ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Fuquan Edwin converted the game-winning layup with 6.9 seconds remaining to give Seton Hall a 73-72 win against DePaul on Wednesday night.
Aaron Cosby led Seton Hall (12-2) with 24 points.
Jamee Crockett of DePaul missed a wide open 3-pointer with four seconds left to seal Seton Hall's win in the Big East conference opener for both teams. A turnover gave Seton Hall the ball with 26 seconds remaining as they trailed DePaul, 72-71.
DePaul (9-5, 0-1) chipped away at Seton Hall's 40-32 halftime lead. DePaul guard Durrell McDonald made a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to tie the game at 52 with 9:42 remaining.
Less than a minute later the Blue Demons took the lead on Brandon Young's three-point play. From then on, the teams traded baskets as neither squad led by more than five points the rest of the game.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Seton Hall (12-2) « | 40 | 33 | 73 |
| DePaul (9-5) | 32 | 40 | 72 |
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| Seton Hall Pirates | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Mobley, F | 35 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| F. Edwin, F | 33 | 4-11 | 2-3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| E. Teague, F | 27 | 5-9 | 1-4 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| A. Cosby, G | 34 | 9-16 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| T. Maayan, G | 22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Smyth | 30 | 1-7 | 3-3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| H. Karlis | 19 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Totals | 27-58 | 9-14 | 40 | 19 | 18 | 73 | |
| 46.6% | 64.3% | ||||||
| DePaul Blue Demons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Crockett, F | 27 | 6-13 | 3-6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| C. Melvin, F | 21 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Kirk, C | 26 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Young, G | 31 | 5-10 | 5-9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| C. McKinney, G | 22 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Morgan | 22 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| D. McDonald | 20 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| W. Clahar | 17 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| D. Robertson Jr. | 14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals | 27-59 | 15-25 | 32 | 10 | 17 | 72 | |
| 45.8% | 60% | ||||||
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