Seton Hall scores final nine points to rally past Indiana State 79-77 to win NIT championship
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Dre Davis scored on a layup with 16 seconds left Thursday night to cap Seton Hall's decisive late run, giving the Pirates a 79-77 victory over Indiana State and their first NIT championship since 1953.
Seton Hall (25-12) scored the final nine points in a battle between two No. 1 seeds to erase a 77-70 deficit. Davis finished with 18 points in Indianapolis, his hometown. Al-Amir Dawes led the Pirates with 24 points and Kadary Richmond had 21 points and 13 rebounds in their fifth straight win at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Dawes was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player as coach Shaheen Holloway had another successful postseason run in Indianapolis. He led Saint Peter's into the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 with wins over Kentucky and Murray State two years ago in Gainbridge Fieldhouse - before beating Purdue in Philadelphia to reach the Elite Eight.
Isaiah Swope scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half to lead the Sycamores (32-7), who fell one win short of claiming their first national postseason title since the 1950 NAIA championship and one win short of the school's single-season record set by the 1978-79 NCAA Tournament runnerups led by Hall of Famer Larry Bird.
Julian Larry had 18 points, a career-high four 3 pointers and six assists. Jayson Kent and Robbie Avila each scored 13 points.
Indiana State's frenzied home-state crowd, clad largely in the school's powder blue and alternate royal blue, was ready to celebrate when Swope's 3 gave the Sycamores a 77-70 lead with 2:50 to go.
But Seton Hall pitched a shutout the rest of the way, tying the score on Dawes' 3 with 57 seconds to go and took the lead on Davis' layup.
Indiana State had three chances to win it in the final 8.4 seconds, but Swope had two 3s blocked and Ryan Conwell's desperation 3 from 35 feet came up short.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | (Sycamores gains possession) | Â |
| 19:47 |  | Â | Ryan Conwell misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 19:45 | | Â | Jaden Bediako defensive rebound | Â |
| 19:33 | | +2 | Dylan Addae-Wusu makes two point layup (Kadary Richmond assists) | 0-2 |
| 19:14 | | +2 | Jayson Kent makes two point layup (Robbie Avila assists) | 2-2 |
| 18:59 | | Â | Kadary Richmond misses two point layup | Â |
| 18:57 | | Â | Ryan Conwell defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:51 | | Â | Jayson Kent turnover (offensive goaltending) | Â |
| 18:34 | | +2 | Kadary Richmond makes two point jump shot | 2-4 |
| 18:11 | | Â | Julian Larry turnover (bad pass) (Jaden Bediako steals) | Â |
| 18:00 | | Â | Dre Davis misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 17:58 | | Â | Ryan Conwell defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:39 | | +3 | Isaiah Swope makes three point jump shot (Julian Larry assists) | 5-4 |
| 17:20 | | Â | Kadary Richmond misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 17:18 | | Â | Robbie Avila defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:17 | | Â | Robbie Avila turnover (lost ball) (Kadary Richmond steals) | Â |
| 17:14 | | +2 | Kadary Richmond makes two point layup | 5-6 |
| 17:07 | | Â | Al-Amir Dawes personal foul (Robbie Avila draws the foul) | Â |
| 17:00 | | Â | Ryan Conwell misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 16:58 | | Â | Kadary Richmond defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:49 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 16:47 | | Â | Kadary Richmond offensive rebound | Â |
| 16:46 | | Â | Julian Larry shooting foul (Kadary Richmond draws the foul) | Â |
| 16:46 | | +1 | Kadary Richmond makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 5-7 |
| 16:46 | | Â | Kadary Richmond misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 16:46 | | Â | Robbie Avila defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:35 | | Â | Julian Larry misses two point layup | Â |
| 16:33 | | Â | Jump ball. (Pirates gains possession) | Â |
| 16:33 | | Â | Jaden Bediako defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:11 | | +2 | Al-Amir Dawes makes two point jump shot | 5-9 |
| 15:57 | | +3 | Robbie Avila makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Swope assists) | 8-9 |
| 15:31 | | Â | Kadary Richmond turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 15:31 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 15:23 | | +2 | Jayson Kent makes two point layup (Julian Larry assists) | 10-9 |
