Seton Hall at Georgetown

Halldan1 · Feb 4, 2020

Media release

No. 12 Seton Hall Begins Road Stretch With Wednesday Night Matchup at Georgetown

No. 12 Seton Hall (16-5, 8-1 BIG EAST, KenPom 14, NET 17) at Georgetown (13-9, 3-6 BIG EAST, KenPom 52, NET 48)

Wednesday, Feb. 5 • Capital One Arena (Washington, D.C.) • 8:45 p.m.

TV: FS1 / FOX Sports GO with Brandon Gaudin & Nick Bahe

Radio: AM970 The Answer / SHUPirates.com / SHU Pirates Mobile App with Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin

SETON HALL MEDIA CENTER

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

Seton Hall currently sits in first place in the BIG EAST with a conference record of 8-1.
The Pirates’ 8-1 mark in BIG EAST play is their best record through nine games in program history.
The Hall is off to a program-best 4-0 start in conference road games. Only 10 times in the first 40 seasons of the BIG EAST has the Hall finished a conference season with four or more road wins.
Seton Hall is 10-1 overall since a 52-48 win over No. 7 Maryland at the Prudential Center on Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior to their first conference loss of the season against Xavier (2/1/20), the Pirates tied the 2002-03 and 1992-93 teams for the longest BIG EAST win streak in program history (8).
Dating back to last season, the Pirates have won 10 of their last 11 regular season league games.
The Pirates are ranked in the top-15 of the AP Top-25 for the third consecutive week, checking in at No. 12
This is the latest in a season that Seton Hall has been ranked in the top-15 since being ranked sixth on March 15, 1993.
Seton Hall is 3-1 this season when ranked 12th in the country. All-time, the Pirates are 16-3.
Six of Seton Hall’s eight BIG EAST wins this season have been decided by eight or more points.
The Pirates are 3-1 following a loss this season.
Since the Hall’s string of four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances began in 2015-16, the Pirates are 28-18 following a defeat.
The Pirates are 4-1 when playing on Wednesdays this season.
With the win over DePaul (1/29/20), head coach Kevin Willard owns the most BIG EAST wins in program history with 79, surpassing P.J. Carlesimo who registered 78 victories from 1982-94.
After taking a nasty fall late vs. Xavier (2/1/20), an MRI was performed on the left knee of senior guard Quincy McKnight (Bridgeport, Conn.), and the results came back negative. He is listed as day-to-day.
This week, senior All-America candidate Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) was named to the John R. Wooden Award Men’s Late Season Top 20 Watch List and a Jerry West Award Top 10 Finalist.

INSIDE THE SERIES: GEORGETOWN

Seton Hall is 51-58 all-time against Georgetown in a series that dates back to 1909.
The Pirates have won three of its last four and eight of its last 10 games against the Hoyas, including a convincing 78-62 victory at the Prudential Center (1/3/20).
In the first meeting, four Pirates scored at least 14 points (Romaro Gill, 17; Myles Cale, 16; Myles Powell, 15; Quincy McKnight, 14).
Powell is averaging 21.0 points per contest in eight career games against the Hoyas.
In four career starts against Georgetown, Cale is averaging 12.3 ppg.
The Hall is 2-2 in its last four trips to Capital One Arena.
Kevin Willard is 11-6 all-time against Georgetown and 6-2 against the Hoyas with Patrick Ewing at the helm.

POLISHED RESUME

Seton Hall ranks 16th in the NET with a 6-4 record against “Quad 1” opponents & a combined 11-5 record vs. “Quad 1+2” opponents.
The Hall and Butler are tied for third in the country with 11 combined “Quad 1+2” wins behind only Kansas (14) and Baylor (13).
The Hall owns four “Quad 1” road wins, tied for most in the country.
Seton Hall’s KenPom rating is 14 with a defensive efficiency ranks 11th in the nation.
The Pirates also rank among the top teams in the nation in KPI (11), Strength of Record (17) and Sagarin (11).

