Seton Hall University
7-1,0-0Big East
Nyack College
2-5,0-0CACC
Bench Helps No. 25 Seton Hall Defeat Nyack College, 113-67
12/4/2021 4:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Pirates will next face No. 7 Texas on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Prudential Center
South Orange, N.J. - Three 20-point scorers off the bench lifted the 25th-ranked Seton Hall men's basketball team to a resounding 113-67 victory over Nyack College inside historic Walsh Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
Graduate student Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.) led all scorers with 23 points on 6-of-10 shooting from three-point range. Junior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) had a double-double with 22 points and 12 rebound and junior Tray Jackson (Detroit, Mich.) finished with 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field.
The Pirates (7-1) remain undefeated as a home team this season (5-0) entering a critical two-game stretch Prudential Center against No. 7 Texas on Dec. 9 and in-state foe Rutgers on Dec. 12.
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How It Happened
Nyack started off the game hot offensively, going up by six, 15-9, with 13:39 to go in the first half. The Pirates used a 10-1 run, capped off by back-to-back three-pointers by Harris, that gave The Hall the lead for good at 19-17 with 11:31 before halftime.
The Pirates extended their lead to 48-29 on another made trey by Harris but the Warriors wouldn't back down as they used a 5-0 run to cut their deficit to 14, 48-34, heading into the locker room.
Nyack trimmed the Seton Hall lead down to as little as 11 early in the second half before the Pirates turned up the notch offensively. Senior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y. ) scored six points in a 13-2 spurt that extended the Pirates' advantage to 22, 63-41, with 14:59 to play in the game. Seton Hall's lead never got smaller than 19 from that point on and its lead got as large as 46.
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Inside The Box Score
- Seton Hall shot 50 percent from three-point range for the game and 63.3 percent from the field while holding Nyack to 28.6 percent from three and 36.5 percent from the field.
- The Pirates dished out 20 assists and committed 10 turnovers.
- 73 of Seton Hall's 113 points came off the bench.
- Both teams committed 10 turnovers and tallied five steals.
- Seton Hall out-rebounded the Warriors, 46-27.
News & Notes
- 113 points are the most points scored by the Pirates since a 134-107 victory over VMI on Dec. 12, 2009.
- 113 points are tied for the fifth most points scored in program history with a 113-91 win over Wagner at Walsh Gymnasium on Dec. 23, 1996.
- The Pirates' 46-point margin of victory is tied for the 12th largest spread in program history with a 97-51 win over King's on Dec. 13, 1952.
- Seton Hall had three players score at least 20 points for the first time since the Pirates' 91-83 win at Iowa on Nov. 17, 2016 (Myles Powell, 26; Desi Rodriguez, 25; Khadeen Carrington, 20).
- Samuel set a new career-high with 22 points and registered his second double-double of the season.
- Samuel has scored in double-digits the last three games.
- Sophomore Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) dished out eight assists, giving him back-to-back games with five or more assists.
- Harris finished with a season-best six made three-point baskets.
- Seton Hall is now 17-6 against non-conference opponents when nationally ranked since 2016-17.
- The Pirates improve to 174-63 all-time when ranked and 5-4 when ranked in the AP Top 25.
- Since 2015-16, Seton Hall is now 120-18 when its lead gets to seven points and 87-9 when it scores 80 points or more.
- The Pirates' bench has out-scored their opponent's bench in all eight games this season.
Up Next
The Pirates will welcome 7th-ranked Texas to the Prudential Center for a BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle matchup on Thursday, Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.setonhalltix.com/SHUvsTexas.