| 15:03 | | Â | Kadary Richmond misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 15:01 | | Â | Julian Larry defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:44 | | Â | Isaiah Swope misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:42 | | Â | Dre Davis defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:36 | | +2 | Dre Davis makes two point layup | 10-11 |
| 14:36 | | Â | Jayson Kent shooting foul (Dre Davis draws the foul) | Â |
| 14:36 | | Â | Dre Davis misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 14:36 | | Â | Ryan Conwell defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:21 | | Â | Ryan Conwell turnover (bad pass) (Al-Amir Dawes steals) | Â |
| 14:14 | | +3 | Al-Amir Dawes makes three point jump shot (Kadary Richmond assists) | 10-14 |
| 14:01 | | Â | Dre Davis blocks Julian Larry's two point layup | Â |
| 13:59 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:49 | | +2 | Dylan Addae-Wusu makes two point layup (Jaden Bediako assists) | 10-16 |
| 13:35 | | +3 | Jayson Kent makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Swope assists) | 13-16 |
| 13:08 | | Â | Al-Amir Dawes misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 13:06 | | Â | Xavier Bledson defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:03 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu personal foul (Julian Larry draws the foul) | Â |
| 12:49 | | Â | Julian Larry turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 12:35 | | Â | Dre Davis misses two point layup | Â |
| 12:33 | | Â | Robbie Avila defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:33 | | Â | Jaden Bediako personal foul (Robbie Avila draws the foul) | Â |
| 12:11 | | +3 | Julian Larry makes three point jump shot (Jake Wolfe assists) | 16-16 |
| 11:47 | | Â | Kadary Richmond misses two point layup | Â |
| 11:45 | | Â | Isaiah Swope defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:39 | | +2 | Jake Wolfe makes two point layup (Isaiah Swope assists) | 18-16 |
| 11:39 | | Â | Al-Amir Dawes shooting foul (Jake Wolfe draws the foul) | Â |
| 11:39 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 11:39 | | +1 | Jake Wolfe makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 19-16 |
| 11:25 | | +2 | Elijah Hutchins-Everett makes two point layup (Jaquan Sanders assists) | 19-18 |
| 11:04 | | Â | Isaiah Swope misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 11:02 | | Â | Dre Davis defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:53 | | +2 | Jaquan Sanders makes two point layup (Dre Davis assists) | 19-20 |
| 10:21 | | Â | Derek Vorst misses two point layup | Â |
| 10:19 | | Â | Kadary Richmond defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:11 | | Â | Derek Vorst blocks Dre Davis's two point layup | Â |
| 10:09 | | Â | Jump ball. (Sycamores gains possession) | Â |
| 10:09 | | Â | Derek Vorst defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:00 | | Â | Elijah Hutchins-Everett personal foul (Xavier Bledson draws the foul) | Â |
| 9:55 | | +3 | Xavier Bledson makes three point jump shot (Ryan Conwell assists) | 22-20 |
| 9:26 | | +2 | Jaquan Sanders makes two point jump shot (Dylan Addae-Wusu assists) | 22-22 |
| 9:16 | | Â | Robbie Avila turnover (bad pass) (Dylan Addae-Wusu steals) | Â |
| 9:10 | | Â | Jake Wolfe shooting foul (Al-Amir Dawes draws the foul) | Â |
| 9:10 | | +1 | Al-Amir Dawes makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 22-23 |
| 9:10 | | +1 | Al-Amir Dawes makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 22-24 |
| 8:50 | | Â | Xavier Bledson turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 8:34 | | Â | Jaden Bediako offensive foul (Jake Wolfe draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:34 | | Â | Jaden Bediako turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 8:24 | | Â | Xavier Bledson offensive foul (Al-Amir Dawes draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:24 | | Â | Xavier Bledson turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 8:06 | | Â | Ryan Conwell shooting foul (Al-Amir Dawes draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:06 | | +1 | Al-Amir Dawes makes regular free throw 1 of 3 | 22-25 |
| 8:06 | | +1 | Al-Amir Dawes makes regular free throw 2 of 3 | 22-26 |
| 8:06 | | +1 | Al-Amir Dawes makes regular free throw 3 of 3 | 22-27 |
| 7:47 | | Â | Isaiah Swope turnover (bad pass) (Al-Amir Dawes steals) | Â |
