2016-17 Seton Hall Men's Basketball Seton Hall Combined Team Statistics (As of Feb 02, 2017) All Games
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2016-17 SETON HALL MEN’S BASKETBALL 3x Champions - 1991, 1993, 2016 GAME 22 | AWAY GAME 7 Go #HALLin on GAMEDAY 12:00 P.M. EST SATURDAY, Feb. 4 ON TV: FS1 - 12:00 P.M. EST • Joe Davis (PxP), Len Elmore (Color) Verizon Center ON THE RADIO: WMCA 570AM GEORGETOWN SETON HALL • Gary Cohen (PxP), Dave Popkin (Color) HOYAS Washington, D.C. PIRATES • Sirius 108 // XM 201 (13-8, 3-6 BIG EAST) (13-10, 4-6 BIG EAST) • Also available at SHUPirates.com/PSN, the SHU Pirates app & the TuneIn app PROBABLE STARTERS QUICK HITS ONLINE: FOX Sports GO // @SETONHALLMBB #0 Khadeen Carrington • BIG EAST’s ninth leading scorer • Second on the team in 3-point field goals Jr. • G • 6-4 • 195 • Brooklyn, N.Y. (40) and 3-point field goal percentage (36.7) • Scored in double-figures in 19 of 21 games 2016-17 // SCHEDULE this season with eight 20-point outings • Became the 41st student-athlete in school DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT GP-GS PTS REB AST MIN history to reach the 1,000-point threshold Nov. 11 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON FSN/YES W, 91-70 after a 27-point performance at Creighton 21-21 16.6 2.8 2.8 31 .9 Nov. 13 CENTRAL CONN. FS1 W, 82-58 Nov. 17 at Iowa ! BTN W, 91-83 #14 Ismael Sanogo • Regarded as the team’s top lockdown defender and best in the BIG EAST Nov. 24 vs. Florida # ESPN2 L, 76-81 Jr. • F • 6-8 • 215 • Newark, N.J. • Pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds and Nov. 25 vs. Quinnipiac # ESPNU W, 90-79 recorded a pair of blocks in Dec. 23 win over Rutgers Nov. 27 vs. Stanford # ESPNU L, 52-66 • Third in the BIG EAST with 6.5 rebounds per Dec. 1 COLUMBIA FS1 W, 95-71 GP-GS PTS REB BLK MIN game, team leader in blocks (15). • Matched career-high four steals vs. Butler Dec. 6 vs. Hawaii $ FS1 W, 68-57 19-19 3.3 6.5 0.8 24.7 Dec. 7 vs. California $ FS1 W, 60-57 Dec. 12 vs. No. 16 South Carolina % FS1 W, 67-64 #20 Desi Rodriguez • League’s leading scorer in BIG EAST play with 18.3 points per game over nine games Dec. 17 DELAWARE FS2 W, 81-68 Jr. • F • 6-6 • 215 • Bronx, N.Y. and is 27-of-58 (46.6 percent) from deep • Scored a career-high 30 points at Providence Dec. 23 RUTGERS FS1 W 72-61 on Jan. 14 Dec. 28 at No. 10 Creighton * FS2 L, 75-89 GP-GS PTS REB AST MIN • Has scored in double figures in 15 straight games and has six 20-point games this Jan. 1 MARQUETTE * FS1 W, 69-66 21-21 16.0 5.1 1 .9 30.4 season Jan. 7 DEPAUL * CBSSN W, 87-56 Jan. 11 at Marquette * FS1 L, 86-89 (OT) #30 Madison Jones • Leads SHU, fifth in the BIG EAST in assists Jan. 14 at Providence * FSN/YES L, 61-65 per game (3.8), fourth in steals (1.7) Jan. 16 at No. 1 Villanova * FS1 L, 46-76 Sr. • G • 6-2 • 160 • Raleigh, N.C. • During conference play is BIG EAST leader in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1) and has a Jan. 22 ST. JOHN’S * FS1 W, 86-73 positive ratio in each of the last seven games Jan. 25 No. 11 BUTLER * FS1 L, 54-61 • Nine assists at Marquette and Xavier GP-GS PTS REB AST MIN • Scored a career-high 15 points against Feb. 1 at Xavier * FS1 L, 70-72 Delaware with four steals and four assists 21-19 5.7 2.2 3.8 27. 0 Feb. 4 at Georgetown * FS1 12 p.m. Feb. 8 PROVIDENCE * FS1 8:30 p.m. #31 Angel Delgado • LEADS THE NATION IN REBOUNDING (12.9), Feb. 11 at St. John’s * CBSSN 12 p.m. is second in double-doubles (16) and third in Jr. • F • 6-10 • 240 • Dominican Republic offensive rebounding (4.6) Feb. 15 CREIGHTON * CBSSN 8 p.m. • Went for 21 points, career-high 20 rebounds Feb. 18 VILLANOVA * FOX 12:30 p.m. in Jan. 21 win vs. St. John’s, the first 20-20 output in any BIG EAST game since 2010 Feb. 22 XAVIER * FS1 7 p.m. GP-GS PTS REB AST MIN • First player to record back-to-back 20+ Feb. 25 at DePaul * FSN/YES 2 p.m. rebound conference games in BIG EAST 21-21 14.5 12 .9 1 .9 31.5 history with career-high 22 boards vs. Butler Feb. 28 GEORGETOWN * FS1 6:30 p.m. Mar. 4 at Butler * TBA 2:30 p.m. KEY RESERVES Mar. 8-11 BIG EAST Championship FS1/FOX TBA #1 Michael Nzei • So. • 6-8 • 205 • Makurdi, Nigeria >> Shooting 67.3 percent (37-of-55) from the field this season in 17.4 mpg #2 Jevon Thomas • Jr. • 6-1 • 185 • Queens, N.Y. >> Playing 9.3 minutes per game since his SHU debut against Rutgers All games in CAPS and BOLD are home games #4 Eron Gordon • Fr. • 6-3 • 190 • Indianapolis, Ind. >> Totaled 6 points, 5 boards and 2 assists in 12 minutes vs. DePaul * BIG EAST game #13 Myles Powell • Fr. • 6-2 • 205 • Trenton, N.J. >> Team’s top 3-point threat, scored season-best 26 at Iowa and Xavier, 11.0 ppg ! Gavitt Games # AdvoCare Invitational at HP Field House #21 Dalton Soffer • So. • 6-6 • 195 • San Diego, Calif. >> Scored 6 points with a pair of triples against DePaul $ FOX Sports Pearl Harbor Invitational at Bloch Arena #22 Michael Dowdy • Sr. • 6-0 • 195 • Chicago, Ill. >> Appeared in 10 games in 2015-16 and canned a three vs. St. Peter’s on Dec. 13 % Under Armour Reunion at Madison Square Garden #25 Rashed Anthony • So. • F • 6-9 • 235 • Orangeburg, S.C. >> Has appeared in 17 games as reserve center this season #35 Manny Anderson • Fr. • 6-4 • 190 • Franklin, N.J. >> Joins The Hall after three