Myles Cale
6-6 210 LBS
Middletown, Del.
Bio
2019-20: Scored 12 points on a 66.7% field goal percentage and grabbed four rebounds in 27 minutes of action vs. Michigan State (11/14/19)… accounted for 10 points in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament opener against Oregon (11/27/19)… had eight points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a Battle 4 Atlantis victory over Iowa State (11/29/19)... recorded 16 points and six rebounds in BIG EAST opener at DePaul (12/30/19)... went five of six from three point range to total 16 points along with six rebounds vs. Georgetown (1/3/20)... scored 12 points in victory against St. John's (1/18/20)... grabbed six rebounds in a victory over DePaul (1/29/20)... finished with 10 points and five rebounds in a win over St. John's (2/23/20).
2018-19: Started all 34 games for the Pirates...set career highs in all offensive categories...Finished second on the team in scoring (10.2/gm), third in rebounding (4.1/gm) and third in steals (0.8/gm)...Finished 15th in the BIG EAST in three-point shooting (.378) and was fifth in the league in conference-only three-point shooting (.410)...Career-high five assists in the win over Grand Canyon in the Wooden Legacy Quarterfinals (11/22/18)...14 points and seven rebounds, plus he made three of his four 3-point attempts in a win over New Hampshire (12/04/18)...Hit the game-winning three-pointer with 9.5 seconds left in overtime to complete upset win over No. 9 Kentucky (12/08/18); finished with 17 points in the game...Breakout performance at Maryland, scoring a career-high 23 points, including 18 in the second half to lead the Pirates to a road win (12/22/18)...Made a career-high five three-pointers as part of a 19-point night vs. DePaul (1/19/19)... Finished with 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the Pirates' win over Georgetown (2/13/19)... Recorded a team-high 20 points in the Pirates' win at Creighton (2/17/19)...Had 21 points against Xavier (2/20/19)...Finished with nine points and eight rebounds in the Pirates' win over Marquette (3/6/19)...Was a lethal 6-for-8 from three-point range and recorded 19 points to help the Pirates defeat No. 23 Villanova (3/9/19)...Had 14 points in the Pirates' win over Georgetown in the BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinals (3/14/19)...Recorded 10 points in the BIG EAST final vs. Villanova (3/16/19).
2017-18: Played in all 34 games for the Pirates, including five starts...Recorded 12 points, two steals, four assists, five rebounds and one block in his collegiate debut in a 90-68 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson as part of the NIT Season Tip-Off (11/10)…Added 11 points in a 82-53 victory over NJIT (11/18)…Made four steals in a 79-77 win at No. 17 Louisville (12/3)…Recorded three steals against Rutgers in the Garden State Hardwood Classic (12/16)…Scored nine points against Creighton (1/17)...Added six points in a 82-77 victory over DePaul (2/18)...Scored six points in an 82-77 victory over DePaul (2/18)...Added eight points in an 89-77 win at Providence (2/22)...Scored 10 points in an 81-74 victory at St. John's (2/24)...Posted eight points and six rebounds and logged a career-high 37 minutes of play against No. 4 Villanova (2/28)...Delivered nine points against Butler in the Quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament (3/8)...Scored four points in a 94-83 victory against North Carolina State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (3/15).
BEFORE SETON HALL: Played four years of varsity basketball at Appoquinimink High School in Middletown, Del...Captained the team his senior season...was a four-time All-State and All-Conference selection...Averaged over 26 points a game...Reached 1,000 career points during his junior season...Regarded as a consensus, four-star, top-100 recruit and was the top Class of 2017 recruit from Delaware.
PERSONAL: Son of Shevena and George Cale...Has one sister, Amber...Father, George, played basketball at North Carolina A&T, where he averaged 12.8 points a game in four years and was named the 1987 MEAC Player of the Year...Named to the Honor Roll at Appoquinimink all four years...Intends to major in Business at Seton Hall...Birthday is March 5.
Stats
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4278579/myles-cale
Near the conclusion of each game at the Prudential Center Seton Hall's SID, Tom Chen, goes over to the media area to talk to the school's two senior beat writers, JP Pelzman and Jerry Carino. Their discussion focuses on choosing 3 Pirates to be interviewed by the reporters in the post game press conference.
The decision, sometimes difficult, is to pick in effect the three Pirate stars of the game. Once chosen the final call will be made by head coach Kevin Willard, but in nearly all cases he allows the initial picks as requested.
Why am I noting this here? Simple, on only two occasions and none after an early season Big East game at the Rock was Myles Cale's name offered. That's telling because the 6-6 former consensus 4 star small forward might just be the most athletically talented player on the team.
It seems like an eternity now. but back in March of 2016, while the Hall was upsetting eventual national champions Villanova in the Big East conference final before a packed house at Madison Square Garden. Myles Cale, the aforementioned 4 star and consensus top 100 player from Delaware was on his official visit to Seton Hall with his family. Thing is because of the circumstances they had virtually no contact with the school's head coach or his future teammates. Instead their time was spent with assistant coach Fred Hill during the weekend with the exception of the days/nights the Pirates were playing.
Not your usual mode of operation when a player of Cale's ilk visits, but one that worked to perfection as he got to watch the Hall's incredible run, culminating in a pulsating last second SHU victory on the heels of Isaiah Whitehead's 3 point layup and foul shot in the 69-67 victory.
There was still a high school season to go for Cale, but it was then that he decided that he wanted to play in the Big East and do so in South Orange.
The future looked bright for Cale, but before he would don a Seton Hall uniform he had to finish his final year of high school. And that was telling because of a decision he made, one that partially foreshadowed his basketball mindset.
Cale was a superstar in his home state The second ranked player behind another SHU recruiting target, eventual Duke signee Trevon Duval. Cale was that good. But unlike Duval, who left Delaware to play for St Benedict's in NJ and then IMG in Florida to improve his game, Cale decided to stay in his home state after initially choosing to transfer to NJ and play for Chris Chavannes at St Patrick's. In effect Cale, comfortable and popular at Appoquinimink High School in Middletown, Del chose that setting instead of improving his game playing a national HS schedule at St Pat's.
That moment, that choice of being a big fish in a small pond was a harbinger. One unknown at the time but one that maybe more than any other describes the popular and amicable Pirate.
Cale is a freakish athlete, but just doesn't have the fire that we see in a Myles Powell, in a Quincy McKnight, in a Jared Rhoden. SHU teammates that live and die basketball every second of every day.
The above is noted to partially explain Cale's time at the Hall. His game is not much different than it was years prior in high school. His offensive skill set is still limited to not more than his physical gifts, short of the occasional hot game from the arc,. I say occasional as he shot just 31.5% from range this past season.
Cale is an incredibly nice young man and maybe therein lies the problem. Away from the court his personality is such that anyone would be proud to call him son. But on the court the eye of the tiger, so important in maximizing one's potential is not at the level it needs to be.
Will that change in his last go around in South Orange? Pirate fans hope so because Myles Cale is just too physicality talented to be no more than just an average Big East player, AT BEST.
Final rating C-
