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GAME 27 | ROAD GAME 10 | BIG EAST CONFERENCE GAME 15 GO #HALLin ON GAMEDAY SETON HALL (16-10, 7-7 BIG EAST) Date/Time: Saturday, Feb. 23 / 8 p.m. HEAD COACH: Kevin Willard (Pittsburgh, ’97) Site: Madison Square Garden (19,812) / New York, N.Y. RECORD AT SETON HALL: (166-124, 9th Season), CAREER RECORD: (211-173, 12th Season) TV: FS1 | Tim Brando & Len Elmore at Online: FOXsportsGO.com ST. JOHN’S (19-8, 7-7 BIG EAST) Radio: WMCA 570AM | Dave Popkin & John Fanta HEAD COACH: Chris Mullin (St. John’s, ’85) SHU Pirates Mobile App | XM 380 RECORD AT ST. JOHN’S: (57-68, 4th Season), CAREER RECORD: (57-68, 4th Season) Twitter: @SetonHallMBB WHAT’S HAPPENING TONIGHT? John’s last season with the overtime victory at The Seton Hall returns to its “home away from home” on Garden on Feb. 24, and a 75-70 victory on New 2018-19 SCHEDULE Saturday night to take on bitter rival St. John’s in a Year’s Eve 2017 at Prudential Center. critical BIG EAST Conference bout. The Pirates have the opportunity to sweep the Johnnies in the regular GARDEN MAGIC DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT season for the second year in a row with a win on Madison Square Garden is Seton Hall’s home away Oct. 27 at Boston College (exhib.) N/A W, 76-62 Saturday. Up next, Seton Hall travels to Georgetown from home and it extends a lot further than just winning Nov. 6 WAGNER % FS2 W, 89-49 on Satuday, March 2 before closing the regular season the 2016 BIG EAST Tournament Championship there. with home games against Marquette and Villanova. The Pirates are 11-5 at The World’s Most Famous Arena Nov. 10 NEW HAVEN % (exhib.) N/A W, 73-64 since March 2014, including a 2-1 mark against St. Nov. 14 at Nebraska ! BTN L, 57-80 LAST TIME OUT John’s and a 6-1 record against nationally ranked teams. Nov. 17 SAINT LOUIS FS2 L, 64-66 Down 16 points to Xavier with 6:23 left, Seton Hall went on a furious 17-2 run and had a chance to win 70 IS THE GOAL Nov. 22 vs. Grand Canyon # ESPN3 W, 82-75 on the final possession, but the last-second shot to On offense, Seton Hall needs to score 70 points to Nov. 23 vs. Hawai’i # ESPN2 W, 64-54 win missed the mark as the Musketeers escaped be successful this season. The Pirates are 13-2 (.867) with a 70-69 win at Prudential Center on Wednesday when they score at least 70 points, 3-8 (.273) when Nov. 25 vs. Miami # ESPN2 W, 83-81 night. The Pirates led 36-33 in the first half, but they don’t. Furthermore, they are 13-0 when they Dec. 1 LOUISVILLE FOX L, 65-70 Xavier closed the opening 20 minutes on a 13-2 run score at least 70 points against teams not named Dec. 4 NEW HAMPSHIRE FS1 W, 77-57 to take a 46-38 advantage at halftime. Sophomore DePaul. The trend was never more evident than last Myles Cale led the Pirates in scoring for a second Wednesday vs. Xavier, losing the game 70-69 after Dec. 8 vs. No. 9 Kentucky $ FOX W, 84-83 OT straight game with 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting. The Hall’s game-winning shot attempt, which would Dec. 15 RUTGERS ^ FS1 W, 72-66 Junior Myles Powell netted 17 points, grabbed eight have pushed them over 70, missed the mark. Dec. 19 SACRED HEART FS2 W, 90-76 rebounds and collected a team-high four steals. Sandro Mamukelashvili finished with 10 points and LOOKING TO CLINCH A WINNING SEASON Dec. 22 at Maryland FS1 W, 78-74 eight boards. If Seton Hall beats St. John’s, no matter what Dec. 29 ST. JOHN’S * FSN W, 76-74 happens the rest of the way, it will secure an overall THE PREVIOUS MEETING winning season record for a fifth consecutive year. Jan. 2 at Xavier * FS1 W, 80-70 In front of a sold out Prudential Center crowd, Only one other time in the program’s BIG EAST era Jan. 6 at DePaul * FS1 L, 74-75 sophomore Shavar Reynolds drained a game- (1979-present) have the Pirates had five straight Jan. 9 BUTLER * FS1 W, 76-75 winning three-pointer with 0.4 seconds remaining to winning seasons. That came from 1991-95. The overall complete Seton Hall’s rally from a 14-point deficit and program record is 14 consecutive winning seasons Jan. 12 at No. 21 Marquette * FS1 L, 66-70 edge St. John’s, 76-74, in the BIG EAST Conference from 