Short handed-due to suspention and injuries-Blue Demons lose to Seton Hall

NEWARK—Fuquan Edwin scored 22 of his game-high 30 points in the first half to power Seton Hall to its first Big East home victory of the season, 86-69, over DePaul Saturday at the Prudential Center.Billy Garrett Jr. (illness), Charles McKinney (injury) and Cleveland Melvin (suspension team rules violation) did not play in the game… DePaul used its seventh different starting lineup of the season.Edwin’s performance didn’t come as a surprise to DePaul (10-11, 2-6 Big East) because he’s done this before against the Blue Demons. Two years ago, the senior scored a then career-best 28 points in a 94-73 Seton Hall victory. Last season, he drove for the winning points with 9.6 seconds left to defeat DePaul, 73-72.Seton Hall (12-8, 3-4) has now won seven of the last eight meetings. Edwin’s career-high is the 35 points he scored against Mercer in November. Both of his Big East career-best scoring efforts – 28 and 30 points – have come against DePaul.Brandon Young scored 23 points, R.J. Curington had 15 and Durrell McDonald scored 14 for DePaul.