Samuel, Dawes lead Seton Hall's rally past St. John's 88-66

Updated Dec. 31, 2022 2:36 p.m. ET

Associated Press

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Al-Amir Dawes scored 22 points to match his career high and Seton Hall rallied from an early 10-point deficit to beat St. John's 88-66 on Saturday, ending a three-game losing streak.

Kadary Richmond added 19 points and Tyrese Samuel had 12 of his 16 in the big run to help Seton Hall (7-7, 1-3 Big East) avoid its first 0-4 start in the conference since 2009-2010. Dre Davis added 14 points off the bench for the Pirates, who shot 54.1% from the field despite opening the game 2 of 10.

Seton Hall trailed by 10 near the halfway point of the first half and still trailed 29-20 with 6:57 remaining before closing the half with a 22-8 run.

Joel Soriano had 23 points and 11 rebounds in posting his 13th double-double in 15 games for St. John's. David Jones added 12 points and Andre Cubelo had 10 as the Red Storm (11-4, 1-3) lost their third straight game.

Seton Hall, which was shooting roughly 25% from long range in Big East games, was 7 of 19 against St. John's with Dawes making 5 of 10. The Red Storm were 4 of 18 from 3-point range.

Dawes, who transferred to Seton Hall from Clemson this season, also scored 22 points in 2020 in an ACC game.

UP NEXT

St. John's: Plays host to No. 22 Xavier on Tuesday.

Seton Hall: At Creighton on Tuesday.

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