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Seton Hall Basketball: a Proud Navy Officer Rejoices in Son's Success

Seton Hall Basketball: a Proud Navy Officer Rejoices in Son's Success

GAME 34 | NEUTRAL GAME 8 | NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND GO #HALLin ON GAMEDAY

[10] SETON HALL (20-13, 9-9 BIG EAST) Date/Time: Thursday, March 21 / 9:40 p.m.

HEAD COACH: (Pittsburgh, ’97) Site: Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena (15,000) / Jacksonville, Fla. RECORD AT SETON HALL: (170-127, 9th Season), CAREER RECORD: (215-176, 12th Season) TV: CBS | Ian Eagle, Jim Spanarkel & Jamie Erdahl vs [7] No. 19 WOFFORD (29-4, 18-0 SOCON) Online: NCAA.com/march-madness-live/watch HEAD COACH: Mike Young (Emory & Henry, ’86) Radio: AM970 The Answer | Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin RECORD AT WOFFORD: (298-243, 17th Season), CAREER RECORD: (298-243, 17th Season) : @SetonHallMBB

DANCING AGAIN SETON HALL VS. THE SOCON Seton Hall is back in the NCAA Tournament for the This is Seton Hall’s first-ever matchup against Wofford, fourth consecutive season. The Pirates have received but not the first-ever game against a member of the 2018-19 SCHEDULE an at-large bid and have been slotted in as a No. 10 Southern Conference. The Pirates’ last SoCon game came DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT seed in the Midwest Region and will take on SoCon on Nov. 16, 2014 against Mercer at Prudential . The Champion and No. 7 seed Wofford in Jacksonville on Pirates defeated the Bears, 63-47. That is the only game Oct. 27 at (exhib.) N/A W, 76-62 Thursday night. Seton Hall has played against the current iteration of the Nov. 6 WAGNER % FS2 W, 89-49 SoCon, but the conference has been operating since 1921. NCAA TOURNAMENT FACTS Strangely enough, The Hall has played NC State, Nov. 10 NEW HAVEN % (exhib.) N/A W, 73-64 This is Seton Hall’s 13th all-time NCAA Tournament Tech, Davidson, William & Mary and George Washington Nov. 14 at Nebraska ! BTN L, 57-80 appearance. The Pirates are 16-12 in NCAA Tournament when those programs were members of the SoCon, Nov. 17 SAINT LOUIS FS2 L, 64-66 games with a Final Four/National Championship game dating all the way back to 1940. Overall, the Pirates’ record appearance in 1989, an Elite Eight in 1991 and Sweet against the SoCon all-time is 12-2. Nov. 22 vs. Grand Canyon # ESPN3 W, 82-75 Sixteens in 1992 and 2000. This is The Hall’s fourth Nov. 23 vs. Hawai’i # ESPN2 W, 64-54 straight NCAA bid, tying a program record first set ALL HAIL POWELL from 1991-94. Among the 21 Metropolitan New York continues to make a case for All- America Nov. 25 vs. Miami # ESPN2 W, 83-81 Schools, only Seton Hall and Iona have made it to four status. After his scorching 29- first half against Dec. 1 LOUISVILLE FOX L, 65-70 Georgetown that set a new BIG EAST Tournament consecutive NCAA Tournaments since those Pirates Dec. 4 NEW HAMPSHIRE FS1 W, 77-57 teams of 1991-94, and Iona’s accomplishment of the record, he then delivered 22 hard-earned points plus feat is also coming this season. This is also Seton Hall’s seven assists in a comeback win over No. 23 Marquette, Dec. 8 vs. No. 9 Kentucky $ FOX W, 84-83 OT fourth NCAA Tournament as a No. 10 seed, joining and 25 points against Villanova in the BIG EAST final. Dec. 15 RUTGERS ^ FS1 W, 72-66 the 1994, 2000 and 2006 teams. The Pirates lost their He is now averaging 22.9 points a game which ranks first-round games in 1994 and 2006 but made a run him in the top 15 in the nation, fourth among players in Dec. 19 SACRED HEART FS2 W, 90-76 to the Sweet Sixteen in 2000 with wins over Oregon “Basketball Six” conferences. He also is top-40 in free Dec. 22 at Maryland FS1 W, 78-74 and Temple, both in overtime. The Hall is 1-2 all-time throw shooting, three-pointers made and steals. He in NCAA Tournament games in the state of Florida; the has eight 30-point games this season and 22 20-point Dec. 29 ST. JOHN’S * FSN W, 76-74 1993 team went 1-1 in Orlando and the 1994 team lost games. In particular, Powell rises to the occasion. He Jan. 2 at Xavier * FS1 W, 80-70 in St. Petersburg. is averaging 22.7 points against nationally ranked Jan. 6 at DePaul * FS1 L, 74-75 opponents. He is averaging 4.8 points in the final five LAST TIME OUT minutes of games, which when extrapolated out to a Jan. 9 BUTLER * FS1 W, 76-75 In another instant BIG EAST Tournament classic 40-minute average is 38.4 points a game. He scored 78 Jan. 12 at No. 21 Marquette * FS1 L, 66-70 between Seton Hall and Villanova, the Pirates went points at the BIG EAST Tournament, the eighth-highest punch-for-punch with the top-seeded Wildcats and total in the league’s conference tournament history. Jan. 15 at Providence * FS1 L, 63-72 came up two points short, as Villanova came away with Jan. 19 DEPAUL * FS1 L, 93-97 BATTLE TESTED a 74-72 victory to claim the 2019 BIG EAST Tournament Jan. 27 at No. 18 Villanova * FOX L, 52-80 title on March 16 at . Junior Over the last three seasons, Seton Hall has held its Myles Powell had another fantastic performance inside own in games against Associated Press ranked teams. Jan. 30 PROVIDENCE * FSN W, 65-63 The Garden, finishing with 25 points, five rebounds The Pirates are 4-3 this season, and are 14-16 against Feb. 2 at Butler * FS1 L, 68-70 and four assists. The teams traded buckets down the ranked opponents since 2016. In fact, Seton Hall already stretch, and although Villanova took its biggest lead has three wins over ranked opponents this March: Feb. 9 CREIGHTON * CBSSN W, 63-58 of the game at nine with three minutes remaining, the 03/06/19 - W, 73-64 vs. No. 16 Marquette Feb. 13 GEORGETOWN * FS1 W, 90-75 Pirates fought back to cut it to 73-72 with 15 seconds 03/09/19 - W, 79-75 vs. No. 23 Villanova to go. Down two on the final possession, the Pirates 03/15/19 - W, 81-79 vs. No. 23 Marquette Feb. 17 at Creighton * FS1 W, 81-75 had a shot at the game-winner, but it was off the mark. Feb. 20 XAVIER * CBSSN L, 69-70 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 March 9 No. 23 VILLANOVA * FOX W, 79-75 No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% March 14 vs. [6] Georgetown ** FS1 W, 73-57 13 Myles Powell G Jr. 6-2 195 22.9 4.0 2.9 44.9 36.3 84.6 March 15 vs. No. 23 [2] Marquette ** FS1 W, 81-79 22 Myles Cale G So. 6-6 210 10.3 4.2 1.2 41.1 38.1 65.6 March 16 vs. No. 25 [1] Villanova ** FOX L, 72-74 0 Quincy McKnight G Jr. 6-4 185 9.5 2.5 4.0 45.6 28.1 63.4 March 21 vs. [10] Wofford !! CBS 9:40 p.m. 1 Mike Nzei F Sr. 6-8 205 9.2 5.3 0.4* 60.4 00.0 68.8 23 F So. 6-10 230 8.9 7.8 1.2* 43.5 39.7 61.5 All games in CAPS and BOLD are home games * BIG EAST game KEY RESERVES ! 15 Taurean Thompson F So. 6-11 215 4.8 2.3 0.5* 40.3 24.1 73.9 # Wooden Legacy $ Citi Hoops Classic at Madison Square Garden 14 Jared Rhoden G Fr. 6-6 205 3.2 2.5 0.3 34.0 22.8 60.6 % at in South Orange, N.J. 2 Anthony Nelson G Fr. 6-4 175 2.3 1.0 1.8 33.3 27.8 69.6 ^ Garden State Hardwood Classic 35 Romaro Gill C Jr. 7-2 255 2.3 2.8 1.3* 57.4 00.0 35.7 ** 2019 BIG EAST Tournament at Madison Square Garden 33 Shavar Reynolds G So. 6-2 195 2.1 1.0 0.6 27.4 16.1 85.7 !! 2019 NCAA Tournament 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 in Newark, N.J. unless noted otherwise 30 Asiah Avent G Jr. 6-3 190 0.0 0.3 0.0 00.0 00.0 00.0 * blocked shots per game

2018-19 GAME NOTES 1 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB INSIDE THE HALL PIRATE POINTS GENERAL INFORMATION Seton Hall Standard Another Winning Season Location ...... South Orange, NJ 07079 »» Kevin Willard has now led the Pirates to four »» Seton Hall’s victory over Marquette on March 6 secured consecutive 20-win seasons, a program record. an overall winning season record for a fifth consecutive Founded ...... 1856 »» His five 20-win seasons overall are tied for the most year. Only one other time in the program’s BIG EAST Enrollment ...... 10,400 in Seton Hall history with P.J. Carlesimo and Honey era (1979-present) have the Pirates had five straight Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I Russell, who also have five. winning seasons. That came from 1991-95. The overall Conference ...... BIG EAST »» Only twice before in program history had Seton Hall program record is 14 consecutive winning seasons from recorded three consecutive 20-win seasons: 1951-53 1908-23 (no team in 1918-19). Nickname ...... Pirates under Russell, and 1991-93 under Carlesimo. Colors ...... Blue and White »» After finishing 9-9 in the conference this season, Seton Hall Finish Strong Home Court (Capacity) ...... Prudential Center (10,481) now has four consecutive years of a .500 or better league »» Seton Hall is 82-11 (.882) in its last 93 games (dating record, which is a program record. back to the start of the 2015-16 season) when holding Secondary Home Court (Capacity)...... Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) »» The Pirates have earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament for a lead of seven or more at any point in the contest. Interim President...... Dr. Mary Meehan a fourth straight year, a feat the school has accomplished Vice President/Director of Athletics...... Patrick Lyons only one other time - 1991-94. Powered By Powell Athletic Department Phone ...... (973) 761-9498 »» Last year, the Pirates earned their first NCAA Tournament »» Seton Hall is at its best when Myles Powell dominates win since 2004 when they defeated NC State in the first the game. The Pirates are 11-3 this season when he Ticket Office Phone...... (973) 275-HALL round. scores at least 25 points.

MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF Scheduling For March 70 Is The Goal »» With many new faces on the 2018-19 roster, Kevin »» On offense, Seton Hall needs to score 70 points to Head Coach ...... Kevin Willard Willard wanted to challenge his team with a demanding be successful this season. The Pirates are 17-5 (.773) Alma Mater/Year ...... Pittsburgh/1997 and strenuous non-conference schedule. At the when they score at least 70 points, 3-8 (.273) when Record at Seton Hall/Years ...... 170-127/eight years conclusion of the non-league slate, Seton Hall went they don’t. Career Record/Years ...... 215-176/11 years 9-3, which included winning the Wooden Legacy Tournament championship, a neutral site win over No. 9 A Resilient Bunch Assistant Coaches ...... Grant Billmeier (Seton Hall ’07) Kentucky and a road triumph at Maryland. »» Seton Hall has won seven games this season after ...... Tony Skinn (George Mason ’06) »» When you include the BIG EAST schedule, the Pirates trailing at the break, and have won 12 games after ...... Duane Woodward (Boston College, ’98) are playing 26 of their 34 games against teams that are trailing by five or more at any point in the contest. currently in the KenPom top 100. The Pirates trailed St. John’s by 14, and Xavier by 10 Director of Basketball Operations...... Kyle Smyth (Iona ’12) earlier in the year before mounting comeback wins. On Coordinator of Basketball Operations...... (Seton Hall ’14) Seton Hall Stacks Up Feb. 9, the Pirates trailed Creighton by six with 3:42 Coordinator of Basketball Operations...... Charlie Butler (Seton Hall ’15) »» The Pirates have piled up 16 wins against teams currently remaining in the game, but used an 11-2 run to close Graduate Assistant...... Brandon Hall (Saint Peter’s ’12) in the KenPom top 100 (as of 3/18), which is second- the contest and seal the win. On Feb. 17 at Creighton, most among BIG EAST teams: Seton Hall trailed by six with just over four minutes left Office Phone...... (973) 761-9070 »» Villanova – 17 in the game, but closed it out on a 14-2 run. In one »» Seton Hall - 16 of the most impressive comebacks in recent memory, TEAM INFORMATION »» Marquette – 15 Seton Hall overcame a 13-point deficit with under 10 »» Georgetown – 10 minutes remaining against No. 16 Marquette on March 2017-18 Record ...... 22-12 »» St. John’s – 10 6, finishing the game on an 18-0 run. BIG EAST Record/Finish ...... 10-8/T-3rd »» Xavier – 10 Postseason...... BIG EAST Quarterfinals/NCAA Second Round »» Creighton – 9 Raining Threes Players Returning/Lost ...... 8/7 »» Providence – 9 »» Junior Myles Powell has moved into fourth all-time at »» Butler – 8 Seton Hall in three-pointers made with 265. This is in Starters Returning/Lost...... 1/4 »» DePaul – 8 only 100 career games. If he keeps this pace up, he will Newcomers...... 5 be within striking distance of the all-time Pirates record, Beasts Of The BIG EAST which is held by Jeremy Hazell, who made 328 triples »» Including this year, the last four seasons in the BIG EAST from 2007-11. He has connected on a three in 56 of his PROGRAM HISTORY have been some of the best in school history, and Seton last 57 games, and in 93 of his 100 career appearances. First Season...... 1903-04 Hall ranks high among the 10 league members in that All-Time Record...... 1,515 -1,085-2 (.583) span. Since the start of the 2016 conference season and Cale From DEEP NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 12 including conference tournament games, Seton Hall has »» Sophomore Myles Cale has made three or more three- the third-most wins among the 10 schools: pointers in 10 games this season, and is shooting a NIT Appearances...... 17 »» Villanova - 69 (2015, ’17 & ’18 champs) team-best 38.1 percent from long range. BIG EAST Championships...... 3 (1991, 1993, 2016) »» Xavier - 52 »» The Delaware native erupted from beyond the arc in »» Seton Hall - 47 (2016 champs) the March 9 win over Villanova, shooting 6-for-8 (75.0 »» Marquette - 42 percent). »» Providence - 41 (2014 champs) »» Creighton - 40 Leaping Up The Leaderboard >> MEDIA INFORMATION »» Butler - 39 »» Myles Powell is making incredible strides on the all- »» Georgetown - 27 time scoring leaderboard at The Hall. In fact, this season »» St. John’s - 23 he has climbed 43 spots up to number 14. Powell ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE »» DePaul - 16 reached the career 1,000-point milestone against Associate Athletics Director for Digital Media & Communications: Hawaii back in November, and he now has 1,636 points. Thomas Chen The Closer The Better All-time among Seton Hall players, Powell has scored »» The Pirates have kept fans on the edge of their seats the sixth most points in his first three seasons as a E-mail: [email protected] all season, with seemingly every game coming down Pirate. The other five to have scored more in their first Cell phone: (914) 843-7185 to the wire. In fact, during regular-season BIG EAST three seasons: Office phone: (973) 761-9493 play alone, Seton Hall had seven games decided by »» – 2,273 points* Office fax: (973) 761-9061 one possession (three points or fewer) or in overtime. »» – 1,789 points* Only two other times in program history had the Pirates »» Jeremy Hazell – 1,789 points had as many one possession or overtime conference »» – 1,724 points Assistant Director of Digital Media & Communications: games - 1991-92 and 2016-17. »» Ken House – 1,670 points* Jon Turner *Only played three seasons E-mail: [email protected] NCAA Tournament History Historic 700 Cell phone: (856) 296-8305 Year How Region & Seed Finish »» Against Georgetown on March 14, Myles Powell Qualified became just the sixth player all-time to score at least MEDIA CREDENTIALS 700 points in a season for The Hall. Overall, when Credentials for media covering Seton Hall at Walsh Gym, on the 1988 At-Large West No. 8 Second Round (1-1) including the same student-athlete reaching the University’s campus,or at Prudential Center, should be made by visiting our milestone multiple times, it’s only been accomplished 1989 At-Large West No. 3 National Final (5-1) seven times. To put it in perspective, only 79 Pirates credential website at www.sportssystems.com/setonhall. Otherwise please have EVER scored 700 points in their CAREER. His 757 contact Tom Chen at (973) 761-9493, by fax (973) 761-9061, or by email 1991 Auto West No. 3 Regional Final (3-1) points this season are the fifth-most ever in a season to [email protected] with questions. Seton Hall reserves the right to 1992 At-Large East No. 4 Regional Semifinal by a Pirate, and the second-most during the BIG EAST revoke press credentials at any time for any reason. (2-1) era (1979-present). »» 1993 Auto East No. 2 Second Round (1-1) Graduates in the Pros INTERVIEWS »» All four of Seton Hall’s 2018 graduates are now playing All requests for player interviews, either in person or via phone, must be 1994 At-Large East No. 10 First Round (0-1) professional basketball. Angel Delgado signed a two- arranged through Tom Chen in the Athletics Communications Office. way contract with the . Desi 2000 At-Large East No. 10 Reional Semifinal (2-1) Advance notice of at least 24 hours is preferred. Interview requests for Rodriguez went to training camp with the Clippers Coach Kevin Willard must be made at least 24 hours in advance. 2004 At-Large Atlanta No. 8 Second Round (1-1) and then signed a G-League contract with the Agua Caliente Clippers. Ismael Sanogo signed a G-League 2006 At-Large D.C. No. 10 FIrst Round (0-1) contract with the , and Khadeen POST-GAME Carrington is overseas playing in Belgium with Limburg Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard will be available for interviews following 2016 Auto Midwest No. 6 First Round (0-1) United. »» In early February, Angel Delgado was called up to the a post-game cooling off period. The Seton Hall locker room is not open to 2017 At-Large South No. 9 First Round (0-1) the media, but a separate area will be designated for player interviews. Los Angeles Clippers, and earned his first-career NBA 2018 At-Large Midwest No. 8 Second Round (1-1) minutes and first NBA points. He had three points, four rebounds and a in 13 minutes against the Pacers 2019 At-Large Midwest No. 10 TBD on Feb. 7.

#HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 2 2018-19 GAME NOTES PIRATE POINTS Own The Paint A Glimpse At The Future NCAA History for Nzei »» Seton Hall is 12-3 this season when it out-rebounds »» Seton Hall secured two commitments for the 2019- »» Senior Michael Nzei will become only the third Pirate opponents. 20 season as Tyrese Samuel and Dashawn Davis have student-athlete in school history to appear in an NCAA »» The Pirates have out-scored opponents in the paint by signed National Letters of intent to join the Seton Hall Tournament game in four consecutive years. The only an average of 34.6-27.3 this season. family, Willard announced. Samuel is a 6-8 forward two Seton Hallers to do it are Bryan Caver and Arturas »» In the BIG EAST title game, the Pirates out-scored from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is currently Karnisovas, who played in four straight from 1991-94. Villanova in the paint, 42-18. attending Orangeville Prep in Ontario. He is a top-100 and consensus four-star recruit and previously attended Powell Does It All Defense, Defense, Defense Wasatch Academy in Utah and Riverdale Baptist in »» Powell has 30 career 20-point games including 22 this »» The Pirates have been consistent defensively all season, Maryland. At Wasatch in 2017-18, he averaged 12.0 points season, and scored 15 or more in 23 of the last 25. He and have allowed just two teams (Miami & DePaul) to and 5.0 rebounds for a Tigers squad that went 17-2. Davis furthermore has 14 games with 25 or more points this shoot 50.0 percent or better. is a 6-3 guard hailing from Bronx, N.Y., and he is currently year. His 40-point outburst against Grand Canyon is tied »» Furthermore, just four teams (St. Louis, DePaul, Villanova playing his high school ball at Our Saviour Lutheran, also for the most in a regulation Wooden Legacy Tournament & Butler) have shot 40.0 percent or better from three- in the Bronx, the same school that produced current game ( vs. UTEP 2008). Powell was point range. Pirates freshman Jared Rhoden. As a junior at Our Saviour named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch »» Seton Hall has the third-best three-point percentage Lutheran, Davis showed tremendous scoring prowess, List and the Award Midseason Watch List. defense in the conference (33.6) averaging 18.5 points for a powerful Falcons squad that »» He has been on a tear lately, averaging 27.6 points, 4.3 »» The Pirates are also tied for third in the BIG EAST in won 31 games. rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 2.0 steals over the last seven blocked shots per game (3.9), led by Romaro Gill and games. Sandro Mamukelashvili, who are third and sixth in the Neutral Court No Problem »» Powell was named a unanimous All-BIG EAST First league, respectively with 1.3 and 1.2 blocks per game. »» The Pirates are 6-1 on neutral courts this season Team selection and earned a spot on the BIG EAST All- including two wins at The Garden last week, and a win Tournament Team last week. Magnificent Mamu over then-ranked No. 9 Kentucky (84-83 OT) at The »» Sophomore Sandro Mamukelashvili has been a force Garden on Dec. 8. The other three wins were over Last Year’s NCAA Tournament down low for the Pirates all year, and had a monster 12 Grand Canyon, Hawaii and Miami at on the »» In an opening round 94-83 victory over NC State in points and career-high 18 rebounds in the March 9 win campus of Cal State Fullerton in the Wooden Legacy Wichita, Kansas last year, scored over Villanova. Tournament in November. 26 points, and fellow senior added 20 »» Mamukelashvili has four double-doubles this season, as the Pirates won their first NCAA Tournament game and is third in the BIG EAST with 7.8 rebounds per game. McKnight Plays Stellar Defense since 2004. Seton Hall led the whole way, and went 17- »» Junior Quincy McKnight has proven his ability to lock for-20 at the line in the final eight minutes to Winning With Nzei down opposing teams and their best scorers all season. secure the victory. »» As his career winds down, senior Michael Nzei continues »» Specifically, McKnight has gotten the best of the BIG »» In the second round, Seton Hall did not back down to move up the charts in Seton Hall history. He has EAST leading scorer and Player of the Year, Markus against No. 4 ranked Kansas in front of a hostile cracked the program’s top 100 all-time scorers and Howard. In three games against the Golden Eagles, INSTRUST Bank Arena crowd of over 15,000. Although currently stands 81st at 696 points. More importantly, McKnight limited Howard to just 10-for-46 (21.7 percent) the top-seeded Jayhawks prevailed, 83-79, the No. 8 Nzei has been a winner his whole career, and the 88 from the field. seeded Pirates gave everything they had and sent off wins Seton Hall has while he’s been on the roster ranks »» McKnight is fourth in the BIG EAST with 1.6 steals per their four seniors with their heads held high. Senior him tied for third all-time in program history. The record game. Angel Delgado produced the NCAA Tournament’s first is held by Arturas Karnisovas and Bryan Caver, who won »» The Bridgeport, Connecticut native was named to the 20-20 game since 2012 with 24 points, a career-high 23 93 games at Seton Hall from 1991-94. BIG EAST All-Tournament team after averaging 9.7 points rebounds as well as five assists. The 23 rebounds are 1. Arturas Karnisovas (1991-94) 93 over the three games and playing outstanding defense. tied for third-most in an NCAA Tournament game since Bryan Caver (1991-94) 93 the creation of NCAA Division I, II and III in 1973 with the 3. Terry Dehere (1989-93) 88 top two performances coming in the 1970s. Carrington Michael Nzei (2015-present) 88 scored 28 points on 9-of-13 shooting with five three- 5. Chris Davis (1990-91, 92-95) 86 pointers. The Pirates were within five points of the lead with 1:39 to go, but Kansas came up with a steal and hit a dagger three from the wing to put the Jayhawks up eight, 71-63. Carrington scored Seton Hall’s next 13 points with the Pirates also fouling to extend the game, but Kansas made its free throws down the stretch, going BY THE NUMBERS 10-for-10 in the final minute. 4 20 26 Consecutive appearances in the Wins for the Pirates this Of Seton Hall’s 33 games this INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES NCAA Tournament for Seton Hall, season, the fourth-straight 20- season have been decided by tying a program record (1991-94) win season, a program record 10 points or less Myles Powell • 2018-19 Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team • Wooden Legacy Most Outstanding Player • BIG EAST Player of the Week 12/10/18 • BIG EAST Player of the Week 03/10/19 • Lute Olson National Player of the Week 12/10/18 7.8 757 27.6 • MBWA All-Met Player of the Week 12/10/18 • MBWA All-Met Player of the Week 02/05/19 Rebounds per game Points for Myles Powell this for Myles • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 11/28/18 for sophomore Sandro season, the fifth-most in a Powell over the last seven • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 12/17/18 Mamukelashvili, good for third single season in Seton Hall contests • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 12/24/18 in the BIG EAST program history • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 01/07/19 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 01/14/19 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 02/04/19 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 02/11/19 SINGLE HALF HIGHS & LOWS • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 02/18/19 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 03/03/19 SHU Team Points SHU FG% • Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List »» High --> 1st - 54 vs. Sacred Heart »» High --> 1st - 65.2% vs. Grand Canyon • Lute Olson Award Midseason Watch List 2nd - 51 at Creighton 2nd - 59.1% vs. Grand Canyon • All-BIG EAST First Team »» Low --> 1st - 20 at Villanova »» Low --> 1st - 32.3% vs. Villanova • 2019 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team 2nd - 20 vs. Georgetown 2nd - 23.3% vs. Georgetown Michael Nzei • Wooden Legacy First Team All-Tournament Opponent Team Points Opponent FG% • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 12/31/18 »» High --> 1st - 48 vs. DePaul »» High --> 1st - 66.7% vs. Miami 2nd - 50 vs. Butler/at NOVA 2nd - 59.3% at Nebraska Quincy McKnight Wooden Legacy Second Team All-Tournament »» Low --> 1st - 19 vs. New Hampshire • »» Low --> 1st - 25.0% vs. Rutgers • 2019 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team 2nd - 22 vs. Wagner 2nd - 24.1% vs. Wagner/ vs. Marq Sandro Mamukelashvili • Wooden Legacy Honorable Mention

2018-19 GAME NOTES 3 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB SCOUTING THE PIRATES

DOUBLE-DOUBLES DOUBLE-DOUBLES DOUBLE-DOUBLES Season --> -- Season --> 2 Season --> -- Career --> 3 Career --> 5 Career --> -- Streak --> -- Streak --> -- Streak --> --

DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING Season --> 14 Season --> 17 Season --> 1 Career --> 61 Career --> 26 Career --> 1 Streak --> -- Streak --> -- Streak --> 1

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5+ GAMES 10+ GAMES 5+ ASSIST GAMES Season --> 10 Season --> 2 Season --> 4 #0 - MCKNIGHT Career --> 20 #1 - NZEI Career --> 7 #2 - NELSON Career --> 4 Streak --> -- Streak --> -- Streak --> --

DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING DOUBLE-DOUBLES DOUBLE-DOUBLES Season --> 32 Season --> -- Season --> -- Career --> 77 Career --> -- Career --> 1 Streak --> 13 Streak --> -- Streak --> --

20+ POINT GAMES DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING Season --> 22 Season --> 1 Season --> 3 Career --> 30 Career --> 1 Career --> 21 Streak --> 7 Streak --> -- Streak --> --

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5+ ASSIST GAMES 10+ REBOUND GAMES 10+ REBOUND GAMES Season --> 5 Season --> -- Season --> -- #13 - POWELL Career --> 11 #14 - RHODEN Career --> -- #15 - THOMPSON Career --> 1 Streak --> -- Streak --> -- Streak --> --

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THE PREVIOUS MEETING PIRATES>> Pirates LAST last TIME time OUT out March 16, 2019 • Neutral Game #7 • vs. No. 25 Villanova First-Ever Meeting Tournament Championship Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. • In another instant BIG EAST 1ST 2ND F Tournament classic between Seton Hall and Villanova, the Pirates went 26 46 72 punch-for-punch with the top-seeded Wildcats and came up two points short, as Villanova came away with a 74-72 1ST 2ND F victory to claim the 2019 BIG EAST Tournament title on March 16 at 28 46 74 Madison Square Garden. • Junior Myles Powell had another SHU Leaders: fantastic performance inside The »» Powell - 25 pts, 9-of-19 FG, 5 reb, 4 ast Garden, finishing with 25 points, five »» Nelson - 12 pts, 4-of-8 FG, 2 ast, 2 reb rebounds and four assists. »» Mamukelashvili - 7 pts, 3-of-9 FG, 14 reb• The teams traded buckets down the stretch, and although Villanova took its VU Leaders: biggest lead of the game at nine with »» Paschall - 17 pts, 6-of-13 FG, 8 reb, 3 ast three minutes remaining, the Pirates »» Bey - 16 pts, 5-of-11 FG, 10 reb, 2 blk fought back to cut it to 73-72 with 15 seconds to go. Down two on the final »» Booth - 16 pts, 4-of-12 FG, 4 reb, 3 ast possession, the Pirates had a shot at the »» Samuels - 12 pts, 3-of-6 FG, 7 reb, 3 ast game-winner, but it was off the mark.

#HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 4 2018-19 GAME NOTES 22.9 3.1 2.0 PPG - 2nd in the BIG EAST 3FGM/game - 3rd in BIG EAST SPG - 2nd in the BIG EAST 13th in the nation 40th in the nation 35th in the nation 84.6 170 201 FT% - 4th in the BIG EAST FTM - 2nd in the BIG EAST FTA - 2nd in the BIG EAST 67th in the nation 26th in the nation 50th in the nation >> >> A SPECIAL TALENT MEMORABLE MOMENTS

“Powell is playing the best basketball of his career right March 14, 2019 vs. Georgetown now. He’s emerged as a real leader of this team. The >> When he is hot, it is “like throwing a rock in the ocean” - and he was scorching hot in the first 20 Pirates have a Player of the Year Candidate in Myles minutes of the BIG EAST Tournament for the Pirates. He set a tournament record with 29 first-half Powell that has NCAA Tournament experience that should points, and finished with 31 in a 73-57 quarterfinal victory over Georgetown. He was 11-for-21 from the help them in the long run.” - Steve Lavin, field, 4-for-10 from three, and 5-for-7 at the line. He also registered four steals, three assists and three Analyst rebounds. “He’s tremendous. I told him that in the handshake line. Not March 6, 2019 vs. No. 16 Marquette just a shooter, he’s getting assists, getting to the foul line - >> In a crucial late-season BIG EAST matchup at Prudential Center, Powell took over late in the second he’s tremendous.” - LaVall Jordan, Butler Head Coach half when Marquette seemed to be in the driver’s seat. The Golden Eagles led for the majority of the game, and were ahead 59-46 with under 10 minutes remaining. Later, down 64-55, Powell took over. “Myles Powell pushes the start button early for Seton Hall. Quincy McKnight got Seton Hall’s 18-0 run started, then the next 10 points came from Powell, whose three-pointer at 2:55 tied the game and then his bomb triple with 2:28 left to play have The Hall a 67-64 Teams respect him so much from long-range that they lead that ultimately held true. Powell finished the contest with a game-high 34 points. hang with him on the outside, but allow him to get to his beautiful left handed finish at the rim.” - Donny Marshall, Feb. 13, 2019 vs. Georgetown FOX Sports Analyst >> Powell scored a game-high 30 points as the Pirates cruised to a 90-75 victory over the Hoyas at Prudential Center. He finished with four three-pointers, five rebounds, and was a perfect 10-for-10 from “He’s a very dominant player because he is so efficient. the free throw line. Probably the most complete guard in our conference. You talk about shooting the ball and getting to the rim, Jan. 30, 2019 vs. Providence he knows what’s been expected of him and he’s doing a >> Powell scored what proved to be the game-winning basket on a steal and breakaway dunk, and played great job as a leader.” - Tarik Turner, FOX Sports Analyst stellar defense as the Pirates held Providence without a for the final 3:42, and registered a 65-63 home win over the Friars. Powell erupted for a game-high 31 points, canned three triples, and picked up TROPHY CASE four steals. Jan. 2, 2019 at Xavier 2018-19 >> Powell showed how impactful he can be not only as a scorer, but also as a facilitator. He poured in a Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List game-high 25 points on only 9-of-15 shooting and also issued a career-high eight assists to lead The Hall Lute Olson Award Midseason Watch List to a comeback win over the Musketeers at . When accounting for his assists Powell, factored 2018-19 Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team in 42 of Seton Hall’s 80 points in the game. Wooden Legacy Most Outstanding Player Dec. 22, 2018 at Maryland BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 11/28/18 >> In its second true road game of the season and at the tail end of a daunting non-conference slate, BIG EAST Player of the Week 12/10/18 Seton Hall came away with a massive resume-boosting 78-74 victory at Maryland. Powell iced the game BIG EAST Player of the Week 03/10/19 at the free-throw line late, and finished with 27 points on 8-for-14 shooting and a perfect 8-for-8 mark at Lute Olson National Player of the Week 12/10/18 the charity stripe. He also added seven rebounds, two assists and two steals. MBWA All-Met Player of the Week 12/10/18 MBWA All-Met Player of the Week 02/05/19 Dec. 15, 2018 vs. Rutgers BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 12/17/18 >> Powell, a native through and through, felt that Seton Hall was the best team in the state and personally made it his mission to ensure everyone knew it. He scored 28 points and hit the dagger BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 12/24/18 three-pointer to put Rutgers away and allow the Pirates to reclaim the Garden State Hardwood Classic BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 01/07/19 trophy. He was named Joe Calabrese MVP for his efforts. BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 01/14/19 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 02/04/19 Dec. 8, 2018 vs. No. 9 Kentucky BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 02/11/19 >> Powell made Madison Square Garden his playground in the second half vs. Kentucky, making BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 02/18/19 “unmakeable” three-pointers, including a wild hesitation triple with 1.5 seconds remaining in regulation BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 03/03/19 to temporarily give The Hall the lead. He finished with 28 points (25 in the second half + overtime) and All-BIG EAST First Team four assists as the Pirates took down the nationally ranked Wildcats in overtime. He earned BIG EAST 2019 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team Player of the Week honors for the effort. Nov. 22, 2018 vs. Grand Canyon 2017-18 >> On Night, Powell had himself a feast. He scored a career-high 40 points on 12-of- BIG EAST Most Improved Player 16 shooting overall, 5-of-7 from three and 11-of-14 at the free throw line, only the 15th 40-point BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 01/29/18 performance in school history. He helped the Pirates beat the Lopes, 82-75, and when Seton Hall went on to win the Wooden Legacy championship, Powell was named the tournament Most Outstanding Player. 2016-17 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week 11/20/16

2018-19 GAME NOTES 5 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB SETON HALL’S RECORD...

TREND TRACKER Overall...... 20-13 BIG EAST...... 9-9 At home...... 11-4 On the road...... 3-8 THE LAST TIME... At neutral sites...... 6-1 A Seton Hall player scored 30 points...... 31, Myles Powell vs. Georgetown 3/14/19 After a win...... 13-7 A Seton Hall player scored 40 points...... 40, Myles Powell vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 After a loss...... 6-6 A Seton Hall player scored 50 points...... 52, Nick Werkman vs. Scranton 1/29/64 In overtime...... 1-1 A Seton Hall player grabbed 15 rebounds...... 15, Michael Nzei vs. Marquette 3/15/19 vs. ranked opponents (AP)...... 4-3 The Hall had two 15+ rebounders...... 16, Angel Delgado vs. Rutgers 12/23/16 Games decided by 1-3 points...... 6-5 ...... 16, Ismael Sanogo vs. Rutgers 12/23/16 Games decided by 4-5 points...... 3-3 A Seton Hall player grabbed 20 rebounds...... 23, Angel Delgado vs. Kansas 3/17/18 Games decided by 6-10 points...... 6-3 A Seton Hall player had 20+ pts, 20+ reb...... 24 pts, 23 rebs, Angel Delgado vs. Kansas 3/17/18 Games decided by 11-20 points...... 3-0 Games decided by 20+ points...... 2-2 A Seton Hall player totaled 10 assists...... 10, Madison Jones vs. Fairleigh Dickinson 11/11/16 Leading at the half...... 12-3 A Seton Hall player recorded 5 steals...... 6, Quincy McKnight at Creighton 2/17/19 Trailing at the half...... 7-10 A Seton Hall player recorded 5 blocks...... 5, Romaro Gill vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 Tied at the half...... 1-0 A Seton Hall player recorded 10 blocks...... 10, Eddie Griffin vs. Norfolk State 12/4/00 SHU has more field goals...... 14-5 A Seton Hall player recorded a double-double...... 14 pts, 15 reb, Michael Nzei vs. Marquette 3/15/19 Opponent has more field goals...... 3-6 Two Seton Hall players recorded a double-double...... 13 pts, 10 reb, Angel Delgado Field goals are tied...... 3-2 ...... 11 pts, 12 reb, Mike Nzei at St. John’s 2/11/17 SHU shoots 40% or better...... 19-9 SHU shoots under 40%...... 1-4 A Seton Hall player recorded a double-double (pts/ast)...... 26 pts, 10 ast, vs. Butler 2/10/16 SHU out-shoots opponent...... 16-4 A Seton Hall player recorded a triple-double...... 21 pts, 12 reb, 10 blk, Eddie Griffin vs. Norfolk State 12/4/00 Opponent out-shoots SHU...... 4-9 Seton Hall was ranked in AP Top-25...... No. 19 1/15/18 Opponent shoots 40% or better...... 12-12 Seton Hall defeated at AP Top-25 team...... vs. No. 23 Marquette (3/15/19) Opponent shoots under 40%...... 8-1 Seton Hall defeated an AP Top-25 team non-conference...... vs. No. 9 Kentucky, 84-83 OT (12/8/18) SHU out-rebounds opponent...... 12-3 Opponent out-rebounds SHU...... 6-10 Seton Hall scored 100+ points...... 104 at UMass 12/11/10 Rebounds are tied ...... 2-0 Seton Hall allowed <50 points...... 49 vs. Wagner 11/6/18 SHU has more FT attempts...... 14-4 Seton Hall allowed <20 pts in a half...... 19 vs. New Hampshire (First half, 12/4/18) Opponent has more FT attempts...... 5-9 Seton Hall held an opponent under 30% FG...... 28.4 vs. Providence 2/25/16 FT attempts are tied...... 1-0 Seton Hall grabbed 50+ rebounds...... 52 at Georgetown 3/2/19 SHU 3FG% is 40% or better...... 7-1 SHU 3FG% is under 40%...... 13-12 Seton Hall grabbed 60+ rebounds...... 62 vs. Iona 12/27/01 SHU commits more turnovers...... 6-6 Seton Hall committed <5 turnovers...... 4 vs. Marquette 2/7/18 Opponent commits more turnovers...... 13-7 Seton Hall committed <10 turnovers...... 7 vs. Villanova 3/16/19 Turnovers are tied...... 1-0 Seton Hall forced 25+ turnovers...... 27 vs. Maine 11/21/12 SHU has positive assist-to-turnover ratio.. 16-6 Seton Hall recorded 15+ steals...... 16 vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 SHU has negative assist-to-turnover ratio... 3-7 SHU assists and turnovers are even...... 1-0 Seton Hall did not make a 3-pointer...... vs. Georgetown, 0-of-13 (1/25/09, 341 games) Seton Hall held opponent w/o a 3-pointer...... at USF, 0-of-9 (12/18/14) SHU scores 100+ points...... 0-0 Seton Hall did not have a double-digit scorer...... at Georgia 12/21/14 SHU scores 90-99 points...... 2-1 SHU scores 80-89 points...... 7-0 Seton Hall held opponent w/o double-digit scorer...... vs. Saint Peter’s 12/13/15 SHU scores 70-79 points...... 8-4 Seton Hall had 5 players in double-digit scoring...... vs. Villanova 3/9/19 SHU scores 60-69 points...... 3-6 Seton Hall had six players in double-digit scoring...... vs. Eastern Washington 12/22/13 SHU scores 50-59 points...... 0-2 Seton Hall had two 20+ point scorers...... vs. DePaul 1/19/19 (McKnight -25, Powell-24) SHU scores under 50 points...... 0-0 Seton Hall had three 20+ point scorers...... at Iowa, 11/17/16 (Powell-26, Rodriguez-25, Carrington-20) Opponent scores 100+ points...... 0-0 Seton Hall had two 30+ point scorers...... vs. VMI 12/12/09 Opponent scores 90-99 points...... 0-1 Seton Hall played an overtime game...... at Georgetown 3/2/19 Opponent scores 80-89 points...... 2-2 Opponent scores 70-79 points...... 10-9 Seton Hall played in a double-overtime game...... at Georgetown 3/2/19 Opponent scores 60-69 points...... 3-1 Seton Hall erased a 15+ point deficit and won...... 15, vs. Providence 2/8/17 Opponent scores 50-59 points...... 4-0 Seton Hall erased a 20+ point deficit and won...... 23, vs. Robert Morris 11/18/07 Opponent scores under 50 points...... 1-0 In white jerseys...... 2-1 In silver jerseys...... 1-0 In blue jerseys...... 0-1 LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD, PLAY GOOD. In blue throwback jerseys...... 7-9 In white throwback jerseys...... 10-2 UNDER ARMOUR UNIFORM COMBINATIONS On Monday...... 0-0 On Tuesday...... 2-1 On Wednesday...... 6-2 On Thursday...... 2-0 On Friday...... 2-0 On Saturday...... 6-8 On Sunday...... 2-2

In November...... 4-2 In December...... 6-1 In January...... 3-5 In February...... 3-3 In March...... 4-2

Top Scorers:

Myles Powell...... 16-9 Michael Nzei...... 1-0 Quincy McKnight...... 1-2 Sandro Mamukelashvili...... 1-0 HOME WHITE | ROAD BLUE | ALTERNATE GREY | THROWBACK WHITE | THROWBACK BLUE Myles Cale...... 1-2

#HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 6 2018-19 GAME NOTES FILL IT UP

3-PT FG MADE ALL-TIME SCORING LEADERS SINGLE-SEASON POINTS 1. Jeremy Hazell (2007-11) - 328 1. Terry Dehere (1989-93) - 2,494 1. Walter Dukes (1952-53) - 861 2. Terry Dehere (1989-93) - 315 11. Ken House (1969-72) - 1,670 2. Nick Werkman (1963-64) - 830 3. Darius Lane (1999-02) - 273 12. Desi Rodriguez (2014-18) - 1,657 3. Nick Werkman (1961-62) - 793 4. Myles Powell (2016-pres.) - 265 13. Nick Galis (1975-79) - 1,651 4. Terry Dehere (1992-93) - 770 5. (2000-04) - 244 14. Myles Powell (2016-pres.) - 1,636 5. Myles Powell (2018-19) - 757 15. Fuqwan Edwin (2010-14) - 1633 6. Nick Galis (1978-79) - 743 3-PT FG ATTEMPTED 16. (1985-89) - 1,621 7. Jeremy Hazell (2008-09) - 726 1. Jeremy Hazell (2007-11) - 954 8. (1987-88) - 698 2. Terry Dehere (1989-93) - 809 CAREER GAMES PLAYED (1981-82) 3. Myles Powell (2016-pres.) - 737 1. Michael Nzei (2015-present) - 134 10. Terry Dehere (1990-91) - 672 4. Darius Lane (1999-02) - 718 2. Khadeen Carrington (2014-18) - 132 11. John Morton (1988-89) - 658 5. Andre Barrett (2000-04) - 696 Angel Delgado (2014-18) - 132 12. Jeremy Hazell (2009-10) - 654 6. (1996-00) - 606 4 John Morton (1985-89) - 131 13. Ken House (1971-72) - 652 Jamar Nutter (2004-08) Gerald Greene (1985-89) - 131 14. Nick Werkman (1962-63) - 650 8. Levell Sanders (1994-98) - 569 15. Greg Tynes (1976-77) - 636

2018-19 PIRATE DUNK-O-METER

MCKNIGHT 6

NZEI 10

NELSON

POWELL 8

RHODEN 6 4 THOMPSON

CALE 7 13 MAMUKELASHVILI

AVENT Myles Cale has shown incredible athletic ability early in his career, and has delivered numerous highlight reel BRODIE 1 throwdowns. He had one of SEVEN dunks for the Pirates at Xavier on Jan. 2 REYNOLDS

GILL 12

67 TEAM

2018-19 GAME NOTES 7 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB NEW JERSEY’S NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAM

ALL-TIME VS. NJ OPPONENTS All-Time NCAA Tournament Appearances By Each New Jersey Div. I Team School NCAA Appearances Last Appearance Fairleigh Dickinson...... 19-4 Princeton 25 2017 Saint Peter’s...... 64-24 Seton Hall 13 2019 NJIT...... 6-0 Rutgers 6 1991 Rutgers...... 40-30 Fairleigh Dickinson 6 2019 Monmouth 4 2006 Princeton...... 10-3 Rider 3 1994 Monmouth...... 13-0 NJIT 0 None Rider...... 14-0

Overall...... 165-61 (.733) NCA Tournament Appearances By Each New Jersey Div. I Team Since Field Expanded to 64 in 1985 School NCAA Appearances Last Appearance Seton Hall 13 2019 Princeton 11 2017 Fairleigh Dickinson 6 2019 Monmouth 4 2006 Rider 2 1994 Rutgers 2 1991 NJIT 0 None

All-Time NCAA Tournament Final Four Apearances By Each New Jersey Div. 1 Team School NCAA Final Fours NCAA Final Four Record Seton Hall 1 (1989) 1-1 Princeton 1 (1965) 1-1* Fairleigh Dickinson None None Monmouth None None Fairleigh Dickinson None None Rutgers 1 (1976) 0-2* NJIT None None

* includes appearances in NCAA Third Place Consolation Games RIVALRY QUICK FACTS

All-Time NCAA Tournament Wins By Each New Jersey Div. I Team • First meeting was on February 4, 1916 School NCAA Wins Last Win • Teams have played in every season since Seton Hall 16 2018 1994-95 Princeton 13 1998 • Schools separated by approximate 27-mile drive Rutgers 5 1983 • 21 of last 25 meetings decided by six points Monmouth 1 2006 or fewer or in overtime Fairleigh Dickinson 0 None • Garden State Hardwood Classic was Rider 0 None announced and trophy was unveiled at joint press conference held at the Skylark Diner in NJIT 0 None Edison, N.J. - a local landmark • The custom-made hardware that was All-Time NCAA Tournament Wins By Each New Jersey Div. I Team handcrafted from wood salvaged from the Since Field Expanded to 64 in 1985 Asbury Park boardwalk in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and features the names of School NCAA Wins Last Win the winners engraved on the back Seton Hall 16 2018 • Trophy stands 32 inches high and weighs Princeton 2 1998 33 pounds Monmouth 1 2006 • Current eight-year agreement between the two teams runs through 2026 after two Rutgers 0 None schools announced a six-year extension in Fairleigh Dickinson 0 None May 2018 Rider 0 None NJIT 0 None

#HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 8 2018-19 GAME NOTES AT THE HALL: 170-127, .572 | 12th SEASON OVERALL: 215-176, .550

Education • Bachelor of Arts at University of Pittsburgh ’97 Head Coach: Iona College, 2007-10 AGAINST 2018-19 OPPONENTS >> • Led 2009-10 team to 21 victories, completing one of Coaching Experience the greatest turnarounds in history; >> Wagner...... 3-0 >> St. John’s...... 9-6 • Head Coach: , 2010-present Iona was 2-28 in season prior to Willard’s arrival • Led 2017-18 team to program’s first NCAA Tournament • Associate Head Coach: University of Louisville, 2005-07 >> Nebraska...... 0-1 >> Xavier...... 7-7 win since 2004 • Helped guide the 2006-07 team to the NCAA >> Saint Louis...... 0-1 >> DePaul...... 10-6 • Led 2016-17 team to NCAA Tournament, marking back- Tournament to-back appearances for the first time in 20 years • Assistant Coach: University of Louisville, 2001-05 >> Grand Canyon...... 1-0 >> Butler...... 5-9 • Led 2015-16 team to the BIG EAST Tournament • Helped guide the team to two Conference USA championship, the first for the program since 1993, championships and three straight NCAA appearances >> Hawaii...... 2-0 >> Marquette...... 8-12 and an NCAA Tournament appearance including a run to the Final Four in 2005 >> Miami (Fla.)...... 1-0 >> Providence...... 11-8 # • His student-athletes have combined for 44 BIG EAST • Coaching Associate: , 1997-01 All-Academic team selections • His program has received three NCAA APR Public >> Louisville...... 1-7 ! >> Villanova...... 5-14 Recognition awards for academic progress in the top Collegiate Playing Career >> New Hampshire...... 2-0 @ >> Creighton...... 9-5 $ 10 percent of the nation • Three-year letterwinner, University of Pittsburgh • His team’s grade-point-average was over 3.0 after (1994-97) >> Kentucky...... 1-0 >> Georgetown...... 10-6 the Spring 2018 semester • Member of BIG EAST All-Academic team • Has 17 wins over nationally-ranked opponents, • One-year letterwinner, Western Kentucky Univ. >> Rutgers...... 7-6 >> Wofford...... 0-0 including four over top-five teams (1993-94) >> Sacred Heart...... 1-0 • Mentored Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall’s first NBA ! 1-6 with SHU @ 1-0 with SHU Draft pick since 2001 >> Maryland...... 1-0 # 10-8 with SHU $ 8-5 with SHU

Come to Seton Hall University, develop your academic and athletic skills, play in the greatest teams, and the Pirates won 15 of those contests, while also earning basketball conference in the country, compete for conference championships and NCAA nine wins against teams that advanced to national postseason. Tournament bids and graduate with a degree all while enjoying a great student-athlete experience. The Hall also proved to be an elite BIG EAST squad once again as the Pirates finished in a tie for third place and maintained their That’s the program that Kevin Willard has built in his eight seasons as the head coach of position as one of the best teams since the realignment of the new the Seton Hall men’s basketball program. With a keen eye for recruiting, an emphasis on BIG EAST in 2014. Including conference tournament wins, Seton individual instruction and skill development and a dedication to academic success, he and his Hall has the fifth-most league wins in the 10-team conference since coaching staff have built the Pirates into winners on the court and in the classroom. 2014 (50) and the third-most league wins since 2016 (36).

In 2017-18, he coached The Hall to its third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, The Pirates finished 2017-18 rated No. 24 in the Sagarin Ratings, a feat the school has not accomplished since a string of four straight NCAA berths from No. 26 in the KenPom, No. 27 in the BPI and No. 31 in the NCAA 1991-94. In addition, he has led the Pirates to three straight 20-win seasons for the first time RPI while also receiving votes in the final Associated Press and USA since 1991-93 and three-straight years of double-digit BIG EAST wins for the first time ever. Today Coaches polls.

Kevin Willard holding the 2016 BIG EAST Championship trophyWillard has mentored 12 All- BIG EAST selections and three BIG EAST All-Rookies, and this includes Fuquan Edwin, the 2014 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year, Angel Delgado, the 2015 BIG EAST Rookie of Most coaching wins in Seton hall history >> the Year, 2017 unanimous All-BIG EAST selection and 2018 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award winner, and Isaiah Whitehead, the 2016 unanimous All-BIG EAST first team selection who went on to be selected in the second round of the 2016 NBA Draft. 1 294

Making a huge emphasis on effort in the classroom, Willard’s student-athletes have also 2 P.J. Carlesimo 212 combined for 44 BIG EAST All-Academic team selections, and the program has boasted 3 Frank Hill 178 a perfect single-year academic progress rate in five of the seven NCAA reports since he became head coach as well as perfect multi-year APR scores in 2016 and 2017. The NCAA 4 Kevin Willard 170 has also recognized Seton Hall with NCAA APR Public Recognition awards for boasting an APR in the top 10 percent in the country three consecutive years from 2015-17. 5 154

Willard has proven to be a strong evaluator and recruiter of talent, as he brought in a consensus top-15 national recruiting class in 2014, led by Whitehead, the program’s first McDonald’s All-American since 2001 and just the fifth all-time. He also has been able to retain Metropolitan New York’s top talent; the 2018-19 roster boasts six scholarship student- athletes hailing from either New York or New Jersey. top accolades >> The 2017-18 season was filled with accolades and milestones as a senior-laden squad »» 2017 Peter A. Carlesimo Met Writers Coach of the Year delivered the program’s first NCAA Tournament victory since 2004, a 94-83 win over NC »» 2017 Forbes Top-10 NCAA Basketball Coaches for the State that was followed by an eye-opening performance against top-seeded Kansas. The Next 10 Years Pirates, who were ranked as high as No. 13 in the Associated Press poll on the season, played »» 2016 Peter A. Carlesimo Met Writers Coach of the Year a rigorous schedule throughout the year, achieving banner wins over Texas Tech, Louisville, Butler and Providence. Twenty-six of Seton Hall’s 34 games came against KenPom top-100 »» 2016 BIG EAST Co-Coach of the Year

#HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 9 2018-19 GAME NOTES 2018-19 EBBS & FLOWS

2018-19 Seton Hall Men's Basketball 2018-19 Seton Hall Men's Basketball Seton Hall Player High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 16, 2019) Seton Hall Opponent High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 16, 2019) All games All games

Seton Hall - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Points 40 POWELL, Myles vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) Points 29 WASHINGTON,PJ vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 35 POWELL, Myles at Georgetown (03/02/19) 29 James Palmer at Nebraska (11/14/18) 34 POWELL, Myles vs Marquette (03/06/19) 28 MARSHALL, Naji vs Xavier (02/20/19) 31 POWELL, Myles vs Georgetown (03/14/19) 27 at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) 31 POWELL, Myles vs Providence (01/30/19) 26 at Marquette (01/12/19) 31 POWELL, Myles vs Butler (01/09/19) Field Goals Made 11 MARSHALL, Naji vs Xavier (02/20/19) Field Goals Made 14 POWELL, Myles at Georgetown (03/02/19) 10 Shamorie Ponds at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) 12 POWELL, Myles vs Providence (01/30/19) 10 Kamar Baldwin vs Butler (01/09/19) 12 POWELL, Myles vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) 10 HANKINS, Zach at Xavier (01/02/19) Field Goal Att. 27 POWELL, Myles at Georgetown (03/02/19) Field Goal Att. 26 Kamar Baldwin vs Butler (01/09/19) 25 POWELL, Myles vs Marquette (03/06/19) 23 MARSHALL, Naji vs Xavier (02/20/19) FG Pct (min 5 made) 1.000 (8-8) NZEI, Michael vs Miami (11/25/18) FG Pct (min 5 made) .778 (7-9) Paul Jorgensen at Butler (02/02/19) .857 (6-7) NZEI, Michael at Marquette (01/12/19) .769 (10-13) HANKINS, Zach at Xavier (01/02/19) 3-Point FG Made 6 CALE, Myles vs Villanova (03/09/19) 3-Point FG Made 7 Booth,Phil at Villanova (01/27/19) 6 POWELL, Myles vs Rutgers (12/15/18) 5 Sam Hauser vs Marquette (03/06/19) 6 POWELL, Myles vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 5 MARSHALL, Naji vs Xavier (02/20/19) 3-Point FG Att. 13 POWELL, Myles vs Rutgers (12/15/18) 5 Ty-Shon Alexander at Creighton (02/17/19) 12 POWELL, Myles at Georgetown (03/02/19) 5 Max Strus at DePaul (01/06/19) 12 POWELL, Myles vs Georgetown (02/13/19) 3-Point FG Att. 13 Booth,Phil at Villanova (01/27/19) 12 POWELL, Myles vs Louisville (12/01/18) 12 Sam Hauser vs Marquette (03/06/19) 12 POWELL, Myles vs Miami (11/25/18) 12 MARSHALL, Naji vs Xavier (02/20/19) 3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made) 1.000 (3-3) MAMUKELASHVILI, S. vs Georgetown (02/13/19) 3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made) 1.000 (3-3) Bey,Saddiq vs Villanova (03/09/19) 1.000 (2-2) RHODEN, Jared at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) 1.000 (3-3) DUKE, David at Providence (01/15/19) Free Throws Made 13 POWELL, Myles vs Butler (01/09/19) 1.000 (3-3) Dion Wiley vs Saint Louis (11/17/18) 11 POWELL, Myles vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) 1.000 (2-2) Sacar Anim vs Marquette (03/15/19) Free Throw Att. 15 POWELL, Myles vs Butler (01/09/19) 1.000 (2-2) Brendan Bailey vs Marquette (03/06/19) 14 POWELL, Myles vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) Free Throws Made 18 Markus Howard vs Marquette (03/15/19) FT Pct (min 3 made) 1.000 (10-10) POWELL, Myles vs Georgetown (02/13/19) 13 James Palmer at Nebraska (11/14/18) 1.000 (10-10) POWELL, Myles vs Creighton (02/09/19) Free Throw Att. 24 Markus Howard vs Marquette (03/15/19) 1.000 (9-9) POWELL, Myles at Nebraska (11/14/18) 18 James Palmer at Nebraska (11/14/18) 1.000 (8-8) CALE, Myles at Maryland (12/22/18) FT Pct (min 3 made) 1.000 (10-10) Femi Olujobi vs DePaul (01/19/19) 1.000 (8-8) POWELL, Myles at Maryland (12/22/18) 1.000 (9-9) Markus Howard at Marquette (01/12/19) 1.000 (6-6) POWELL, Myles at DePaul (01/06/19) 1.000 (6-6) Shamorie Ponds at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) 1.000 (6-6) POWELL, Myles vs Rutgers (12/15/18) 1.000 (6-6) Zach Johnson vs Miami (11/25/18) 1.000 (6-6) CALE, Myles vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 1.000 (6-6) Javon Bess vs Saint Louis (11/17/18) 1.000 (5-5) POWELL, Myles vs Wagner (11/06/18) 1.000 (5-5) Ty-Shon Alexander at Creighton (02/17/19) 1.000 (4-4) RHODEN, Jared vs Villanova (03/09/19) 1.000 (5-5) Paul Reed vs DePaul (01/19/19) 1.000 (4-4) NZEI, Michael vs Villanova (03/09/19) 1.000 (5-5) Sean Hoehn vs Sacred Heart (12/19/18) 1.000 (4-4) NZEI, Michael vs Marquette (03/06/19) 1.000 (4-4) Bey,Saddiq vs Villanova (03/16/19) 1.000 (4-4) POWELL, Myles at Creighton (02/17/19) 1.000 (4-4) Sacar Anim vs Marquette (03/15/19) 1.000 (4-4) CALE, Myles vs Georgetown (02/13/19) 1.000 (4-4) Sam Hauser vs Marquette (03/15/19) 1.000 (4-4) NZEI, Michael vs Providence (01/30/19) 1.000 (4-4) James Akinjo vs Georgetown (02/13/19) 1.000 (4-4) POWELL, Myles vs St. John's (NY) (12/29/18) 1.000 (4-4) Martin Krampelj vs Creighton (02/09/19) 1.000 (4-4) REYNOLDS, Shavar vs Sacred Heart (12/19/18) 1.000 (4-4) Eli Cain vs DePaul (01/19/19) 1.000 (4-4) THOMPSON, Taurean vs Sacred Heart (12/19/18) 1.000 (4-4) Sam Hauser at Marquette (01/12/19) 1.000 (4-4) McKNIGHT, Quincy vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 1.000 (4-4) Justin Simon vs St. John's (NY) (12/29/18) 1.000 (4-4) POWELL, Myles vs Hawaii (11/23/18) 1.000 (4-4) Lever,Alessandro vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) 1.000 (4-4) REYNOLDS, Shavar vs Wagner (11/06/18) 1.000 (4-4) Isaac Copeland at Nebraska (11/14/18) 1.000 (3-3) NELSON, Anthony vs Villanova (03/16/19) 1.000 (3-3) Mac McClung vs Georgetown (03/14/19) 1.000 (3-3) POWELL, Myles vs Villanova (03/16/19) 1.000 (3-3) Booth,Phil vs Villanova (03/09/19) 1.000 (3-3) MAMUKELASHVILI, S. vs Georgetown (03/14/19) 1.000 (3-3) Jagan Mosely at Georgetown (03/02/19) 1.000 (3-3) POWELL, Myles at Providence (01/15/19) 1.000 (3-3) DUKE, David vs Providence (01/30/19) Rebounds 18 MAMUKELASHVILI, S. vs Villanova (03/09/19) 1.000 (3-3) Marvin Clark II vs St. John's (NY) (12/29/18) Rebounds 17 Josh LeBlanc at Georgetown (03/02/19) 15 NZEI, Michael vs Marquette (03/15/19) 15 JONES, Tyrique vs Xavier (02/20/19) Assists 9 McKNIGHT, Quincy vs Georgetown (02/13/19) Assists 8 Glynn Watson Jr. at Nebraska (11/14/18) 9 McKNIGHT, Quincy vs DePaul (01/19/19) 7 Shamorie Ponds vs St. John's (NY) (12/29/18) Steals 6 McKNIGHT, Quincy at Creighton (02/17/19) Steals 5 Shamorie Ponds at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) 4 POWELL, Myles vs Georgetown (03/14/19) 5 Shamorie Ponds vs St. John's (NY) (12/29/18) 4 POWELL, Myles vs Xavier (02/20/19) Blocked Shots 4 Sedee Keita at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) 4 POWELL, Myles vs Creighton (02/09/19) 4 WASHINGTON,PJ vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 4 POWELL, Myles vs Providence (01/30/19) 4 Malik Williams vs Louisville (12/01/18) 4 POWELL, Myles vs Sacred Heart (12/19/18) 4 Carte'Are Gordon vs Saint Louis (11/17/18) 4 REYNOLDS, Shavar vs Sacred Heart (12/19/18) Turnovers 6 Jessie Govan at Georgetown (03/02/19) 4 McKNIGHT, Quincy vs Sacred Heart (12/19/18) 6 GOODIN, Quentin at Xavier (01/02/19) 4 McKNIGHT, Quincy vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 6 Cameron Parker vs Sacred Heart (12/19/18) 4 POWELL, Myles vs Louisville (12/01/18) 6 Jordan Goodwin vs Saint Louis (11/17/18) 4 POWELL, Myles vs Saint Louis (11/17/18) 6 Tramaine Isabell Jr. vs Saint Louis (11/17/18) Blocked Shots 5 GILL, Romaro vs Rutgers (12/15/18) Fouls 5 Joey Hauser vs Marquette (03/15/19) 4 THOMPSON, Taurean vs Providence (01/30/19) 5 Paschall,Eric vs Villanova (03/09/19) 4 GILL, Romaro at Xavier (01/02/19) 5 Justin Simon at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) 4 MAMUKELASHVILI, S. vs Louisville (12/01/18) 5 Sean McDermott vs Butler (01/09/19) Turnovers 7 McKNIGHT, Quincy at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) 5 Aaron Thompson vs Butler (01/09/19) 5 Eli Cain at DePaul (01/06/19) 7 POWELL, Myles at Villanova (01/27/19) 5 vs St. John's (NY) (12/29/18) Fouls 5 NZEI, Michael vs Villanova (03/16/19) 5 Marvin Clark II vs St. John's (NY) (12/29/18) 5 NZEI, Michael vs Marquette (03/15/19) 5 Montez Mathis vs Rutgers (12/15/18) 5 GILL, Romaro vs Marquette (03/15/19) 5 TRAVIS,REID vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 5 McKNIGHT, Quincy vs Marquette (03/15/19) 5 Tramaine Isabell Jr. vs Saint Louis (11/17/18) 5 McKNIGHT, Quincy vs Villanova (03/09/19) 5 NZEI, Michael at Georgetown (03/02/19) 5 NZEI, Michael vs DePaul (01/19/19) 5 CALE, Myles at Providence (01/15/19) 5 McKNIGHT, Quincy at Xavier (01/02/19) 5 CALE, Myles vs St. John's (NY) (12/29/18) 5 RHODEN, Jared vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 5 MAMUKELASHVILI, S. vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 5 NZEI, Michael vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 5 McKNIGHT, Quincy at Nebraska (11/14/18) Minutes 45 POWELL, Myles at Georgetown (03/02/19) 44 CALE, Myles vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 43 POWELL, Myles vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 41 MAMUKELASHVILI, S. at Georgetown (03/02/19) 40 POWELL, Myles vs Xavier (02/20/19) 40 McKNIGHT, Quincy vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18)

#HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 10 2018-19 GAME NOTES 2018-19 EBBS & FLOWS

2018-19 Seton Hall Men's Basketball 2018-19 Seton Hall Men's Basketball Seton Hall Team High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 16, 2019) Seton Hall High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 16, 2019) All games All games

Seton Hall - TEAM GAME HIGHS Opponent - GAME HIGHS POINTS 93 DEPAUL (01/19/19) POINTS 97 DEPAUL (01/19/19) 90 GEORGETOWN (02/13/19) 83 vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 90 SACRED HEART (12/19/18) 81 vs Miami (11/25/18) 89 WAGNER (11/06/18) 80 at Villanova (01/27/19) 84 vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18) 80 at Nebraska (11/14/18) FIELD GOALS MADE 35 SACRED HEART (12/19/18) FIELD GOALS MADE 31 DEPAUL (01/19/19) 34 vs Miami (11/25/18) 30 at DePaul (01/06/19) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 79 at Georgetown (03/02/19) 30 vs Miami (11/25/18) 73 SACRED HEART (12/19/18) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 79 RUTGERS (12/15/18) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .622 (28-45) vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) 77 at Georgetown (03/02/19) .542 (32-59) DEPAUL (01/19/19) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .545 (30-55) at DePaul (01/06/19) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 13 VILLANOVA (03/09/19) .545 (30-55) vs Miami (11/25/18) 13 DEPAUL (01/19/19) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 17 at Villanova (01/27/19) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 29 at Georgetown (03/02/19) 13 VILLANOVA (03/09/19) 27 VILLANOVA (03/09/19) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 42 at Villanova (01/27/19) 27 at Creighton (02/17/19) 31 vs Villanova (03/16/19) 27 at DePaul (01/06/19) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .625 (5-8) SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) 27 RUTGERS (12/15/18) .545 (6-11) DEPAUL (01/19/19) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .542 (13-24) DEPAUL (01/19/19) FREE THROWS MADE 29 vs Marquette (03/15/19) .500 (6-12) vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) 29 DEPAUL (01/19/19) FREE THROWS MADE 26 vs Marquette (03/15/19) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 41 vs Marquette (03/15/19) 23 BUTLER (01/09/19) 32 DEPAUL (01/19/19) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 44 vs Marquette (03/15/19) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .917 (11-12) LOUISVILLE (12/01/18) 37 BUTLER (01/09/19) .909 (10-11) GEORGETOWN (02/13/19) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 1.000 (12-12) at Providence (01/15/19) REBOUNDS 54 at Georgetown (03/02/19) .864 (19-22) GEORGETOWN (02/13/19) 52 RUTGERS (12/15/18) REBOUNDS 52 at Georgetown (03/02/19) ASSISTS 20 at DePaul (01/06/19) 47 vs Marquette (03/15/19) 18 XAVIER (02/20/19) ASSISTS 23 SACRED HEART (12/19/18) 18 vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) 20 GEORGETOWN (02/13/19) STEALS 12 at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) 20 at Xavier (01/02/19) 12 ST. JOHN'S (NY) (12/29/18) 20 WAGNER (11/06/18) BLOCKED SHOTS 12 at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) STEALS 16 SACRED HEART (12/19/18) 8 at Maryland (12/22/18) 11 WAGNER (11/06/18) TURNOVERS 24 SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) BLOCKED SHOTS 8 RUTGERS (12/15/18) 21 SACRED HEART (12/19/18) 8 WAGNER (11/06/18) FOULS 27 vs Marquette (03/15/19) TURNOVERS 22 at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) 27 SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) 22 at Providence (01/15/19) FOULS 29 vs Marquette (03/15/19) 25 vs KENTUCKY (12/08/18)

2018-19 Seton Hall Men's Basketball 2018-19 Seton Hall Men's Basketball Seton Hall High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 16, 2019) Seton Hall High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 16, 2019) All games All games

Opponent - GAME LOWS Seton Hall - GAME LOWS POINTS 49 WAGNER (11/06/18) POINTS 52 at Villanova (01/27/19) 54 vs Hawaii (11/23/18) 57 at Nebraska (11/14/18) 57 NEW HAMPSHIRE (12/04/18) 63 at Providence (01/15/19) 57 vs Georgetown (03/14/19) 63 CREIGHTON (02/09/19) 58 CREIGHTON (02/09/19) 64 SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) FIELD GOALS MADE 18 WAGNER (11/06/18) 64 vs Hawaii (11/23/18) 20 SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) FIELD GOALS MADE 18 at Villanova (01/27/19) 20 vs Hawaii (11/23/18) 19 SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) 20 CREIGHTON (02/09/19) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 45 vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 42 SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) 47 BUTLER (01/09/19) 47 VILLANOVA (03/09/19) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .333 (19-57) SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .303 (20-66) CREIGHTON (02/09/19) .333 (20-60) CREIGHTON (02/09/19) .316 (25-79) RUTGERS (12/15/18) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 2 at Nebraska (11/14/18) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 2 vs Georgetown (03/14/19) 3 LOUISVILLE (12/01/18) 4 at Xavier (01/02/19) 3 PROVIDENCE (01/30/19) 4 at Georgetown (03/02/19) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 12 vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 8 SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) 14 PROVIDENCE (01/30/19) 11 DEPAUL (01/19/19) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .125 (2-16) at Nebraska (11/14/18) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .167 (2-12) vs Georgetown (03/14/19) .167 (3-18) LOUISVILLE (12/01/18) .190 (4-21) at Georgetown (03/02/19) FREE THROWS MADE 4 at Butler (02/02/19) FREE THROWS MADE 4 NEW HAMPSHIRE (12/04/18) 6 at Marquette (01/12/19) 6 vs Hawaii (11/23/18) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 7 at Butler (02/02/19) 6 at Butler (02/02/19) 9 at Marquette (01/12/19) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 6 NEW HAMPSHIRE (12/04/18) 10 WAGNER (11/06/18) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .571 (4-7) at Butler (02/02/19) 10 vs Hawaii (11/23/18) .571 (8-14) at Georgetown (03/02/19) 10 at Butler (02/02/19) REBOUNDS 19 DEPAUL (01/19/19) 10 MARQUETTE (03/06/19) 28 SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .538 (7-13) at Villanova (01/27/19) 28 LOUISVILLE (12/01/18) .563 (9-16) XAVIER (02/20/19) ASSISTS 3 at Nebraska (11/14/18) REBOUNDS 25 vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) 4 SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) 27 at St. John's (NY) (02/23/19) STEALS 1 at Nebraska (11/14/18) ASSISTS 7 vs Georgetown (03/14/19) 3 ST. JOHN'S (NY) (12/29/18) 8 SAINT LOUIS (11/17/18) BLOCKED SHOTS 0 vs Georgetown (03/14/19) STEALS 1 NEW HAMPSHIRE (12/04/18) 1 vs Miami (11/25/18) 2 vs Grand Canyon (11/22/18) 1 at Butler (02/02/19) 2 vs Hawaii (11/23/18) 1 VILLANOVA (03/09/19) 2 VILLANOVA (03/09/19) TURNOVERS 7 LOUISVILLE (12/01/18) BLOCKED SHOTS 1 WAGNER (11/06/18) 7 vs Villanova (03/16/19) 1 NEW HAMPSHIRE (12/04/18) FOULS 13 NEW HAMPSHIRE (12/04/18) 1 BUTLER (01/09/19) 14 ST. JOHN'S (NY) (12/29/18) 1 PROVIDENCE (01/30/19) 14 MARQUETTE (03/06/19) TURNOVERS 8 at Nebraska (11/14/18) 8 BUTLER (01/09/19) FOULS 12 at Marquette (01/12/19) 12 at Providence (01/15/19) 12 at Butler (02/02/19)

2018-19 GAME NOTES 11 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB IN THE POLLS THE LAST TIME SHU WAS RANKED IN THE AP... Top-25: No. 19 Jan. 15, 2018 AP Top-25 Poll (March 18 - Week 20) Top-20: No. 19 Jan. 15, 2018 Rank School Record Points Trend Top-15: No. 13 Jan. 8, 2018 1. Duke (58) 29-5 1592 +4 2. Virginia (5) 29-3 1497 - Top-10: No. 8 Dec. 19, 2000 3. North Carolina 27-6 1453 - Top-5: No. 2 March 24, 1953 4. Gonzaga (1) 30-3 1398 -3 5. Michigan State 28-6 1382 +1 No. 1: No. 1 Feb. 24, 1953 6. 29-5 1270 +2 7. Kentucky 27-6 1232 -3 8. Michigan 28-6 1146 +2 WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKINGS 9. Texas Tech 26-6 1033 -2 10. Florida State 27-7 1017 +2 WEEK AP COACHES NCAA NET KenPom 11. Houston 31-3 933 - 12. LSU 26-6 886 -3 Preseason NR NR -- 54 13. Purdue 23-9 727 - 2 NR -- -- 40 14. Auburn 26-9 665 +8 15. Buffalo 31-3 608 +3 3 NR NR -- 58 16. 24-8 595 - 4 NR NR 85 54 17. Kansas 25-9 590 - 18. Kansas State 25-8 529 -3 5 NR NR 86 58 19. Wofford 29-4 385 +1 20. Nevada 29-4 361 -6 6 RV (1) NR 86 58 21. Wisconsin 23-10 339 -2 7 NR NR 83 58 22. 28-6 335 +2 23. Villanova 25-9 306 +2 8 RV (5) RV (3) 59 55 24. Iowa State 23-11 245 +2 9 RV (24) RV (18) 52 55 25. Utah State 28-6 73 +1 10 RV (14) RV (11) 47 49 11 RV (6) NR 39 48 Others receiving votes: Marquette 63, Maryland 55, Mississippi State 35, Murray State 12, New Mexico 12 NR NR 56 58 State 11, UCF 9, Louisville 8, VCU 4, Seton Hall 3, 13 NR NR 64 65 Old Dominion 2, Liberty 1 14 NR NR 67 64 15 NR NR 65 65 USA Today/Coaches Top-25 Poll (March 11 - Week 19) 16 NR NR 60 57 Rank School Record Points Trend 17 NR NR 62 61 1. Gonzaga (28) 29-2 796 - 18 NR NR 63 62 2. Virginia (4) 28-2 772 - 3. North Carolina 26-5 735 - 19 NR RV (3) 62 58 4. Kentucky 26-5 684 +2 20 RV (3) 57 55 5. Duke 26-5 632 -1 6. Texas Tech 26-5 610 +2 7. Michigan State 25-6 590 +4 2018-19 BIG EAST PRESEASON POLL 8. Tennessee 27-4 557 -4 9. LSU 26-5 515 +1 1. Villanova (8) 79 5. Butler (1) 45 9. Creighton 25 10. Houston 29-2 496 +2 2. Marquette (1) 70 6. Xavier 41 10. DePaul 16 11. Michigan 26-5 494 -4 12. Purdue 23-8 471 -3 3. Providence 58 7. Georgetown 33 13. Florida State 25-6 426 - 4. St. John’s 57 8. Seton Hall 26 14. Kansas State 24-7 406 +3 15. Virginia Tech 23-7 304 +1 16. Buffalo 28-3 289 +4 2018-19 BIG EAST STANDINGS 17. Nevada 28-3 277 +1 18. Kansas 23-8 267 -4 BIG EAST OVERALL 19. Wisconsin 22-9 246 +2 W L PCT W L PCT 20. Wofford 28-4 191 +2 21. Maryland 22-9 136 +3 Villanova 13 5 .722 25 9 .735 22. Marquette 23-8 105 -7 Marquette 12 6 .667 24 9 .727 23. Cincinnati 25-6 104 -4 24. Auburn 22-9 76 +2 Seton Hall 9 9 .500 20 13 .606 25. Villanova 22-9 65 -2 Xavier 9 9 .500 18 15 .545 Creighton 9 9 .500 18 14 .562 Others receiving votes: UCF 27, Mississippi State Georgetown 9 9 .500 19 13 .594 26, VCU 21, Utah State 19, Hofstra 13, Washington 11, Arizona State 11, Murray State 10, Iowa State 8, St. John’s 8 10 .444 21 12 .636 Louisville 3, Seton Hall 3, Liberty 2, Baylor 1, UC Providence 7 11 .389 18 15 .545 Irvine 1 Butler 7 11 .389 16 16 .500 Seton Hall 2018-19 opponents in BOLD DePaul 7 11 .389 15 15 .500 (through games 03/17/19)

#HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 12 2018-19 GAME NOTES NUMERICAL ROSTER

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Quincy McKnight Jr. G 6-4 185 Bridgeport, Conn. (Sacred Heart) 1 Mike Nzei Sr. F 6-8 205 Makurdi, Nigeria (Our Savior New American - N.Y.) 2 Anthony Nelson Fr. G 6-4 175 New York, N.Y. (South Kent School) 13 Myles Powell Jr. G 6-2 195 Trenton, N.J. (Trenton Catholic) 14 Jared Rhoden Fr. G/F 6-6 205 Baldwin, N.Y. (Our Savior Lutheran) 15 Taurean Thompson So. F 6-11 215 New York, N.Y. (Syracuse) 21 Ike Obiagu* So. C 7-1 255 Abuja, Nigeria (Florida State) 22 Myles Cale So. G/F 6-6 210 Middletown, Del. (Appoquinimink) 23 Sandro Mamukelashvili So. F 6-10 230 Tbilisi, Georgia (Montverde Academy - Fla.) 30 Asiah Avent Jr. G 6-3 190 Springfield, N.J. (Hartford) 32 Darnell Brodie Fr. F 6-9 265 Newark, N.J. (Montverde Academy - Fla.) 33 Shavar Reynolds, Jr. So. G 6-2 195 Manchester, N.J. (Manchester Township) 35 Romaro Gill Jr. C 7-2 255 St. Thomas, Jamaica (Vincennes University)

* Will sit out 2018-19 season due to NCAA transfer regulations ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) 30 Asiah Avent Jr. G 6-3 190 Springfield, N.J. (Franklin) 32 Darnell Brodie Fr. F 6-9 265 Newark, N.J. (Montverde Academy - Fla.) 22 Myles Cale So. G/F 6-6 210 Middletown, Del. (Appoquinimink) 35 Romaro Gill Jr. C 7-2 255 St. Thomas, Jamaica (Vincennes University) 23 Sandro Mamukelashvili So. F 6-10 230 Tbilisi, Georgia (Montverde Academy - Fla.) 0 Quincy McKnight Jr. G 6-4 185 Bridgeport, Conn. (Sacred Heart) 2 Anthony Nelson Fr. G 6-4 175 New York, N.Y. (South Kent School) 1 Mike Nzei Sr. F 6-8 205 Makurdi, Nigeria (Our Savior New American - N.Y.) 21 Ike Obiagu* So. C 7-1 255 Abuja, Nigeria (Florida State) 13 Myles Powell Jr. G 6-2 195 Trenton, N.J. (Trenton Catholic) 33 Shavar Reynolds, Jr. So. G 6-2 195 Manchester, N.J. (Manchester Township) 14 Jared Rhoden Fr. G/F 6-6 205 Baldwin, N.Y. (Our Savior Lutheran) 15 Taurean Thompson So. F 6-11 215 New York, N.Y. (Syracuse)

Head Coach: Kevin Willard (Pittsburgh ’97), Ninth Season Assistant Coach: Grant Billmeier (Seton Hall ’07) Assistant Coach: Tony Skinn (George Mason ’06) Assistant Coach: Duane Woodward (Boston College ’98) Director of Basketball Operations: Kyle Smyth (Iona ’12) Coordinator of Basketball Operations: Kevin Lynch (Seton Hall ’14) Coordinator of Basketball Operations: Charlie Butler (Seton Hall ’15) Graduate Assistant: Brandon Hall (Saint Peter’s ’12) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Asiah Avent...... Isaiah Darnell Brodie...... bro-dee Myles Cale...... KALE Sandro Mamukelashvili...... ma-MOO-kell-osh-VEE-lee Michael Nzei...... EN-zee Ike Obiagu...... EYE-key O-bee-ah-goo

2018-19 GAME NOTES 13 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB QUINCY Mcknight #0 • JUNIOR • GUARD • 6-4 • 185 • BRIDGEPORT, CONN. • SACRED HEART

2019 BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament team 2018 Wooden Legacy All-Tournament second team • 2018 BIG EAST All-Academic team

>> Positive assist/turnover in 24 of 33 games this season >> 2nd in BIG EAST conference only in assists (4.8) & 4th in MILESTONE TRACKER >> 4th in the BIG EAST in steals (1.6 SPG), tied for 6th in assists conference only steals (1.9) To 1200 Pts...... 3 To 450 FGM.....22 (4.0), 9th in assist/turnover ratio (1.56) >> Has 15 career 20-point games To 400 Reb...... 23 To 300 AST....14 >> Playing lockdown defense on top opposing guards

CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 2015-17 AT SACRED HEART 15-16 27 27 867 32.1 119 275 .433 10 40 .250 61 108 .565 28 114 142 5.3 84 0 68 75 11 42 309 11.4 16-17 32 32 1040 32.5 203 473 .429 27 84 .321 172 222 .775 26 130 156 4.9 94 0 95 148 5 52 605 18.9 18-19 33 32 925 28.0 115 252 .456 18 64 .281 64 101 .634 13 71 84 2.5 98 4 131 84 7 53 312 9.5 TOTAL 89 88 2748 30.9 428 980 .437 55 183 .301 286 412 .694 66 311 377 4.2 267 2 286 302 22 147 1197 13.4

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS • PLAYED 91 MINUTES WITH ONLY ONE TURNOVER IN SETON HALL’S WOODEN LEGACY CHAMPIONSHIP RUN TO EARN 2ND-TEAM ALL-TOURNAMENT HONORS PTS: 25 - vs. DePaul 1/19/19 PTS: 44 - at Bryant 1/14/17 REB: 6, 2x - last at Marquette 1/12/19 REB: 13 - vs. Central Connecticut 2/13/16 • 16 POINTS ON 7-OF-9 SHOOTING IN THE WOODEN LEGACY TITLE GAME AST: 9, 2x - last vs. Georgetown 2/13/19 AST: 9, 2x - last vs. Georgetown 2/13/19 VICTORY OVER MIAMI FGM: 9 - vs. DePaul 1/19/19 FGM: 16 - at Bryant 1/14/17 • SCORED 15 POINTS, ISSUED FIVE ASSISTS, GRABBED FOUR STEALS AND HAD FGA: 15, 2x - last at Providence 1/15/19 FGA: 26 - at Bryant 1/14/17 BLOCK SHOT AT THE END OF OT TO HELP PIRATES UPSET NO. 9 KENTUCKY 3FGM: 2, 3x - last vs. DePaul 1/19/19 3FGM: 4 - at Bryant 1/14/17 • SCORED 14 POINTS, HAD FOUR ASSISTS, ZERO TURNOVERS AND PLAYED 3FGA: 5 - vs. New Hampshire 12/4/18 3FGA: 6 - at Bryant 1/14/17 INCREDIBLE DEFENSE ON SHAMORIE PONDS IN A WIN OVER ST. JOHN’S FTM: 6, 2x - last vs. Marquette 3/15/19 FTM: 15 - at Boston College 12/18/16 • SEASON HIGH 25 POINTS AND CAREER-HIGH 9 ASSISTS VS. DEPAUL FTA: 12 - vs. Marquette 3/15/19 FTA: 18 - at Boston College 12/18/16 • HUGE IMPACT AT END OF CREIGHTON ROAD WIN WITH FOUR STEALS IN TWO BLK: 1, 7x - last vs. Villanova 3/16/19 BLK: 2 - vs. LIU-Brooklyn 3/2/16 MINUTES (TOTAL OF SIX STEALS) TO GO WITH 16 POINTS STL: 6 - at Creighton 2/17/19 STL: 6, 2x - last at Creighton 2/17/19 • HELD MARQUETTE’S MARKUS HOWARD TO 1-FOR-15 SHOOTING IN BIG EAST TO: 7 - at St. John’s 2/23/19 TO: 10, 2x - last vs. Robert Morris 12/29/16 SEMIFINAL WIN MIN: 40 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18 MIN: 54 - at Bryant 1/14/17

MCKNIGHT GAME-BY-GAME

OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

WAGNER 11/06/18 * 16 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 0 6 6 4 4 2 0 2 6 6.0 at Nebraska 11/14/18 * 20 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 5 1 2 0 0 1 3.5 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/18 * 24 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 5-6 .833 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 2 14 7.0 vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 * 30 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 1 4 5 4 4 0 0 2 11 8.0 vs. Hawai’i 11/23/18 * 28 0-5 .000 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 6.6 vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 * 33 7-9 .778 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 1 3 4 3 5 1 0 3 16 8.2 LOUISVILLE 12/01/18 * 18 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 7.4 UNH 12/04/18 * 30 5-11 .455 2-5 .400 6-8 .750 0 5 5 1 3 2 0 2 18 8.8 vs. Kentucky 12/08/18 * 40 5-9 .556 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000 0 1 1 4 5 6 1 4 15 9.4 RUTGERS 12/15/18 * 31 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2 4 3 0 1 2 8.7 SACRED HEART 12/19/18 * 15 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 4 9 8.7 at Maryland 12/22/18 * 29 3-7 .429 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 1 3 4 4 4 3 1 0 9 8.8 ST. JOHN’S* 12/29/18 * 33 5-11 .455 1-2 .500 3-5 .600 0 4 4 3 4 0 0 1 14 9.2 at Xavier* 01/02/19 * 19 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 5 4 2 0 1 4 8.8 at DePaul* 01/06/19 * 30 4-6 .667 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 1 9 8.8 BUTLER* 01/09/19 * 28 4-9 .444 0-2 .000 2-4 .500 0 2 2 4 6 4 0 2 10 8.9 at Marquette* 01/12/19 * 35 6-15 .400 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 4 2 6 4 7 5 0 2 13 9.1 at Providence* 01/15/19 * 34 7-15 .467 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 1 2 3 1 4 6 0 2 16 9.5 DEPAUL* 01/19/19 * 37 9-11 .818 2-3 .667 5-9 .556 0 1 1 3 9 2 0 1 25 10.3 at Villanova* 01/27/19 * 20 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 3 3 5 0 3 5 10.1 PROVIDENCE* 01/30/19 * 27 4-7 .571 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000 1 3 4 2 3 3 0 2 9 10.0 at Butler* 02/02/19 * 35 5-9 .556 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 1 3 4 2 5 3 0 0 13 10.1 CREIGHTON* 02/09/19 * 26 5-14 .357 0-2 .000 4-5 .800 0 3 3 4 3 2 0 1 14 10.3 GEORGETOWN* 02/13/19 * 32 4-6 .667 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3 9 4 1 2 9 10.3 at Creighton* 02/17/19 * 31 6-11 .545 1-2 .500 3-6 .500 0 3 3 2 4 1 0 6 16 10.5 XAVIER* 02/20/19 * 31 4-13 .308 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 1 2 3 2 4 3 0 1 9 10.4 at St. John’s* 02/23/19 * 30 1-6 .167 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 2 3 7 1 2 3 10.1 at Georgetown* 03/02/19 31 1-7 .143 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 0 4 4 4 5 4 0 2 3 9.9 MARQUETTE* 03/06/19 * 32 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1 6 1 1 3 5 9.7 VILLANOVA* 03/09/19 * 16 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 0 1 5 5 4 0 0 1 9.4 vs. Georgetown 03/14/19 * 25 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 5-7 .714 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 7 9.4 vs. Marquette 03/15/19 * 36 6-10 .600 0-2 .000 6-12 .500 0 3 3 5 4 1 0 0 18 9.6 vs. Villanova 03/16/19 * 23 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 4 9.5 vs. Wofford 03/21/19 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 14 2018-19 GAME NOTES michael nzei #1 • SENIOR • FORWARD • 6-8 • 205 • MAKURDI, NIGERIA • OUR SAVIOR NEW AMERICAN (N.Y.)

2019 BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year 2018 Senior CLASS Award Nominee • 2018 Wooden Legacy All-Tournament first team • 2018 BIG EAST All-Academic team 2017 BIG EAST All-Academic team • 2016 BIG EAST All-Academic team • 2015 BIG EAST All-Academic team >> Team’s most efficient shooter - career 61% >> His conference-only free throw pct (.841) is 8th best in the league >> Seton Hall’s all-time leader in games played >> 5th in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage, T-20th in rebounding >> On Jan. 1, he was a career 54.4 % free throw shooter and since he’s MILESTONE TRACKER >> Has five career double-doubles & Pirates are 19-7 all-time when he gone 46-for-56 at the line (82.1%) scores at least 10 pts >> Earned his undergraduate degree in economics in May 2018, now getting To 700 Pts...... 4 To 300 FGM.....24 >> 81st all-time in scoring at Seton Hall his MBA; Interned this past summer at Cantor Fitzgerald To 600 Reb...... 66 To 100 Blk...... 42

CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 14-15 reDSHIRT SEASON 15-16 34 3 458 13.5 50 79 .633 0 0 .000 18 37 .486 51 50 101 3.0 59 0 6 22 19 6 118 3.5 16-17 33 14 595 18.0 54 82 .659 0 0 .000 35 59 .593 62 65 127 3.8 81 1 7 29 18 12 143 4.3 17-18 34 17 565 16.6 53 92 .576 0 0 .000 27 47 .574 50 82 132 3.9 49 0 17 23 8 9 133 3.9 18-19 33 29 946 28.7 119 197 .604 0 0 .000 64 93 .688 68 106 174 5.3 86 5 33 34 13 6 302 9.2 TOTAL 134 63 2564 19.1 276 450 .613 0 0 .000 144 236 .610 231 303 534 4.0 275 6 63 109 58 33 696 5.2

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS • POSTED CAREER-HIGH 21 POINTS AND MADE ALL 8 FIELD GOALS IN WOODEN TITLE GAME WIN OVER MIAMI TO SECURE ALL-TOURNAMENT HONORS PTS: 21 - vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 PTS: 21 - vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 REB: 15 - vs. Marquette 3/15/19 REB: 15 - vs. Marquette 3/15/19 • FIRST DOUBLE-DOUBLE OF THE SEASON WAS A 14-POINT, 10-REBOUND AST: 4 - vs. Louisville 12/1/18 AST: 4 - vs. Louisville 12/1/18 EFFORT IN A HUGE WIN OVER ST. JOHN’S FGM: 8 - vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 FGM: 8 - vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 • MADE FIRST CAREER BIG EAST HONOR ROLL ON DEC. 31 FGA: 15 - vs. Georgetown 2/13/19 FGA: 15 - vs. Georgetown 2/13/19 • HUGE ON OFFENSE IN WIN OVER GEORGETOWN, GENERATING 18 POINTS TO GO FTM: 8 - vs. Marquette 3/15/19 FTM: 8 - vs. Marquette 3/15/19 WITH NINE REBOUNDS FTA: 10 - vs. Marquette 3/15/19 FTA: 10 - vs. Marquette 3/15/19 • SENIOR DAY TO REMEMBER - 10 POINTS & A WIN OVER NO. 23 VILLANOVA BLK: 3 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18 BLK: 3 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18 • SECOND DOUBLE-DOUBLE OF THE YEAR HELPED PIRATES BEAT MARQUETTE IN STL: 1, 6x - last vs. Georgetown 3/14/19 STL: 3 - vs. Georgetown 2/28/17 BIG EAST SEMIFINAL - 14 POINTS, CAREER-HIGH 15 REBOUNDS TO: 4 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 TO: 4 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 MIN: 37 - vs. Georgetown 2/13/19 MIN: 37 - vs. Georgetown 2/13/19 NZEI GAME-BY-GAME

OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

WAGNER 11/06/18 * 24 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 5 2 7 0 1 0 0 1 11 11.0 at Nebraska 11/14/18 * 27 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 3 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 13 12.0 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/18 * 35 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 8.7 vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 * 36 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 4 7.5 vs. Hawai’i 11/23/18 * 35 7-10 .700 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 3 3 6 3 0 2 0 0 16 9.2 vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 * 33 8-8 1.000 0-0 .000 5-7 .714 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 21 11.2 LOUISVILLE 12/01/18 * 36 6-8 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 5 6 3 4 1 0 0 12 11.3 UNH 12/04/18 * 35 5-10 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 4 5 1 1 0 1 0 11 11.3 vs. Kentucky 12/08/18 * 29 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 3 4 5 0 1 3 0 5 10.4 RUTGERS 12/15/18 * 30 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 1 7 8 4 1 0 2 0 7 10.2 SACRED HEART 12/19/18 * 28 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 0 3 2 2 2 1 0 10 10.2 at Maryland 12/22/18 17 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 6 9.8 ST. JOHN’S* 12/29/18 * 27 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 4 6 10 0 1 3 2 0 14 10.2 at Xavier* 01/02/19 * 24 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 6 9.9 at DePaul* 01/06/19 * 36 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 5 7 1 2 2 0 1 6 9.6 BUTLER* 01/09/19 * 29 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 5 7 4 2 4 0 0 4 9.3 at Marquette* 01/12/19 * 34 6-7 .857 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 12 9.4 at Providence* 01/15/19 * 36 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 7 8 3 1 1 0 0 10 9.4 DEPAUL* 01/19/19 11 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 5 1 2 0 0 6 9.3 at Villanova* 01/27/19 * 22 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 7 9.2 PROVIDENCE* 01/30/19 * 19 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 12 9.3 at Butler* 02/02/19 * 28 5-7 .714 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 10 9.3 CREIGHTON* 02/09/19 * 33 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 6 2 8 2 0 2 1 0 7 9.2 GEORGETOWN* 02/13/19 * 37 7-15 .467 0-0 .000 4-5 .800 8 1 9 2 2 1 0 0 18 9.6 at Creighton* 02/17/19 * 22 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 9.3 XAVIER* 02/20/19 26 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 4 0 1 1 0 4 9.1 at St. John’s* 02/23/19 * 27 4-4 1.000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 11 9.1 at Georgetown* 03/02/19 29 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 5 0 0 1 0 6 9.0 MARQUETTE* 03/06/19 * 19 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 2 4 6 2 1 1 0 0 10 9.1 VILLANOVA* 03/09/19 * 35 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 10 9.1 vs. Georgetown 03/14/19 * 33 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 6 8 3 3 0 0 1 7 9.0 vs. Marquette 03/15/19 * 25 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 8-10 .800 6 9 15 5 1 2 0 0 14 9.2 vs. Villanova 03/16/19 * 29 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 1 4 5 2 1 0 0 8 9.2 vs. Wofford 03/21/19 2018-19 GAME NOTES 15 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB anthony nelson #2 • FRESHMAN • GUARD • 6-4 • 175 • NEW YORK, N.Y. • SOUTH KENT SCHOOL (CONN.)

