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GAME 5 vs. WAGNER • NEWARK, N.J. • PRUDENTIAL CENTER GAME INFORMATION Date/Time: Tuesday, Dec. 8 • 5 p.m. Eastern SETON HALL PIRATES (2-3) Site: Prudential Center • Newark, N.J. HEAD COACH: Kevin Willard (Pittsburgh, ‘97) TV: FS1• Joe Davis & Jim Jackson RECORD AT SETON HALL: 192-140, 11th Season | CAREER RECORD: 237-189, 14th Season Online: FSGo.com vs Radio: AM970 • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin WAGNER SEAHAWKS (0-0) SHU Pirates Mobile App • TuneIn HEAD COACH: Bashir Mason (Drexel, ‘07) Satellite: XM 383 RECORD AT WAGNER: 123-96, Ninth Season | CAREER RECORD: 123-96, Ninth Season Seton Hall All-Time vs. Wagner: 25-6 NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW and helped lead the Pirates to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2004 and 2006. 2020-21 SCHEDULE • Seton Hall finally returns home after its multi-state • Copeland ranks 75th all-time in scoring at Seton excursion of three games in five days in three Hall 754 points. Right behind him are current DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT different states. Pirates Sandro Mamukelashvili and Myles Cale. • The Pirates wrapped up its road trip with a come- Nov. 27 at Louisville ! ESPN2 L, 70-71 from-behind 98-92 overtime victory at Penn State. PIRATES SHOW GRIT IN PENN STATE WIN Nov. 30 IONA FS1 W, 86-64 • The Hall improved to 2-1 when following a loss Dec. 2 at Rhode Island CBSSN L, 63-76 after going 5-3 last season. • Playing its fourth game in seven days, Seton Hall • With the win, head coach Kevin Willard moved trailed at Penn State by 19 points and instead of Dec. 4 vs. No. 21 Oregon^ FS1 L, 70-83 into sole possession of third all-time at Seton Hall playing out the string, the Pirates played to win. Dec. 6 at Penn State BTN W, 98-92 (OT) with 192 coaching victories, moving past Frank Hill • Seton Hall scored 50 second-half points to force Dec. 8 WAGNER FS1 5 PM (1911-30). overtime, and then senior Shavar Reynolds, Jr. • Seton Hall is 73-11 in non-conference games at (Manchester, N.J.) sank the three-pointer that put Dec. 11 DePAUL * CBSSN 4:30 PM Prudential Center. the Pirates up for good in a 98-92 win over the Dec. 15 at Xavier * FS1 8 PM • The Pirates have won nine in a row against NEC Nittany Lions. Dec. 17 at Marquette * FS1 9 PM teams dating back to 2013. • It’s the largest deficit Seton Hall has overcome in • With conference play slated to begin this week, this a game since coming back from down 23 to beat Dec. 20 PROVIDENCE * FS1 4:30 PM will be the fewest non-conference games Seton Robert Morris on Nov. 18, 2007, and it’s the largest Dec. 23 GEORGETOWN * FS1 5 PM Hall will have played before a BIG EAST game since road comeback since at least 2007-08 when the 1997-98. The Pirates played only five games before Pirates pieced together a 15-point comeback at All games in CAPS and BOLD are home games. All home games are facing Villanova on Dec. 2, 1997. Providence on Jan. 24, 2008. played at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. unless noted otherwise. • The Hall had trailed 37-18 with just over six Game times and opponents are subject to change. INSIDE THE SERIES: WAGNER minutes to go in the first half, trailed at halftime by 11, 45-34, took a three-point lead, 56-53, with * BIG EAST game • The Pirates are 25-6 all-time the Seahawks. 14:31 to go second half and then trailed by eight, ! Wade Houston Tipoff Classic • The two teams are squaring for the fifth time in the 84-76, with 1:58 remaining in regulation before ^ CHI Health Center Omaha (Omaha, Neb.) last six seasons. coming back yet again. • Wagner’s last win against the Pirates was a 95-90 • The Pirates had six players in double figure scoring double OT victory on Jan. 31, 1979. Since then, The for the first time since Dec. 22, 2013 vs. Eastern PIRATE NOTABLES Hall has won 11 straight in the series. Washington. • The Hall is 19-1 all-time against Wagner at home. Its last home loss against the Seahawks came on MAMU’S LIVING UP TO EXPECTATIONS • 30 Sandro Mamukelashvili set a new career high with 30 Dec. 19, 1967 (99-91). points at Penn State on Dec. 6. • Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Famer P.J. Carlesimo • Through the first five games of his senior season, coached at both Wagner (1976-82) and Seton Hall Sandro Mamukelashvili is living up to the (1982-94) in his storied career. Carlesimo went 65- preseason accolades and expectations bestowed • 80 Under head coach Kevin Willard, the Hall is 80-8 93 on Staten Island and 212-166 in South Orange, upon him. (.908) when it scores 80 points or more. which featured six trips to the NCAA Tournament • “Mamu”, as he’s affectionately known, was named and the 1989 National Championship game. to the Preseason All-BIG EAST first team and watch • 192 With the Pirates’ win at Penn State on Dec. 6, Willard • Wagner assistant coach Donald Copeland was lists for the Naismith Trophy and the Karl Malone moved past Frank Hill (1911-30) into sole possession of third a four-year letterwinner at Seton Hall (2002-06) Award in the preseason. on Seton Hall’s all-time wins list with 192 career victories . • 20 Willard has led Seton Hall to six 20-win seasons, LAST GAME’S STARTERS 2020-21 STATISTICS including five years in a row (2016 20). It’s the most 20-win No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% seasons by a Pirates head coach in school history. 