College Basketball

Al-Amir Dawes powers Seton Hall’s rout of UNLV to reach NIT semifinals

The three Big East teams in the Sweet 16 of thešŸŒ¼ NCAA Tournament are doing their part to show how egregious the conferenceā€™s snubs were ā€” and Seton Hall is holding up its end in the NIT.

The Pirates rolled for the second straighšŸŒŸt game, posting a 91-68 beatdown ofšŸ™ˆ UNLV at Walsh Gymnasium on Wednesday to reach the semifinals. 

It comes after Seton Hall cruised past NšŸ… orth Texas, 72-58, in the second round.

Al-Amir Dawes led the Pirates with 21 points in Seton Hall’s 91-68 blowout win over UNLV on Wednesday night. Getty Images

Coach Shaheen Holloway’s team will face Georgia at Hinkle Fieldhouse in the semis on April 2 in Indianapolis.

Seton Hall (23-12) had five players in doublšŸ¼e figures, built a 44-26 lead at the break ā€” capped by a Dylan Addae-Wusu slam ā€” and never looked back.

Al-Amir Dawes led the Pirates with 21 points, six rebounds and three assists and Kadary Richmond posted 16 points, 10 rebounš“„§ds and four rebounds. 

Dre Davis has 14 pš”‰oints and seven rebounds, Addae-Wusu had 12 points ašŸŒ³nd Jaden Bediako chipped in 11.

Dylan Addae-Wusu goes up for a dunk during Seton Hall’s win over UNLV. Getty Images

Seton Hall shot a torrid 51.6 percent from the field and forced 13 Runninā€™ RebešŸØls turnovers.

Kalib Boone pacź¦‡ed UNLV (21-15) with 16 points and five rebounds.

The Pirates, along with St. Johnā€™s and Providence many believed were snubź¦ŗbed from the NCAA Tournament after five bid-stealers took at-šŸƒlarge bids away. 

Dylan Addae-Wusu ( 0) celebrates his dunk at the buzzer with Dre Davis (0) in Seton Hall’s win over UNLV. Getty Images

Seton Hall is now two wins away from making the most of its situation and ending š“€with a championship.  

Indiana Stā™Žate ā€” another NCAA snub ā€” awaits the winner of VCU and Utah in the other semifinal.