>> 47 assists against just 15 turnovers in last 27 games >> Class AA All-NEPSAC first team and All-New England MILESTONE TRACKER >> Averaging only one turnover every 13.5 minutes played third team his senior year at South Kent To 100 Pts...... 39 To 100 FGM.....77 >> Seton Hall is 15-7 this season when he has at least one >> Brother, Courtney, played basketball at Richmond, To 100 Reb...... 72 To 100 Ast...... 44 assist Rutgers & William Paterson

CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 18-19 33 0 350 10.6 28 84 .333 5 18 .278 16 23 .696 4 28 32 1.0 29 0 61 26 2 11 77 2.3 TOTAL 33 0 350 10.6 28 84 .333 5 18 .278 16 23 .696 4 28 32 1.0 29 0 61 26 2 11 77 2.3

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS • PLAYED OUTSTANDING DEFENSE AND HAD FIVE ASSISTS IN JUST 13 MINUTES IN A WOODEN LEGACY SEMIFINAL WIN OVER HAWAI’I PTS: 12 - vs. Villanova 3/16/19 PTS: 12 - vs. Villanova 3/16/19 REB: 4 - vs. Louisville 12/1/18 REB: 4 - vs. Louisville 12/1/18 • CAREER-HIGH EIGHT ASSISTS IN THE WIN OVER SACRED HEART AST: 8 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 AST: 8 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 • SCORED SEVEN POINTS AND MADE HIS FIRST BIG EAST THREE-POINTER IN A FGM: 4 - vs. Villanova 3/16/19 FGM: 4 - vs. Villanova 3/16/19 ROAD WIN AT XAVIER FGA: 8 - vs. Villanova 3/16/19 FGA: 8 - vs. Villanova 3/16/19 • HAD FIVE ASSISTS IN 13 MINUTES OFF THE BENCH IN WIN OVER CREIGHTON 3FGM: 1, 5x - last vs. Villanova 3/16/19 3FGM: 1, 5x - last vs. Villanova 3/16/19 • BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE IN BIG EAST TITLE GAME VS. VILLANOVA WITH 12 3FGA: 2, 3x - last vs. Villanova 3/16/19 3FGA: 2, 3x - last vs. Villanova 3/16/19 POINTS, ALL IN THE SECOND HALF FTM: 5 - vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 FTM: 5 - vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 FTA: 6 - vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 FTA: 6 - vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 BLK: 1, 2x - last vs. Villanova 3/16/19 BLK: 1, 2x - last vs. Villanova 3/16/19 STL: 2, 3x - last vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 STL: 2, 3x - last vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 TO: 4 - vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 TO: 4 - vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 MIN: 24 - vs. Wagner 11/6/18 MIN: 24 - vs. Wagner 11/6/18

NELSON GAME-BY-GAME

OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

WAGNER 11/06/18 24 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 2 4 4.0 at Nebraska 11/14/18 22 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 6 5.0 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/18 21 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 4.7 vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 12 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.5 vs. Hawai’i 11/23/18 13 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 2 3.2 vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 2.7 LOUISVILLE 12/01/18 22 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 2 4 0 0 2 2 2.6 UNH 12/04/18 8 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 2.9 vs. Kentucky 12/08/18 12 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 2.9 RUTGERS 12/15/18 12 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 5-6 .833 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 7 3.3 SACRED HEART 12/19/18 21 2-6 .333 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1 8 1 0 2 5 3.5 at Maryland 12/22/18 12 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.2 ST. JOHN’S* 12/29/18 5 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 3.1 at Xavier* 01/02/19 13 2-6 .333 1-1 1.000 2-4 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 3.4 at DePaul* 01/06/19 7 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 3.3 BUTLER* 01/09/19 7 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.3 at Marquette* 01/12/19 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 at Providence* 01/15/19 6 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.9 DEPAUL* 01/19/19 5 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.8 at Villanova* 01/27/19 16 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 4 2.9 PROVIDENCE* 01/30/19 17 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 2.8 at Butler* 02/02/19 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.6 CREIGHTON* 02/09/19 13 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 2.5 GEORGETOWN* 02/13/19 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.4 at Creighton* 02/17/19 8 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 2.4 XAVIER* 02/20/19 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 at St. John’s* 02/23/19 2 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.3 at Georgetown* 03/02/19 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 MARQUETTE* 03/06/19 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2.1 VILLANOVA* 03/09/19 8 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 vs. Georgetown 03/14/19 12 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 2.0 vs. Marquette 03/15/19 7 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 2.0 vs. Villanova 03/16/19 17 4-8 .500 1-2 .500 3-3 1.000 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 12 2.3 vs. Wofford 03/21/19 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 16 2018-19 GAME NOTES MYLES POWELL #13 • JUNIOR • GUARD • 6-2 • 195 • TRENTON, N.J. • TRENTON CATHOLIC 2019 Unanimous First-Team All-BIG EAST Selection • 2019 BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament team 2019 Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List • 2019 Lute Olson Award Midseason Watch List • 2018 Joe Calabrese MVP 2018 Wooden Legacy Most Outstanding Player • 2018 Wooden Legacy All-Tournament first team 2018-19 Preseason ALL-BIG EAST second team • 2018 BIG EAST Most Improved Player • 2018 BIG EAST All-Academic team

>> 13th in the nation in scoring, 26th in free throws made, 35th in >> 14th all-time at Seton Hall in scoring MILESTONE TRACKER steals (2.0) and 40th in 3-pointers made (3.12) >> Scored the 8th most points in BIG EAST Tournament history (78) To 1700 Pts...... 64 To 600 FGM.....69 >> 2nd in BIG EAST in scoring and steals, 3rd in 3-pointers made >> 8 30-point games this season To 300 Reb...... 3 To 300 3FGM..35 and 4th in free throw shooting >> Seton Hall is 11-3 this year when he scores at least 25 points >> 4th all-time at Seton Hall in career 3-pointers made w/ 265 >> Two-time BIG EAST Player of the Week, 10-time Weekly Honor Roll

CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 16-17 33 2 785 23.8 118 301 .392 68 205 .332 49 60 .817 19 55 74 2.2 67 0 29 32 6 30 353 10.7 17-18 34 33 1078 31.7 171 395 .433 94 248 .379 90 114 .789 17 73 90 2.6 82 0 94 68 8 34 526 15.5 18-19 33 33 1186 35.9 242 539 .449 103 284 .363 170 201 .846 26 107 133 4.0 75 0 96 98 6 67 757 22.9 TOTAL 100 68 3049 30.5 531 1235 .430 265 737 .360 309 375 .824 62 235 297 3.0 224 0 219 198 20 131 1636 16.4

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS • POSTED THE 15TH 40-POINT GAME IN SCHOOL HISTORY WITH 40 POINTS IN WOODEN LEGACY QUARTERFINAL WIN OVER GRAND CANYON PTS: 40 - vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 PTS: 40 - vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 • SCORED 25 OF HIS TEAM-HIGH 28 POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF AND OVERTIME TO REB: 9 - at Marquette 1/12/19 REB: 9, 2x - last at Marquette 1/12/19 LEAD THE HALL PAST NO.9 KENTUCKY AST: 8 - at Xavier 1/2/19 AST: 8 - at Xavier 1/2/19 • NAMED JOE CALABRESE MVP AFTER SCORING 28 POINTS TO HELP PIRATES WIN FGM: 14 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 FGM: 14 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 GARDEN STATE HARDWOOD CLASSIC OVER RUTGERS FGA: 27 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 FGA: 27 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 • POURED IN 31 POINTS, MAKING CAREER-HIGH 13 FREE THROWS IN WIN OVER BUTLER 3FGM: 6, 2x - last vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 3FGM: 7 - vs. Columbia 12/1/16 • HAD 31 POINTS AND FOUR HUGE STEALS IN WIN OVER PROVIDENCE 3FGA: 13 - vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 3FGA: 14 - vs. Villanova 2/28/18 FTM: 13 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 FTM: 13 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 • SCORED 13 OF TEAM’S LAST 15 POINTS IN COMEBACK WIN OVER CREIGHTON FTA: 15 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 FTA: 15 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 • ROCKED GEORGETOWN WITH 30 POINTS, INCLUDING 10-OF-10 AT FREE THROW LINE BLK: 2 - vs. St. John’s 12/29/18 BLK: 2, 2x - last vs. St. John’s 12/29/18 • SCORED 10 CONSECUTIVE POINTS IN THE FINAL 4 MINUTES TO LEAD COMEBACK WIN STL: 4, 7x - last vs. Georgetown 3/14/19 STL: 6 - vs. Georgetown 1/13/18 OVER MARQUETTE AND FINISHED WITH 34 POINTS TO: 7 - at Villanova 1/27/19 TO: 7 - at Villanova 1/27/19 • SET A NEW BIG EAST TOURNAMENT RECORD FOR POINTS IN A HALF WITH 29 TO HELP MIN: 45 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 MIN: 45 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 PIRATES DEFEAT GEORGETOWN IN QUARTERFINALS POWELL GAME-BY-GAME

OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

WAGNER 11/06/18 * 24 10-13 .769 5-7 .714 5-5 1.000 0 3 3 2 3 2 0 2 30 30.0 at Nebraska 11/14/18 * 38 7-21 .333 1-9 .111 9-9 1.000 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 24 27.0 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/18 * 37 4-13 .308 2-7 .286 6-7 .857 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 4 16 23.3 vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 * 38 12-16 .750 5-7 .714 11-14 .786 0 7 7 0 4 1 0 2 40 27.5 vs. Hawai’i 11/23/18 * 38 6-13 .462 3-8 .375 4-4 1.000 0 4 4 1 3 3 0 1 19 25.8 vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 * 37 6-15 .400 4-12 .333 1-1 1.000 1 2 3 2 2 4 0 0 17 24.3 LOUISVILLE 12/01/18 * 38 6-19 .316 2-12 .167 9-11 .818 0 4 4 2 2 1 0 4 23 24.1 UNH 12/04/18 * 29 3-9 .333 2-6 .333 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 3 4 2 1 1 10 22.4 vs. Kentucky 12/08/18 * 43 9-16 .563 6-11 .545 4-8 .500 0 1 1 1 4 4 0 1 28 23.0 RUTGERS 12/15/18 * 37 8-17 .471 6-13 .462 6-6 1.000 0 3 3 1 2 2 0 3 28 23.5 SACRED HEART 12/19/18 * 25 7-14 .500 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0 4 4 1 3 3 1 4 15 22.7 at Maryland 12/22/18 * 37 8-14 .571 3-8 .375 8-8 1.000 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 2 27 23.1 ST. JOHN’S* 12/29/18 * 39 5-15 .333 1-4 .250 4-4 1.000 2 2 4 1 1 5 2 0 15 22.5 at Xavier* 01/02/19 * 37 9-15 .600 3-7 .429 4-6 .667 2 4 6 4 8 3 0 1 25 22.6 at DePaul* 01/06/19 * 36 4-13 .308 2-8 .250 6-6 1.000 1 3 4 4 3 1 0 2 16 22.2 BUTLER* 01/09/19 * 38 8-15 .533 2-8 .250 13-15 .867 1 2 3 2 1 2 0 1 31 22.8 at Marquette* 01/12/19 * 36 8-19 .421 3-9 .333 2-3 .667 1 8 9 3 3 5 0 2 21 22.6 at Providence* 01/15/19 * 36 4-15 .267 1-6 .167 3-3 1.000 1 1 2 4 2 4 0 2 12 22.1 DEPAUL* 01/19/19 * 37 7-16 .438 4-9 .444 6-9 .667 1 1 2 1 6 3 0 3 24 22.2 at Villanova* 01/27/19 * 26 1-5 .200 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 0 3 21.2 PROVIDENCE* 01/30/19 * 38 12-23 .522 3-7 .429 4-5 .800 0 4 4 2 2 5 0 4 31 21.7 at Butler* 02/02/19 * 33 8-18 .444 4-10 .400 1-1 1.000 0 4 4 2 3 1 0 2 21 21.6 CREIGHTON* 02/09/19 * 31 5-14 .357 2-9 .222 10-10 1.000 1 6 7 4 1 4 1 4 22 21.7 GEORGETOWN* 02/13/19 * 35 8-20 .400 4-12 .333 10-10 1.000 3 2 5 3 2 2 0 1 30 22.0 at Creighton* 02/17/19 * 38 5-12 .417 5-10 .500 4-4 1.000 0 6 6 3 4 6 1 3 19 21.9 XAVIER* 02/20/19 * 40 6-16 .375 2-7 .286 3-5 .600 2 6 8 0 2 1 0 4 17 21.7 at St. John’s* 02/23/19 * 37 9-21 .429 2-8 .250 6-7 .857 1 2 3 3 3 6 0 2 26 21.9 at Georgetown* 03/02/19 * 45 14-27 .519 4-12 .333 3-4 .750 2 3 5 3 2 5 0 1 35 22.3 MARQUETTE* 03/06/19 * 38 11-25 .440 4-11 .364 8-9 .889 1 4 5 2 5 1 0 0 34 22.7 VILLANOVA* 03/09/19 * 36 5-14 .357 4-10 .400 6-8 .750 2 5 7 3 5 2 0 3 20 22.6 vs. Georgetown 03/14/19 * 34 11-21 .524 4-10 .400 5-7 .714 1 2 3 3 3 3 0 4 31 22.9 vs. Marquette 03/15/19 * 37 7-16 .438 5-10 .500 3-5 .600 1 1 2 4 7 3 0 1 22 22.9 vs. Villanova 03/16/19 * 38 9-19 .474 4-9 .444 3-3 1.000 1 4 5 1 4 1 0 3 25 22.9 vs. Wofford 03/21/19 2018-19 GAME NOTES 17 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB jared rhoden #14 • FRESHMAN • GUARD/FORWARD • 6-6 • 205 • BALDWIN, N.Y. • OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN

>> Averaging 5.7 points & 4.3 rebounds over last >> Averaged 29.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.2 steals & MILESTONE TRACKER seven games 1.3 assists in his senior year To 200 Pts...... 95 To 100 FGM.....64 >> USA Today All-N.Y. first team and All-NYChoops >> Finished high school career with over 2,000 To 100 Reb...... 16 To 100 Ast...... 89 second team his senior year at Our Saviour points

CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 18-19 33 0 428 13.0 36 106 .340 13 57 .228 20 33 .606 34 50 84 2.5 42 1 11 11 7 18 105 3.2 TOTAL 33 0 428 13.0 36 106 .340 13 57 .228 20 33 .606 34 50 84 2.5 42 1 11 11 7 18 105 3.2

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS • GAVE PIRATES A HUGE LIFT IN WOODEN LEGACY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME VS MIAMI WITH EIGHT POINTS & FOUR REBOUNDS IN 24 MINUTES PTS: 15 - vs. Villanova 3/9/19 PTS: 15 - vs. Villanova 3/9/19 REB: 9 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 REB: 9 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 • BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE AT GEORGETOWN, GIVING THE PIRATES A HUGE AST: 2, 3x - last vs. Marquette 3/6/19 AST: 2, 3x - last vs. Marquette 3/6/19 ENERGETIC LIFT WITH A NEAR DOUBLE-DOUBLE FGM: 4, 3x - last vs Villanova 3/9/19 FGM: 4, 3x - last vs Villanova 3/9/19 • TWO CLUTCH FREE THROWS AT THE END OF COMEBACK WIN OVER FGA: 7, 5x - last vs. Villanova 3/9/19 FGA: 7, 5x - last vs. Villanova 3/9/19 MARQUETTE 3FGM: 3 - vs. Villanova 3/9/19 3FGM: 3 - vs. Villanova 3/9/19 • ANOTHER BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE IN ONLY 14 MINUTES IN WIN OVER NO. 23 3FGA: 4, 4x - last vs. Villanova 3/9/19 3FGA: 4, 4x - last vs. Villanova 3/9/19 VILLANOVA WITH A CAREER-BEST 15 POINTS FTM: 4 - vs. Villanova 3/9/19 FTM: 4 - vs. Villanova 3/9/19 FTA: 5 - vs. Marquette 3/15/19 FTA: 5 - vs. Marquette 3/15/19 BLK: 2 - vs. DePaul 1/19/19 BLK: 2 - vs. DePaul 1/19/19 STL: 3 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 STL: 3 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 TO: 2, 2x - last at Georgetown 3/2/19 TO: 2, 2x - last at Georgetown 3/2/19 MIN: 33 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 MIN: 33 - at Georgetown 3/2/19

RHODEN GAME-BY-GAME

OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

WAGNER 11/06/18 17 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 6.0 at Nebraska 11/14/18 10 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 4.5 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/18 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 6 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 vs. Hawai’i 11/23/18 12 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1.8 vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 24 4-7 .571 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 8 2.8 LOUISVILLE 12/01/18 5 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 UNH 12/04/18 19 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 2.8 vs. Kentucky 12/08/18 12 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2.4 RUTGERS 12/15/18 8 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.3 SACRED HEART 12/19/18 17 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 2.5 at Maryland 12/22/18 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 ST. JOHN’S* 12/29/18 17 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 3 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 2.5 at Xavier* 01/02/19 8 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 2.6 at DePaul* 01/06/19 17 3-7 .429 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 7 2.9 BUTLER* 01/09/19 10 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.0 at Marquette* 01/12/19 5 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 at Providence* 01/15/19 11 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2.8 DEPAUL* 01/19/19 13 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 2.7 at Villanova* 01/27/19 18 2-6 .333 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 2.8 PROVIDENCE* 01/30/19 10 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 at Butler* 02/02/19 5 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.7 CREIGHTON* 02/09/19 14 1-5 .200 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2.7 GEORGETOWN* 02/13/19 10 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2.6 at Creighton* 02/17/19 21 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 2 2.6 XAVIER* 02/20/19 10 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 2.5 at St. John’s* 02/23/19 13 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 2.6 at Georgetown* 03/02/19 33 4-7 .571 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 5 4 9 1 1 2 1 3 9 2.9 MARQUETTE* 03/06/19 18 2-7 .286 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 2 6 3.0 VILLANOVA* 03/09/19 14 4-7 .571 3-4 .750 4-4 1.000 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 3.4 vs. Georgetown 03/14/19 9 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 3.3 vs. Marquette 03/15/19 23 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 2-5 .400 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 3.3 vs. Villanova 03/16/19 11 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 3.2 vs. Wofford 03/21/19 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 18 2018-19 GAME NOTES TAUREAN THOMPSON #15 • SOPHOMORE • FORWARD • 6-11 • 215 • NEW YORK, N.Y. • SYRACUSE

>> Averaged 9.2 points at Syracuse in 2016-17 and averaged >> Played at St. Anthony’s where team was 28-2 in 2014-15 MILESTONE TRACKER 15.0 points & 8.0 rebounds in Orange’s Postseason NIT run and won NJSIAA Non-Public B North championship To 500 Pts...... 64 To 200 FGM.....20 >> Outstanding offensive abilities both inside and out To 200 Reb...... 10 To 50 BLK...... 4

CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 2016-17 AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 16-17 34 21 607 17.9 130 238 .546 3 16 .188 49 76 .645 47 82 129 3.8 84 0 19 44 33 23 312 9.2 18-19 26 0 278 10.7 50 124 .403 7 29 .241 17 23 .739 25 36 61 2.3 38 0 4 21 13 8 124 4.8 TOTAL 60 21 885 14.8 180 362 .497 10 45 .222 66 99 .667 72 118 190 3.2 122 0 23 65 46 31 436 7.3

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS • HAD AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE VS. GRAND CANYON IN THE WOODEN LEGACY QUARTERFINALS WITH 12 POINTS AND TWO BLOCKS IN JUST 15 PTS: 15 - at DePaul 1/6/19 PTS: 22 - vs. 12/10/16 MINUTES REB: 9 - vs. Providence 1/30/19 REB: 12 - at Georgia Tech 2/19/17 AST: 2 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18 AST: 5 - vs. Eastern Michigan 12/19/16 • PLAYED A SEASON-HIGH 25 MINUTES AND HAD 13 POINTS & SIX REBOUNDS FGM: 5, 3x - last at DePaul 1/6/19 FGM: 10 - vs. Boston University 12/10/16 IN SETON HALL’S WIN OVER NO. 9 KENTUCKY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FGA: 11 - vs. Hawai’i 11/23/18 FGA: 21 - at Georgia Tech 2/19/17 • HUGE SECOND HALF AT DEPAUL AND FINISHED WITH 15 POINTS INCLUDING 3FGM: 3 - at DePaul 1/6/19 3FGM: 3 - at DePaul 1/6/19 3-OF-4 SHOOTING FROM THREE 3FGA: 4, 2x - last at DePaul 1/6/19 3FGA: 4, 2x - last at DePaul 1/6/19 • OUTSTANDING IN 20 MINUTES OFF THE BENCH WITH PROVIDENCE, SCORING FTM: 4 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 FTM: 5, 2x - last at Louisville 2/26/17 EIGHT POINTS, GRABBING A SEASON HIGH EIGHT REBOUNDS AND BLOCKING A FTA: 4 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 FTA: 8 - at Boston College 1/1/17 CAREER-HIGH FOUR SHOTS, ALL IN SECOND HALF BLK: 4 - vs. Providence 1/30/19 BLK: 4 - vs. Providence 1/30/19 STL: 2 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18 STL: 5 - vs. Ole Miss 3/18/17 TO: 3, 2x - last at Providence 1/15/19 TO: 4 - at Louisville 2/26/17 MIN: 25 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18 MIN: 33 - at Georgia Tech 2/19/17 THOMPSON GAME-BY-GAME

OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

WAGNER 11/06/18 21 3-9 .333 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 1 1 2 4 0 1 3 0 7 7.0 at Nebraska 11/14/18 5 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 3.5 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/18 6 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 3.0 vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 15 5-7 .714 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 1 1 2 4 0 1 2 0 12 5.3 vs. Hawai’i 11/23/18 15 4-11 .364 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 8 5.8 vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 14 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 7 6.0 LOUISVILLE 12/01/18 6 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5.7 UNH 12/04/18 DNP vs. Kentucky 12/08/18 25 5-8 .625 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 1 5 6 1 2 1 1 2 13 6.6 RUTGERS 12/15/18 6 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 6.1 SACRED HEART 12/19/18 17 1-6 .167 0-4 .000 4-4 1.000 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 6 6.1 at Maryland 12/22/18 9 1-6 .167 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 5.7 ST. JOHN’S* 12/29/18 9 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 5.4 at Xavier* 01/02/19 12 3-6 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 7 5.5 at DePaul* 01/06/19 17 5-8 .625 3-4 .750 2-3 .667 0 5 5 1 0 1 1 1 15 6.2 BUTLER* 01/09/19 5 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 6.1 at Marquette* 01/12/19 10 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5.9 at Providence* 01/15/19 15 3-4 .750 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 1 8 6.0 DEPAUL* 01/19/19 12 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 4 5.9 at Villanova* 01/27/19 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 PROVIDENCE* 01/30/19 20 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 3 6 9 2 0 2 4 0 8 5.7 at Butler* 02/02/19 9 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 4 5.6 CREIGHTON* 02/09/19 DNP GEORGETOWN* 02/13/19 DNP at Creighton* 02/17/19 4 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.5 XAVIER* 02/20/19 11 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 5.4 at St. John’s* 02/23/19 2 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 at Georgetown* 03/02/19 5 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.0 MARQUETTE* 03/06/19 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.8 VILLANOVA* 03/09/19 DNP vs. Georgetown 03/14/19 DNP vs. Marquette 03/15/19 DNP vs. Villanova 03/16/19 DNP vs. Wofford 03/21/19 2018-19 GAME NOTES 19 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB myles cale #22 • SOPHOMORE • GUARD/FORWARD • 6-6 • 210 • MIDDLETOWN, DEL. • APPOQUINIMINK

>> 15th in the BIG EAST in 3-point shooting >> Dramatically has improved 3-point shot over the course MILESTONE TRACKER >> 5th in the BIG EAST in conference only 3-point shooting of the season - started year 17-for-67 from distance To 500 Pts...... 14 To 100 Ast...... 39 (.410) (25.4%) and is now 36 for his last 72 (.500) To 200 Reb...... 7 To 100 Stl...... 53 >> Averaging 12.4 points over last 10 games CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 17-18 34 5 584 17.2 56 120 .467 13 46 .283 22 35 .629 18 37 55 1.6 49 0 22 31 5 20 147 4.3 18-19 33 33 997 30.2 122 297 .411 53 139 .381 42 64 .656 20 118 138 4.2 67 2 39 42 3 27 339 10.3 TOTAL 67 38 1581 23.6 178 417 .427 66 185 .357 64 99 .646 38 155 193 2.9 116 2 61 73 8 47 486 7.3

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS • 14 POINTS & SEVEN REBOUNDS, PLUS HE MADE 3 OF HIS 4 3-POINT ATTEMPTS IN A WIN OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE PTS: 23 - at Maryland 12/22/18 PTS: 23 - at Maryland 12/22/18 REB: 8, 4x - last vs. Marquette 3/6/19 REB: 8, 4x - last vs. Marquette 3/6/19 • HIT THE GAME-WINNING THREE-POINTER WITH 9.5 SECONDS LEFT IN AST: 5 - vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 AST: 5 - vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 OVERTIME TO COMPLETE UPSET WIN OVER NO. 9 KENTUCKY; FINISHED WITH FGM: 9 - vs. Xavier 2/20/19 FGM: 9 - vs. Xavier 2/20/19 17 POINTS IN THE GAME FGA: 18 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18 FGA: 18 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18 • BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE AT MARYLAND, SCORING A CAREER-HIGH 23 3FGM: 6 - vs. Villanova 3/9/19 3FGM: 6 - vs. Villanova 3/9/19 POINTS, INCLUDING 18 IN THE SECOND HALF TO LEAD A COMEBACK EFFORT 3FGA: 10 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18 3FGA: 10 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18 • CONNECTED ON FOUR OF SIX THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS AT VILLANOVA FTM: 8 - at Maryland 12/22/18 FTM: 8 - at Maryland 12/22/18 • PRODUCED 17 POINTS AND 7 REBOUNDS IN WIN OVER GEORGETOWN FTA: 8 - at Maryland 12/22/18 FTA: 8 - at Maryland 12/22/18 • 8-FOR-13 SHOOTING TO FINISH WITH 20 POINTS IN WIN AT CREIGHTON BLK: 1, 3x - last vs. Marquette 3/15/19 BLK: 1, 8x - last vs. Marquette 3/15/19 • SCORED 21 POINTS VS. XAVIER STL: 3 - at Butler 2/2/19 STL: 4 - at Louisville 12/3/17 • MADE A CAREER-HIGH SIX THREE-POINTERS AND FINISHED WITH 19 POINTS TO: 4 - at Marquette 1/12/19 TO: 4 - at Marquette 1/12/19 IN WIN OVER NO. 23 VILLANOVA MIN: 44 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18 MIN: 44 - vs. Kentucky 12/8/18

CALE GAME-BY-GAME

OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

WAGNER 11/06/18 * 21 3-6 .500 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 8 8.0 at Nebraska 11/14/18 * 28 1-7 .143 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 5.0 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/18 * 29 3-9 .333 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 8 6.0 vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 * 31 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 2-7 .286 0 3 3 3 5 3 0 2 8 6.5 vs. Hawai’i 11/23/18 * 26 4-9 .444 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 1 4 5 3 0 0 0 2 10 7.2 vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 * 14 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 0 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 6.5 LOUISVILLE 12/01/18 * 36 4-13 .308 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 9 6.9 UNH 12/04/18 * 30 5-7 .714 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 3 4 7 3 1 3 0 0 14 7.8 vs. Kentucky 12/08/18 * 44 4-18 .222 3-10 .300 6-6 1.000 0 4 4 2 0 3 0 0 17 8.8 RUTGERS 12/15/18 * 32 3-11 .273 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 1 7 8 1 2 2 0 0 8 8.7 SACRED HEART 12/19/18 * 25 3-10 .300 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 0 3 2 0 2 6 8.5 at Maryland 12/22/18 * 36 6-10 .600 3-4 .750 8-8 1.000 0 5 5 0 1 1 0 1 23 9.7 ST. JOHN’S* 12/29/18 * 28 1-6 .167 0-4 .000 1-2 .500 0 5 5 5 3 0 0 0 3 9.2 at Xavier* 01/02/19 * 32 3-8 .375 1-2 .500 2-3 .667 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 9 9.1 at DePaul* 01/06/19 * 20 5-10 .500 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 10 9.2 BUTLER* 01/09/19 * 30 3-6 .500 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 8 8 2 3 2 0 1 7 9.1 at Marquette* 01/12/19 * 35 2-8 .250 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 2 5 7 2 1 4 0 2 5 8.8 at Providence* 01/15/19 * 33 3-7 .429 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 2 6 8 5 1 0 0 1 9 8.8 DEPAUL* 01/19/19 * 35 7-11 .636 5-7 .714 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 19 9.4 at Villanova* 01/27/19 * 28 5-7 .714 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 0 6 6 2 0 1 0 0 14 9.6 PROVIDENCE* 01/30/19 * 26 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 2 9.2 at Butler* 02/02/19 * 35 5-12 .417 1-3 .333 2-3 .667 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 3 13 9.4 CREIGHTON* 02/09/19 * 34 3-7 .429 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 7 7 2 0 0 0 1 8 9.3 GEORGETOWN* 02/13/19 * 34 5-12 .417 3-8 .375 4-4 1.000 1 6 7 2 1 0 0 1 17 9.7 at Creighton* 02/17/19 * 38 8-13 .615 2-5 .400 2-4 .500 0 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 20 10.1 XAVIER* 02/20/19 * 34 9-16 .563 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 2 3 5 4 2 1 0 1 21 10.5 at St. John’s* 02/23/19 * 23 2-6 .333 1-3 .333 3-4 .750 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 0 8 10.4 at Georgetown* 03/02/19 * 25 1-7 .143 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 10.1 MARQUETTE* 03/06/19 * 33 4-8 .500 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 1 7 8 0 0 3 0 1 9 10.1 VILLANOVA* 03/09/19 * 31 6-11 .545 6-8 .750 1-3 .333 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 19 10.4 vs. Georgetown 03/14/19 * 33 5-13 .385 3-7 .429 1-2 .500 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 14 10.5 vs. Marquette 03/15/19 * 25 1-6 .167 1-5 .200 1-2 .500 1 2 3 4 0 1 1 1 4 10.3 vs. Villanova 03/16/19 * 32 3-12 .250 2-8 .250 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 10 10.3 vs. Wofford 03/21/19 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 20 2018-19 GAME NOTES SANDRO MAMUKELASHVILI #23 • SOPHOMORE • FORWARD • 6-10 • 230 • TBILISI, GEORGIA • MONTVERDE ACADEMY (FLA.)

