National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Providence 71, Seton Hall 67
When: 12:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 17, 2022
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Officials: # James Breeding, # Tony Henderson, # Jeffrey Anderson
Attendance: 10147

Ed Croswell scored a season-high 21 points and keyed a late 9-0 run to lift visiting Providence over Seton Hall 71-67 in both teams' Big East opener Saturday afternoon in Newark, N.J.

Croswell's three-point play tied the game at 57 and launched the decisive run for Providence (9-3, 1-0 Big East), which also got a career-high 24 points from Bryce Hopkins. Hopkins' fast-break 3-pointer made it 60-57 and put the Friars up for good.

Seton Hall (7-5, 0-1) hung within five points in the final minutes despite a field-goal drought of 5:13. KC Ndefo's layup broke the drought and cut the lead to 67-64, and Seton Hall got a block by Dre Davis and a bucket from Kadary Richmond to trim it to one.

But the Friars, who had a 20-14 edge in free-throw points, salted the game away at the foul line. Noah Locke added 10 points and four assists for Providence, which has won four straight. Hopkins had 10 rebounds.

Richmond scored a career-high 28 points and tied a career best with nine rebounds to carry Seton Hall. Ndefo added 11 points and three blocks.

After Alyn Breed's jumper put the Friars up 22-20 with 9:14 until halftime, they couldn't make a field goal for the next 7:21. Seton Hall capitalized with a 10-0 run that featured Richmond's tough three-point play and Jamir Harris' 3-pointer.

Hopkins ended Providence's drought with a slam dunk at 1:53, but that was the last field goal the Friars would make. Richmond added one last bucket with 14 seconds left to put Seton Hall ahead 36-27 at halftime.

Richmond had 16 points, six rebounds and four assists in the half. Hopkins and Locke scored eight apiece for Providence.

The Friars scored 11 of the first 14 points of the second half to draw within 39-38, and a bit later, Croswell scored off a baseline out-of-bounds play to put Providence up 42-41.

Al-Amir Dawes and Richmond combined for a 7-2 Seton Hall swing that gave the Pirates their first lead in more than 10 minutes, 55-53, with 6:28 left before Providence's late push.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Providence   Seton Hall
Bryce Hopkins 24 Scoring Kadary Richmond 28
Noah Locke 4 Assists Kadary Richmond 5
Bryce Hopkins 10 Rebounds Kadary Richmond 9
Bryce Hopkins 6 Free Throws Made Kadary Richmond 7
Devin Carter 3 Steals Kadary Richmond 2
Ed Croswell 3 Blocks KC Ndefo 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Providence 71 43.4 5-13 20-28 15 34 7 10 15
Seton Hall 67 42.1 5-22 14-21 10 30 6 4 14