Just What Seton Hall Needed

Jordan Theodore has led Seton Hall all year long

The Pirates Tournament resume has been boosted

By Shane McCarthy on February 21, 2012

Needing a signature win to help get themselves off of bubble territory, Seton Hall beat #8 Georgetown 73-55 at home on Tuesday night.  Entering the game at 7-8 in the Big East Conference and 18-8 overall, Seton Hall didn’t have a single victory over a conference opponent with a record above .500.  They did however have one victory against a ranked team, that being UConn, but that doesn’t look too great today.  They no longer have to worry about that as they took care of business in essentially a ‘win and in’ type game tonight. 

Not only did the Pirates play like the desperate team they needed to be, but they also played very sharp all night long.  Georgetown’s lockdown defense never showed up as Seton Hall was clicking from the opening tip.  Over the Hoyas’ past five games entering tonight they allowed 53.4 points per game and held opponents to 32.5% from the floor.  Tonight, Seton Hall dropped 73 on them and shot 61%.

Aside from the ball bouncing the Pirates’ way all night long, this statement win was led by their senior point guard, Jordan Theodore.  Not only did Theodore control the tempo all night long, but he picked a pretty opportune time to post a career high in points, 29.  After pretty much single handedly stopping Seton Hall’s seven game skid at Rutgers two weeks ago, it is obvious that this team will go as far as he leads them.

Seton Hall hasn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 2006, so it will be up to their two senior leaders, Theodore and Herb Pope, along with sophomore Fuquan Edwin, to keep this team focused.  Until they can start thinking about that though, they need to finish their season strong versus Rutgers and at DePaul before heading to the Big East Tournament.  It is exciting times for the Pirates right now, but it would be ideal for them to finish the season strong to carry some momentum into the big dance, or else it could be a quick party.  

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