Where: Walsh Gym, South Orange, New Jersey
Officials: # Paul Faia, # Brent Hampton, # Earl Walton
Attendance: 2600
Seton Hall 75, Missouri-Kansas City 36: Fuquan Edwin scored 16 points as the Pirates rolled past the Kangaroos in the season opener for both teams.
Seton Hall (1-0) never trailed in a game that was tied twice early in the first half, pulling away after breaking an early 6-6 tie.
Transfers Eugene Teague and Brian Oliver contributed in their first games with the Pirates. Teague, who last played at Southern Illinois, scored 14 points while Oliver, a transfer from Georgia Tech, added 13.
UMKC placed no players in double figures. Fred Chatmon came off the bench to score a team-high nine points while Estan Tyler added eight.
The Kangaroos were held to 31.3 percent shooting while Seton Hall shot 49 percent.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Seton Hall had 19 assists on its 25 baskets. ... UMKC committed 20 turnovers. ... The Pirates won the rebound battle 39-24.
| UMKC | Seton Hall | |
| Fred Chatmon 9 | Scoring | Fuquan Edwin 16 |
| Estan Tyler 4 | Assists | Tom Maayan 6 |
| Fred Chatmon 8 | Rebounds | Brandon Mobley 10 |
| Fred Chatmon 1 | Free Throws Made | Gene Teague 6 |
| Nelson Kirksey 3 | Steals | Tom Maayan 5 |
| Fred Chatmon 1 | Blocks | Patrik Auda 1 |
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| UMKC | 36 | 31.2 | 3-15 | 3-15 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| Seton Hall | 75 | 49.0 | 10-24 | 15-26 | 19 | 39 | 3 | 11 | 15 |