1908-23 (no team in 1918-19). Jan. 15 at Providence * FS1 L, 63-72 opener. With the Pirates trailing 74-73, Quincy Jan. 19 DEPAUL * FS1 L, 93-97 McKnight in-bounded the ball with 3.1 seconds left HIGH AMONG THE MIDDLE GROUP to Sandro Mamukelashvili in the paint. He then found Although it appears that its NET ranking is low for a Jan. 27 at No. 18 Villanova * FOX L, 52-80 Reynolds on the wing in front of the Pirates’ bench for squad with such a strong resume, Seton Hall is in a Jan. 30 PROVIDENCE * FSN W, 65-63 the game-winner. Myles Powell led the Pirates with small group of teams that have racked up important 15 points. Mamukelashvili, McKnight and Mike Nzei all wins. Among the top 75 teams in the NET, only 19 Feb. 2 at Butler * FS1 L, 68-70 chipped in 14 points. have at least 11 wins in the Quad 1+2. Sixteen of those Feb. 9 CREIGHTON * CBSSN W, 63-58 19 teams reside in the NET top 25, leaving only three Feb. 13 GEORGETOWN * FS1 W, 90-75 ALL-TIME VS. ST. JOHN’S teams between NET 26-75 to currently have at least 11: The Pirates are 41-59 in the all-time series with >> Villanova (NET 27), 13-7 vs. Q1+2 Feb. 17 at Creighton * FS1 W, 81-75 the Johnnies, but have won five of the last six >> Baylor (NET 33), 11-7 vs. Q1+2 Feb. 20 XAVIER * CBSSN L, 69-70 >> Seton Hall (NET 64), 11-7 vs. Q1+2 and seven of the last nine. The Pirates swept St. Feb. 23 at St. John’s * FS1 8 p.m. March 2 at Georgetown * CBSSN 6:30 p.m. LAST GAME STARTERS 2018-19 STATISTICS March 6 MARQUETTE * FS1 6:30 p.m. No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% March 9 VILLANOVA * FOX 12 p.m. 13 Myles Powell G Jr. 6-2 195 21.7 4.0 2.6 44.4 35.5 86.1 March 13-16 BIG EAST Tournament ** TBA TBA 22 Myles Cale G So. 6-6 210 10.5 4.4 1.3 42.7 38.8 67.3 0 Quincy McKnight G Jr. 6-4 185 10.4 2.7 4.0 47.9 34.0 66.2 All games in CAPS and BOLD are home games 1 Mike Nzei F Sr. 6-8 205 9.1 5.0 0.5* 62.7 00.0 63.8 * BIG EAST game 23 Sandro Mamukelashvili F So. 6-10 230 8.9 7.3 1.3* 45.6 35.2 59.2 ! Gavitt Tipoff Games KEY RESERVES # Wooden Legacy $ Citi Hoops Classic at Madison Square Garden 15 Taurean Thompson F So. 6-11 215 5.4 2.5 0.6* 42.0 25.9 73.9 % at Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, N.J. 14 Jared Rhoden G Fr. 6-6 205 2.5 2.1 0.3 30.7 17.5 60.0 ^ Garden State Hardwood Classic 33 Shavar Reynolds G So. 6-2 195 2.3 0.9 0.7 35.7 20.0 95.0 ** 2019 BIG EAST Tournament at Madison Square Garden 2 Anthony Nelson G Fr. 6-4 175 2.3 1.0 2.0 33.8 30.8 61.1 35 Romaro Gill C Jr. 7-2 255 1.8 2.6 1.2* 60.0 00.0 44.4 All home games are played at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. unless noted otherwise 32 Darnell Brodie F Fr. 6-9 265 0.9 1.2 0.2* 30.0 00.0 33.3 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 Pirates Handle The Heat On The Road Location ................................................................South Orange, NJ 07079 » Kevin Willard has led the Pirates to three » Seton Hall has a history of playing well in Founded ................................................................................................1856 consecutive 20-win seasons, and it is an hostile environments, and has 16 true road wins Enrollment .........................................................................................10,400 accomplishment the program has come to with attendance over 8,500 over the previous Affiliation ......................................................................... NCAA Division I expect every season during his tenure. four seasons: His four 20-win seasons overall are the third- Conference ...................................................................................BIG EAST » » 01/20/15 at Creighton - 17,397 most in Seton Hall history behind P.J. Carlesimo » 01/28/15 at Marquette - 14,917 Nickname ...........................................................................................Pirates and Honey Russell, who each have five. » 12/30/15 at Marquette - 13,314 Colors .................................................................................. Blue and White » Only twice before in program history had » 01/16/16 at Providence - 11,148 Home Court (Capacity) ................................