2018 Wooden Legacy Tournament Honorable Mention • 2018 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

>> 3rd in the BIG EAST in rebounding & 6th in blocks (1.2) >> Seton Hall is 12-3 when he hits at least 1 3-pointer MILESTONE TRACKER >> Averaging 12.0 rebounds over last 4 games & 9.4 >> Nicknamed “Mamu” and speaks four languages To 400 Pts...... 19 To 200 FGM.....64 rebounds over last 11 games >> Attended Montverde Academy & helped team to runner-up To 400 Reb...... 79 To 100 Blk...... 43 >> Has recorded an assist in all but 6 games this season finish at DICK’S High School National Championship Tournament

CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 17-18 34 0 325 9.6 32 68 .471 8 27 .296 15 25 .600 27 36 63 1.9 51 1 16 14 16 8 87 2.6 18-19 33 33 969 29.4 104 239 .435 27 91 .297 59 96 .615 73 185 258 7.8 85 2 52 48 41 18 294 8.9 TOTAL 67 33 1294 19.3 136 307 .443 35 118 .297 74 121 .612 100 221 321 4.8 136 4 68 62 57 26 381 5.7

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS • HIT FIRST THREE OF THE SEASON VS. HAWAI’I THAT HELPED GIVE PIRATES MOMENTUM TO FINISH OFF THE RAINBOW WARRIORS AT THE WOODEN PTS: 23 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 PTS: 23 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 LEGACY SEMIFINALS REB: 18 - vs. Villanova 3/9/19 REB: 18 - vs. Villanova 3/9/19 AST: 4, 2x - last vs. Georgetown 2/13/19 AST: 4, 2x - last vs. Georgetown 2/13/19 • BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF HIS CAREER VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE: 14 FGM: 8 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 FGM: 8 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 POINTS, 11 REBOUNDS, THREE ASSISTS, TWO BLOCKS, TWO STEALS FGA: 13 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 FGA: 13 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 • CONNECTED ON A CAREER-BEST THREE THREE-POINTERS AND FINISHED WITH 3FGM: 4 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 3FGM: 4 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 15 POINTS, NINE REBOUNDS IN GARDEN STATE HARDWOOD CLASSIC WIN 3FGA: 6 - at Creighton 2/17/19 3FGA: 6 - at Creighton 2/17/19 OVER RUTGERS FTM: 6 - vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 FTM: 6, 2x - last vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 • CAREER-HIGH 23 POINTS AND MADE FOUR THREE-POINTERS IN WIN OVER FTA: 10 - vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 FTA: 10 - vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 SACRED HEART BLK: 4 - vs. Louisville 12/1/18 BLK: 4, 2x - last vs. Louisville 12/1/18 • MADE ALL 4 OF HIS FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS AND ISSUED 4 ASSISTS IN GTOWN WIN STL: 2, 4x - last vs. Georgetown 3/14/19 STL: 2, 5x - last vs. Georgetown 3/14/19 • HAD 12 OF HIS 17 POINTS IN SECOND HALF OF COMEBACK WIN AT CREIGHTON TO: 4 - at Providence 1/15/19 TO: 4 - at Providence 1/15/19 • ANGEL DELGADO-LIKE PERFORMANCE WITH 10 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS AND A MIN: 41 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 MIN: 41 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 CAREER-HIGH 18 OVERALL IN WIN OVER NO. 23 VILLANOVA MAMUKELASHVILI GAME-BY-GAME

OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

WAGNER 11/06/18 * 24 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 3-4 .750 3 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 7 7.0 at Nebraska 11/14/18 * 35 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 0-4 .000 3 9 12 2 0 1 2 1 8 7.5 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/18 * 29 3-10 .300 0-4 .000 5-7 .714 2 5 7 4 0 1 2 1 11 8.7 vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 * 26 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 7 8 4 1 3 1 0 5 7.8 vs. Hawai’i 11/23/18 * 27 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 5-6 .833 2 7 9 4 1 2 0 0 8 7.8 vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 * 30 4-12 .250 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 5 5 2 3 0 1 1 9 8.0 LOUISVILLE 12/01/18 * 30 4-6 .667 0-1 .000 2-3 .667 1 5 6 2 1 0 4 0 10 8.3 UNH 12/04/18 * 30 6-9 .667 1-1 1.000 1-3 .333 4 7 11 2 3 2 2 2 14 9.0 vs. Kentucky 12/08/18 * 20 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 4 4 8 5 3 1 0 0 3 8.3 RUTGERS 12/15/18 * 32 3-5 .600 3-4 .750 6-10 .600 4 5 9 3 1 1 1 0 15 9.0 SACRED HEART 12/19/18 * 24 8-11 .727 4-5 .800 3-5 .600 1 7 8 3 2 0 1 0 23 10.3 at Maryland 12/22/18 * 31 1-6 .167 0-4 .000 1-3 .333 1 5 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 9.7 ST. JOHN’S* 12/29/18 * 29 5-8 .625 1-4 .250 3-4 .750 1 7 8 3 4 3 0 0 14 10.0 at Xavier* 01/02/19 * 24 5-10 .500 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 2 3 5 1 2 3 2 0 11 10.1 at DePaul* 01/06/19 * 27 2-9 .222 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1 2 3 3 3 1 0 0 5 9.7 BUTLER* 01/09/19 * 27 3-4 .750 0-1 .000 1-6 .167 1 7 8 4 1 1 2 0 7 9.6 at Marquette* 01/12/19 * 36 4-11 .364 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000 2 4 6 3 1 2 3 1 13 9.8 at Providence* 01/15/19 * 18 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 5 6 4 2 4 2 0 2 9.3 DEPAUL* 01/19/19 * 37 4-8 .500 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 2 8 10 3 1 2 3 2 12 9.5 at Villanova* 01/27/19 * 28 1-6 .167 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000 2 5 7 2 3 0 2 2 4 9.2 PROVIDENCE* 01/30/19 * 28 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 1 4 5 2 0 3 0 0 1 8.8 at Butler* 02/02/19 * 21 1-6 .167 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2 1 2 0 0 2 8.5 CREIGHTON* 02/09/19 * 31 2-7 .286 1-4 .250 1-1 1.000 1 9 10 0 2 1 1 0 6 8.4 GEORGETOWN* 02/13/19 * 31 4-4 1.000 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 1 7 8 3 4 1 2 0 11 8.5 at Creighton* 02/17/19 * 35 7-12 .583 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 3 6 9 2 2 1 1 1 17 8.8 XAVIER* 02/20/19 * 27 4-8 .500 0-2 .000 2-3 .667 3 5 8 4 2 2 1 1 10 8.9 at St. John’s* 02/23/19 * 30 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 4-5 .800 3 5 8 2 0 3 0 0 8 8.9 at Georgetown* 03/02/19 * 41 5-13 .385 0-5 .000 4-6 .667 5 6 11 3 0 2 2 1 14 9.0 MARQUETTE* 03/06/19 * 20 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 8.7 VILLANOVA* 03/09/19 * 38 5-12 .417 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 10 8 18 3 2 2 1 0 12 8.8 vs. Georgetown 03/14/19 * 38 4-8 .500 1-4 .250 3-3 1.000 3 7 10 4 1 2 0 2 12 8.9 vs. Marquette 03/15/19 * 26 3-9 .333 1-3 .333 3-6 .500 2 4 6 2 1 0 2 1 10 9.0 vs. Villanova 03/16/19 * 39 3-9 .333 0-3 .000 1-3 .333 3 11 14 1 0 1 0 1 7 8.9 vs. Wofford 03/21/19

2018-19 GAME NOTES 21 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB ASIAH AVENT #30 • JUNIOR • GUARD • 6-3 • 190 • SPRINGFIELD, N.J. • HARTFORD

>> Previously attended the University of Hartford >> Father, Anthony Avent Sr., was a 1,000-point but was not on the men’s basketball team scorer at Seton Hall & a 1991 All-America >> Captained Franklin High School his senior year honorable mention

CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 18-19 3 0 6 2.0 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 3 0 6 2.0 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS PTS: PTS: REB: 1 - at Villanova 1/27/19 REB: 1 - at Villanova 1/27/19 AST: AST: FGM: FGM: FGA: 1 - at Villanova 1/27/19 FGA: 1 - at Villanova 1/27/19 3FGM: 3FGM: 3FGA: 3FGA: FTM: FTM: FTA: FTA: BLK: BLK: STL: STL: TO: TO: MIN: MIN: darnell brodie #32 • FRESHMAN • FORWARD • 6-9 • 265 • NEWARK, N.J. • MONTVERDE ACADEMY (FLA.)

>> Played postgraduate year at Montverde >> His Newark East Side team was runner-up in the Academy under Kevin Boyle 2014 New Jersey Tournament of Champions >> Played high school basketball at Newark East Side, same school that delivered Ismael Sanogo

CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 18-19 9 1 54 6.0 3 10 .300 0 0 .000 2 6 .333 3 8 11 1.2 9 0 0 2 2 0 8 0.9 TOTAL 9 1 54 6.0 3 10 .300 0 0 .000 2 6 .333 3 8 11 1.2 9 0 0 2 2 0 8 0.9

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS • HAD A HUGE IMPACT IN 19 MINUTES OF ACTION IN WIN OVER BUTLER, HELPING PIRATES STABILIZE THE PAINT PTS: 3 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 PTS: 3 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 REB: 6 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 REB: 6 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 AST: AST: FGM: 1, 3x - last at Providence 1/15/19 FGM: 1, 3x - last at Providence 1/15/19 FGA: 2, 4x - last at Providence 1/15/19 FGA: 2, 4x - last at Providence 1/15/19 3FGM: 3FGM: 3FGA: 3FGA: FTM: 1, 2x - last vs. Butler 1/9/19 FTM: 1, 2x - last vs. Butler 1/9/19 FTA: 4 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 FTA: 4 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 BLK: 1, 2x - last vs. DePaul 1/19/19 BLK: 1, 2x - last vs. DePaul 1/19/19 STL: STL: TO: 1, 2x - last at Providence 1/15/19 TO: 1, 2x - last at Providence 1/15/19 MIN: 19 - vs. Butler 1/9/19 MIN: 19 - vs. Butler 1/9/19

#HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 22 2018-19 GAME NOTES SHAVAR REYNOLDS, JR. #33 • SOPHOMORE • GUARD • 6-2 • 195 • MANCHESTER, N.J. • MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP

2018 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

>> Former walk-on who earned scholarship in 2018 >> Produced two triple-doubles during his senior MILESTONE TRACKER >> Played four years at Manchester Township, year at Manchester To 100 Pts...... 30 To 100 FGM.....81 where he was a 1,000-point scorer To 100 Reb...... 64 To 100 Ast...... 80 >> Helped Manchester to 54-28 record over last three seasons

CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 17-18 19 0 24 1.3 2 7 .286 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 0.3 5 0 1 2 0 1 7 0.4 18-19 30 1 255 8.5 17 62 .274 5 31 .161 24 28 .857 11 20 31 1.0 36 0 19 9 1 16 63 2.1 TOTAL 49 1 279 5.7 19 69 .275 6 33 .182 26 30 .867 12 24 36 0.7 41 0 20 11 1 17 70 1.4

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS • CAREER NIGHT VS. SACRED HEART MAKING ALL SEVEN OF HIS SHOTS EN ROUTE TO 10-POINT NIGHT PLUS FOUR STEALS PTS: 10 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 PTS: 10 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 REB: 5 - at St. John’s 2/23/19 REB: 5 - at St. John’s 2/23/19 • PLAYED HERO IN WIN OVER ST. JOHN’S MAKING BUZZER-BEATING THREE- AST: 3 - vs. Wagner 11/6/18 AST: 3 - vs. Wagner 11/6/18 POINTER WITH 0.4 SECONDS REMAINING IN A 76-74 COMEBACK VICTORY FGM: 3, 2x - last at Villanova 1/27/19 FGM: 3, 2x - last at Villanova 1/27/19 FGA: 9 - at Villanova 1/27/19 FGA: 9 - at Villanova 1/27/19 3FGM: 2 - at Villanova 1/27/19 3FGM: 2 - at Villanova 1/27/19 3FGA: 6 - at Villanova 1/27/19 3FGA: 6 - at Villanova 1/27/19 FTM: 4, 2x - last vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 FTM: 4, 2x - last vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 FTA: 4, 4x - last vs. Villanova 3/9/19 FTA: 4, 4x - last vs. Villanova 3/9/19 BLK: 1 - at Villanova 1/27/19 BLK: 1 - at Villanova 1/27/19 STL: 4 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 STL: 4 - vs. Sacred Heart 12/19/18 TO: 1, 8x - last vs. Villanova 3/9/19 TO: 1,11x - last vs. Villanova 3/9/19 MIN: 21 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 MIN: 21 - at Georgetown 3/2/19 REYNOLDS, JR. GAME-BY-GAME OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

WAGNER 11/06/18 16 1-4 .250 1-4 .250 4-4 1.000 1 3 4 1 3 0 0 3 7 7.0 at Nebraska 11/14/18 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/18 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 vs. Hawai’i 11/23/18 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 7 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 LOUISVILLE 12/01/18 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 UNH 12/04/18 16 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0.9 vs. Kentucky 12/08/18 DNP RUTGERS 12/15/18 DNP SACRED HEART 12/19/18 18 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 4 10 1.9 at Maryland 12/22/18 4 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.9 ST. JOHN’S* 12/29/18 13 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 3-4 .750 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 8 2.5 at Xavier* 01/02/19 11 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2.4 at DePaul* 01/06/19 10 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 4 2.5 BUTLER* 01/09/19 7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 2.5 at Marquette* 01/12/19 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 at Providence* 01/15/19 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 2.3 DEPAUL* 01/19/19 DNP at Villanova* 01/27/19 16 3-9 .333 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 8 2.6 PROVIDENCE* 01/30/19 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 at Butler* 02/02/19 7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.4 CREIGHTON* 02/09/19 10 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 2.4 GEORGETOWN* 02/13/19 5 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2.4 at Creighton* 02/17/19 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 XAVIER* 02/20/19 9 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 2.3 at St. John’s* 02/23/19 15 1-7 .143 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 3 0 0 0 1 4 2.4 at Georgetown* 03/02/19 * 21 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 2.3 MARQUETTE* 03/06/19 8 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 2.3 VILLANOVA* 03/09/19 16 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 2-4 .500 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 2.3 vs. Georgetown 03/14/19 9 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 vs. Marquette 03/15/19 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.2 vs. Villanova 03/16/19 2 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 vs. Wofford 03/21/19

2018-19 GAME NOTES 23 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB romaro gill #35 • JUNIOR • CENTER • 7-2 • 255 • ST. THOMAS, JAMAICA • VINCENNES UNIVERSITY

2018 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

>> 3rd in the BIG EAST in blocks (1.3) >> Helped Vincennes go 32-3, win the Region 16 MILESTONE TRACKER >> 11 blocks in last 7 games district championship and reach quarterfinals of To 100 Pts...... 41 To 100 FGM.....73 >> Played junior college basketball at Vincennes, NJCAA Div. I Championship To 100 Reb...... 28 To 50 Blk...... 16 where he ranked 10th in the nation in blocked shots (85) during his sophomore season

CAREER STATISTICS 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS MIN aVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT aVG PF FO aST TO BLK STL PTS aVG 17-18 redshirt season at seton hall 18-19 26 3 284 10.9 27 47 .574 0 0 .000 5 14 .357 22 50 72 2.8 52 1 1 19 34 7 59 2.3 TOTAL 26 3 284 10.9 27 47 .574 0 0 .000 5 14 .357 22 50 72 2.8 52 1 1 19 34 7 59 2.3

2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS • BLOCKED A CAREER-HIGH FIVE SHOTS IN A HUGE 12-MINUTE APPEARANCE TO HELP PIRATES BEAT RUTGERS IN GARDEN STATE HARDWOOD CLASSIC PTS: 7, 2x - last vs. Marquette 3/6/19 PTS: 7, 2x - last vs. Marquette 3/6/19 REB: 8 - at Maryland 12/22/18 REB: 8 - at Maryland 12/22/18 • MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AT MARYLAND: MADE FIRST CAREER START, GAVE AST: 1 - vs. Georgetown 2/13/19 AST: 1 - vs. Georgetown 2/13/19 THE PIRATES 24 MINUTES AND HAD SIX POINTS, EIGHT REBOUNDS & THREE FGM: 3, 2x - last vs. Marquette 3/6/19 FGM: 3, 2x - last vs. Marquette 3/6/19 BLOCKS FGA: 5 - at Maryland 12/22/18 FGA: 5 - at Maryland 12/22/18 • MADE A BIG IMPACT OFF THE BENCH AT XAVIER WITH FOUR POINTS, FIVE FTM: 3 - vs. Saint Louis 11/17/18 FTM: 3 - vs. Saint Louis 11/17/18 REBOUNDS, FOUR BLOCKS AND THREE STEALS, MOST OF THEM COMING IN THE FTA: 5 - vs. Saint Louis 11/17/18 FTA: 5 - vs. Saint Louis 11/17/18 SECOND HALF IN A COMEBACK VICTORY BLK: 5 - vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 BLK: 5 - vs. Rutgers 12/15/18 • BLOCKED GAME-TYING LAYUP ATTEMPT FROM ISAIAH JACKSON IN WANING STL: 3 - at Xavier 1/2/19 STL: 3 - at Xavier 1/2/19 SECONDS OF WIN OVER PROVIDENCE TO: 2, 3x - last at Villanova 1/27/19 TO: 2, 3x - last at Villanova 1/27/19 • MADE A GREAT IMPACT IN WIN OVER MARQUETTE WITH SEVEN POINTS, FIVE MIN: 25 - vs. Marquette 3/6/19 MIN: 25 - vs. Marquette 3/6/19 REBOUNDS AND THREE BLOCKS IN 25 MINUTES OFF THE BENCH

GILL GAME-BY-GAME OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

WAGNER 11/06/18 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 at Nebraska 11/14/18 12 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0.5 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/18 11 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 7 2.7 vs. Grand Canyon 11/22/18 3 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.5 vs. Hawai’i 11/23/18 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 vs. Miami (FL) 11/25/18 3 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 LOUISVILLE 12/01/18 6 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 2.0 UNH 12/04/18 DNP vs. Kentucky 12/08/18 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 RUTGERS 12/15/18 12 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3 0 0 5 0 2 1.8 SACRED HEART 12/19/18 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1.6 at Maryland 12/22/18 * 23 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 6 8 4 0 1 3 1 6 2.0 ST. JOHN’S* 12/29/18 DNP at Xavier* 01/02/19 20 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 1 0 1 4 3 4 2.2 at DePaul* 01/06/19 DNP BUTLER* 01/09/19 DNP at Marquette* 01/12/19 DNP at Providence* 01/15/19 DNP DEPAUL* 01/19/19 DNP at Villanova* 01/27/19 16 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 2.2 PROVIDENCE* 01/30/19 13 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 4 0 1 1 0 2 2.1 at Butler* 02/02/19 22 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 5 6 3 0 1 1 0 2 2.1 CREIGHTON* 02/09/19 8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 2.0 GEORGETOWN* 02/13/19 8 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2.0 at Creighton* 02/17/19 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 XAVIER* 02/20/19 * 9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.8 at St. John’s* 02/23/19 21 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 4 5 3 0 1 3 1 4 1.9 at Georgetown* 03/02/19 * 18 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 1.9 MARQUETTE* 03/06/19 25 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 1 4 5 4 0 1 3 0 7 2.1 VILLANOVA* 03/09/19 6 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 vs. Georgetown 03/14/19 7 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 vs. Marquette 03/15/19 19 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 5 0 0 1 1 6 2.1 vs. Villanova 03/16/19 9 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 4 0 2 1 0 6 2.3 vs. Wofford 03/21/19

#HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 24 2018-19 GAME NOTES 2018-19 Seton Hall Men's Basketball Seton2018-19 Hall Team Game-by-Game TEAM GAME-BY-GAME (as of Mar 17, 2019) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg WAGNER 11/06/ 89-49 W 30-58 . 5 1 10-24 . 4 1 19-25 . 7 6 11 30 41 41.0 17 20 8 8 11 89 89.0 at Nebraska 11/14/ 57-80 L 21-59 . 3 5 2-16 . 1 2 13-20 . 6 5 12 26 38 39.5 20 3 14 3 1 57 73.0 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/ 64-66 L 19-57 . 3 3 4-17 . 2 3 22-31 . 7 1 10 18 28 35.7 20 4 8 4 8 64 70.0 vs Grand Canyon 11/22/ 82-75 W 28-45 . 6 2 6-12 . 5 0 20-33 . 6 0 3 27 30 34.2 23 15 12 3 7 82 73.0 vs Hawaii 11/23/ 64-54 W 23-54 . 4 2 5-17 . 2 9 13-18 . 7 2 8 24 32 33.8 18 12 9 2 6 64 71.2 vs Miami 11/25/ 83-81 W 34-65 . 5 2 6-23 . 2 6 9-14 . 6 4 7 23 30 33.2 21 15 13 1 5 83 73.2 LOUISVILLE 12/01/ 65-70 L 25-62 . 4 0 3-18 . 1 6 12-15 . 8 0 6 22 28 32.4 15 11 7 4 6 65 72.0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 12/04/ 77-57 W 27-57 . 4 7 8-21 . 3 8 15-22 . 6 8 10 28 38 33.1 13 15 10 4 6 77 72.6 vs KENTUCKY 12/08/ 84-83 Wo 27-59 . 4 5 11-26 . 4 2 19-26 . 7 3 10 25 35 33.3 25 15 16 5 8 84 73.9 RUTGERS 12/15/ 72-66 W 20-49 . 4 0 11-27 . 4 0 21-32 . 6 5 8 30 38 33.8 18 14 11 8 5 72 73.7 SACRED HEART 12/19/ 90-76 W 35-73 . 4 7 7-22 . 3 1 13-17 . 7 6 14 24 38 34.2 16 23 12 6 16 90 75.2 at Maryland 12/22/ 78-74 W 26-57 . 4 5 8-21 . 3 8 18-21 . 8 5 7 24 31 33.9 20 10 8 4 6 78 75.4 ST. JOHN'S (NY) 12/29/ 76-74 W 27-64 . 4 2 4-18 . 2 2 18-25 . 7 2 15 31 46 34.8 14 17 16 4 3 76 75.5 at Xavier 01/02/ 80-70 W 31-61 . 5 0 7-20 . 3 5 11-17 . 6 4 11 19 30 34.5 15 20 11 7 8 80 75.8 at DePaul 01/06/ 74-75 L 28-63 . 4 4 7-27 . 2 5 11-13 . 8 4 8 24 32 34.3 17 15 11 2 8 74 75.7 BUTLER 01/09/ 76-75 W 24-47 . 5 1 5-18 . 2 7 23-37 . 6 2 9 32 41 34.8 22 15 15 3 4 76 75.7 at Marquette 01/12/ 66-70 L 27-64 . 4 2 6-19 . 3 1 6-9 . 6 6 11 23 34 34.7 19 13 17 4 9 66 75.1 at Providence 01/15/ 63-72 L 23-55 . 4 1 5-16 . 3 1 12-12 1.00 8 31 39 34.9 22 10 22 2 7 63 74.4 DEPAUL 01/19/ 93-97 L 32-59 . 5 4 13-24 . 5 4 16-24 . 6 6 6 13 19 34.1 23 17 11 6 6 93 75.4 at Villanova 01/27/ 52-80 L 18-52 . 3 4 7-23 . 3 0 9-14 . 6 4 10 23 33 34.0 16 10 18 3 8 52 74.2 PROVIDENCE 01/30/ 65-63 W 25-52 . 4 8 3-14 . 2 1 12-15 . 8 0 8 30 38 34.2 18 8 19 5 7 65 73.8 at Butler 02/02/ 68-70 L 28-58 . 4 8 8-21 . 3 8 4-7 . 5 7 7 23 30 34.0 16 14 10 1 5 68 73.5 CREIGHTON 02/09/ 63-58 W 20-60 . 3 3 7-25 . 2 8 16-20 . 8 0 11 32 43 34.4 17 11 12 4 7 63 73.1 GEORGETOWN 02/13/ 90-75 W 30-61 . 4 9 11-25 . 4 4 19-22 . 8 6 15 23 38 34.6 17 20 11 4 5 90 73.8 at Creighton 02/17/ 81-75 W 30-61 . 4 9 12-27 . 4 4 9-14 . 6 4 10 25 35 34.6 17 15 13 3 10 81 74.1 XAVIER 02/20/ 69-70 L 27-65 . 4 1 6-26 . 2 3 9-14 . 6 4 13 22 35 34.6 16 14 9 2 9 69 73.9 at St. John's (NY) 02/23/ 70-78 L 23-57 . 4 0 5-20 . 2 5 19-25 . 7 6 17 24 41 34.9 19 8 22 5 6 70 73.7 at Georgetown 03/02/ 71-77 Lot 29-79 . 3 6 5-29 . 1 7 8-14 . 5 7 18 34 52 35.5 21 11 19 7 9 71 73.6 MARQUETTE 03/06/ 73-64 W 26-60 . 4 3 4-20 . 2 0 17-23 . 7 3 9 26 35 35.4 14 18 10 5 8 73 73.6 VILLANOVA 03/09/ 79-75 W 23-58 . 3 9 13-27 . 4 8 20-27 . 7 4 18 17 35 35.4 19 17 9 1 7 79 73.8 vs Georgetown 03/14/ 73-57 W 25-61 . 4 1 8-23 . 3 4 15-21 . 7 1 12 25 37 35.5 22 12 10 0 10 73 73.8 vs Marquette 03/15/ 81-79 W 24-58 . 4 1 7-23 . 3 0 26-44 . 5 9 18 29 47 35.8 29 13 8 5 4 81 74.0 vs Villanova 03/16/ 72-74 L 28-69 . 4 0 7-25 . 2 8 9-11 . 8 1 11 25 36 35.8 20 12 7 4 6 72 73.9 Seton Hall 2440 863-1959 . 4 4 1 231-714 . 3 2 4 483-682 . 7 0 8 351 832 1183 35.8 619 447 408 129 231 2440 73.9 Opponents 2359 819-1920 . 4 2 7 257-765 . 3 3 6 462-625 . 7 3 9 345 845 1190 36.1 607 438 467 146 192 2359 71.5

Games played: 33 Rebounds/game: 35.8 Points/game: 73.9 Assists/game: 13.5 FG Pct: 44.1 Turnovers/game: 12.4 3FG Pct: 32.4 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.1 FT Pct: 70.8 Steals/game: 7.0 Blocks/game: 3.9

2018-19 GAME NOTES 25 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB SETON HALL’S NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY

Date Round Result Venue City 03/18/88 First Round [8] Seton Hall 80, [9] UTEP 64 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, Calif. 03/20/88 Second Round [1] Arizona 84, [8] Seton Hall 55 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, Calif.

03/17/89 First Round [3] Seton Hall 60, [14] SW Missouri St. 51 McKale Center Tucson, Ariz. 03/19/89 Second Round [3] Seton Hall 87, [11] Evansville 73 McKale Center Tucson, Ariz. 03/23/89 Regional Semifinals [3] Seton Hall 78, [2] Indiana 65 McNichols Sports Arena Denver, Colo. 03/25/89 Regional Final [3] Seton Hall 84, [4] UNLV 61 McNichols Sports Arena Denver, Colo. 04/01/89 National Semifinals [3] Seton Hall 95, [2] Duke 78 Seattle, Wash. 04/03/89 National Final [3] Michigan 80, [3] Seton Hall 79 (OT) Kingdome Seattle, Wash.

03/14/91 First Round [3] Seton Hall 71, [14] Pepperdine 51 Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah 03/16/91 Second Round [3] Seton Hall 81, [11] Creighton 69 Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah 03/21/91 Regional Semifinals [3] Seton Hall 81, [2] Arizona 77 Kingdome Seattle, Wash. 03/23/91 Regional Final [1] UNLV 77, [3] Seton Hall 65 Kingdome Seattle, Wash.

03/19/92 First Round [4] Seton Hall 78, [13] La Salle 76 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. 03/21/92 Second Round [4] Seton Hall 88, [5] Missouri 71 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. 03/26/92 Regional Semifinals [1] Duke 81, [4] Seton Hall 69 The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pa.

03/18/93 First Round [2] Seton Hall 81, [15] Tennessee State 59 Orlando Arena Orlando, Fla. 03/20/93 Second Round [7] Western Kentucky 72, [2] Seton Hall 68 Orlando Arena Orlando, Fla.

03/18/94 First Round [7] Michigan State 84, [10] Seton Hall 73 Thunderdome St. Petersburg, Fla.

03/17/00 First Round [10] Seton Hall 72, [7] Oregon 71 (OT) HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. 03/19/00 Second Round [10] Seton Hall 67, [2] Temple 65 (OT) HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. 03/24/00 Regional Semifinals [3] Oklahoma State 68, [10] Seton Hall 66 Carrier Dome Syracuse, N.Y.

03/18/04 First Round [8] Seton Hall 80, [9] Arizona 76 RBC Center Raleigh, N.C. 03/20/04 Second Round [1] Duke 90, [8] Seton Hall 62 RBC Center Raleigh, N.C.

03/16/06 First Round [7] Wichita State 86, [10] Seton Hall 66 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C.

03/17/16 First Round [11] Gonzaga 68, [6] Seton Hall 52 Pepsi Center Denver, Colo.

03/17/17 First Round [8] Arkansas 77, [9] Seton Hall 71 Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, S.C.

03/15/18 First Round [8] Seton Hall 94, [9] North Carolina State 83 INTRUST Bank Arena Wichita, Kan. 03/17/18 Second Round [1] Kansas 83, [8] Seton Hall 79 INTRUST Bank Arena Wichita, Kan.

