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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Seton Hall coach Tommy Amaker wants
to see more intensity from his talented team once the conference
schedule starts.
Darius Lane scored 26 points and Eddie Griffin had 21 points and
10 rebounds as Seton Hall (No. 12 ESPN/USA Today, No. 11 AP) beat Central Connecticut
84-73 Sunday.
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Pirates without Dalembert
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Seton Hall center Samuel Dalembert
missed Sunday's game with Central Connecticut to attend his
grandmother's funeral in Haiti.
The 6-foot-11 sophomore left for his native Haiti on Friday and
it's unclear when he will return, the school said. A university
spokeswoman said the school is waiting to hear from him.
Dalembert had started all 10 games this year for the Pirates. He is averaging 9.3 points and 4.6 rebounds a game
and has blocked 26 shots.
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Seton Hall, which opens Big East play against Providence on
Wednesday, saw its 18-point lead whittled to five late in the game.
"Conference play is starting this week and I hope our guys are
a little nervous about it because that may give them a sense of
urgency about our play," Amaker said.
"With our team, a lot can be attributed to youth. When you have
situations where you end up trading baskets you don't have the
sense of urgency to guard, to defend, to rebound. Because you are
scoring you think things are OK. I'm hoping we will grow out of it
soon because it's going to end up catching up to us."
Corsley Edwards had 30 points and nine rebounds for Central
Connecticut (5-5), which hadn't played since a 63-56 overtime loss
at Air Force on Dec. 12.
The game, originally slated for Saturday, was postponed because
of the snowstorm that blanketed the New York metropolitan area.
Seton Hall (9-2) only trailed once -- when Central Connecticut
scored the game's first basket.
But the Blue Devils made Seton Hall work for its victory,
rallying from an 18-point deficit in the second half to make it
76-71 on Lee Guinn's 3-pointer with 4:32 to play.
Lane responded by making one of two free throws and then turned
a steal into a three-point play to give the Pirates a cushion.
"We should have learned our lesson from the Illinois game,"
Lane said, referring to an 87-79 loss in which the Pirates wasted a
21-point lead. "Against a good team games can change very quickly.
We definitely have to get more intense."
The Pirates went 8-for-18 on 3-pointers en route to a 41-32
halftime lead.
Seton Hall opened the game with a 9-2 run that included two
3-pointers by Lane and one by Andre Barrett. The hosts closed the
half with a 12-5 burst, including five points from Barrett and four
from Lane.
Barrett finished with 17 points and 10 assists, while Ty Shine
scored 10 for the Pirates.
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ALSO SEE
Men's College Basketball Scoreboard
Central Connecticut State Clubhouse
Seton Hall Clubhouse
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