GAME 5 at PENN STATE • UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. • BRYCE JORDAN CENTER GAME INFORMATION Date/Time: Sunday, Dec. 6 • 8 p.m. Eastern SETON HALL PIRATES (1-3) Site: Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pa. HEAD COACH: Kevin Willard (Pittsburgh, ‘97) TV: Big Ten Network • Dave Revsine & Stephen Bardo RECORD AT SETON HALL: 191-140, 11th Season | CAREER RECORD: 236-189, 14th Season Online: FSGo.com vs Radio: AM970 • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (2-0) SHU Pirates Mobile App • TuneIn INTERIM HEAD COACH: Jim Ferry (Keene State, ‘90) Satellite: XM 389 RECORD AT PENN STATE: 2-0, First Season | CAREER RECORD: 315-265, 20th Season Seton Hall All-Time vs. Penn State: 1-5 NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW MAMU’S LIVING UP TO EXPECTATIONS 2020-21 SCHEDULE • Seton Hall wraps up its multi-state excursion of • Through the first three games of his senior three games in five days in three different states at season, Sandro Mamukelashvili is living up to the Penn State on Sunday evening. preseason accolades and expectations bestowed DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT • The Hall is 8-5 against Big Ten teams in the Kevin upon him. Nov. 27 at Louisville ! ESPN2 L, 70-71 Willard era with two recent true road wins at • “Mamu”, as he’s affectionately known, was named Nov. 30 IONA FS1 W, 86-64 Iowa (91-83, 11/17/16) and at Maryland (78-74, to the Preseason All-BIG EAST first team and watch 12/22/18). lists for the Naismith Trophy and the Karl Malone Dec. 2 at Rhode Island CBSSN L, 63-76 • The Pirates were 5-3 last season and are 1-1 this Award in the preseason. Dec. 4 vs. No. 21 Oregon^ FS1 L, 70-83 season when following a loss. • He currently ranks third in the BIG EAST in scoring Dec. 6 at Penn State BTN 8 PM • Willard is tied with Frank Hill (1911-30) for third with 18.8 points per game is and tied for sixth with all-time in career coaching victories at Seton Hall 8.3 rebounds per game. Dec. 8 WAGNER FS1 5 PM * with 191. • He kicked things off the right way against Dec. 11 DePAUL CBSSN 4:30 PM • The Hall has had a player record a double-double Louisville where led the Pirates with 22 points and * Dec. 15 at Xavier FS1 8 PM in three of the first four games this season – junior 10 rebounds for his eighth career double-double. * Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) dropped 26 points • Against Iona, he proved to be a matchup Dec. 17 at Marquette FS1 9 PM and 10 rebounds against Iona (11/30/20) and nightmare again as he dropped 18 points, pulled Dec. 20 PROVIDENCE * FS1 4:30 PM senior Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia) down seven rebounds and dished out two assists. Dec. 23 GEORGETOWN * FS1 5 PM posted 22 and 10 at Louisville (11/27/20) and 25 • His second double-double in three games came and 10 Rhode Island (12/2/20). against Rhode Island where he put up 25 points All games in CAPS and BOLD are home games. All home games are • With conference play only one week away, this and 10 rebounds. played at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. unless noted otherwise. will be the fewest non-conference games Seton • Even in games where he’s the sole focus of the Game times and opponents are subject to change. Hall will have played before a BIG EAST game since opposing team’s defenses – as was the case 1997-98. The Pirates played only five games before against No. 21 Oregon – Mamukelashvili can * BIG EAST game facing Villanova on Dec. 2, 1997. impact the game in other ways. He managed to ! Wade Houston Tipoff Classic reach double -figures against the Ducks and he ^ CHI Health Center Omaha (Omaha, Neb.) INSIDE THE SERIES: PENN STATE dished out four assists, had two steals and pulled down six rebounds. • Seton Hall is 1-5 all-time against Penn State. • Mamukelashvili’s strong start follows a difficult • The Pirates’ lone win against the Nittany Lions 2019-20 season that saw him lose 10 games due PIRATE NOTABLES came on Dec. 9, 2006 in East Rutherford, N.J., to a wrist injury and go through the NBA Draft where The Hall’s 69-59 victory was sparked by 27 process over the summer before electing to return • 80 Under head coach Kevin Willard, the Hall is 79-8 points from Eugene Harvey. for his senior year. (.908) when it scores 80 points or more. • The last game in the series was an overtime loss • Mamukelashvili averaged 15.1 points and 7.8 for the Pirates, 89-86, on Dec. 8, 2007 at Penn State. rebounds while shooting 57 percent from the • Two of the six games in the all-time series have field and 50 percent from three over the final eight • 191 With the Pirates’ win over Iona on Nov. 30, Willard gone to overtime. games of 2019-20. moved into a tie for third on Seton Hall’s all-time wins list with Frank Hill (1911-30). • 20 Willard has led Seton Hall to six 20-win seasons, including five years in a row (2016 20). It’s the most 20-win seasons by a Pirates head coach in school history. LAST GAME’S STARTERS 2020-21 STATISTICS • BLM Seton Hall and the other 10 members of the BIG No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% EAST Conference will all wear Black Lives Matter patches on 14 Jared Rhoden G Jr. 6-6 210 14.3 6.0 2.3 39.1 33.3 76.2 their uniforms in 2019-20 to help raise awareness to and 21 Ike Obiagu C Jr. 7-2 270 2.8 5.5 0.0 33.3 00.0 58.3 eradicate racism & social injustice. 