SHU TOURNAMENT RECORD AS A: SHU TOURNAMENT RECORD AGAINST: No. 2 seed...... 1-1 No. 1 seed...... 0-5 No. 3 seed...... 8-2 No. 2 seed...... 4-0 No. 4 seed...... 2-1 No. 3 seed...... 0-2 No. 6 seed...... 0-1 No. 4 seed...... 1-0 No. 8 seed...... 3-3 No. 5 seed...... 1-0 No. 9 seed...... 0-1 No. 7 seed...... 1-3 No. 10 seed...... 2-3 No. 8 seed...... 0-1 No. 9 seed...... 3-0 Higher seed...... 17-9 No. 11 seed...... 2-1 Lower seed...... 12-26 No. 13 seed...... 1-0 No. 14 seed...... 2-0 No. 15 seed...... 1-0

#HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 26 2018-19 GAME NOTES SETON HALL’S NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORDS

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS CAREER RECORDS SETON HALL Games: 10 Anthony Avent, 1989-91 Points: 35 John Morton Bryan Caver, 1991-94 vs. Michigan, 1989 Arturas Karnisovas, 1991-94 Rebounds: 23 Angel Delgado Points: 214 Terry Dehere, 1991-93 (9 games) vs. Kansas, 2018 Rebounds: 64 Daryll Walker, 1988-89 (8 games) Assists: 8 Isaiah Whitehead Assists: 31 Gerald Greene, 1988-89 (9 games) vs. Gonzaga, 2016 Blocks: 13 Anthony Avent, 1989-91 (10 games) 8 Gerald Greene Steals: 12 Arturas Karnisovas, 1991-93 (9 games) vs. Duke, 1989 FG Made: 68 Terry Dehere, 1991-93 (9 games) Blocks: 6 FG Att.: 139 Terry Dehere, 1991-93 (9 games) vs. Oregon, 2000 FT Made: 53 John Morton, 1988-89 (8 games) Steals: 5 Arturas Karnisovas FT Att.: 65 John Morton, 1988-89 (8 games) vs. Pepperdine, 1991 3-Point FG Made: 16 Andrew Gaze, 1989 (6 games) 5 Arturas Karnisovas 16 Terry Dehere, 1991-93 (9 games) vs. Western Kentucky, 1993 3-Point FG Att.: 53 Terry Dehere, 1991-93 (9 games) FG Made: 13 Mark Bryant vs. UTEP, 1988 TEAM RECORDS FG Att.: 26 John Morton SETON HALL vs. Michigan, 1989 FT Made: 11 Khadeen Carrington Points: 95 vs. Duke, 1989 vs. NC State, 2018 Points Allowed: 90 vs. Duke, 2004 Terry Dehere Margin of Victory: 23 vs. UNLV, 1989 vs. Western Kentucky, 1993 Margin of Defeat: 29 vs. Arizona, 1988 FT Att.: 16 John Morton Rebounds: 52 vs. UNLV, 1989 vs. Evansville, 1989 Assists: 19 vs. Evansville, 1989 3-Point FG Made: 7 Ty Shine vs. Creighton, 1991 vs. Temple, 2000 Steals: 17 vs. Creighton, 1991 3-Point FG Att.: 18 Darius Lane Blocks: 10 vs. Creighton, 1991 vs. Oklahoma State, 2000 FGs Made: 33 vs. Duke, 1989 FG %: 54.2 vs. Evansville, 1989 OPPONENTS vs. Creighton, 1991 vs. Pepperdine, 1991 Points: 36 Allerik Freeman, NC State, 2018 FT Made: 31 vs. NC State, 2018 Rebounds: 16 , Gonzaga, 2016 FT %: 94.7 vs. Wichita State, 2006 Assists: 12 Doug Gottlieb, Oklahoma St., 2000 3-Point FGs: 15 vs. Temple, 2000 Blocks: 4 Moses Kingsley, Arkansas, 2017 3-Point FG %: 57.1 vs. Indiana, 1989 Steals: 5 , UNLV, 1991 vs. Oregon, 2000

TOURNAMENT RECORDS OPPONENTS

Points: 114 John Morton,1989 (6 games) Rebounds: 48 Gonzaga, 2016 Rebounds: 58 Daryll Walker, 1989 (6 games) Assists: 20 Creighton, 1991 Assists: 26 Gerald Greene, 1989 (6 games) Steals: 14 UNLV, 1991 Blocks: 10 Frantz Volcy, 1989 (6 games) Blocks: 7 Arkansas, 2017 10 Sam Dalembert, 2000 (3 games) FG Made: 31 UNLV, 1989 Steals: 7 Andrew Gaze, 1989 (6 games) FG %: 54.2 Duke, 2004 7 Daryll Walker, 1989 (6 games) FT Made: 34 Duke, 2004 FG Made: 34 Terry Dehere, 1991 (4 games) FT %: 89.5 Duke, 2004 FG Att: 83 John Morton, 1989 (6 games) 3-Point FGs: 13 Temple, 2000 FT Made: 39 John Morton, 1989 (6 games) 3-Point FG %: 46.2 Arizona, 1991 FT Att.: 51 John Morton, 1989 (6 games) 3-Point FG Made: 16 Andrew Gaze, 1989 (6 games) 3-Point FG Att.: 38 Darius Lane, 2000 (3 games)

2018-19 GAME NOTES 27 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 2018-19 Seton Hall Men's Basketball Seton2018-19 Hall Opponent OPPONENT Game-by-Game GAME-BY-GAME (as of Mar 17, 2019) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg WAGNER 11/06/ 89-49 W 18-56 . 3 2 6-26 . 2 3 7-10 . 7 0 10 19 29 29.0 21 10 16 1 4 49 49.0 at Nebraska 11/14/ 57-80 L 26-63 . 4 1 8-23 . 3 4 20-27 . 7 4 15 29 44 36.5 16 15 8 6 7 80 64.5 SAINT LOUIS 11/17/ 64-66 L 20-42 . 4 7 5-8 . 6 2 21-30 . 7 0 10 30 40 37.7 27 8 24 7 8 66 65.0 vs Grand Canyon 11/22/ 82-75 W 25-56 . 4 4 11-30 . 3 6 12-16 . 7 5 5 20 25 34.5 22 18 11 3 2 75 67.5 vs Hawaii 11/23/ 64-54 W 20-48 . 4 1 8-23 . 3 4 6-10 . 6 0 5 25 30 33.6 19 11 15 2 2 54 64.8 vs Miami 11/25/ 83-81 W 30-55 . 5 4 7-20 . 3 5 14-18 . 7 7 4 25 29 32.8 18 11 16 4 4 81 67.5 LOUISVILLE 12/01/ 65-70 L 25-57 . 4 3 9-27 . 3 3 11-12 . 9 1 10 32 42 34.1 14 13 16 7 4 70 67.9 NEW HAMPSHIRE 12/04/ 77-57 W 21-56 . 3 7 11-29 . 3 7 4-6 . 6 6 6 23 29 33.5 20 14 16 1 1 57 66.5 vs KENTUCKY 12/08/ 84-83 Wo 27-62 . 4 3 5-20 . 2 5 24-30 . 8 0 13 25 38 34.0 21 14 15 7 3 83 68.3 RUTGERS 12/15/ 72-66 W 25-79 . 3 1 6-29 . 2 0 10-15 . 6 6 25 27 52 35.8 26 13 11 5 10 66 68.1 SACRED HEART 12/19/ 90-76 W 28-62 . 4 5 8-20 . 4 0 12-15 . 8 0 11 27 38 36.0 17 14 21 6 5 76 68.8 at Maryland 12/22/ 78-74 W 27-58 . 4 6 8-25 . 3 2 12-20 . 6 0 10 26 36 36.0 20 13 10 8 3 74 69.2 ST. JOHN'S (NY) 12/29/ 76-74 W 25-58 . 4 3 9-25 . 3 6 15-18 . 8 3 5 25 30 35.5 24 13 13 2 12 74 69.6 at Xavier 01/02/ 80-70 W 27-58 . 4 6 4-15 . 2 6 12-17 . 7 0 12 23 35 35.5 14 14 14 2 5 70 69.6 at DePaul 01/06/ 74-75 L 30-55 . 5 4 6-14 . 4 2 9-14 . 6 4 4 29 33 35.3 17 20 16 5 7 75 70.0 BUTLER 01/09/ 76-75 W 26-67 . 3 8 5-20 . 2 5 18-22 . 8 1 12 23 35 35.3 24 9 8 1 6 75 70.3 at Marquette 01/12/ 66-70 L 22-54 . 4 0 6-23 . 2 6 20-24 . 8 3 12 23 35 35.3 12 14 20 6 8 70 70.3 at Providence 01/15/ 63-72 L 24-58 . 4 1 7-20 . 3 5 17-26 . 6 5 10 24 34 35.2 12 14 14 5 9 72 70.4 DEPAUL 01/19/ 93-97 L 31-59 . 5 2 6-11 . 5 4 29-32 . 9 0 16 26 42 35.6 17 14 15 5 5 97 71.8 at Villanova 01/27/ 52-80 L 28-58 . 4 8 17-42 . 4 0 7-13 . 5 3 10 26 36 35.6 16 16 14 4 9 80 72.2 PROVIDENCE 01/30/ 65-63 W 21-55 . 3 8 7-22 . 3 1 14-17 . 8 2 6 22 28 35.2 18 12 13 1 10 63 71.8 at Butler 02/02/ 68-70 L 26-53 . 4 9 12-25 . 4 8 6-10 . 6 0 4 24 28 34.9 12 13 9 4 3 70 71.7 CREIGHTON 02/09/ 63-58 W 20-66 . 3 0 8-28 . 2 8 10-13 . 7 6 16 31 47 35.4 17 14 13 2 8 58 71.1 GEORGETOWN 02/13/ 90-75 W 29-64 . 4 5 7-24 . 2 9 10-11 . 9 0 12 18 30 35.2 17 17 12 7 7 75 71.2 at Creighton 02/17/ 81-75 W 25-59 . 4 2 10-28 . 3 5 15-20 . 7 5 11 24 35 35.2 14 12 12 6 7 75 71.4 XAVIER 02/20/ 69-70 L 27-57 . 4 7 7-19 . 3 6 9-16 . 5 6 12 29 41 35.4 19 18 16 5 3 70 71.3 at St. John's (NY) 02/23/ 70-78 L 28-58 . 4 8 7-22 . 3 1 15-18 . 8 3 7 20 27 35.1 18 12 13 12 12 78 71.6 at Georgetown 03/02/ 71-77 Lot 27-77 . 3 5 4-21 . 1 9 19-28 . 6 7 19 35 54 35.8 14 13 15 3 11 77 71.8 MARQUETTE 03/06/ 73-64 W 24-62 . 3 8 9-30 . 3 0 7-10 . 7 0 14 30 44 36.1 18 13 18 2 4 64 71.5 VILLANOVA 03/09/ 79-75 W 23-47 . 4 8 13-27 . 4 8 16-18 . 8 8 8 22 30 35.9 21 11 14 4 2 75 71.6 vs Georgetown 03/14/ 73-57 W 21-49 . 4 2 2-12 . 1 6 13-22 . 5 9 6 28 34 35.8 17 7 14 6 5 57 71.2 vs Marquette 03/15/ 81-79 W 21-59 . 3 5 8-26 . 3 0 29-41 . 7 0 16 23 39 35.9 27 11 11 2 3 79 71.4 vs Villanova 03/16/ 72-74 L 22-53 . 4 1 11-31 . 3 5 19-26 . 7 3 9 32 41 36.1 18 17 14 5 3 74 71.5 Opponents 2359 819-1920 . 4 2 7 257-765 . 3 3 6 462-625 . 7 3 9 345 845 1190 36.1 607 438 467 146 192 2359 71.5 Seton Hall 2440 863-1959 . 4 4 1 231-714 . 3 2 4 483-682 . 7 0 8 351 832 1183 35.8 619 447 408 129 231 2440 73.9

Games played: 33 Rebounds/game: 36.1 Points/game: 71.5 Assists/game: 13.3 FG Pct: 42.7 Turnovers/game: 14.2 3FG Pct: 33.6 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.9 FT Pct: 73.9 Steals/game: 5.8 Blocks/game: 4.4

#HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 28 2018-19 GAME NOTES 2018-19 Seton Hall Men's Basketball Seton Hall2018-19 Combined Team CONFERENCE Statistics (as of Mar STATS 09, 2019) Conference games only

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 9-9 7-2 2-7 0-0 CONFERENCE 9-9 7-2 2-7 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 13 POWELL, Myles 18-18 656 36.4 129-303 . 4 2 6 50-150 . 3 3 3 94-111 . 8 4 7 21 64 85 4.7 45 0 53 63 4 35 402 22.3 22 CALE, Myles 18-18 554 30.8 73-157 . 4 6 5 32-78 . 4 1 0 17-29 . 5 8 6 9 72 81 4.5 39 2 20 22 1 16 195 10.8 00 McKNIGHT, Quincy 18-17 527 29.3 71-155 . 4 5 8 9-37 . 2 4 3 27-47 . 5 7 4 9 37 46 2.6 52 2 87 58 4 32 178 9.9 01 NZEI, Michael 18-15 494 27.4 59-103 . 5 7 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 37-44 . 8 4 1 37 51 88 4.9 42 2 16 21 6 3 155 8.6 23 MAMUKELASHVILI, S. 18-18 528 29.3 55-131 . 4 2 0 15-52 . 2 8 8 24-35 . 6 8 6 39 95 134 7.4 45 0 32 33 23 9 149 8.3 15 THOMPSON, Taurean 15-0 139 9.3 24-56 . 4 2 9 4-12 . 3 3 3 9-12 . 7 5 0 14 23 37 2.5 13 0 1 13 6 6 61 4.1 14 RHODEN, Jared 18-0 247 13.7 25-70 . 3 5 7 11-40 . 2 7 5 12-18 . 6 6 7 21 26 47 2.6 25 0 7 7 3 11 73 4.1 33 REYNOLDS, Shavar 17-1 163 9.6 12-44 . 2 7 3 4-22 . 1 8 2 15-18 . 8 3 3 8 14 22 1.3 22 0 12 7 1 8 43 2.5 35 GILL, Romaro 12-2 167 13.9 12-21 . 5 7 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-7 . 1 4 3 16 27 43 3.6 25 0 1 9 17 5 25 2.1 02 NELSON, Anthony 18-0 130 7.2 9-29 . 3 1 0 3-8 . 3 7 5 2-7 . 2 8 6 2 12 14 0.8 5 0 24 12 1 1 23 1.3 32 BRODIE, Darnell 6-1 42 7.0 2-6 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-4 . 2 5 0 2 6 8 1.3 8 0 0 2 2 0 5 0.8 30 AVENT, Asiah 1-0 3 3.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 26 24 50 8 Total...... 18 3650 471-1076 . 4 3 8 128-399 . 3 2 1 239-332 . 7 2 0 204 452 656 36.4 322 6 253 255 68 126 1309 72.7 Opponents...... 18 3650 463-1065 . 4 3 5 144-416 . 3 4 6 248-327 . 7 5 8 190 454 644 35.8 304 7 249 249 76 128 1318 73.2

TEAM STATISTICS HALL OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1309 1318 * 12/29/18 ST. JOHN'S (NY) W 76-74 10481 Points per game 72.7 73.2 * 01/02/19 at Xavier W 80-70 10224 Scoring margin -0.5 - * 01/06/19 at DePaul L 74-75 4068 FIELD GOALS-ATT 471-1076 463-1065 * 01/09/19 BUTLER W 76-75 7640 Field goal pct . 4 3 8 . 4 3 5 * 01/12/19 at Marquette L 66-70 17180 3 POINT FG-ATT 128-399 144-416 * 01/15/19 at Providence L 63-72 11367 3-point FG pct . 3 2 1 . 3 4 6 * 01/19/19 DEPAUL L 93-97 9023 3-pt FG made per game 7.1 8.0 * 01/27/19 at Villanova L 52-80 16444 FREE THROWS-ATT 239-332 248-327 * 01/30/19 PROVIDENCE W 65-63 7858 Free throw pct . 7 2 0 . 7 5 8 * 02/02/19 at Butler L 68-70 9102 F-Throws made per game 13.3 13.8 * 02/09/19 CREIGHTON W 63-58 9681 REBOUNDS 656 644 * 02/13/19 GEORGETOWN W 90-75 7828 Rebounds per game 36.4 35.8 * 02/17/19 at Creighton W 81-75 17036 Rebounding margin +0.7 - * 02/20/19 XAVIER L 69-70 7916 ASSISTS 253 249 * 02/23/19 at St. John's (NY) L 70-78 18529 Assists per game 14.1 13.8 * 03/02/19 at Georgetown L o 2 71-77 13753 TURNOVERS 255 249 * 03/06/19 MARQUETTE W 73-64 9080 Turnovers per game 14.2 13.8 * 03/09/19 VILLANOVA W 79-75 16114 Turnover margin -0.3 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.0 1.0 * - Conference game STEALS 126 128 Steals per game 7.0 7.1 BLOCKS 68 76 Blocks per game 3.8 4.2 ATTENDANCE 85621 117703 Home games-Avg/Game 9-9513 9-13078 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Totals Seton Hall 606 691 7 5 1309 Opponents 641 659 7 11 1318

2018-19 GAME NOTES 29 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB 2018-19 Seton Hall Men's Basketball Seton Hall 2018-19Combined Team OVERALL Statistics (as of STATSMar 18, 2019) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 20-13 11-4 3-8 6-1 CONFERENCE 9-9 7-2 2-7 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 11-4 4-2 1-1 6-1

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 13 POWELL, Myles 33-33 1186 35.9 242-539 . 4 4 9 103-284 . 3 6 3 170-201 . 8 4 6 26 107 133 4.0 75 0 96 98 6 67 757 22.9 22 CALE, Myles 33-33 997 30.2 122-297 . 4 1 1 53-139 . 3 8 1 42-64 . 6 5 6 20 118 138 4.2 67 2 39 42 3 27 339 10.3 00 McKNIGHT, Quincy 33-32 925 28.0 115-252 . 4 5 6 18-64 . 2 8 1 64-101 . 6 3 4 13 71 84 2.5 98 4 131 84 7 53 312 9.5 01 NZEI, Michael 33-29 946 28.7 119-197 . 6 0 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 64-93 . 6 8 8 68 106 174 5.3 86 5 33 34 13 6 302 9.2 23 MAMUKELASHVILI, S. 33-33 969 29.4 104-239 . 4 3 5 27-91 . 2 9 7 59-96 . 6 1 5 73 185 258 7.8 85 2 52 48 41 18 294 8.9 15 THOMPSON, Taurean 26-0 278 10.7 50-124 . 4 0 3 7-29 . 2 4 1 17-23 . 7 3 9 25 36 61 2.3 38 0 4 21 13 8 124 4.8 14 RHODEN, Jared 33-0 428 13.0 36-106 . 3 4 0 13-57 . 2 2 8 20-33 . 6 0 6 34 50 84 2.5 42 1 11 11 7 18 105 3.2 02 NELSON, Anthony 33-0 350 10.6 28-84 . 3 3 3 5-18 . 2 7 8 16-23 . 6 9 6 4 28 32 1.0 29 0 61 26 2 11 77 2.3 35 GILL, Romaro 26-3 284 10.9 27-47 . 5 7 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 5-14 . 3 5 7 22 50 72 2.8 52 1 1 19 34 7 59 2.3 33 REYNOLDS, Shavar 30-1 255 8.5 17-62 . 2 7 4 5-31 . 1 6 1 24-28 . 8 5 7 11 20 31 1.0 36 0 19 9 1 16 63 2.1 32 BRODIE, Darnell 9-1 54 6.0 3-10 . 3 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-6 . 3 3 3 3 8 11 1.2 9 0 0 2 2 0 8 0.9 30 AVENT, Asiah 3-0 6 2.0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 52 52 104 14 Total...... 33 6678 863-1959 . 4 4 1 231-714 . 3 2 4 483-682 . 7 0 8 351 832 1183 35.8 619 15 447 408 129 231 2440 73.9 Opponents...... 33 6675 819-1920 . 4 2 7 257-765 . 3 3 6 462-625 . 7 3 9 345 845 1190 36.1 607 12 438 467 146 192 2359 71.5

TEAM STATISTICS HALL OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2440 2359 11/06/18 WAGNER W 89-49 1655 Points per game 73.9 71.5 11/14/18 at Nebraska L 57-80 15713 Scoring margin +2.5 - 11/17/18 SAINT LOUIS L 64-66 7854 FIELD GOALS-ATT 863-1959 819-1920 11/22/18 vs Grand Canyon W 82-75 1266 Field goal pct . 4 4 1 . 4 2 7 11/23/18 vs Hawaii W 64-54 2089 3 POINT FG-ATT 231-714 257-765 11/25/18 vs Miami W 83-81 1589 3-point FG pct . 3 2 4 . 3 3 6 12/01/18 LOUISVILLE L 65-70 8505 3-pt FG made per game 7.0 7.8 12/04/18 NEW HAMPSHIRE W 77-57 6380 FREE THROWS-ATT 483-682 462-625 12/08/18 vs KENTUCKY Wot 84-83 10244 Free throw pct . 7 0 8 . 7 3 9 12/15/18 RUTGERS W 72-66 10481 F-Throws made per game 14.6 14.0 12/19/18 SACRED HEART W 90-76 7107 REBOUNDS 1183 1190 12/22/18 at Maryland W 78-74 12555 Rebounds per game 35.8 36.1 * 12/29/18 ST. JOHN'S (NY) W 76-74 10481 Rebounding margin -0.2 - * 01/02/19 at Xavier W 80-70 10224 ASSISTS 447 438 * 01/06/19 at DePaul L 74-75 4068 Assists per game 13.5 13.3 * 01/09/19 BUTLER W 76-75 7640 TURNOVERS 408 467 * 01/12/19 at Marquette L 66-70 17180 Turnovers per game 12.4 14.2 * 01/15/19 at Providence L 63-72 11367 Turnover margin +1.8 - * 01/19/19 DEPAUL L 93-97 9023 Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 0.9 * 01/27/19 at Villanova L 52-80 16444 STEALS 231 192 * 01/30/19 PROVIDENCE W 65-63 7858 Steals per game 7.0 5.8 * 02/02/19 at Butler L 68-70 9102 BLOCKS 129 146 * 02/09/19 CREIGHTON W 63-58 9681 Blocks per game 3.9 4.4 * 02/13/19 GEORGETOWN W 90-75 7828 ATTENDANCE 127603 220595 * 02/17/19 at Creighton W 81-75 17036 Home games-Avg/Game 15-8507 11-13270 * 02/20/19 XAVIER L 69-70 7916 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 7-10661 * 02/23/19 at St. John's (NY) L 70-78 18529 * 03/02/19 at Georgetown L o 2 71-77 13753 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Totals * 03/06/19 MARQUETTE W 73-64 9080 Seton Hall 1134 1280 21 5 2440 * 03/09/19 VILLANOVA W 79-75 16114 Opponents 1113 1215 20 11 2359 03/14/19 vs Georgetown W 73-57 19812 03/15/19 vs Marquette W 81-79 19812 03/16/19 vs Villanova L 72-74 19812

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Saturday, December 8, 2018

JP's 5 Thoughts: Seton Hall scores massive upset over Kentucky in OT

Myles Powell's 28 points, including go-ahead three late in regulation before Kentucky forced overtime, led Seton Hall to epic victory over ninth-ranked Wildcats at Madison Square Garden. (Photo by Wendell Cruz/Finish First Photos)

By Jason Guerette

NEW YORK -- Wow.

In one of the best games (and finishes) you'll ever see, Seton Hall came into Madison Square Garden on Saturday and made even more magic at The World's Most Famous Arena, knocking off Kentucky 84-83 on a clutch three-pointer by sophomore Myles Cale in overtime.

Just the last ten minutes of the game had more twists and turns than the rides at Six Flags, and fittingly, just like the two teams delivered bonus basketball, we've got a bonus sixth thought for you here at Daly Dose Of Hoops:

1. This. Is. The Garden.

Something about playing at MSG brings out the best in Seton Hall. Including the Big East Tournament, the Pirates are now 9-3 here since the 2015-16 season began. And this game felt like one that will go up on the pregame intro video before too long.

After a rock fight in a first half that can be described as ugly if we're being polite, Seton Hall was down six. But in the second half, the script flipped, whereas both teams couldn't find the bottom of the net in the first stanza (at one point, going nearly ten minutes without a field goal being scored), the second time around was breathtaking.

Here was Kentucky, with a Hall of Fame coach on the sidelines and boatloads of size and talent on the floor, showing off what they could do, particularly with sophomore big man PJ Washington (more on him later).

Here was Seton Hall, matching them shot for shot down the stretch, and using a whale of a performance from Myles Powell to will their way back in the game when all seemed on the verge of slipping out of reach.

And then came the endgame. After going mano-a-mano with the ninth-ranked Wildcats, Powell, who had already hit some ridiculous shots, made a step-back, double-clutch, heavily-contested three-pointer with 1.4 seconds left to break a 67-67 tie, and made the Pirates believe they had won.

Not so fast, said Keldon Johnson, as the Kentucky guard hit a halfcourt shot at the horn to send the game to overtime. It was something out of the fantasies of every kid in the driveway playing hoops growing up. You just don't see that every day, and it felt like a privilege to witness it in person.

2. Toughness And Togetherness

Here's the biggest reason the Pirates prevailed. They went into overtime with the Wildcats and their crowd (which filled up about 75 percent of the lower bowl) having all the momentum. They were already down both of their starting big men in Sandro Mamukelashvili and Michael Nzei, who fouled out in the second half. Then, in the extra session, Johnson hit another big three, which put Kentucky up by a point with 42 seconds left.

Seton Hall overcame all of it by keeping their wits about them to stay cohesive as a unit despite being shorthanded. In all my years of watching and covering Seton Hall hoops, this was one of the grittiest performances by the team that I can remember.

"What I like about this group more than anything is that they stay, they continue to work," head coach Kevin Willard said. "I was very proud of how they fought and played." http://dalydoseofhoops.blogspot.com/2018/12/jps-5-thoughts-seton-hall-scores.html Page 1 of 2 2/20/2019 A Daly Dose Of Hoops: JP's 5 Thoughts: Seton Hall scores massive upset over Kentucky in OT

"It took a lot of effort, but as coach said, we were ready," Powell said. "We fought, we never gave up, we stayed together, and we got the job done."

The cherry on top was the final possession, which showed just how together the team was. Anthony Nelson saw an opening and drove inside, then kicked out to Quincy McKnight in the corner, who shot-faked, drove, and kicked up top to Taurean Thompson. HE then shot-faked and dished right to Cale, who made yet another fake to get free for the open shot that won the game. It was a coach's dream possession: Finding the open man, passing up good shots for a great shot, and playing hard, but not too hurried.

3. Going The Extra Myles

Where would the Pirates be without Powell? He showed yet again today that he's one of the very best players in the Big East. It wasn't easy for him, either, as he only attempted four shots in the first half and struggled to get going, most notably missing four of his first six foul shots. But like with all great scorers, it's only a matter of time, and when Powell canned his first triple, there was no slowing him down. He ended up with a team-high 28 points, making six of eleven from beyond the arc.

"I just had to find it within the offense," Powell said of finding his rhythm. "Coach told me to stay patient, things will open up. Just stay focused on the defensive end, get out in transition."

He's a downright special player, one who turned a lot of heads today among Wildcats fans and everyone else watching on national TV. And with the volume and magnitude of the shot he made, one could make the argument that the reason Seton Hall won the game is that they had Myles Powell, and Kentucky didn't.

Speaking of staying focused, Cale was just 3-for-17 before making the aforementioned game-winner from the right side in front of the Pirates' bench. He played 44 minutes in the game, more than anyone else on the team, including Powell, and showed what they call a shooter's mentality in nailing the biggest shot of the game — the indomitable belief that no matter if the first 99 shots miss, that the 100th will be made.

"My coach tells me to always be ready, because you never know when the ball is coming your way," Cale said after the game.

"I have confidence in Myles Cale," Willard added. "There's a reason he's out there for 44 minutes is that he's going to be a special player one day. It was a great ball fake, and he knocked (the shot) down."

4. Extras

You also never know when players will take advantage of opportunities and lift their team with their performance, and today, Sandro Mamukelashvili, Taurean Thompson, and Quincy McKnight all stepped up in their own way.

For Mamukelashvili, he began the game like a house on fire. He scored, he handled the ball, he passed, he defended, he rebounded, and played with a brimming confidence to help the Pirates get started. Until Powell started cooking with gas in the second half, and until he personally got into foul trouble, Sandro was the Pirates' best player.

For Thompson, he stepped up huge. With Mamu (and later Nzei) in foul trouble, it was the smooth big guy who picked up a ton of the slack, scoring 13 points off the bench on 5-of-8 shooting with six rebounds, his most impactful game at the Hall.

As for McKnight, while he did commit six turnovers, four of those came in the first half, and he dished out five assists as well as his usual trademark defense on the perimeter. But he also scored 15 big points in this game, including two big hoops in overtime. His role on this team isn't to be a big-time scorer, but he has that ability to get a bucket if needed, and it was needed today.

Speaking of lifting the team with their performance, a big compliment needs to be paid to Kentucky's PJ Washington. 29 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and four blocked shots later, I came away thoroughly impressed with his size, skill, and athleticism.

As Kevin Willard said after the game, "he's gonna make a lot of money." Without his production, Seton Hall wins this game pretty easily.

5. Wrap-Up

This is an undoubted feather in the cap for the Pirates as far as the NCAA Tournament is concerned. With such a strong schedule outside the Big East, the Pirates had yet to record that signature win, and after coming up just a hair short against both Saint Louis and Louisville, they got it today. It's a performance that can really lift the team up both on and off the floor, and looking forward, having this experience will help the Hall come March.

"That's how I set the schedule up, to get these guys battle-tested," Willard commented. "So I love this game. The fact that it was Kentucky was huge, but to get them in the Garden, to get them Garden experience, to get them ready for the Big East Tournament, it's a big win."

Next up, of course, is Rutgers in the Garden State Hardwood Classic, who will be coming off a defeat at the hands of Fordham in the Bronx. For a lot of Pirates fans, that's a bigger game than this one, and after Seton Hall was turned away in Piscataway last season, you can bet they'll have revenge on their minds against Steve Pikiell's up-and-coming Scarlet Knights.

BONUS THOUGHT: Advice From A Legend

Before the second half started, according to the good sources around the Seton Hall media contingent, Powell had a short talk with Seton Hall's all-time leading scorer and former Big East Player of the Year Terry Dehere (who also happened to be a prolific three- point shooter and a 6'2" guard to boot). We were not privy to what was said in the conversation, but you know what happened in the second half. I think Mr. Dehere was quite pleased with what he saw, don't you? http://dalydoseofhoops.blogspot.com/2018/12/jps-5-thoughts-seton-hall-scores.html Page 2 of 2 2/20/2019 Powell and Pirates win pulsating classic at The Garden - The Setonian

Powell and Pirates win pulsating classic at The Garden

Posted By James Justice on Dec 8, 2018

NEW YORK – On Saturday afternoon, Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard added the greatest regular season chapter to his Madison Square Garden history book. After 45 minutes filled with adrenaline, superlatives and almost insurmountable adversity, the Seton Hall men’s basketball team overcame Kentucky, 84-83.

The scene was primed for a classic, with a blue ocean of 10,244 inside the Mecca of basketball. The game started with a lack of basic field goal conversions, but ended with shot-making of the highest quality.

The mayhem truly began when Myles Cale made a cut to the basket with 1:31 to go in regulation and the Pirates down, 67-64. As he rose, so too did Kentucky forward P.J. Washington, who snatched the ball away, sending Cale back down in humiliating fashion.

The scene did not stop there, though, as Washington took a second to stare down at Cale, sending the crowd into a frenzy.

“I’m like ‘Ooh, aah.’ I’m looking at him, I’m like, ‘Aah, you got that one,’” Cale said. “I got up, shook it off, stayed with my teammates. It’s alright, it was a good block. He’s a really good player, really aggressive. You know, he got that one, had a good game, too.”

With his namesake humbled, Myles Powell had an answer. The Kentucky contingent were beginning to believe the blue tide had turned, but Powell stood tall and matched the Wildcats’ defensive effort by drawing an offensive charge.

The timely stop from Powell added to his scintillating 22-point second half performance that provided just enough for the resilient Pirates. On the other end, he nailed one of his five second half three-pointers to tie the game at 67 – the deafening roar drowning out the click of the net.

“I’m just a scorer, and, I know my team needs me to score,” Powell said. “Like I’ve been saying all year since I got here, when my Coach is telling me, ‘Shoot the ball, shoot the ball, shoot the ball,’ it’s kind of hard to second-think it. And, when I’m second-thinking, he can tell that I’m second-thinking.

“I missed the layup, got fouled and landed on my back. And you saw, when Coach called me over, that’s when he said, ‘If you don’t shoot your next open shot I’mma kill you.’ So, I took that with me, and I saw my next one go in, deep, from right in front of our bench. And, after that, I don’t think I missed.” Sarah Yenesel/Photography Editor

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Indeed, there was more to come from Powell. With less than a second separating shot and game clock, he uncorked a go-ahead three-pointer; in a way, unlocking a time machine and bringing back the same feeling of ecstasy that resonated inside Madison Square Garden during the 2016 Big East Tournament final.

“We went into our huddle and said, ‘Look, you defended great, the kid made a ridiculous shot,” Kentucky head coach said. “So, let’s just play ours, let’s do what we’re doing.”

After Powell’s last-second three, it was the Pirates who sensed victory, but the Wildcats had their own late-game magic.

“And that’s when we set up the last play and we make it,” Calipari said.

While referees reset the clock – adding four one-hundredths of the second to the initial 1.1 remaining – Willard struggled to feel settled, even though Kentucky was in need of a full-court prayer.

“I was so mad, it was my fault,” Willard said. “I’ve never, ever put a guy on the ball. We practice with a free safety…it makes no sense having a guy on the ball. I’ve never had a seven-footer, and so, I thought, I’ll be smart. I didn’t even have Romaro [Gill] going in, I had Shavar [Reynolds] going in to play defense and being the free safety.

“And then, it took so long for them to review it that, I just had too much time to think and I said, ‘Let me outthink myself,’ and I put Romaro in, and it was stupid. The one thing you try to cover is the middle of the floor in that situation, because, if a guy’s shooting from a sideways angle, the odds of him banking it in are almost zero.”

Kentucky guard Keldon Johnson caught the ball and, centered on the court, took one dribble and clanked the ball off the back of the rim and in. The miraculous shot sent the reeling Pirates to overtime, without frontcourt players Sandro Mamukelashvili and Michael Nzei.

“This is the first time we’ve really been in bad foul trouble with Mike and Sandro both being out,” Willard said. “They’re my security blankets on defense, because they know what to do and they help everybody out. Not having both out there – I thought Taurean [Thompson] played some great minutes.”

Thompson was the only natural paint presence in the end, forcing 6-foot-4 guard Quincy McKnight, who was tenacious all game with 15 points and five assists, to fight for rebounds against players who were four to five inches taller.

Seton Hall clung to the lead for over four minutes of the extra period, but Kentucky stole the advantage with 42 seconds remaining, and padded it with a 1-for-2 trip to the line at the 23-second mark. With the Pirates down by two, 83-81, the game’s defining moment played out.

The Pirates’ late-game execution had been maligned after losses to Saint Louis and Louisville, but, in overtime, Kevin Willard’s young team was methodical and efficient, and the game-winning conversion was its very best display.

Freshman Anthony Nelson dribbled along the paint and dished the ball to McKnight in the corner. Sensing the pressure, he dribbled forward, but into a crowded paint. The veteran point guard sent the ball to Thompson at the three-point line, and the 6-foot-11 forward faked a shot to move past one defender and drew out another with his dribble.

The deception and step forward opened up a pass to Cale, but Washington quickly closed in looking for another block. This time, though, Cale pumped his arms and sent the Kentucky forward flying. He calmly began his shooting motion a second time and converted the winning three, and McKnight got his fingertips on the buzzer-beating attempt at the other end.