years at the Hun School in Princeton, N.J. 2016 Champions 2016-17 @SETONHALLMBB #HALLin INSIDE THE HALL PIRATE POINTS GENERAL INFORMATION Location ................................................................South Orange, NJ 07079 >> Freshman sharp-shooter Myles Powell matched his career high in scoring with 26 points, but Founded ................................................................................................1856 Seton Hall came up one basket short against nationally ranked Xavier as Trevon Bluiett’s jumper Enrollment .........................................................................................10,100 with 4.4 seconds remaining broke a 70-70 tie and handed the Pirates a 72-70 defeat Wednesday Affiliation ......................................................................... NCAA Division I at Cintas Center. Junior Angel Delgado delivered his 16th double-double of the season with 13 Conference ...................................................................................BIG EAST points and 13 boards. The leading scorer in BIG EAST play, junior Desi Rodriguez poured in 16 Nickname ...........................................................................................Pirates points, while senior Madison Jones filled the box score with eight points, nine assists, five rebounds Colors .................................................................................. Blue and White and a career-high five steals. Home Court (Capacity) ................................. Prudential Center (10,353) Secondary Home Court (Capacity) ..................Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) >> The Hall enters Saturday in pursuit of its third consecutive victory over Georgetown, who President ...................................................................Dr. A. Gabriel Esteban leads the all-time series, 56-45. The Pirates have won two of the last three at the Verizon Center Vice President/Director of Athletics ........................................Patrick Lyons including last season’s 72-64 victory on Feb. 17. Junior Khadeen Carrington and Isaiah Whitehead Athletic Department Phone ................................................(973) 761-9498 combined for 40 points and the Pirates limited Georgetown to 37.7 percent shooting. Head coach Ticket Office Phone............................................................ (973) 275-HALL Kevin Willard enters Saturday’s meeting having won five of nine matchups with the Hoyas by an average margin of 11.8 points. MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF Head Coach ...........................................................................Kevin Willard >> The versatile swingman Rodriguez has had the hot hand offensively for the Pirates in BIG Alma Mater/Year ............................................................... Pittsburgh/1997 EAST play. In fact, he leads all players in scoring (18.3 points per game) during league play, and is Record at Seton Hall/Years ............................................... 120-98/six years shooting 46.6 percent (27-of-58) from beyond the arc. He has made a conference-best 3.0 three- Career Record/Years ..................................................... 165-147/nine years pointers per game over the team’s nine BIG EAST games. Prior to conference play, Rodriguez was Associate Head Coach ......................... Shaheen Holloway (Seton Hall ‘00) 6-of-29 (20.7 percent) from three-point range. Assistant Coaches ....................................... Fred Hill (Montclair State ‘81) ................................................................... Grant Billmeier (Seton Hall ‘07) >> The Bronx native has had six 20-point games and two double-doubles this season. He scored Director of Basketball Operations ............................ Kyle Smyth (Iona ‘12) a career-high 30 points at Marquette and was named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Jan. 9 after Coordinators of Basketball Operations .........Kevin Lynch (Seton Hall ‘14) a 25-point performance against DePaul in which he made each of his first 10 field goal attempts. Office Phone......................................................................... (973) 761-9070 Affectionately known as #DunkinDesi, Rodriguez has thrown down 11 dunks this season and 34 for his career. TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record ......................................................................................25-9 >> It is no secret that the heartbeat of Seton Hall is paced by the best big man in the BIG EAST, BIG EAST Record/Finish ...............................................................12-6/3rd Delgado. He enters Saturday as the nation’s top rebounder with 12.9 per game, and has 5.9 more Postseason ................................BIG EAST Champions/NCAA First Round per game (117 total) than any other player in the conference He has four 20-point games this Players Returning/Lost ..........................................................................10/3 season, and is one of two players in the top-15 in the BIG EAST in scoring, rebounding and field Starters Returning/Lost ............................................................................4/1 goal percentage.