GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Seton Hall 82, Providence 58
(AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
By BRENDAN McGAIR
Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Dre Davis scored 24 points to help Seton Hall beat No. 20 Providence 82-58.
Femi Odukale had 19 points while KC Ndefo scored 15 for the Pirates (17-14, 10-10 Big East), who had dropped three in a row. Al-Amir Dawes finished with 11 points.
Seton Hall shot 63% from the field and won the rebounding battle against a Providence team that entered the week with its sights set on the No. 2 seed in next week’s Big East Tournament.
The Pirates made 10 3-pointers and led by as many as 32 points.
Devin Carter scored 14 points for Providence (21-10, 13-7), and Ed Croswell had 13. The Friars shot 40% from the field, going 4 for 23 from 3-point range.
BIG PICTURE
Seton Hall: Point guard Kadary Richmond (back injury) and forward Tray Jackson (right ankle sprain) were sidelined by injuries. Playing without Richmond and Jackson, the Pirates were surprisingly efficient, especially for a team that has struggled to score at times this season.
Providence: For the second straight home game, the Friars fell behind as many as 20-plus points. Against No. 19, Xavier, PC trailed by as many as 22 points in the first half. Seton Hall’s lead reached 19 points in the first half before expanding it to 24 points during the opening minutes of the second half.
March 4, 2023
| Seton Hall | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Ndefo | F | 32 | 5-8 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 3-7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| T. Samuel | F | 19 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| F. Odukale | G | 36 | 7-10 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 3-8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| A. Dawes | G | 32 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| J. Harris | G | 30 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Davis | 25 | 9-10 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| T. Davis | 18 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| D. Gabriel | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. Mercado | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E. Muhammad | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. Sanders | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 30-48 (.625) |
12-17 (.706) |
10-18 (.556) |
9-32 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 82 | |
| Providence | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Croswell | F | 36 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| D. Carter | G | 33 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-5 | 2-5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Bynum | G | 29 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| B. Hopkins | G | 29 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| N. Locke | G | 23 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Breed | 17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| C. Floyd Jr. | 11 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| C. Moore | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| J. Pierre | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| R. Castro | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 200 | 23-57 (.404) |
8-13 (.615) |
4-23 (.174) |
14-26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 58 | |