It was a frenetic finish that threatened heartbreak, but the outcome was, in fact, the perfect remedy to three early non-conference losses. Seton Hall, now 6-3, have a quadrant 1 win to add to its Wooden Legacy title.

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Kentucky Win Sticks with Seton Hall's Powell

By Sean Brennan, Special to BIGEAST.com 12/13/2018 11:56:39 AM

It had been almost a week since Seton Hall took down ninth-ranked Kentucky in overtime at the Garden, but Pirates’ junior guard Myles Powell was still relishing the accomplishment.

Sure, Kentucky’s Keldon Johnson stole some of Powell’s thunder when his half-court, 3-point heave at the end of regulation sent the game into overtime after Powell thought he had won the game for the Pirates with his off-balance, 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation. But hey, a win is a win, especially when a young team like Seton Hall not only knocks off one of college basketball’s blueblood programs, but does so on college basketball’s grandest stage in the World’s Most Famous Arena.

So after dropping 28 points on the Wildcats in an NCAA-Tournament resume building win, where does the victory over Kentucky rank in Powell’s career? Higher than the Pirates’ victory over North Carolina State in the NCAAs last season?

“Oh, Kentucky is my No. 1,” Powell said without even referencing the win over the Wolfpack. “You always dream about being recruited by Coach Cal (John Calipari) and you always hear about the big blues - the (Duke) Blue Devils, (Kentucky’s) Blue Nation. Kansas and North Carolina. So getting to play against one of them in the Garden and win and how it all happened, it felt like a movie. The half-court shot and then Myles (Cale) hits the game-winner (in overtime). Just how it all happened, that was my best game.”

It was a signature win for a Seton Hall team that is replacing over 5,000 points with the graduations of Angel Delgado, Khadeen Carrington and Desi Rodriguez and has just five players on the current roster who played for head Myles Powell led Seton Hall to an overtime win against Kentucky. coach Kevin Willard last season.

“(The Kentucky win) meant a lot. It showed that we could play with anyone in the country when we listen to coach and follow coach’s game plan,” Powell said. “Throughout the whole week he was saying if we boxed out and got back in transition he believed we could beat them. Coach always believes in us and the confidence he has in us is unbelievable. So when you have a guy like that behind you, it’s kind of hard to lack confidence. So we went out there with a lot of confidence and our heads up high and we got the job done.”

After playing somewhat in the shadows of Delgado and Co. last season, Powell has been thrust into the role of team leader. It’s a position that came with some trepidation coming into the season but one he has come to fully embrace.

“I wouldn’t say there were nerves but there was a lot of pressure,” Powell said. “But I knew I would be ready because I watched (Delgado, Carrington and Rodriguez) go through so much and saw everything they accomplished and how they always kept their heads up high. I knew there would be a lot of ups and downs to it, but I knew I just had to stay confident in myself and believe in myself. They taught me so much and that’s all I’m doing now, passing the knowledge down to (the younger players). Following in their footsteps is a good path.”

One other area Powell has become a leader in is scoring as he enters Saturday’s game against Rutgers as the leader in the BIG EAST with a 23.0 points-per-game average.

“That’s a great feeling, especially with all the other guards we have in our conference,” said Powell, the current BIG EAST Player of the Week. “(St. John’s) Shamorie Ponds is unbelievable and he’s one of my brothers on and off the court. (Marquette’s) Markus Howard is great. Every other night you turn around and he’s ended up scoring 30-this or 40-that. So just to be up there is a blessing. But I wouldn’t be able to do it without my teammates and my coaches believing in me to get the job done.”

The victory over Kentucky ran Seton Hall’s record to 6-3 on the season with two of those losses - to St. Louis and Louisville - coming by a combined seven points. So is this young Pirates team coming along quicker than many thought it would?

“I think we’re doing better than everyone thought we would,” Powell said. “I feel ever since that loss to St. Louis we’ve been going as a team. Everyone came back and realized that we had to get it together and do it as a team. It can’t just be one person. It can’t just be me or it just can’t be Mike (Nzei) or it can’t just be Quincy (McKnight). It’s got to be a team effort and we’ve really taken in that team (philosophy) and the only way we came out on top against Kentucky was because we stayed together.”

Next on tap for the Powell and the Pirates is the annual in-state rivalry game with Rutgers. Seton Hall will host the Scarlet Knights Saturday at 2 p.m. and will be looking to erase the bitter taste of last year’s 71-65 loss to the Knights in the Garden State Hardwood Classic.

“There’s a trophy that you get to hold for the whole year and they’ve had that trophy over there for the whole year now,” Powell said. “They left a bad taste in my mouth when they stormed the court and all that last year. So we’re trying to emphasize to the younger guys that this is a real rivalry and it gets personal. I know a couple of guys over there and it’s nothing but love off the court. But when we step inside the lines Saturday it’s going to be personal.”

The Pirates, you may remember, were picked eighth in the BIG EAST coaches’ preseason poll. But after the win over Kentucky, and with Powell emerging as one of the top offensive weapons in the conference, might Seton Hall be a surprise contender in the BIG EAST this season?

“I feel we are capable of being that team,” Powell said. “We have great leadership and our younger guys want to get better and they listen. And I know coach will have us ready and have a great game plan for the BIG EAST. I can’t wait until conference play starts.” http://www.bigeast.com/news/2018/12/13/mens-basketball-kentucky-win-sticks-with-seton-halls-powell.aspx?path=mbball 2/20/2019 Seton Hall has an eye on March after 78-74 upset at Maryland - SHUHoops.com Seton Hall has an eye on March after 78-74 upset at Maryland

Chris McManus | December 22, 2018

College Park, Md. — This was supposed to be a two-year rebuild for Seton Hall after losing last year’s senior class. Well, someone needs to commend the construction company because this team is coming together a lot quicker than we thought.

The expected move-in date after traveling down an I-95 congested with holiday traffic and knocking off a Maryland (9- 3) team that has been flirting with the top-25?

Possibly some time in March.

Seton Hall (9-3) has made gigantic strides since their 80-57 thrashing at Nebraska a little over a month ago, growing up seemingly by the game.

The foundation was laid at the Wooden Legacy with what we thought could be a high-water mark win over Miami.

But now after wins over Kentucky and Maryland, this team has come together nicely and there’s no reason at this rate they won’t be firmly in the discussion come Selection Sunday.

“I think it’s shown me how far we’ve come from really late November-early December to now,” said Kevin Willard after his team’s gutsy win over the Terrapins.

“I think we’ve really progressed nicely. I think we still have some– we’ve really got to make some bigger jumps as we move into league play, but I think we’ve really progressed nicely.”

If you couldn’t infer this by Willard’s pre-Maryland quotes, now his expectations going into the non-league slate are explicit.

“I was hoping, to be honest with you, to be 8-4. I thought that 8-4 would be great for this group and put us in good position. Being 9-3 is tremendous.”

If you had Seton Hall at 9-3 with wins over Kentucky and Maryland going into Big East play you rightfully should have been labelled as wildly optimistic, to put it mildly.

But that’s why they play the games.

A 16-5 cushion to start after an early-game defensive masterclass from Willard to slot 7-foot-2 Romaro Gill (6p, 8r, 3b) into the starting center spot got Seton Hall on their way.

“Ro, we believe in him,” said Myles Powell, who led all scorers with 27 on just 14 shots.

“We told him it was going to be a big game for him, just to play his game, be ready to block some shots, rebound, that’s all we need you to do and you’re going to do great.”

The early tactical decision paid huge dividends at the time and down the stretch.

Gill, who played the most meaningful basketball game of his life, would pull down a defensive board with the Hall leading 74- 71 and 16 seconds to play, setting up a pair of Powell free throws to seal the deal.

Talk about a symbolic rebound.

“Ro’ brings size to the floor, Coach wanted that and Ro’ did phenomenal on him (Bruno Fernando),” said Myles Cale, who poured in a key 23 points on ten shots.

“He blocked a couple shots, he even dunked on him, I was really happy for him.”

Shutting down Fernando, who scored 13 of his 19 in the first half, when it counted in the second half, was another key ingame adjustment.

Powell wasn’t shy about heaping praise on his head coach.

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“I feel as though we have one of the best coaches in the country and when we follow his game plan we can play with anybody and we followed the game plan.

“They have a great big man (Fernando), he got after it in the beginning but we came back at halftime, watched some film, and we came out and slowed him down a little bit and we did what we had to do.”

Trailing 34-30 at the break with Maryland riding a wave of momentum, Seton Hall started another half on the front foot, reeling off a 9-3 run around an Anthony Cowan (15p, 2a) three-pointer.

Cowan was held to just two points over the first 20 minutes as a committee of Pirate guards split duties, but it was Quincy McKnight (9p, 4r, 4a) who logged the heavy minutes down the stretch with Cowan trying harder than ever to break through.

But McKnight lives for these types of games. He lives for guarding the other team’s best player. You can see it in his body language, slapping the court, getting in their face on defense.

His effort on the defensive end had the Maryland media in awe, as I heard them asking the Terrapin players and Mark Turgeon alike about the job McKnight did.

Turgeon was left labeling McKnight a big-time defender twice during his press conference.

“Quincy is one of the best defenders in the country,” concurred Powell.

“Whoever their best player is, right off the bat he says ‘Coach, I’ve got him.’ … He’s been doing it all week in practice and then it translated over to the game. He guards me in practice, same with Shavar (Reynolds), so I know how much defense he plays and we need him, he’s our best defender.”

“Defensively, we start with Q, and I think the job he did on (Anthony) Cowan, the job he’s done all year long on everyone he’s played has been tremendous,” added Willard.

While McKnight was plugging leaks in the Pirates’ ship, it was ultimately Brothers Myles — again — who steered the ship in the right direction, for good.

In what was a rollercoaster second half that included momentum swing after momentum swing, the biggest turn of events came with 5:30 to play after a Maryland put-back dunk saw them go up 61-57, sending the Xfinity Center crowd into a frenzy.

It was the boiling point of the whole game, and Seton Hall’s house passed the inspection with flying colors.

With 12,555 red-clad fans on their feet, Kevin Willard called a timeout and a massive 13-3 Myles-inspired run would ensue.

First, an in-bounds play was drawn up for Powell, who converted an and-one to silence the crowd.

Then, Cale pulled down a manly rebound and sank both freebies in a one-and-one situation.

The two would trade scores until Cale swiped the ball in the lane and converted on the fast-break, putting his team up 68-64 with 2:44 to play, and the Maryland crowd into a state of unease and disbelief.

Seton Hall wouldn’t look back.

“That’s what coach needs. The energy, the guy to dive on the floor,” said Cale, whose 23 were a new career high after surpassing his 17 against Kentucky.

“I went out there and did that today. Coach trusted me and called my plays and I knocked them down.”

Zooming out, this is Seton Hall’s best non-conference road win since N.C. State in 2006, and sets them up nicely in March if they meet ever-growing expectations in Big East play.

March was on the team’s mind coming to College Park.

“Coach was on us in practice yesterday, in walkthrough today,” said Cale. “He just said how important this win would be for the NCAA tournament and we took that in and focused in and got the dub today.”

“We feel good. We’re right back in the situation that I was in with the seniors last year. Coach just told us we control our own destiny,” said Powell.

“It means a lot to the program. We’ve been preparing for them all week, we never doubted ourselves. Like I’ve been telling you guys, Coach has faith in us, we have faith in ourselves and we came out here and followed Coach’s game plan and got the job done.

“We have a lot of heart. That’s what our program has been about, that’s all it’s been since I’ve been here, and we’re going to keep the tradition going.

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From Walk-On to Walk-Off: Shavar Reynolds Jr. steals the show with buzzer- beater in 76-74 win over St. John’s

Chris McManus | December 30, 2018

Newark, N.J. — He didn’t envision this. Not even close. A walk-on as of just five months ago, Shavar Reynolds Jr. is turning into a Seton Hall folk hero after his game-winning three to propel the Hall past St. John’s in a 76-74 thriller to kick off Big East play.

After Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard flipped Reynolds Jr. (8 pts, 3 rebs) from walk-on to a full scholarship in August, most thought it was a feel-good move that wouldn’t amount to much.

That theory was debunked in the Manchester (N.J.) native’s first game when he proved he “wasn’t a charity case” in a win over Wagner.

But Willard and certainly not Shavar, had this sort of fairy tale in mind.

“Honestly, no. I thought I’d play my role, but for this to happen, this just caps off all the hard work in the gym for years and years,” said Reynolds Jr. when asked if he envisioned something like this.

“It’s so surreal.”

Minutes after he was mobbed on the court by teammates after a celebration he credited to former teammate Desi Rodriguez, Reynolds Jr. was swamped by reporters and teammates alike post-game, with Myles Powell calling him the “superstar of the game”.

The whole scene was like something from a movie. And while his cold-blooded three was incredible, Reynolds Jr.’s ability to speak from the heart yielded what would usually be thought of as platitudes.

But not tonight. The surreal became the real. “I’m still in shock. I don’t think I’ve realized what just happened to be honest.”

Eh, maybe not yet for Shavar. He might have to sleep on this a few nights — if he can put a damper on the mile-high adrenaline rush.

The shot came after a controversial inbounds play in the corner in which the official ruling from the Big East is that the officials were reviewing a timing error for the game clock, not the actual inbounds play.

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Chris Mullin refused to comment, but the frantic finish to a game in which St. John’s led for 38 minutes and by as much as 14, couldn’t have been more off-script.

Case in point, I only had a bullet point of “Shavar Reynolds impact” written in my game notes before the final sequence.

Little did I know.

“We felt they were going to go to (Myles) Powell (on the last shot),” said Mullin. “But that kid made a hell of a shot.”

Even the man of the hour didn’t know what was to come on the next possession after a lengthy review at the monitor.

“No, not at all. I knew there was a chance, Coach said if they helped, ‘Shavar is there to knock it down’, so I knew there was a chance, but I honestly didn’t know.”

That lengthy review at the monitor? That’s how long it felt for Shavar after he released the shot.

Put yourself in your favorite iconic sports movie. Where time slows and every second takes five.

That was tonight for a Jersey-native who saw 24 minutes of mop-up time a season ago and had hit just two threepointers in his college career before he released the most memorable shot of his life.

“When you’re in a moment (like that), it feels like forever. When I seen it go up, it looked good. Then it dropped, my first thing was- I seen Desi (Rodriguez) do it last year, he ran down (the court) like this, I was like I’ve got to do that.”

“It’s really gratifying,” said Kevin Willard of his emotions toward the young man he has had confidence in since August and prior.

“Every high school kid should understand if you work really hard, have a good attitude, and you’re a good person, good things will happen to you. That’s Shavar Reynolds.

“He’s a good kid, he’s a 4.0 student, and good things are happening to him because of his hard work.”

“To see something like this happen, it’s great to see success unfold for him, it’s just great,” added Quincy McKnight.

“We’ve seen him put in so much work, after games where he doesn’t play, we’ve seen him go to the gym when we’re just all in our rooms bodies aching from practicing all week and playing a game, and Shavar is just in the gym shooting, putting shots up, being game ready.”

Doing things the right way: a blue collar work ethic and not being handed anything is how Shavar Reynolds Jr. got to this point.

Hell, he wouldn’t of even been on this team due to not being able to afford tuition before Willard put him on scholarship. Can’t make that up. Who knows where this movie script may lead.

“It’s been a long journey. All the hard work, all the hours in the gym, that just proves that it’s all worth it,” said the stunned hero of what is turning into a wildly unpredictable Seton Hall season.

There are quite a few feel good stories about athletes who climb from the last seat on the bench to playing a major role for their team.

Add Shavar Reynolds Jr. to the list.

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Seton Hall basketball: From Italy, a proud Navy officer rejoices in son's success

Jerry Carino , Asbury Park Press Published 6:47 a.m. ET Jan. 8, 2019 | Updated 9:00 a.m. ET Jan. 8, 2019

Manchester's Shavar Reynolds Jr. is one of the best stories in college basketball. In a barracks in Naples, his father has been moved to tears.

It is six hours’ time difference between Newark and Naples. So on the morning of Dec. 30, when U.S. Navy officer Shavar Reynolds awoke in his barracks room in the ancient Italian city, he was curious how Seton Hall’s basketball team had fared against St. John’s the night before.

There was a special surprise awaiting on his phone: Video of his son, Shavar Reynolds Jr., hitting the gamewinning shot.

“When I watched the entire clip, I broke down in tears,” the elder Reynolds said. “I was so happy for my son, because I know how much hard work he has put in to even get to this stage, and the shot solidified what we talked about his whole life: Hard work pays off. He just had to be patient.”

It’s one of the best stories in college basketball as the Pirates (11-4 overall, 2-1 Big East) welcome Butler (10-5, 1-1) to the Prudential Center Wednesday (8:30 p.m., ). After a nice career at Manchester High School and a postgrad year at Covenant College Prep in Belmar, Shavar Jr. walked on at Seton Hall. He barely played as a freshman and was planning to transfer because he couldn’t afford another year there when Pirates coach Kevin Willard upgraded him to full-scholarship (Photo: Teekemiah Reynolds) status last spring.

“When he first went to Seton Hall we had big dreams, just like any other family when your kid gets a chance to play at a big school,” Shavar Reynolds Sr. said. “Then you get to the reality of how hard it is to play at this level and how earning your spot takes on a new meaning. I always knew my son’s potential. It was up to him to take advantage of what he could control.”

'Everyone is happy for Shavar'

The most important thing for back-end reserves on any basketball team is that they embrace their roles. Seton Hall, like many other programs, had endured some divas in those spots who caused headaches and then bolted. A grateful Reynolds grabbed his sliver of opportunity with both hands, and what seemed like a magnanimous gesture by Willard turned into a boost for the Hall's bench. Reynolds has earned a spot in the rotation, and Willard trusts him at crucial moments. When the Pirates won at Maryland Dec. 22, the sophomore guard helped spark their second-half surge with a steal and layup. Because that game tipped at 5:30 p.m. (11:30 in Naples), Chief Reynolds heard it on the radio, which is how he follows most contests.

A week later, in the waning moments against St. John’s, Willard sent Shavar Jr. in. He knew he could count on the kid for two things: ball-stopping defense and free-throw shooting. When he wound up drilling the decisive 3-pointer with less than second on the clock, it resonated from Ocean County to the Mediterranean Sea.

“I watched it with my 9-year-old son (Jack), and he was jumping around,” Manchester High coach Ryan Ramsay said. “He’s got a Seton Hall poster hanging up in his bedroom. We’re very proud. The kids (at Manchester) are all into it, the coaches, the teachers, everyone is happy for Shavar.”

Reynolds was a three-year captain at Manchester, where he scored 1,000 points and helped the Hawks post a 54-28 record.

“What stood out from day one: He would defend you the length of the floor,” Ramsay said. “He genuinely enjoys doing that.”

Shavar Reynolds Jr (left) with dad Shavar Reynolds Sr. (right) at the Prudential Center. (Photo: Teekemia Reynolds)

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This is the moment, mom'

During Reynolds’ senior year at Manchester, his dad got deployed overseas. It was hard on this family of five. Mom Teekemia juggled a job and shuttling everyone back and forth to the gym (younger sister Kemari Reynolds is a standout point guard on Manchester’s formidable girls team, and is receiving Division I interest).

“I can’t say enough about Shavar obviously, but it all stems back to mom and dad,” Ramsay said. “They are truly good-character people.”

Seton Hall Pirates guard Shavar Reynolds (33) celebrates with teammates after the game against the St. John's Red Storm at Prudential Center. (Photo: Vincent Carchietta, Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports)

A large group of family members were at the Prudential Center for the St. John's game. When Shavar checked in for the final sequence, his older sister Keajah turned to Teekemia and said, “This is the moment mom, this is proof that all those long nights in the gym, all those long road trips and the sacrifices you guys make for us will never go unnoticed.”

She was right. Reynolds swished his 3-pointer while getting fouled and then executed a flawless intentional miss of the ensuing free-throw, allowing the clock to run out. It’s his only miss from the line this season (he’s 13 of 14).

“We screamed, cried and celebrated,” Teekemia Reynolds said. “We are all so proud of Shavar Jr. He worked so hard to get to this point.”

Reynolds followed that up by taking a charge late in the Pirates’ comeback win at Xavier, and he played well in Sunday’s loss at DePaul (4 points, 2 assists, 1 steal in 10 minutes). No doubt he will see time defending ace Butler guard Kamar Baldwin Wednesday.

Chief Reynolds will continue following from afar. He hasn’t been home since July, and that was just a one-week leave for the death of his father-in-law, but he hopes to return “in time to catch some March Madness.” For the record, “Big Shavar” taught the sport to his kids.

“I played ball growing up, but (Shavar Jr.) is much better than I was at his age, and that’s exactly what my goal was for all my kids — to be better than I was or am at everything, especially the game of life,” he said. “I used basketball to teach life lessons, and as you can see, it stuck with them.”

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Smooth start: Appo grad Cale key player at Big East basketball's Seton Hall

Kevin Tresolini , Delaware News Journal Published 11:38 a.m. ET Jan. 28, 2019 | Updated 2:01 p.m. ET Jan. 28, 2019

PHILADELPHIA – Myles Cale was smiling late Sunday afternoon, and he had every right to.

Sure, his Seton Hall University basketball team had just been handed an 80-52 humbling loss by defending NCAA champion Villanova at the Wells Fargo Center.

It was the fourth straight loss for Seton Hall (12-8 overall, 3-5 Big East) and another reminder that competitive life in the Big East can be brutal.

But Cale, the 6-foot-6 sophomore swing guard out from Middletown and Appoquinimink High, had continued to demonstrate his value to Seton Hall, as he frequently has this season, his first as a full-time starter. With another test looming Wednesday at home against Providence, "You've gotta keep your head up" had to be his and the team's approach, he said.

Even after a defeat, there was no place else he’d rather be.

“It’s definitely a dream come true,” Cale said of playing Big East basketball. “You look on TV and you see Villanova playing and you find yourself playing against them. You wouldn’t even think you’d be in this spot right now and I’m thankful I’m here right now.

“Coming from a small town in Delaware, I never thought I’d be here.”

Cale’s season has featured hitting a game-winning 3-pointer with 9.5 seconds left that beat then-No. 9-ranked Kentucky 84-83 in overtime at Madison Square Garden.

It has also included scoring a career-high 23 points, including 18 during a second-half Pirates comeback, in a 78-74 win at Maryland.

Playing big-time college basketball hasn’t been too much for Cale, and he continues to settle into his role as a vital member of a program with grand ambitions.

Seton Hall's Myles Cale shoots a Seton Hall was 2016 Big East Tournament champ and has been to the last three three-point basket during the second NCAA tournaments. half of an NCAA college basketball game against Villanova, Sunday, "I had to transition from a role player coming off the bench, doing the small things, to this Jan. 27, 2019, in Philadelphia year, when I know coach needed me to score more and rebound more, assist more, do (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) everything more,” said Cale, who averaged 4.3 points and 17.2 minutes in 34 games with (Photo: Chris Szagola, AP) five starts as a freshman on a senior-loaded team. “This year he wants me to be that person who can do everything, and he thinks that can get me to the next level.”

That includes being a defensive stopper as well, Cale added.

Cale's 9.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game each rank third on the team. His 39.2-percent aim on three-pointers leads the Pirates.

He showed his worth against Villanova.

Cale’s 14 points, keyed by 4-for-6 aim on three-pointers, made him Seton Hall’s only double-digit scorer against the 18th-ranked Wildcats, who are 7-0 in Big East games.

“I think I’m just now getting the real hang of it, finding my game and knowing what I have to do, knowing what spots I have to be in to score,” Cale said.

Up in the stands enjoying his son’s continued success was father George Cale.

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A 1983 first-team All-State basketball player as a Middletown High senior, Cale led the state in scoring as a junior with 25.7 points per game and with 28.5 per game as a senior “before there was a three-point shot,” he pointed out. He then was an All-MEAC standout at North Carolina A&T.

In helping his son develop as a basketball player, Cale always stressed the need to have an all-around game, including being able to score both from the perimeter and by getting to the basket.

“I don’t know where he got his defense from because he didn’t get it from his daddy,” said George Cale, a former New Castle County mounted patrolman now on the Capitol police force. “He knows he’s got an important role and the coach really trusts him.”

George Cale has attended all of his son’s games this season except the one at Nebraska and was there when he hit the game-winner against Kentucky.

“It was great,” he said. “Everyone was patting me on the back in the stands.

“Myles went to Seton Hall [in South Orange, New Jersey] because of its size and location – he’s kind of a homebody – and after he went up there and saw the facilities, talked to the coaches, learned about the ducation [Cale majors in criminal justice]. He’d played with the South Jersey Jazz AAU team for Tim Legler [former NBA player who works for Seton Hall's Myles Cale (22) drives to the net during the second half of an NCAA college during the second ESPN].” half of an NCAA college basketball game against Xavier, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Cincinnati. (Photo: John Minchillo, AP)

Cale’s six rebounds against Villanova were second on the team, as he continued to show the versatility that coach Kevin Willard said has been one of his trademarks.

“We’re letting him push the ball on the break much more than we did,” Willard said. “I have confidence in him in that. He made two really nice passes tonight off the break and off pick-and-rolls. I think he’s getting much more comfortable in making those decisions and not just being a scorer, being an overall player.”

Other highlights have included an 8-for-8 effort at the foul line in that win at Maryland. “That’s how coach wanted me to play,” Cale said of the win over the Terps. “Being aggressive, being a defensive stopper. He said I need to play like that every game.”

Cale had a career-high five three-pointers against Providence in the game before the Villanova loss.

“I think he’s letting the offense come to him. He’s starting to take really good shots. He’s starting to make those shots,” Willard said. “He has the most pressure because he’s usually guarding the other team’s best player. He’s taken ownership of becoming a defensive stopper, which he has. I love the fact when we challenge him to guard guys he’s done an unbelievable job.

“And you’re starting to see what everyone thought he would be as a player, someone who could really score the basketball ball but is rebounding great.”

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AP Jan 31, 2019 at 3:38p ET

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — After losing four seniors to graduation and 63 percent of their scoring and rebounding, much wasn’t expected of Seton Hall this season.

While starting guard Myles Powell was back along with sometimes starter Michael Nzei, few felt the young Pirates would have a shot for a fourth straight 20-win season and a fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

Neither is assured with nine games left in the Big East Conference season. The surprise is the Pirates (138, 4-5) have a chance after losing five of eight in January.

It’s a long shot with home games remaining against No. 10 Marquette and No. 14 Villanova, but the Hall is in the hunt after snapping a four-game losing streak with a 65-63 win over Providence on Wednesday night at home.

“These kids have never been in this situation before,” coach Kevin Willard, whose team has wins over nationally ranked Kentucky and Maryland. “They have never had this pressure before. This team wasn’t supposed to be here, and we’re not back yet to where we were playing. I have just tried to remind them of who were are and we have a long journey ahead and you can’t get down because some things don’t go your way.”

In previous years when the Pirates had a tough January, they could rely on center Angel Delgado and guards Desi Rodriguez and Khadeen Carrington to carry them with some help from forward Ismael Sanogo.

This year, the Pirates go as Powell goes. The junior is second in the conference in scoring with a 21.7 point average — five more than last season. He has scored in double figures in all but one game and has had four games of 30 or better, including 31 against Providence.

Powell insists there isn’t any extra pressure to produce.

“Last year, we rode Angel and I watched Angel go through it,” he said. “Learning from the seniors and watching what they went through, now it’s on me. I am definitely ready for it. I’m built for it. My coaching staff believes in me and most of all my teammates believe in me.”

If there has been a problem for the Pirates, it’s been finding someone else to step up and share the load with Powell.

Nzei chipped in with 12 points against the Friars and junior point guard Quincy McKnight, who sat out last year after transferring from Sacred Heart, had nine points. He added a go-ahead three-point play with three minutes left.

The rest of the team is chipping in at times. Sophomore forward Sandro Manukelashvili has averaged 8.8 points and a team-high 7.2 rebounds. However, he was limited to a point and five rebounds against Providence.

“Every game we play now, our season is on the line,” McKnight said. “Even if it is not, we believe it is. We want our season to end great. We don’t want to be an eighth seed or anything like that in the conference. We are looking at these nine games as we need to win.”

Willard said his team has never quit, even after an 80-52 loss to Villanova on Sunday.

The players took the bus ride home from the Philadelphia area to northern New Jersey and held a players meeting to watch the game film. They went back to work Monday with Willard spending 30 minutes on a boxing-out drill.

Willard smiled when asked about the importance of the meeting, noting it was probably the fourth time this season there was a players meeting.

He said the biggest difference against Providence was his team worked hard in the two days leading up to it and then played defense, holding the Friars to 38 percent shooting. Romaro Gill capped the effort with a big block in the waning seconds.

Up next is a road game at Butler, a contest in which Willard will wear a microphone.

“I think bringing my kids will help,” Willard said. “When they sit on the bench, they make me calm down just a little bit.”

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Seton Hall basketball: As Georgetown visits, a special sneaker moment for Anthony Nelson

Jerry Carino , Asbury Park Press Published 5:00 a.m. ET Feb. 12, 2019Updated | 5:19 p.m. ET Feb. 12, 2019

Seton Hall vs. Cancer Night takes on special meaning for the freshman guard. Also: 3 keys to beating the Hoyas in another high-stakes home game.

The arrival of new sneakers always creates a buzz in a college basketball team’s locker room.

For Seton Hall guard Anthony Nelson, the latest Under Armours are deeply personal.

The freshman will don a customized pair during Wednesday’s game against Georgetown (8:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1). It’s adorned with blue ribbons for cancer awareness. February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and Wednesday is Seton Hall vs. Cancer Night at the Prudential Center in Newark.

Nelson requested the special shoes because there are two cancer survivors in his orbit — his aunt Sheila Sida and Sharisse Johnson, the mother of longtime friend Tyrell Johnson.

“I wanted to do this for them,” he said. “When my aunt had breast cancer, I know it hit the family real hard.”

During warmups, the Pirates will wear special shooting shirts that were auctioned off. The highest-bidding fans will see the names of a loved one who has battled cancer on the backs of the shirts, which will be given to them after the game. Anthony Nelson checks out his customized sneakers bearing blue ribbons for Seton Hall vs. Cancer Night. (Photo: Screenshot by Jerry Carino) “I think this is a great,” Nelson said. “I feel good about it. When I told my mom about the sneakers, she said she was proud of me.” Proceeds from the auction are going to the American Cancer Society.

Here are the names that will appear on the shooting shirts:

0 (Quincy McKnight): T. JENSEN 1 (Mike Nzei): C. BOWEN 2 (Anthony Nelson): V. PAVLICK 13 (Myles Powell): J. O'CONNOR 14 (Jared Rhoden): K. CHANEY 15 (Taurean Thompson): M. GLENDON 22 (Myles Cale): G.A. PAVLICK 23 (Sandro Mamukelashvili): J. BONK 30 (Asiah Avent): B. PRELICH 33 (Shavar Reynolds): P. O'CONNOR JR. 35 (Romaro Gill): D. MEHL

Given how hard it is to win on the road, the onus is on the Hall to beat Georgetown and complete a 2-0 homestand after rallying past Creighton on Saturday. Right now, at 14-9 overall and 5-6 in the Big East, the Pirates are clinging to the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble.

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Seton Hall Pirates guard Anthony Nelson (2) contests a shot against Creighton (Photo: Vincent Carchietta, Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports)

Here are three keys to getting past the Hoyas:

1. Protect the defensive glass. Georgetown (15-9, 5-6) ranks second in Big East rebounding margin and presents a tough matchup inside with Jessie Govan, a 6-foot-10, 260-pound senior center who averages 18 points and 7.9 rebounds. He can shoot 3s, too, which means potentially pulling Seton Hall’s bigs away from the paint. A lot of the onus here will fall to the Pirates' tag team of Sandro Mamukelashvili and Romaro Gill, but everyone has to box out and crash the boards.

2. Avoid backcourt foul trouble. Georgetown’s freshmen guards James Akinjo (13.4 ppg, 5.1 apg) and Mac McClung (13.6 ppg) prefer to push the pace. The Pirates will be better served by sticking them in the meat grinder. To do that, perimeter stopper Quincy McKnight must stay on the court — something that has been a challenge for him of late.

