Seton Hall upsets No. 7 Marquette as Pirates rattle off third straight win vs. ranked Big East opponent

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Seton Hall survived a late push by No. 7 Marquette to secure one of its biggest home wins. The 78-75 victory over the Golden Eagles was the third for Shaheen Holloway’s team in its last four games — and third straight over a ranked Big East opponent (Providence, UConn) this season. 

The Pirates (10-4, 3-1 Big East) led by as many as 10 points in the final minutes of action before Marquette went on a 9-0 run to cut it to a one-point lead with 40 seconds remaining. Seton Hall guard Dre Davis scored with eight seconds left to extend the lead to three — and the Pirates got a stop on the other end of the floor to seal the win. 

“Marquette is a very good team, very well-coached, great players,” Holloway said postgame. “We came in today, and I think the crowd played a big part so I want to thank those guys.”

After recording consecutive conference wins over Georgetown and Creighton, Marquette (11-4, 2-2) suffered its second conference loss to an unranked opponent. The Golden Eagles fell on the road to Providence in the Big East opener last month, and three of their four losses on the season have come at the hands of unranked opponents.

Seton Hall guard Al-Amir Dawes scored a game-high 23 points and knocked down 4 of 5 attempts from beyond the arc. Kadary Richmond added 21 points in 28 minutes.The Pirates held Marquette All-American guard Tyler Kolek to five points in 36 minutes, which marked his lowest-scoring outing of the 2023-24 season.Seton Hall has won five of its last six games after a 1-4 stretch to the season which included losses to USC, Iowa, Baylor and Rutgers.

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Author : Cameron Salerno

Publish date : 2024-01-06 21:04:08

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