The Seton Hall Pirates opened conference play with a thrilling 69-66 home victory against Big East foe Marquette Sunday evening.
Despite trailing by as many as 10 points early in the first half, the Hall chipped away until it earned a lead with 1:29 left to go in the half to swing momentum its way going into the second half.
A large part of the Pirates’ first half deficit was the lack of production from the team’s leading scorer Khadeen Carrington, who failed to score any points on four attempted shots in that half.
“I thought [Carrington] did a good job in the first half of getting rid of the ball a little bit.