are eager to build off their postseason success.
“It’s the first time I’ve been here since we won,” Carrington, a Brooklyn native, said at Big East Media Day. “I stepped on the court and all the memories rolled back. I can’t wait to be here again. It’s a long season, we’re going to take it one game at a time, but we know what the goal is.”
Seton Hall was the last team to beat Villanova before the Wildcats reeled off six straight NCAA Tournament wins to capture their second national championship.
This year the Pirates were picked tied for fourth with Georgetown in the Big East Preseason Poll, while Delgado and Carrington were named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team. Villanova was the unanimous pick to win its fourth straight Big East crown.
“I think Villanova showed us that we could’ve been where they was,” Rodriguez said. “Maybe even meet them in a national game, maybe. I think we were kind of still excited about winning the Big East championship last year and we didn’t look forward to how big the NCAA Tournament was. I think by Villanova winning that, they kind of motivated us more to get there, too.”