22 Myles Cale G Sr. 6-6 210 10.0 3.0 0.8 43.8 25.0 72.7 23 Sandro Mamukelashvili F Sr. 6-11 240 18.8 8.3 2.5 45.8 38.1 68.4 33 Shavar Reynolds, Jr. G Sr. 6-2 185 9.5 2.0 5.5 51.9 66.7 66.7 PRONUNCIATIONS Myles Cale ............................................KALE Jahari Long . juh-HAR-ee KEY RESERVES Sandro Mamukelashvili...........ma-MOO-kell-osh-VEE-lee Takal Molson......................................tah-CALL 0 Dimingus Stevens G/F Fr. 6-6 180 0.5 0.0 0.0 00.0 00.0 50.0 Jeff Ngandu.................................nuh-GHAN-doo 1 Bryce Aiken G Sr. 6-0 180 3.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 00.0 100.0 Dimingus Stevens............................ dih-MING-gus 4 Tyrese Samuel F So. 6-10 235 7.5 2.8 0.8 60.0 56.0 20.0 15 Takal Molson G Jr. 6-5 205 7.3 4.0 1.5 33.3 36.4 62.5 25 Jahari Long G Fr. 6-5 210 1.3 0.8 0.0 66.7 100.0 00.0 2020-21 GAME NOTES 1 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB INSIDE THE HALL RHODEN IS EXPLODIN’ 7 AND 80 ARE THE HALL’S MAGIC NUMBERS • Jared Rhoden turned in a solid showing in • In recent years, there have been two key scoring GENERAL INFORMATION the season opener at Louisville (11 points, six trends that have come about in Seton Hall Location ............................................................... South Orange, NJ 07079 rebounds, three assists), but he really showed victories; one is a seven-point lead, the other is Founded .....................................................................................................1856 what kind of player that Kevin Willard and scoring 80 points. Enrollment ............................................................................................. 10,400 preseason prognosticators thought he could be • The Hall is 102-13 (.887) since 2015-16 when its Affiliation .............................................................................. NCAA Division I against Iona. lead gets to seven points. Conference.........................................................................................BIG EAST • Rhoden erupted for a career-high 26 points to • The Pirates’ largest lead in the win over Iona on Nickname ............................................................................................... Pirates go along with 10 rebounds against the Gaels, Monday was 30 late in the second half. Colors ...................................................................................... Blue and White marking his third career double-double. • Under head coach Kevin Willard, the Hall is 79-8 Home Court (Capacity) .............................. Prudential Center (10,481) Secondary Home Court (Capacity) .........Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) • He found himself in double-figures again at (.908) when it scores 80 points or more. President ...........................................................................Dr. Joseph E. Nyre Rhode Island where he posted 10 points and six • The Pirates also hit that mark in their 86-64 Director of Athletics ......................................................................Bryan Felt rebounds. victory over the Gaels. Athletic Department Phone ............................................(973) 761-9498 • Last season, Rhoden blossomed in BIG EAST Ticket Office Phone ............................................................(973) 275-HALL play when turned into one of the Pirates’ top POWELL, GILL INK NBA DEALS rebounders and consistent scorers. MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF • In 18 conference games, Rhoden made 12 • Former Seton Hall men’s basketball All- Head Coach ...............................................................................Kevin Willard starts and averaged 9.9 points and 6.6 rebounds American Myles Powell signed a free agent Alma Mater/Year ...............................................................Pittsburgh/1997 per game with a 44.6 three-point percentage contract with the New York Knicks on Nov. 29 to Record at Seton Hall/Years ......................................... 191-139/10 years and a 50.0 field goal percentage. begin his professional career. Career Record/Years ...................................................... 236-188/13 years • His clip in BIG EAST games from three-point • The next day, the Utah Jazz announced that Assistant Coaches .................................Grant Billmeier (Seton Hall ‘07) range ranked fourth in the conference while his they had inked BIG EAST Defensive Player of the ....................................................................Tony Skinn (George Mason ‘06) boards per contest ranked seventh.