14 Jared Rhoden G Jr. 6-6 210 14.4 6.4 2.4 40.7 28.6 75.0 21 Ike Obiagu C Jr. 7-2 270 4.2 5.2 0.0 53.8 00.0 46.7 • BLM Seton Hall and the other 10 members of the BIG 22 Myles Cale G Sr. 6-6 210 11.2 2.8 1.0 47.5 30.0 75.0 EAST Conference will all wear Black Lives Matter patches on 23 Sandro Mamukelashvili F Sr. 6-11 240 21.0 7.6 2.8 47.4 38.5 72.4 their uniforms in 2019-20 to help raise awareness to and 33 Shavar Reynolds, Jr. G Sr. 6-2 185 9.6 2.6 5.8 50.0 58.3 70.0 eradicate racism & social injustice. PRONUNCIATIONS KEY RESERVES Myles Cale ............................................KALE Jahari Long . juh-HAR-ee 0 Dimingus Stevens G/F Fr. 6-6 180 0.5 0.0 0.0 00.0 00.0 50.0 Sandro Mamukelashvili...........ma-MOO-kell-osh-VEE-lee 1 Bryce Aiken G Sr. 6-0 180 3.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 00.0 100.0 Takal Molson......................................tah-CALL 4 Tyrese Samuel F So. 6-10 235 7.0 2.8 0.8 56.0 41.7 28.6 Jeff Ngandu.................................nuh-GHAN-doo 15 Takal Molson G Jr. 6-5 205 8.2 4.4 1.6 37.1 38.5 62.5 Dimingus Stevens............................ dih-MING-gus 25 Jahari Long G Fr. 6-5 210 1.0 0.6 0.0 66.7 100.0 00.0 2020-21 GAME NOTES 1 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB • He’s currently tied for first in the BIG EAST in Shavar, Sr., is a retired U.S. Navy Master at Arms INSIDE THE HALL scoring with 21.1 points per game and ranks who served for 21 years. eighth with 7.6 rebounds per game. GENERAL INFORMATION • In the comeback win at Penn State, Location ............................................................... South Orange, NJ 07079 Mamukelashvili dropped a career-high 30 Founded .....................................................................................................1856 points – 22 of which came in the second half – Enrollment ............................................................................................. 10,400 to go along with five rebounds and four assists. Affiliation .............................................................................. NCAA Division I RELOADED, NOT REBUILDING Conference.........................................................................................BIG EAST • He kicked things off the right way against Nickname ............................................................................................... Pirates Louisville where led the Pirates with 22 points • Despite losing three very critical members of the Colors ...................................................................................... Blue and White and 10 rebounds for his eighth career double- 2019-20 team, Seton Hall still returns 44 percent Home Court (Capacity) .............................. Prudential Center (10,481) double. of its scoring, 63 percent of its rebounding and Secondary Home Court (Capacity) .........Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) • His second double-double in three games came 50 percent of its three-pointers made from last President ...........................................................................Dr. Joseph E. Nyre against Rhode Island where he put up 25 points season’s BIG EAST Championship squad. Director of Athletics ......................................................................Bryan Felt and 10 rebounds. • Plus, the Pirates gain the services of two Athletic Department Phone ............................................(973) 761-9498 • Even in games where he’s the sole focus of the transfers who have combined for over 2,000 Ticket Office Phone ............................................................(973) 275-HALL opposing team’s defenses – as was the case points at the Div. I level. against No. 21 Oregon – Mamukelashvili can • One of those transfers is Bryce Aiken (Randolph, MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF impact the game in other ways. He managed N.J.), a two-time All-Ivy League honoree who Head Coach ...............................................................................Kevin Willard to reach double -figures against the Ducks and Alma Mater/Year ...............................................................Pittsburgh/1997 scored 1,090 points and issued 174 assists in 65 he dished out four assists, had two steals and career games with Harvard. Record at Seton Hall/Years ........................................