Seton Hall came into Saturday’s game off the back of a 36-point loss to No. 7 Creighton on Wednesday night while DePaul were just three games into their season due to previous positive COVID-19 tests within the team. It was always going to be an especially difficult game for both teams physically and mentally, but the Pirates showed true grit to fend off a late second half comeback by the Blue Demons to leave the Wintrust Arena with a win.
“I’m really proud of the way the guys fought back after not playing well on Wednesday,” head coach Kevin Willard said in his postgame interview with Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin.