Wagner Seahawks vs Seton Hall Pirates Box Score on Dec 20, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Dec 20, 2017

NEWARK, N.J. -- Khadeen Carrington poured in a season-high 26 points to lead No. 23 Seton Hall to a wire-to-wire 89-68 victory over Wagner at the Prudential Center on Wednesday.

Carrington was 8 of 12, including all six of his 3-pointers. Angel Delgado recorded the 58th double-double of his career, scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Myles Powell added 16 points.

Desi Rodriguez overcame a poor shooting night (4-of-14) by recording eight rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots for Seton Hall.

The Pirates (10-2) have won nine straight over Wagner. They scored 17 points off of 15 Wagner miscues.

Seton Hall has won 22 straight nonconference games at Prudential Center and nine straight over Wagner. The Pirates are 127-41 against current Northeast Conference programs.

Jo Jo Cooper, the NEC Player of the Week, led Wagner (7-3) with 15 points and Nigel Jackson tossed in 12 points.

Seton Hall maintained a double-digit lead for most of the second half and shot 50 percent (9-of-18) from long range.

A layup from Myles Powell gave the Pirates a 68-50 cushion, their largest lead to that point.

A 9-2 Wagner run brought the Seahawks to within 54-45 just 3 minutes into the second half. Jackson scored five of those points.

The Pirates shot 54.5 percent in the first half, including 6 of 9 from beyond the arc. Carrington deposited 14 points and Delgado scored 10 points to help the Pirates to a 48-34 halftime advantage.

Wagner was 3 of 14 from long distance in the half,

The Seahawks cut the deficit to 27-19 before getting outscored 11-6 for a 38-25 Seton Hall edge.

Back-to-back 3-pointers from Carrington moved the Seton Hall lead to 22-10.

The Pirates connected on five of their first 9 shots, grabbing a 14-4 lead with less than four minutes gone.

NOTES: This was Wagner's first appearance at the Prudential Center. ... Seton Hall plays its next four games at home. ... Wagner leads the NEC in assists, assists-to-turnover ratio and blocked shots. ... Seahawks' assistant coach Donald Copeland played at Seton Hall from 2002 to 2006.