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NEWARK, N.J. – The Seton Hall men’s basketball team held off a tough Cal-Baptist team to come away with a 92-80 triumph. The Lancers led for several minutes in the second half, but the Pirates took the win to improve to 7-1 on the season. Junior Eugene Harvey (Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored 25 points on his way to becoming the 36^th Pirate to reach 1,000 career points in the victory.

Sophomore Jeremy Hazell (Harlem, N.Y.) had 25 points and a career-high seven rebounds. Senior Paul Gause (Pittsgrove, N.J.) was a menace on defense with seven steals, while adding 11 points and four assists.

An old-fashioned three-point play by Gause capped a 12-2 run to begin the action. The Lancers (8-1) bounced back to score six unanswered to make it a four-point game with 13:55 in the half.

Hazell connected with senior John Garcia (Brentwood, N.Y.) for a layup to make it 32-23 with 7:19 left until the break. Cal-Baptist put together a 13-2 run to take a two-point lead with 2:31 on the clock.

The Pirates tied the score on their next possession, and a Harvey steal and bucket jump-started an 11-3 spurt to close the half, as Seton Hall took a 45-39 advantage into the intermission.

After a Mike Davis (Brooklyn, N.Y.) dunk gave the Pirates a 56-48 edge with 14:23 remaining, the Lancers clamped down on defense. Cal-Baptist held SHU without a score for the next three-plus minutes, and took over the lead, 59-56, with 10:58 to go.

The teams traded the lead over the next few minutes, but a Gause steal keyed another Pirate run to give the Hall a 75-68 cushion with 6:02 left. From there, the Pirates held a comfortable margin the rest of the way.

Harvey scored the Pirates’ first bucket of the half to reach the century mark with 19:15 left. The Lancers shot 53.4 percent from the floor, compared to 53.2 percent for Seton Hall. The Pirates scored 30 points off of 21 Cal-Baptist turnovers.

Robert Rose led five Lancer players in double-figures with 18 points.