2018-19 SCHEDULE Season with Wins Over Nationally-Ranked Marquette Georgetown
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GAME 31 | NEUTRAL GAME 5 | BIG EAST CONFERENCE QUARTERFINAL GO #HALLin ON GAMEDAY SETON HALL (18-12, 9-9 BIG EAST) Date/Time: Thursday, March 14 / 9:30 p.m. HEAD COACH: Kevin Willard (Pittsburgh, ’97) Site: Madison Square Garden (19,812) / New York, N.Y. RECORD AT SETON HALL: (168-126, 9th Season), CAREER RECORD: (213-175, 12th Season) TV: FS1 | Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery & Lisa Byington vs Online: FOXsportsGO.com GEORGETOWN (19-12, 9-9 BIG EAST) Radio: AM970 The Answer | Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin HEAD COACH: Patrick Ewing (Georgetown ’85) SHU Pirates Mobile App RECORD AT GEORGETOWN: (34-27, 2nd Season), CAREER RECORD: (34-27, 2nd Season) Twitter: @SetonHallMBB TOURNEY TIME after getting 21 points and 12 rebounds from Jessie The BIG EAST Tournament has arrived and the Pirates Govan. Powell scored 35 points in the defeat, and he have earned the No. 3 seed after finishing the regular is averaging 20.3 points in six career games against 2018-19 SCHEDULE season with wins over nationally-ranked Marquette Georgetown. and Villanova last week. DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT ALL-TIME VS. GEORGETOWN Oct. 27 at Boston College (exhib.) N/A W, 76-62 TOURNAMENT FACTS The Pirates are 49-58 in the all-time series, and have Seton Hall is 29-35 all-time in the BIG EAST won six of the last eight games overall. This is the 108th Nov. 6 WAGNER % FS2 W, 89-49 Tournament with championship wins in 1991, 1993 meeting between the programs, the second-most Nov. 10 NEW HAVEN % (exhib.) N/A W, 73-64 and 2016. This is the third time in four years that the frequent opponent in Seton Hall history (Villanova- 117 Nov. 14 at Nebraska ! BTN L, 57-80 Pirates are the tournament’s No. 3 seed. In 2016, the meetings). Pirates went all the way winning the championship by Nov. 17 SAINT LOUIS FS2 L, 64-66 defeating Creighton, Xavier and Villanova. In 2018, The POLISHED RESUME Nov. 22 vs. Grand Canyon # ESPN3 W, 82-75 Hall was upset by sixth-seeded Butler. The Pirates Thanks to an aggressive non-conference schedule and and Hoyas are meeting in the BIG EAST Tournament some gritty play from a young squad, the Pirates have Nov. 23 vs. Hawai’i # ESPN2 W, 64-54 for the first time since 2005, a first-round Hoyas win. developed a polished NCAA Tournament resume that Nov. 25 vs. Miami # ESPN2 W, 83-81 Despite not having met the Hoyas in the tournament will resonate with the selection committee. They have Dec. 1 LOUISVILLE FOX L, 65-70 14 years, Georgetown is Seton Hall’s most frequent four wins over NET Top 30 teams, six “Quadrant 1” wins tournament opponent. The two teams have split eight and a combined 12 “Quadrant 1 +2” wins. The 12 Quad Dec. 4 NEW HAMPSHIRE FS1 W, 77-57 all-time matchups. The two teams have met five 1+2 wins are tied for 19th most in the country, and the Dec. 8 vs. No. 9 Kentucky $ FOX W, 84-83 OT times in the quarterfinals with the Pirates holding a six Quad 1 wins are tied for 15th in the nation (as of Dec. 15 RUTGERS ^ FS1 W, 72-66 3-2 edge. The Pirates are 17-9 all-time when they are March 10). the higher seed in the tournament. Dec. 19 SACRED HEART FS2 W, 90-76 GARDEN MAGIC Dec. 22 at Maryland FS1 W, 78-74 LAST TIME OUT Madison Square Garden is a home away from home Senior Michael Nzei and four other Pirates scored for Seton Hall, which annually has student-athletes Dec. 29 ST. JOHN’S * FSN W, 76-74 in double-figures to lift Seton Hall to a thrilling 79- from the Metro New York area on its roster. The Jan. 2 at Xavier * FS1 W, 80-70 75 victory over No. 23 Villanova before 16,114 at Pirates are 11-6 at the World’s Most Famous Arena, Jan. 6 at DePaul * FS1 L, 74-75 Prudential Center on Saturday to finish off a week including a 6-1 record against nationally ranked teams of defeating a pair of nationally ranked teams. Myles and a 2016 BIG EAST Tournament championship. Jan. 9 BUTLER * FS1 W, 76-75 Powell led the Pirates with 20 points on the strength of Jan. 12 at No. 21 Marquette * FS1 L, 66-70 four made three-pointers to go with seven rebounds, ALL HAIL POWELL Jan. 15 at Providence * FS1 L, 63-72 five assists and three steals. Myles Cale finished with Myles Powell is turning in one of the greatest seasons 19 points, and was a career-best 6-for-8 from three- in Seton Hall history, and he has