| 7:40 | | Â | Isaiah Swope personal foul (Al-Amir Dawes draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:40 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 7:28 | | Â | Kadary Richmond misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 7:26 | | Â | Kadary Richmond offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:25 | | Â | Kadary Richmond misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 7:23 | | Â | Jayson Kent defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:10 | | Â | Robbie Avila misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 7:08 | | Â | Pirates defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:47 | | Â | Elijah Hutchins-Everett misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:45 | | Â | Dre Davis offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:43 | | Â | Dre Davis turnover (lost ball) (Isaiah Swope steals) | Â |
| 6:32 | | +2 | Julian Larry makes two point layup | 24-27 |
| 6:18 | | Â | Al-Amir Dawes misses two point layup | Â |
| 6:16 | | Â | Jayson Kent defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:13 | | Â | Jayson Kent turnover (bad pass) (Dylan Addae-Wusu steals) | Â |
| 6:10 | | +2 | Dylan Addae-Wusu makes two point dunk | 24-29 |
| 6:10 | | Â | Sycamores 30 second timeout | Â |
| 5:52 | | Â | Ryan Conwell misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:50 | | Â | Pirates defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:34 | | Â | Isaiah Swope personal foul (Al-Amir Dawes draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:34 | | +1 | Al-Amir Dawes makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 24-30 |
| 5:34 | | +1 | Al-Amir Dawes makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 24-31 |
| 5:09 | | Â | Elijah Hutchins-Everett personal foul (Robbie Avila draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:09 | | +1 | Robbie Avila makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 25-31 |
| 5:09 | | +1 | Robbie Avila makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 26-31 |
| 4:55 | | Â | Xavier Bledson shooting foul (Dre Davis draws the foul) | Â |
| 4:55 | | +1 | Dre Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 26-32 |
| 4:55 | | +1 | Dre Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 26-33 |
| 4:41 | | Â | Ryan Conwell misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:39 | | Â | Ryan Conwell offensive rebound | Â |
| 4:34 | | Â | Xavier Bledson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:32 | | Â | Jump ball. (Pirates gains possession) | Â |
| 4:32 | | Â | David Tubek defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:06 | | +2 | Kadary Richmond makes two point jump shot | 26-35 |
| 4:06 | | Â | Jayson Kent shooting foul (Kadary Richmond draws the foul) | Â |
| 4:06 | | +1 | Kadary Richmond makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 26-36 |
| 3:46 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu personal foul (Jayson Kent draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:46 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 3:46 | | +1 | Jayson Kent makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 27-36 |
| 3:46 | | +1 | Jayson Kent makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 28-36 |
| 3:30 | | +3 | Dre Davis makes three point jump shot (Kadary Richmond assists) | 28-39 |
| 3:08 | | Â | Al-Amir Dawes shooting foul (Robbie Avila draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:08 | | +1 | Robbie Avila makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 29-39 |
| 3:08 | | Â | Robbie Avila misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 3:08 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:49 | | Â | David Tubek misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 2:47 | | Â | Ryan Conwell defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:37 | | +3 | Julian Larry makes three point jump shot (Xavier Bledson assists) | 32-39 |
| 2:34 | | Â | Pirates 30 second timeout | Â |
| 2:11 | | Â | Dre Davis offensive foul (Xavier Bledson draws the foul) | Â |
| 2:11 | | Â | Dre Davis turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 1:54 | | +3 | Julian Larry makes three point jump shot (Xavier Bledson assists) | 35-39 |
| 1:33 | | Â | Jaquan Sanders misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 1:31 | | Â | Julian Larry defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:26 | | Â | Xavier Bledson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 1:24 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:05 | | Â | Kadary Richmond misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 1:03 | | Â | Ryan Conwell defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:50 | | +2 | Robbie Avila makes two point layup (Julian Larry assists) | 37-39 |
| 0:28 | | Â | Dre Davis misses two point layup | Â |
| 0:26 | | Â | Jayson Kent defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:21 | | +2 | Julian Larry makes two point layup (Xavier Bledson assists) | 39-39 |
| 0:02 | | Â | Kadary Richmond misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 0:00 | | Â | Ryan Conwell defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |