The Seton Hall Pirates defeated the St. John's Red Storm 59-60 infront of the 5,519 in attendance at Carnesecca Arena in Jamaica,Queens, New York on Wednesday night.

The Pirates lost leading scorer Jeremy Hazell in the first half to alaceration on his shooting hand that required eight stitches. Hazellleft the game with 10 points but Jeff Robinson picked up the pace andled the way with 16 points and 9 rebounds in 40 minutes. Herb Popeadded 8 points and 11 rebounds while Robert Mitchell provided a sparkoff the bench with 15 points and 5 rebounds.

SHU has always struggled at the dreaded Carnesecca Arena. ThePirates strong defense led the way for their first Big East road win ofthe year.

"We feel like we're pretty deep. It's just like Coach says, 'You'vegot to be ready.' Guys and personnel changes and somebody might have tostep up, go in there and make some plays" said Herb Pope.

It was a special win for Seton Hall head coach Bobby Gonzalez.

"This is one of my favorite wins of my lifetime. We beat Florida inthe NCAAs when I was at Manhattan. We beat Louisville

here against RickPitino, an idol of mine. But this ranks up there. We got 15 wins andare tied for eighth in the conference. It was our first road win. Therewere so many things. We proved we could play without Jeremy (Hazell)and Eugene (Harvey). We won a game at Carnesecca Arena over ametropolitan area rival. This was big. This was special. They'llremember this for a long time" said Gonzalez.