What was supposed to be an evenly-matched game turned into a runaway all on one facet of the game St. John’s has had difficulty with all season: The three-point shot.
Seton Hall (18-8, 7-7) made fifteen triples of the twenty-four they attempted on the way to a 94-64 victory over the undermanned Red Storm (10-16, 4-10) in Newark last night. Six Pirates scored in double figures, and half of those six tallied double-doubles in a performance that left their star point guard impressed with what was his team’s biggest win of the season.
“It means a lot,” said Jordan Theodore, who led Seton Hall with 16 points and 10 assists. “We really needed this game tonight. I think it was one of our best team games all year. It feels like we started fresh.”
Seton Hall led wire-to-wire on a night where they tied their largest margin of victory for the season, (they also beat NJIT by 30 in December) and picked up their fourth win over the Red Storm in the last five meetings between the Hudson River rivals. The Pirates will travel to Cincinnati on Saturday, while St. John’s entertains UCLA at Madison Square Garden. In the meantime, we leave you with some lasting impressions from a one-sided showdown in the Garden State.
Lasting Impressions
– Jordan Theodore picks up game ball honors with his virtuoso 16-point, 10-assist effort. Theodore singlehandedly put the game away with back-to-back threes early in the second half in a span of just 27 seconds to give the Pirates all the cushion they would need after taking a 40-28 halftime lead into the locker room.
– Seton Hall lives and dies by the three-point shot, and last night was their finest hour. For the second year in a row; the Pirates shot over 60 percent (15-of-24 last night, 12-of-18 last year) from beyond the arc, and made ten of the twelve triples they attempted in the final stanza. Seton Hall shot 62 percent from the field for the game.
– The balanced scoring both teams needed was there for each side. Six Pirates scored ten or more points, while each member of the all-freshman starting lineup for St. John’s did the same.
– Finally, the unsung hero award is split three ways in honor of the men who helped Seton Hall secure a 39-26 rebounding edge against St. John’s. Herb Pope, (10 points, 10 rebounds) Brandon Mobley, (14 points, nine rebounds) and Patrik Auda (12 points, 10 rebounds) got to the glass seemingly as soon as St. John’s launched a shot, as all but six of the 29 rebounds between them came on the defensive end.
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