Seton Hall Basketball: a Proud Navy Officer Rejoices in Son's Success
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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: Kevin Willard (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) Twitter: @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 Center. The Champion and No. 7 seed Wofford in Jacksonville on Pirates defeated the Bears, 63-47. That is the only game Oct. 27 at Boston College (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, Virginia 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 Myles Powell 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-point 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 Madison Square Garden. 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 Sandro Mamukelashvili 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 ! Gavitt Tipoff Games 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 Walsh Gymnasium 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 Prudential Center 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 ........................................................................