3. Get Myles Powell going early. Waiting for the ace guard to catch fire late is not a reliable winning strategy. Powell needs to be engaged from the start, and that means setting sharper screens and good spacing to counter the double-teams that are coming. It also would help if someone else could hit a couple of 3-pointers.

Georgetown leads the series 57-48, but Seton Hall has won five of the past six, including three straight at home. Second-year skipper went 1 against Kevin Willard last season, with his team scoring a total of 31 second-chance points on 26 offensive rebounds.

The Hoyas are 4-3 on the road this season, with wins at Illinois, Butler, St. John’s and Providence. That's surprising for such a youthful group.

Georgetown junior guard Jagan Mosely, a Marlboro native, is averaging 2.8 points and 2.3 assists in 23 appearances. His assist-to-turnover ratio is an impressive 2.2-1.

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Seton Hall basketball: Before Villanova, a moment to appreciate Mike Nzei

Jerry Carino , Asbury Park Press Published 5:00 a.m. ET March 8, 2019Updated | 9:36 a.m. ET March 8, 2019

One of the program's best ambassadors ever will be honored on Senior Day.

Saturday is Senior Day for Seton Hall basketball, which means it’s time to toss around one of the most loaded words in sports.

Legacy.

What is Mike Nzei’s legacy as the postgrad forward approaches his final home game — a win-and-in blockbuster against 22nd- ranked Villanova (noon, Fox)?

Maybe it’s this: Nzei has won 85 games in a Pirate uniform, fifth-most in program history behind Bryan Caver (93), Arturas Karnishovas (93), Terry Dehere (88) and Chris Davis (86). With one more victory, he’ll become just the third Hall player to appear in four straight NCAA Tournaments, joining the first two guys on the aforementioned list.

“He knows what it takes,” teammate Myles Powell said. “He wants to leave on a high note and we’re trying to do our best to provide that.”

Maybe it’s this: For his first three seasons, he was the first forward off the bench without complaint. Just did his job. This winter he’s been yanked in and out of the starting lineup. Never questioned his coach.9 free articles left.

“The way he acts, he’s a mentor to the younger guys — and even the older guys,” junior guard Quincy McKnight said.

Maybe it’s this: A Nigeria native who came to Seton Hall with spotty command of English spent last summer acing a high-powered Wall Street internship. He’s a four-time Big East All-Academic honoree with a good chance to become the program’s first Big East Scholar-Athlete winner since in 1996. When he’s ready to shelve the high tops, he’ll be able to pick his job in the financial sector.

“He epitomizes what it means to be a student-athlete,” Seton Hall athletics director Pat Lyons said. “I say this to all athletes when they first come here: This institution is going to give you a ton of opportunities. Mike embraced Seton Hall Pirates forward Michael Nzei (1) and guard Quincy those opportunities and look what he’s been able to accomplish and what his McKnight (0) react after scoring against the future holds. Great student, great athlete, great person — complete (Photo: Brian Fluharty, Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports) package.”

Maybe it’s this: At the Pirates’ lowest moments this season, after the embarrassment at Villanova and the heartbreak at Georgetown, it was Nzei — an admitted introvert — who rallied the team.

“I only talk if I have to,” he said. “I had to get out of my comfort zone. Somebody had to stand up. If it has to be me, I will.”

Maybe it’s this: Nzei is obliterating Seton Hall’s career record for field-goal percentage (he’s at .623, far outpacing Eugene Teague’s standard of .587), but he struggled badly at the free-throw line. Until conference play this year. After shooting 50 percent out of conference he’s hitting 82 percent against Big East opponents, including four big ones that clinched Wednesday’s critical upset of Marquette.

“I didn’t want to go to the line and be scared, so every day after practice I’m always getting shots up, just free throws,” he said. “So when I went out there (Wednesday) I said to myself, this this is something I do every day. My teammates did their job, now I just have to finish it.”

Maybe it’s this: Hall coach Kevin Willard compares him to the quintessential Pirate, the guy-who-made-good. It would be blasphemy if it wasn’t true.

“He's not only (been) a great ambassador while he’s here, but I think he's a guy that – like Jerry Walker . . . every time you see Jerry, you understand what Seton Hall basketball's all about, and how good people come out of this program,” Willard said. “Mike Nzei's going to be that Jerry Walker-type person."

Maybe it’s this, in his own words: “If you hear my story, you could just believe that anything is possible,” Nzei said. “If you work hard, you’re going to get to your destination.”

The destination is drawing near. Nzei will be recognized at 11:45 a.m. on the court to a richly deserved standing ovation. It won’t be the last time you see him around, though.

“I want to be able to serve Seton Hall,” he said, “and pay them back for everything they did for me.” No better legacy than that.

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Seton Hall basketball: Mike Nzei wins Big East ScholarAthlete award

Jerry Carino , Asbury Park Press Published 4:30 p.m. ET March 13, 2019Updated | 8:22 p.m. ET March 13, 2019

The postgrad forward, who has an economics degree, is the first Pirate to win the honor since 1996.

Add another line to Michael Nzei’s impressive resume, and this one goes right near the top.

Big East Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

The Seton Hall basketball forward, a postgrad who last May earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and a 3.5 GPA, received the prestigious award Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. He is the first Pirate to win it since Adrian Griffin in 1996 and the fourth overall. Arturas Karnisovas (1993 and 1994) and Ramon Ramos (1989) are the others.

Nzei, who immigrated from Nigeria as a 17-year-old, is a four-time Big East All-Academic honoree. On the court, the forward averages 9.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. He holds the program’s career record for field-goal percentage (.620) and ranks fourth all-time in victories (86). He will be just the third Pirate to play in four NCAA Tournaments, joining Karnisovas and fellow 1994 grad Bryan Caver.

Nzei spent last summer separated from the team so he could do a full-time internship with powerhouse financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald.

“When I told coach (Kevin Willard) I wanted to do an internship, he was in full support. Whatever classes I wanted to take, they were always ready to support me," Nzei told Big East Shootaround after the awards ceremony. "Athletic director Pat Lyons, he’s doing a good job making sure student- athletes get the best experience, and also the coaching staff...they care about the players and make sure we’re doing the right things in the classroom and on the basketball court.” He credited his teammates as well.

“Even during my internship they were always calling my phone asking me how I’m doing and telling me they couldn’t wait for me to be back on the court," he said. "I was reading the (Big East previews) in my office at Cantor Fitzgerald. Everybody was counting us out. At the first practice I called the guys together and said, ‘Look, everybody was counting us out but I’m back and I’m happy to be with you guys.'” Mike Nzei at the New York Stock Exchange (Photo: Courtesy of He was named co-captain for this season along with junior guard Myles Powell, emerging from quiet Mike Nzei) role player to steady leader.

"I’ve never been in a position to be a leader in my life before, but I always knew that if you have people looking up to you, the best thing you can do is to give 100 percent," Nzei said. "Going into practice I wanted to be the loudest person, I wanted to be the hardest worker. I was always talking to the younger guys who came in and were struggling. I said, ‘If you ever need to talk, you know where my room is at, just call me or meet me to talk. A lot of the guys caught on with that.’”

Other awards presented Wednesday: Marquette guard Markus Howard as Big East Player of the Year, Georgetown guard James Akinjo as Rookie of the Year and Villanova's as Coach of the Year.

Seton Hall’s all-time Big East awards

Player of the Year: Terry Dehere (1993), Dan Callandrillo (1982)

Rookie of the Year: Angel Delgado (2015), Eddie Griffin (2001)

Defensive Player of the Year: Fuquan Edwin (2014), Jerry Walker (1993)

Most Improved Player: Myles Powell (2018), Shaheen Holloway (2000)

Coach of the Year: Kevin Willard (2016), (2003), P.J. Carlesimo (1989 and 1988)

Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Michael Nzei (2019), Adrian Griffin (1996), Arturas Karnisovas (1994 and 1993), Ramon Ramos (1989)

First-team All-Big East: Myles Powell (2019), Angel Delgado (2017), Isaiah Whitehead (2016), Brian Laing (2008), Andre Barrett (2004), Terry Dehere (1991, 1992 and 1993), Ramon Ramos (1989), Mark Bryant (1988), Dan Callandrillo (1982)

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Seton Hall basketball: Powell sets record in Big East Tournament romp of Georgetown

Jerry Carino , Asbury Park Press Published 11:47 p.m. ET March 14, 2019Updated | 3:59 p.m. ET March 15, 2019

NEW YORK - With each successive shot that ripped through the net Thursday night, 19,000 people at Madison Square Garden gasped.

And then roared.

They sensed history in the making. They were right.

In a performance closer to a video game than real life, Myles Powell scored 29 points in the first half alone as Seton Hall basketball clobbered Georgetown 73-57 in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals. That set an event record, eclipsing the 27 points by Creighton's Doug McDermott in 2014.

"I felt like a fan, watching that," Hall forward Mike Nzei said. "He's been doing this all year. Sometimes it's not surprising to us but today was." Nzei searched for the words.

"Next level," he concluded.

How good was Powell over those first 20 minutes? He shot 10 of 14 from the field and notched three assists and three steals. On the rare occasion

Georgetown double-teamed him, he found open teammates with spectacular passes. It was utter dominance on an All-America scale.

"I have seen that before — in practice," Pirates forward Sandro Mamukelashvili said. "There was one time, when we had a bad practice, Coach (Kevin Willard) said to Myles, 'You (stink), you're Seton Hall Pirates guard Myles Powell (13) reacts after making a three not captain anymore.' You know how Myles gets; he got mad and point shot against the (Photo: Noah K. Murray, he started drilling everything. No one could stop him. And no one USA TODAY Sports) could stop him tonight."

The junior guard finished with 31 points. Although he limped off late after tweaking an ankle, he said afterward he "felt great" and will be "100 percent ready" for Friday's semifinal against second-seeded Marquette (9 p.m., Fox Sports 1).

That contest will be appointment viewing as Powell goes up against Golden Eagles superstar Markus Howard, whom Big East coaches just voted Player of the Year. Howard, also a junior guard, racked up 30 points, seven rebounds and four assists in a quarterfinal romp of St. John's. You'd be hard-pressed to cite another game in the country this week that features a better backcourt showdown.

"At this stage, what can be better than that?" Hall guard Quincy McKnight said. "The Player of the Year and a guy who was right there for being Player of the Year. I don't think (Powell) should have been that far off and he proved it tonight. He's got a statement to make and that's what he's doing."

Sophomore wing Myles Cale seconded that.

"He's got a little chip on his shoulder," Cale said. "It's something that he keeps in mind to motivate him to kill."

Powell, who said he a rapport with Howard "outside of basketball," downplayed the Player of the Year stuff.

"Markus is my guy; he definitely deserved it," he said. "He's putting up amazing numbers this year. Congratulations to him. I worked for it, too. Seton Hall Pirates guard Myles Powell (13) drives to the This is what the Big East is all about. There are a lot of great players." basket against Georgetown Hoyas guard James Akinjo (3) and forward Josh LeBlanc (23) (Photo: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports) Some are greater than others, and that came to the fore at the Garden Thursday night.

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FIVE TAKEAWAYS

1. The Seton Hall-Marquette matchup is fascinating. They split in the regular season. Marquette won 70-66 in Jan. 12 (Howard scored 26 on 7-of-20 shooting; Powell had 21 on 8-of-19). In the March 6 rematch in Newark, Seton Hall rallied from 13 down to win 73-64 as Powell scored 34 while Howard managed just six on 2-of-11.

Both times, lockdown defender McKnight tied himself to Howard's hip. Defense should decide the rubber match, and the Pirates looked superb on that end of the floor against Georgetown. They held the high-flying Hoyas to 41 percent shooting and their lowest scoring output since November.

Powell led the charge there, too. He recorded a whopping eight first-half deflections — a number that was still on the locker-room whiteboard after the game.

"He started our defense," said McKnight, who sat for long stretches with foul trouble. "He was the head of the snake and everybody followed."

When a reporter mentioned how good Marquette looked in dispatching St. John's, McKnight replied, "You see what we did tonight, too. It's a great matchup. We're ready."

2. Hitting stride at the right time. The verdict improved the third-seeded Pirates to 19-12 on the season and means they will be no worse than a No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament (they're probably in an 8-9 game at the moment). It also popped the bubble for sixth-seeded Georgetown (19-13), which is headed to the NIT.

And the Hall's good vibes continue at the Garden. Seton Hall is 9-4 over the past four years in the World’s Most Famous Arena. This group is 2-1, including December’s stunner over national power Kentucky.

3. Patrick Ewing laid an egg. The Georgetown coach already got burned twice this season by Powell, who scored 30 in a runaway win in Newark last month and 35 in the double-overtime loss at the Hoyas March 2. Yet Ewing rarely called for double- teams as Powell ate his defenders for lunch.

After McKnight went to the bench with two fouls, Georgetown could have cheated off backup Anthony Nelson (a subpar shooter) to help on Powell, yet Ewing continued to extend his defense against the freshman. It was a poor piece of coaching, and a grateful Powell took full advantage.

For the record: He finished with 96 points against the Hoyas this season.

4. Sandro Mamukelashvili is getting it. After posting 12 points and 18 boards in Saturday’s upset of Villanova, the Pirates’ mercurial sophomore forward outplayed Georgetown all-league center Jessie Govan (8 points, 7 rebounds). Chants of “Mamu” kept popping up, clearly motivating him, as he tallied 12 points and 10 boards.

"Sandro's been an unsung hero a lot this year, just because he's been really good with pick-and-roll defense, he's battled big guys," Willard said. "He gets a little worn down offensively just because of the amount of size that he's battled, but I think the biggest thing with Sandro is he's been more aggressive offensively, looking to shoot, which we've been yelling at him to do all year."

5. The Garden was hopping. Even though St. John’s stumbled offstage, most fans stuck around for the nightcap. It was a solidly pro-Hall crowd, with blue everywhere in the lower bowl. Marquette's fans traveled well, too, which should make the semis fun — and you know Villanova's contingent will be strong for the 7 p.m. tip against XavierThe Thursday night session was sold out, and the day session fell just a few hundred tickets short of that. The Big East is alive and well.

Seton Hall Pirates forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (23) goes to the basket against Georgetown Hoyas center Jessie Govan (15) (Photo: Noah K. Murray- USA TODAY Sports) ,

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By Howie Kussoy March 15, 2019 | 12:03am

The anticipation increased with each possession, like a Home Run Derby crowd, waiting on the next pitch in an ever-growing barrage.

When Myles Powell touched the ball, every eye followed. When he didn’t touch the ball, you wondered how long it would be until he did.

The shots fell from deep, from the wing, from wherever he chose to defy logic, Georgetown’s defense and the opposing coaches who picked Seton Hall to finish eighth in the Big East preseason poll. He played distributor and disrupter and energizer, strutting around Madison Square Garden, as if it was Rucker Park.

Early in Thursday’s Big East Tournament quarterfinal, the junior guard picked off a pass and sprinted down the court for a slam.

Seconds later, he intercepted another, before feeding Myles Cale for a layup.

Powell jogged back down the court, turned to the crowd, and pointed to the hardwood.

This is his team. This is his time.

“This is my f—ing city!” Powell screamed.

Who is going to argue?

The Trenton native put on an historic performance in the third-seeded Pirates’ 73-57 win over sixth-seeded Georgetown, with Powell scoring a tournament record 29 first-half points — and finishing with 31 — to lead Seton Hall to the semifinals for the fourth time since 2014.

Seton Hall (19-12), which will make a fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, faces second-seeded Marquette on Friday night.

Last Wednesday, Powell saved the season by scoring 34 points, and keying a game-closing 18-0 run to beat the Golden Eagles.

On this night, Powell set the tone on both ends from the start.

As the lone starter left from last season, Powell has carried a young supporting cast on many occasions. At his best, he has elevated it.

“I know what my teammates need,” Powell said. “My coach always tells me, ‘Pick up your energy, get your guys going.’ I was just trying to do whatever it took to get the ‘W.’ ”

After Seton Hall scored 15 of its first 30 points off turnovers forced by its harassing defense — en route to holding the Big East’s highest- scoring team 23 points below its season average — Powell picked up his second foul with six minutes left in the first half, with Seton Hall up 20. Kevin Willard never considered pulling his star.

“I trust him. This is my third year with him,” Willard said. “I know he’s not picking up another foul.”

Powell interjected.

“Unless it’s offensive.”

So, the show went on.

The junior drained three of his four 3-pointers and scored 15 of Seton Hall’s final 18 points of the half. The cheers segued into a lengthy standing ovation. Then, an “MVP” chant.

In breaking Doug McDermott’s 27-point mark (2014), Powell hit 10 of his first 14 shots, while leading Seton Hall to a 53-28 halftime lead.

“This is gonna sound crazy, but that’s what I see every day,” Willard said. “I’m just surprised we haven’t seen more of that. He’s played unselfish all year, and that’s one of the reasons for that.”

Powell hit just one of his final seven shots, and settled for his eighth 30-plus point game of the season, leaving ’s all-time tourney scoring record (42 points) safe.

Before the night was through, Powell stunned the crowd once more. With 3:31 remaining, Powell injured his ankle, and left the floor.

Then, he came back, returning oxygen to South Orange.

“I feel great,” Powell said. “I’ll be ready for tomorrow.” The show will go on. https://nypost.com/2019/03/15/my-f-king-city-myles-powell-puts-on-show-as-seton-hall-rolls/

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Defense the unsung hero in Seton Hall’s Big East Quarterfinal rout of Georgetown

Chris McManus | March 15, 2019

NEW YORK — It’s not often you shoot 23-percent from the floor, miss all nine threes, and only get two points from Myles Powell in a half and still win by 16.

Seton Hall did just that as they advanced past Georgetown, 73-57, and into the Big East Tournament semifinals.

It truly was a tale of two halves and boy was the first fun to watch. The second? Well, it got the job done.

Myles Powell single handedly outscored Georgetown by a point over the first 20 minutes and set a Big East Tournament record for points in a half by doing so.

Somehow, someway, he only managed to score the fourth-most points in a game by a Pirate at the Garden.

“This is going to sound crazy, but that’s what I see everyday,” said Kevin Willard when asked where that first half showing ranked up with everything he has seen over the years.

“I’m just surprised we haven’t seen more of that. I think he’s played unselfish all year which may be one of the reasons. Every time he steps on the court I expect to see that. So do his teammates, to be honest. It wasn’t like we were shocked in the locker room. It was kind of just Myles being Myles.”

Powell, who had the Madison Square Garden crowd gushing over his every move during the first half, scored just two after the break and picked up a foot injury in the closing minutes that saw him hobble to the locker room and return to the bench minutes later.

The Trenton native brushed off any concerns on the post-game Fox Sports TV interview and climbed to the Garden’s podium with ease before dismissing any doubts for a second time.

“I feel great. I’m going to be ready for tomorrow,” said Powell flatly after showing no signs of a limp.

While it was Powell’s offensive salvo that caught everyone’s eye, Seton Hall’s dirty work on defense won the day. It’s been the theme for the team’s late-season surge.

The Pirates scored 22 points off turnovers, 20 of which came in the first half, and matched Georgetown’s total points for most of the first period.

Seton Hall also held the Hoyas to just 57 points, their second lowest total of the season; they scored 52 in a loss to Loyola Marymount in November.

“Coach is always expecting more,” joked Powell post-game, intercepting a question about Seton Hall’s defense that was intended for Willard just like he stole errant passes during the game.

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Powell’s three steals in the first 12 minutes of the game were key for setting the tone. Deflections aren’t recorded, but we already know that Powell leads the team in them and he did so again tonight.

“I like where we’re at. I do. I think we’re understanding concepts very easily. For the most part, we’re complicated. That’s one of the hard things about playing for me is that we do things on defense to try to get teams not to be comfortable,” said Willard.

“Because our concepts are down, I think that’s why we’ve played some really good halves of basketball over the last– ever since February, to be honest with you.”

A top-25 team in terms of tempo, the neutral observer may have thought Georgetown’s frantic pace in the first half was just their nature.

Maybe a little bit, but Seton Hall deployed a three-quarters court press, had their guards defending almost to the timeline, and switched defensive looks often.

The chaos paid dividends.

With Quincy McKnight handicapped by two fouls early in the game, Powell took the defensive baton from his backcourt mate, almost literally.

The defining moment for me was when Powell urged his foul-ridden teammate to press alongside him after a steal-and-slam mid- way through the first half.

“I know what my teammates need,” said Powell of the passion he brought onto the court. “My coach always tell me, pick up your energy, get your guys going. I was just trying to do whatever it took to get my team going and for us to get the win.”

McKnight hesitated then backed off, thinking better of Powell’s plea.

Powell would take matters into his own hands and register another steal just seconds later to set up a Myles Cale basket to put Seton Hall up 29-15.

They never really looked back.

“Our whole game plan was to make sure, if you can get young kids to stop and think what they’re doing on offense, it really takes them out of a rhythm,” explained Willard, who brewed a recipe to shut down freshman combo James Akino and Mac McClung for most of the 120 minutes they’ve faced Seton Hall this year.

“We were successful at home doing that, we were really successful there (at Georgetown) doing it. Tonight was the same thing.”

Seton Hall’s defense will be up against one of the nation’s best in Markus Howard on Friday night with a trip to the Big East title game on the line.

Another shaky 20 minutes could spell danger for the Hall.

Or another first half like tonight could see the Pirates playing for their second Big East Tournament crown in four years.

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Villanova-Seton Hall: An old-school rivalry for new Big East

By Howie Kussoy March 17, 2019 | 12:09am

We were so bothered by what was happening that we didn’t try to see what could be. Rivalries were dying. Legends were leaving. Fan bases were fading.

The Big East Tournament would continue, but Syracuse and UConn would spend it below the Mason-Dixon Line. Even as the league’s basketball-centric vision became blurry, it remained the standard in the sport.

When realignment hovered over a bittersweet 2013 Big East Tournament, the Catholic 7 forming the foundation of the new league had to believe change could be better.

“This is God’s basketball here in the Big East, and it’s unfortunate, the things that have Myles Powell, Getty Images, N.Y. Post: Paul J. Bereswill happened,” Providence coach said at the time. “Embrace change and look forward to a better future.”

Like so many breakups, the future was better than the afflicted party believed it would be. From the rubble emerged one of the best rivalries that could be.

On Saturday night, Villanova and Seton Hall again fought for Big East supremacy, New Jersey and Philadelphia trading blows in the middle of Madison Square Garden, where the defining rivalry of the reconfigured conference has blossomed, and the DNA of the old league has never died.

It is where Sterling Gibbs stood on the scorer’s table after his buzzer-beater shocked the Wildcats. It is where Isaiah Whitehead toppled the eventual national champion to give the Pirates their first tournament title since 1993. It is where Angel Delgado’s missed bunny left the big man sobbing on the floor.

It is where Villanova and Seton Hall made another 40 minutes Saturday feel like 12 rounds, where the Wildcats barely kept their headlock on the Big East and slipped past the Pirates, 74-72, to become in league history to win three straight tournament titles.

“They deserve it. They fought hard,” Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard said of the champs. “This one hurts because I think both teams just laid it out on the line.”

Kevin Willard The sellout crowd was an equal mix of different shades of blue. The court was just as crowded. Space is for unfamiliar Getty Images foes. Sparring partners know every move that is coming.

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They fought with stares and screams, physicality and 3-pointers. Willard banked on the individual brilliance of Myles Powell. Jay Wright relied on the championship experience of Phil Booth and Eric Paschall.

Since 2014, the rivals have had two overtime affairs, three games decided by one, three games decided by two, another decided by four.

“They have that Big East physicality, that toughness that we try to play with, so when we play them, there’s no advantage there,” Wright said.

“It becomes a rock fight, and that’s what’s Big East basketball. Kevin played in it. I grew up in it.

“There’s a lot of similarities in the programs.”

This time, the rivals were never separated by more than single-digits. This time, a title was decided in a one- on-one matchup between each team’s best player, the elite defender vs. the remarkable shooter. Booth wouldn’t offer an inch. Powell’s 3-pointer was inches deep.

“We had a chance to win it,” Willard said. “I’ll take him shooting the last-second shot every day.”

No teams have benefited more from the Big East breakup than the rivals battling in the title game for the second time in four years.

Prior to the split, Villanova had won a share of one regular season championship in 16 years, and were searching for their first Big East Tournament title since 1995. Now, Villanova has won five outright league championships in six years, and reached a record-tying five consecutive title games.

Seton Hall ended a 10-year NCAA Tournament drought in 2016, when it also won the Big East championship for the first time in 23 years.

Prior to 2014, no team currently in the Big East had won the tournament since 2007 (Georgetown). Both finalists from 2013 are elsewhere, as are all four semifinalists from 2011 and 2012.

The void was an opportunity, but not a gift.

John Thompson III lost a job he expected to retire from. ’s four years have all ended below .500 in league play. DePaul is still DePaul, and hasn’t danced since joining the league in 2005. Marquette has been left out of the NCAA field in four of the past five years.

But Seton Hall will dance a fourth straight time for just the second time (1991-94), winning 20 games in four straight years for the first time in school history. Villanova enters the NCAA Tournament with two national championships in three years, the Big East Tournament champions for the fourth time in five years.

“What you did in the past doesn’t matter. This is thrilling,” Wright said. “We genuinely do relish this opportunity to play in this environment, this building, in this league.” Jersey. Philly. The Garden.

It is all you could ask the Big East to be.

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Putting off Wall Street helped land Seton Hall senior in rare class

By Howie Kussoy March 19, 2019 | 2:19am

And then there was one — unlike any other one.

When Seton Hall takes the floor Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla., Michael Nzei will see the court for a school-record 135th time, becoming just the third player in Pirates history to play in four straight NCAA Tournaments (Arturas Karnisovas, Bryan Caver). When the fifth-year senior first put on a Seton Hall jersey — part of the program-changing 2014 class that included Isaiah Whitehead, Khadeen Carrington, Desi Rodriguez, Angel Delgado and Ismael Sanogo — the school hadn’t been to the tournament in a decade.

“Before you were here with everyone you came in with and now I’m looking at all these young guys, and it’s so much fun to see how happy they are,” Nzei said. “I’m very lucky because a lot of people play college basketball without going to the Dance one time.” A former St. John’s star is responsible for Nzei’s incredible ride in South Orange.

Growing up in Nigeria, Nzei was friends with former Red Storm center Chris Obekpa, who often spoke of playing basketball in the , telling Nzei he could, too. Then, when Obekpa landed at Our Savior New American School on Long Island, he told the program about a young kid back in his home country.

“He’s a guy who dreams about a lot of stuff, and he would ask if I ever pictured playing in America, about having jerseys, about having your name called. I’m like, ‘We’re in Nigeria. You’re crazy. What are you talking Michael Nzei AP about? How is that gonna happen?’’ Nzei recalled. “He was like, ‘If you don’t think about all that stuff it’s not gonna happen.’ Me seeing things happen to him, I had to listen to everything he was telling me.”

Nzei was 17 when he moved in with a host family in Centereach — shortly after his father passed away in 2012 — and quickly decided wearing two jackets would be part of his wardrobe.

“It was really cold,” Nzei said. “I couldn’t believe it coming out of the airport.” At least Nzei knew how to speak English. At least he thought he did.

“I was learning how to speak English in Nigeria … but when I came here, I’d talk to somebody and they’d be like, ‘What did you say?’ … Sometimes I’d have to spell it out for them,” Nzei said. “If I wrote a paper, the teacher would bring back my paper and it would be all red lines.”

Now, he is an MBA candidate, a four-time All-Academic Big East honoree, and the Big East ScholarAthlete of the Year. Through the recommendation of former Seton Hall walk-on Kevin Grier, Nzei spent last summer as a full-time intern at the financial service firm Cantor Fitzgerald.

“We’ll be looking for Mike on a Saturday night, and he’ll be in the library. After a big game, he goes right back to studying,” junior Myles Powell said. “The person he is, the ball could stop bouncing right now and he’d be 100 percent fine off the court. You see how hard he works, and think about it, he’s a hell of a person.”

When the rest of Nzei’s legendary class left after last season, the big man graduated from a key role off the bench. Now, the 6-foot-8 forward is averaging a career-high 9.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 28.7 minutes.

“I think what Mike brings more than anything is a level of maturity,” coach Kevin Willard said. “He understands what he wants out of life, but he also understands his responsibility to teach the young guys. To have Mike this year has been a blessing because I really thought I was gonna lose him to Wall Street.” Not until he leaves the floor for the final time.

“When I come to that point, I’ll know,” Nzei said when asked about his future plans. “Basketball opened the way for me, but good things have to come to an end for better things to happen.”

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Seton Hall beat expectations getting to 4th straight NCAAs

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer Mar 18, 2019 Updated 13 hrs ago

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Seton Hall is heading to its school-record tying fourth straight NCAA Tournament, and this time the Pirates feel like they are playing with house money.

Picked by the Big East Conference coaches to finish eighth in the 10-team league in the preseason poll, Seton Hall surprised many, posting a 20-13 record and coming within a shot of knocking off defending national champion Villanova in the conference tournament title game.

The young Pirates are seeded 10th in the Midwest and will face seventh-seeded Wofford (294) on Thursday night in Jacksonville, Florida. The Terriers are riding a 20-game win streak behind the outside shooting of Fletcher Magee and the inside play of power forward Cameron Jackson.

"We fought against adversity," Seton Hall leading scorer Myles Powell (22.9 points) said Monday. "No one expected us to be here. Everybody said this was a rebuilding year. It was up to us to believe in each other and do things that people didn't think that we could. That's an achievement." Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Villanova in the championship of the Big East Seton Hall lost a lot after last season with seniors Desi Conference tournament, Saturday, March 16, 2019 in New York. Villanova won Rodriguez, Angel Delgado and Khadeen Carrington all 74-72. (AP Photo/ulio Cortez) finishing their careers along with Ismael Sanogo, who split time at the power forward with Michael Nzei.

Seton Hall lost a lot after last season with seniors Desi Rodriguez, Angel Delgado and Khadeen Carrington all finishing their careers along with Ismael Sanogo, who split time at the power forward with Michael Nzei.

It was roughly 60 percent of the Pirates' scoring and roughly 100 percent of their leadership.

Powell and Nzei stepped into the leadership role, and Powell became the catalyst of an offense that searches on a game-by-game basis for a second option. Sometimes, it's Nzei or big man Sandro Mamukelashvili or guards Myles Cale or Quincy McKnight.

Coach Kevin Willard said his team understands Powell is the No. 1 option, whether he is hitting from long range or going to the basket.

"I have a lot of confidence in Myles Cale and Sandro," Willard said. "I always know Mike is going to be there and give us 12 and 12. The biggest thing is that we try to adjust to is how teams are going to try to play Myles (Powell). The sophomores have done a great job. Quincy McKnight has done a great job at the point guard. We're just kind of made up it's not going to be the same guy."

Willard's focus is trying to figure out how to stop Wofford. The Terriers' only four losses have been to tournament teams — North Carolina, Kansas, Mississippi State and Oklahoma.

Willard told everyone to remember Magee's name. The senior guard has hit 502 career 3pointers, breaking the old Southern Conference record set by (Davidson) before he went to the NBA. Magee is two shy of the NCAA Division I record held by Travis Bader of Oakland.

Willard said Magee is excellent coming off a screen.

Wofford's Jackson, who is averaging almost 15 points and 7.5 rebounds, will be tough inside because he is mobile.

"They are a great team," said Mamukelashvili, who probably will get the assignment on Jackson. "They run. They have great shooters. Coach compared them to Marquette and Creighton because of how hard they play and how fast they play."

The key to stopping them will be guarding the perimeter and getting back in transition.

It seems like a big task, but Seton Hall has found a way to do the unexpected this season. The Pirates are a tough, gritty team.

"We're playing with a bit of a chip on our shoulder," McKnight said. "Everybody has been playing with a chip on their shoulder all season because personally everyone was doubted, not just the team."

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