Jason Guerette

Clark's 31 points are the first time Seton Hall has had a player score 30 or more since Jared Rhoden in 2022 at Xavier. #shbb #HALLin

AJ Staton-McCray ended up with 18 big points, his highest-scoring game since Rutgers. TJ Simpkins had 9 of his 13 points in the second half. But Godswill Erheriene stole the show. 6 points, 2 boards in 8 unexpected minutes. Came up huge when called upon. #shbb #HALLin

Clark shot 11-for-16 from the field and 8-for-10 at the line. But also had eight assists, and (maybe most-importantly) stayed on the floor after his second foul in the first half, then his third and fourth in the second half. Take a bow. #shbb #HALLin

FINAL: Seton Hall 87, Providence 80. Budd Clark masterclass as he finishes with 31 points, 1 off his career-high. 21 of those coming in the second half. Willed the Hall to a win in a game they HAD to have. More to come. #shbb #HALLin

He's got the dumbest hair I've seen all year, and maybe ever. Not gonna lie. #shbb #HALLin

Seton Hall has Budd Clark. Providence does not have Budd Clark. Early dagger and-1 gives him 25, a new SHU career high. #shbb #HALLin

Providence gets 3 cracks at the apple, and Powell is fouled while making a layup. PC is staying in this as a result, down 75-69 at the u-4. #shbb #HALLin

We are now living in a world where Godswill Erheriene has hit BOTH ends of a 1-and-1. Came in a career 31% free throw shooter. Wow. #shbb #HALLin

By the way, Clark continues to stay out there. He's rewarded Sha after fouls 2 and 3. #shbb #HALLin

Pirates starting to pull away. Clark called for his 4th with 5:05 to play. Even from the other side of the floor, I thought that was a bad call. Puts the Friars in the 1-and-1, too. #shbb #HALLin

We have a Godswill Erheriene sighting, and he just made his second layup of the half, AND got fouled. Talk about coming out of nowhere. 67-63 SHU at the u-8. #shbb #HALLin

Simpkins may have gotten away with fouling Vaaks again, but then he leaks out for a transition jam. Timeout English again. 65-60 SHU with 8:48 to play. Huge 2nd half for Simpkins, who burned the Friars for 22 in Providence back in December. #shbb #HALLin

After Clark gets a steal and a bucket, giving him 20 and putting SHU up 59-55, Parker fouls Vaaks on a 3 for the cardinal sin. Third such foul in the last 3 halves for the Hall. #shbb #HALLin

Budd Clark is on one this evening. Seton Hall finally takes their first lead of the night at 57-55. Timeout English, becomes the u-12. Clark with 18 points, exactly double what he had against the Friars in Providence back in December. #shbb #HALLin

Simpkins cans a three, and the Pirates force a 5-second violation, down 51-49 into the u-16. Is this where they finally equalize? Lost count of how many times they've been within 2-4 points but can't close the gap further. #shbb #HALLin

Vaaks, who's already hit 2 threes since halftime, gets hit on another, no call, and English is INCENSED. Gets T'd up. To be honest, he's got a point. AJSM hits just 1 of the 2 FTs. #shbb #HALLin

Clark hit Erhunmwunse HARD around halfcourt as the big man set a screen. Gets back up, thankfully. Already has four points in this half. #shbb #HALLin

Clark and Staton-McCray with 10 points each, Payne had seven early ones to get the Hall off the ground. Pirates shot 4-10 from deep and 44% themselves, and also 7-9 from the FT line. #shbb #HALLin

Story of the half, obviously, was Providence hitting NINE threes (9-17). Combined with the last segment vs Creighton, that's 12-22 allowed by SHU from deep in the last 25 minutes of game action. #shbb #HALLin

Halftime: Providence 43, Seton Hall 39. Pirates were down early, and were playing catch-up all half long, getting close to drawing even several times but never actually doing it. Offense was working pretty well. Defense needs adjusting. More to come. #shbb #HALLin

Woof. Fisher fouls Duncan Powell shooting a 3 with 2 seconds left in the half. You may recall a "Cardinal Sin" was how Creighton's comeback started on Saturday. #shbb #HALLin

Hargrove posterized Simpkins earlier this half. Tried to do it again, and Simpkins blocked his shot. Crowd liked that one. #shbb #HALLin

It happens again, as Clark hits a jumper, and Sellers responds with Providence's ninth three of the half. #shbb #HALLin

36-32 PC at the u-4. Seton Hall's right there, but the Friars continue to hit timely shots to stem the tide. Pirates are 4-10 from 3 in this half after hitting just five in the first meeting with the Friars. #shbb #HALLin

Now Nilavan Daniels, a former PC walk-on, hits a 3. Everyone's eating for the Friars. But the Hall's eating too, specifically AJSM, who's got 10 after a fadeaway and a transition 3. #shbb #HALLin

Edwards has drawn both fouls on Clark tonight. Making it tough on the SHU point guard. Clark remains out there for now. #shbb #HALLin

After the Pirates had cut their deficit to 2, Vaaks hits (what else?) another three, and Kim English calls time leading to the u-8. 29-24 Friars. Lot of shots in close not going down that segment for the Hall. #shbb #HALLin

Sha has to use a timeout as PC hits *again* from 3, and turns a wild pass by Parker into a layup. Friars up 22-14 at what becomes the u-12. Defense is lacking right now for the Hall- that layup by Mela was just Providence's second non-three-pointer made tonight. #shbb #HALLin

Providence held Clark almost completely in check the first time they faced the Hall. Clark's got 8 points already tonight, including a rare three-pointer. #shbb #HALLin

Providence up 11-6 at the u-16 on the strength of a trio of threes. Payne, who had arguably the best game of his career in December at Providence, with a couple buckets for the Hall. #shbb #HALLin