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Ugh, I like Shaheen Holloway and while I don't necessarily like Seton Hall necessarily as a program, the team is a lot more fun to follow/play against when they aren’t a laughing stock.
However, starting the season with NIL concerns and now winning just one game over the last nine weeks, poor offensive play and injuries have made this a season to forget.
Last week against Georgetown, Seton Hall was down to eight healthy scholarship players w/ starting guards Chaunce Jenkins (11.4p, 41 3P%; foot) and Dylan Addae-Wusu (9.8p, 2.9a, 1.9s; ankle) each missing their sixth game due to injury, while wing Scotty Middleton (6.0 ppg, 38 3P%; ankle) and center Manny Okorafor (11 mpg; ankle) also sitting out.
In the wake of their struggles, sophomore guard Isaiah Coleman has stepped up as the team’s go-to guy on both ends of the floor. On offense, his length, energy and creativity makes him an excellent iso-option, but he’s understandably inefficient under a high-volume role, especially with mistake-prone Garwey Dual as the team’s starting point guard.
I like starting power forward Prince Aligbe – energy, defense, physicality, touch and a high-spirited locker room guy. Despite Seton Hall’s lack of floor spacers, Aligbe has been able to score 12+ points in seven of the last ten games.
On the plus side, injuries have allowed freshmen Jahseem Felton and Godswill Erheriene to get extended minutes with low-risk growing pains. The duo is on pace to log the most minutes and starts for a Seton Hall freshman duo since 2015 when Angel Delgado, Isaiah Whitehead and Khadeen Carrington debuted for the Pirates.
Like Dual and Coleman, Felton is a big guard who can attack the rim, but while his efficiency ratings are poor, he has shown some potential stretching his game out to the three-point line and I’m sure Sha possesses admiration for him thanks to his physicality on both ends.
Entering this season, expectations for Godswill Erheriene were very low after he missed most of senior year at Long Island Lutheran with a foot injury, but he is starting to show the potential he can bring as an interior defender and two-way rebounder. He’s mostly been tag-teaming at the 5 with veteran forward Yacine Toumi a more wiry and skilled five-man.
Despite their struggles, Seton Hall plays with a lot of grit, force a lot of turnovers and make it hard for teams to score inside. That being said, their offense is atrocious and their perimeter defense is awful, making Saturday an excellent day for Karaban to let it fly from three and get in a groove. Also, with Seton Hall being a big team and considering our injuries in the backcourt, I’d love to see more lineups with McNeeley as de facto guard alongside Ball.
However, starting the season with NIL concerns and now winning just one game over the last nine weeks, poor offensive play and injuries have made this a season to forget.
Last week against Georgetown, Seton Hall was down to eight healthy scholarship players w/ starting guards Chaunce Jenkins (11.4p, 41 3P%; foot) and Dylan Addae-Wusu (9.8p, 2.9a, 1.9s; ankle) each missing their sixth game due to injury, while wing Scotty Middleton (6.0 ppg, 38 3P%; ankle) and center Manny Okorafor (11 mpg; ankle) also sitting out.
In the wake of their struggles, sophomore guard Isaiah Coleman has stepped up as the team’s go-to guy on both ends of the floor. On offense, his length, energy and creativity makes him an excellent iso-option, but he’s understandably inefficient under a high-volume role, especially with mistake-prone Garwey Dual as the team’s starting point guard.
I like starting power forward Prince Aligbe – energy, defense, physicality, touch and a high-spirited locker room guy. Despite Seton Hall’s lack of floor spacers, Aligbe has been able to score 12+ points in seven of the last ten games.
On the plus side, injuries have allowed freshmen Jahseem Felton and Godswill Erheriene to get extended minutes with low-risk growing pains. The duo is on pace to log the most minutes and starts for a Seton Hall freshman duo since 2015 when Angel Delgado, Isaiah Whitehead and Khadeen Carrington debuted for the Pirates.
Like Dual and Coleman, Felton is a big guard who can attack the rim, but while his efficiency ratings are poor, he has shown some potential stretching his game out to the three-point line and I’m sure Sha possesses admiration for him thanks to his physicality on both ends.
Entering this season, expectations for Godswill Erheriene were very low after he missed most of senior year at Long Island Lutheran with a foot injury, but he is starting to show the potential he can bring as an interior defender and two-way rebounder. He’s mostly been tag-teaming at the 5 with veteran forward Yacine Toumi a more wiry and skilled five-man.
Despite their struggles, Seton Hall plays with a lot of grit, force a lot of turnovers and make it hard for teams to score inside. That being said, their offense is atrocious and their perimeter defense is awful, making Saturday an excellent day for Karaban to let it fly from three and get in a groove. Also, with Seton Hall being a big team and considering our injuries in the backcourt, I’d love to see more lineups with McNeeley as de facto guard alongside Ball.
