National Basketball Association
Seton Hall 57, Saint Peter's 53
When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, November 4, 2024
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Officials:
# Brian O'Connell, # Michael Luckie, # Nathan Hall
Attendance:
8072
By Field Level Media
Chaunce Jenkins paced his new team with 19 points and six rebounds and Seton Hall survived an upset bid by visiting Saint Peter's 57-53 on Monday in Newark, N.J.
The Old Dominion transfer went 9-for-10 at the foul line and combined with fellow Pirates newcomer Prince Aligbe to power a go-ahead 10-0 run in the home stretch of both teams' season opener.
The Peacocks had a 50-46 lead with 7:39 left but then went scoreless for the next 5:20, putting up just four shots in that span.
Seton Hall's Garwey Dual broke up a pass, kept it from going out of bounds and passed it to Jenkins at center court. Jenkins then sent an alley-oop pass to Aligbe, whose layup at the five-minute mark put Princeton ahead for good at 51-50.
That sequence marked the only field goal in a Seton Hall run that featured eight free throws. The Pirates outscored the Peacocks 24-16 at the foul line.
Aligbe, a transfer from Boston College, had 10 points and Dylan Addae-Wusu added eight points and six rebounds for Seton Hall (1-0). The Pirates won despite shooting just 31.8 percent from the floor.
Freshman Bryce Eaton started for Saint Peter's (0-1) and scored 12 points with six rebounds. Armoni Zeigler had eight points and 11 boards.
Seton Hall was down 14-12 when Jenkins' fastbreak layup launched a 12-1 run. Jenkins and Addae-Wusu made 3-pointers to cap that stretch and David Tubek soon added five points to make it a 29-18 game with 4:21 left in the half.
Saint Peter's whittled the deficit to 32-27 by halftime and tied it at 35 in the opening minutes of the second half. Jenkins answered with a triple for the Pirates, but the Peacocks struck back and took the first of two brief leads on Eaton's fastbreak layup.
Addae-Wusu's tough three-point play put Seton Hall ahead 45-44 with 9:12 to go, but after two Saint Peter's free throws, freshman Jakai Sanders nailed a 3-pointer to put the Peacocks ahead by four with 8:04 remaining.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Saint Peter's |
|
Seton Hall |
|
Bryce Eaton 12 |
Scoring |
Chaunce Jenkins 19 |
|
Bryce Eaton 3 |
Assists |
Garwey Dual 5 |
|
Armoni Zeigler 11 |
Rebounds |
Dylan Addae-Wusu 6 |
|
Armoni Zeigler 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Chaunce Jenkins 9 |
|
Bryce Eaton 4 |
Steals |
Dylan Addae-Wusu 3 |
|
Stephon Roberts 2 |
Blocks |
Yacine Toumi 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Saint Peter's
|
53 |
35.7 |
7-20 |
16-25 |
7 |
31 |
3 |
9 |
19 |
| Seton Hall
|
57 |
31.8 |
5-16 |
24-37 |
10 |
27 |
4 |
10 |
14 |
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