No. 5 UConn stunned by Seton Hall; Clingan injured
Dec 20, 2023, 11:18 PM ET NEWARK, N.J.– The Big East Conference has actually always been rather of a various animal for its groups. They can roll in nonconference play, but once they enter league action, things change.It happened to No. 6 Marquette on Tuesday night against Providence, and another power fell in its league opener Wednesday night when Seton Hall used suffocating defense to stun No. 5 UConn 75-60 for its greatest success in 3 years.”Actually, just truly stunned by how unprepared I had these guys for a tough, physical conference game, “UConn coach Danny Hurley said. “Credit( coach Shaheen Holloway), credit Seton Hall. You know, they simply sort of poked us there in Big East Conference style. So simply a truly, truly frustrating effort.”Kadary Richmond had 23 points and 8 steals for Seton Hall. Dre Davis added 17 points.The win was the 3rd straight for Seton Hall(8-4)and snapped a three-game winning streak for the Huskies(10-2). UConn’s previous loss was a 69-65 setback at No. 2 Kansas.The last time Seton Hall beat the No. 5 team remained in January 2020 when it knocked off Butler. The Pirates beat Villanova two times when the Wildcats were ranked third.Editor’s Picks Holloway agreed with Hurley that anything can occur in a conference game that lot of times resembles hand-to-hand fight.”We lost some games we
most likely ought to’ve won,”Holloway stated about the nonconference part of the season.”And the reason I’m so fired up about this group is
since we still not playing the method I think we might play. And that’s why I stated it a couple weeks earlier. I’m saying again, we still trust we can get a lot better.”The Huskies played the last 16:33 without beginning center Donovan Clingan, who entrusted a sprained right ankle, Hurley said. The sophomore had 14 points and 7 rebounds. He went to the locker space and returned to the bench however did not play again. His status is uncertain for now.Hurley called his team’s efficiency humiliating and said the film session Thursday will be brutal, specifically when the team sees how soft it was defensively.
“We’ll react appropriately; when we lose at UConn, everybody harms,”Hurley said.Richmond and Davis both said all Seton Hall did was play its game. It concentrated on defense, limiting UConn from long range(4-of-21)and being tenacious.Pirates big male Jaden Bediako added 10 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks, while clogging up the middle and making Clingan work for every point. Al-Amir Dawes included 11 points.Tristen Newton had 16 points for UConn, which committed a season-high 17 turnovers and was held to a season-low point total.Seton Hall, which shot 59 %in beating Missouri on Sunday, shot 29 of 56 from the field(52%). Routing 20-10 with 8:47 left in the first half, Seton Hall closed
out the period with a 24-9 spurt that featured eight points by Davis and seven straight at one point by Richmond. With ball game tied at 27, Dawes
scored 4 points and Davis three to provides the Pirates a 34-29 halftime lead.UConn never threatened in the second half, and Seton Hall held a double-digit lead the final 7:32.