been recognized for Jan. 19 DEPAUL * FS1 L, 93-97 point range. Seton Hall never trailed, was 13-of-27 it as a unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST first Jan. 27 at No. 18 Villanova * FOX L, 52-80 (48.1 percent) from long distance, and held a 35-30 team. It is only the 11th first-team selection in Seton rebounding advantage. Hall history and the third during Kevin Willard’ head Jan. 30 PROVIDENCE * FSN W, 65-63 coaching tenure. The junior guard is second in the Feb. 2 at Butler * FS1 L, 68-70 THE SEASON SERIES BIG EAST in scoring, second in steals, third in three- Feb. 9 CREIGHTON * CBSSN W, 63-58 Each team won on its home floor with the Pirates pointers made and fourth in free throw shooting. He dominating at Prudential Center on Feb. 13, 90-75, is currently 14th in the nation in scoring and is poised Feb. 13 GEORGETOWN * FS1 W, 90-75 on the strength of 30 points from Myles Powell and to become the first Pirate since 2009 to finish in the Feb. 17 at Creighton * FS1 W, 81-75 18 points and nine rebounds from Michael Nzei. The nation’s top-20 in scoring. Feb. 20 XAVIER * CBSSN L, 69-70 Hoyas returned the favor on March 2 in Washington as they edged The Hall, 77-71, in double overtime Feb. 23 at St. John’s * FS1 L, 70-78 March 2 at Georgetown * CBSSN L, 71-77 2OT LAST GAME STARTERS 2018-19 STATISTICS March 6 No. 16 MARQUETTE * FS1 W, 73-64 No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% March 9 No. 23 VILLANOVA * FOX W, 79-75 13 Myles Powell G Jr. 6-2 195 22.6 4.1 2.7 44.5 35.3 85.5 March 14 vs. Georgetown ** FS1 9:30 p.m. 22 Myles Cale G So. 6-6 210 10.4 4.3 1.2 42.5 39.5 65.5 March 15 BIG EAST Semifinal ** FS1 9 p.m. 0 Quincy McKnight G Jr. 6-4 185 9.4 2.6 4.1 45.7 30.5 64.6 March 16 BIG EAST Final ** FOX 6 p.m. 1 Mike Nzei F Sr. 6-8 205 9.1 4.9 0.4* 61.9 00.0 67.9 All games in CAPS and BOLD are home games 23 Sandro Mamukelashvili F So. 6-10 230 8.8 7.6 1.3* 44.1 30.9 61.9 * BIG EAST game KEY RESERVES ! Gavitt Tipoff Games # Wooden Legacy 15 Taurean Thompson F So. 6-11 215 4.8 2.3 0.5* 40.3 24.1 73.9 $ Citi Hoops Classic at Madison Square Garden 14 Jared Rhoden G Fr. 6-6 205 3.4 2.4 0.4 35.7 24.5 64.3 % at Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, N.J. 33 Shavar Reynolds G So. 6-2 195 2.3 1.1 0.7 28.8 16.1 88.5 35 Romaro Gill C Jr. 7-2 255 2.0 2.8 1.4* 58.3 00.0 35.7 ^ Garden State Hardwood Classic 2 Anthony Nelson G Fr. 6-4 175 2.0 0.9 1.9 31.9 26.7 61.1 ** 2019 BIG EAST Tournament at Madison Square Garden 32 Darnell Brodie F Fr. 6-9 265 0.9 1.2 0.2* 30.0 00.0 33.3 All home games are played at Prudential Center in Newark, 30 Asiah Avent G Jr. 6-3 190 0.0 0.3 0.0 00.0 00.0 00.0 N.J. unless noted otherwise * blocked shots per game 2018-19 GAME NOTES 1 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB INSIDE THE HALL PIRATE POINTS GENERAL INFORMATION Seton Hall Standard winning seasons. That came from 1991-95. The overall Location ................................................................South Orange, NJ 07079 » Kevin Willard has led the Pirates to three consecutive program record is 14 consecutive winning seasons Founded ................................................................................................1856 20-win seasons, and it is an accomplishment the from 1908-23 (no team in 1918-19). program has come to expect every season during Enrollment .........................................................................................10,400 his tenure. Resume Booster Affiliation ......................................................................... NCAA Division I » His four 20-win seasons overall are the third-most in » Seton Hall’s win at Maryland is one of only 26 victories Conference ...................................................................................BIG EAST Seton Hall history behind P.J. Carlesimo and Honey for Power Six Basketball teams in true road games Nickname ...........................................................................................Pirates Russell, who each have five. against other Power Six Basketball foes during non- » Only twice before in program history had Seton Hall conference play this season. Among the BIG EAST, Colors .................................................................................. Blue and White recorded three consecutive 20-win seasons: 1951-53 there were only five such victories: Home Court (Capacity) ................................