Saint Peter's Peacocks vs Seton Hall Pirates Box Score on Dec 12, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Dec 12, 2017

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. -- Angel Delgado picked up his 57th career double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds, leading No. 15 Seton Hall to a wire-to-wire, 84-61 win over Saint Peter's on Tuesday at Walsh Gym.

Seton Hall (9-1) has won five straight since losing by one point to Rhode Island on Thanksgiving. The Pirates have won 26 consecutive nonconference home games, the 10th-longest streak in the country.

The Pirates own their highest ranking since January 2001, when they also were No. 15.

Seton Hall is 46-7 at home and 64-24 in the all-time series with Saint Peter's.

Desi Rodriguez contributed 17 points for Seton Hall, and Khadeen Carrington added 11 points and five assists against no turnovers. Carrington has posted a positive assist-to-turnover ratio in all but one game this season, and he registered four or more assists in seven of 10 games.

The Pirates outscored their New Jersey rivals 46-22 in the paint and scored 19 points off of 15 Peacocks turnovers.

Davauhnte Turner topped Saint Peter's (4-5) with 13 points, and Quinn Taylor chipped in with 10 points and seven rebounds.

Saint Peter's trailed by 19 at halftime and never got closer than 16 points in the second half.

Seton Hall increased its lead to 61-38 by going on a 7-0 run with 10:29 to play.

A Delgado lay-in capped a 7-0 run and gave the Pirates their largest lead of the half at 42-23 with 41 seconds left. Seton Hall shot a sizzling 54 percent in the first half, outscoring the Peacocks 26-10 in the paint.

A 10-2 burst propelled the Pirates to a 26-8 cushion with 7:14 left in the half.

Saint Peter's connected on just one of its first 12 shots in the first 10 minutes.

The Pirates opened with a 12-2 run in the first 5:12. The Peacocks went nearly four minutes without a basket, missing five shots and committing three turnovers.

NOTES: This was the 88th meeting between the two schools. ... Saint Peter's coach John Dunne was an assistant coach with Seton Hall from 2001-06. He helped guide the Pirates to two NCAA Tournament berths and one NIT appearance. ... Seton Hall leads the Big East in offensive rebounding and offensive-rebounding percentage. ... The Peacocks lead the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in scoring defense, field-goal-percentage defense, 3-point-field-goal defense and turnover margin.