Notes
– Jaaber was the high scorer on the afternoon with 32 points — 28 of which came after halftime — on 15-for-22 shooting. However, the Penn senior missed all five three-point attempts and was just 2 of 6 at the line — including two missed front ends of one-and-ones.
– Mark Zoller registered a double-double with 23 points and 12 rebounds.
– Penn fared better inside, outscoring Seton Hall 52-40 in the paint and rebounding at a 41.9-percent rate offensively, while holding the Pirates to 29.4-percent rebounding at their offensive end.
– In addition to Davis’s 27 points, Jamar Nutter also had a big game off the bench for Bobby Gonzalez with 18 points. Seton Hall owned a huge 49-9 edge in bench scoring.
– The Pirates came in struggling from the three-point arc at 28.2 percent, but like Fordham in the Quakers’ last loss, Seton Hall got hot from the outside, hitting 8 of 21 (38.1 percent). Meanwhile, Penn entered the game at 39.2 percent from three, but hit on just 3 of 16 (18.8 percent) from long range on the afternoon.
– After shooting just 11 of 33 (33.3 percent) in the first half, the Quakers hit 23 of 37 (62.2 percent) after halftime.
– Penn will take time off for the holidays, returning to action on January 3 for its toughest game of the season against second-ranked North Carolina (10-1) at the Dean Dome in an 8:00 pm ET tip televised on ESPN.
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