MP13’S SCORING BY THE NUMBERS

Senior All-America Candidate Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) is averaging 21.4 points per game, an average that ranks 10th in Division I and second in the BIG EAST, and he’s averaging 23.5 points in the 17 games he’s been able to finish.
His 2.8 made three-pointers per game rank third in the conference.
Against St. John’s (1/18/20), Powell became only the fifth Seton Hall player to score 2,000 points (Greg Tynes, Jeremy Hazell, Nick Werkman, Terry Dehere) and the sixth player to score 1,000 points in BIG EAST games (Dehere, Hazell, Mark Bryant, Andre McCloud, Khadeen Carrington).
On Jan. 8, Powell was named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25, chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on the players’ performances during the first half of the season.
At the Battle 4 Atlantis, Powell set the single- tournament scoring record with 74 total points and he registered the third-most points scored in a B4A contest with his 32-point performance vs. Oregon (11/27/19).
Powell is steadily making his way up Seton Hall’s all-time scoring and three-point charts.

3-PT FG Made

1. Jeremy Hazell (2007-11) - 328

2. Myles Powell (2016-pres.) - 323

3. Terry Dehere (1989-93) – 315

4. Darius Lane (1999-02) – 273

5. Andre Barrett (2000-04) - 244

3-PT FG Attempted

1. Jeremy Hazell (2007-11) - 954

2. Myles Powell (2016-pres.) - 915

3. Terry Dehere (1989-93) – 809

4. Darius Lane (1999-02) – 718

5. Andre Barrett (2000-04) - 696

All-Time Scoring Leaders

1. Terry Dehere (1989-93) - 2,494

2. Nick Werkman (1961-64) - 2,273

3. Jeremy Hazell (2007-11) - 2,146

4. Myles Powell (2016-pres.) - 2,069

5. Greg Tynes (1974-78) - 2,059

6. Dan Callandrillo (1978-82) - 1,985

7. Andre McCloud (1982-86) - 1,976

8. Mark Bryant (1984-88) - 1,906

9. Andre Barrett (2000-04) - 1,861

10. Khadeen Carrington (2014-18) - 1,846

Powell is also climbing Seton Hall’s list of top point scorers in BIG EAST play (conference games only, no tournament games):

Seton Hall’s BIG EAST Scoring Leaders

1. Terry Dehere (1989-93) - 1,320

2. Jeremy Hazell (2007-11) - 1,316

3. Andre McCloud (1982-86) - 1,113

4. Myles Powell (2016-pres.) - 1,071

5. Mark Bryant (1984-88) - 1,005

MAMU IS BACK

Junior Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia) returned to the court vs. DePaul (1/29/20) after missing the prior 10 games with a fracture in his right wrist.
Mamukelashvili turned in an encouraging performance in his second game back against Xavier (2/1/20) where he had 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field with three rebounds.
It was his first double-digit scoring performance since dropping 18 vs. Iowa State (11/29/19) at the Battle 4 Atlantis.
Prior to his injury, Mamukelashvili had been averaging 12.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists while shooting 51 percent from the field and 46 percent from three-point range.
He had a terrific week at the Battle 4 Atlantis (11/27-29/19) where he averaged 14.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists while making 61 percent of his shots overall and 60 percent from three.

BREAKiNG DOWN THE STREAK

From Dec. 19, 2019 to Jan. 29, 2020, Seton Hall rattled off a 10-game win streak, which at the time was the longest in the BIG EAST and tied for the fourth-longest in the nation.
The Pirates’ 10-game win streak was the longest streak of the Kevin Willard Era.
The streak saw the Pirates defeat two top-10 teams (No. 7 Maryland and No. 5 Butler) and it helped them jump out to an 8-0 start in the BIG EAST.
The streak made the Pirates only the 12th team in the 41-year history of the BIG EAST to start conference 8-0 or better.
Seton Hall’s 10-game win streak was the program’s longest since winning 12 straight during its BIG EAST Championship season of 1992-93 (2/9-3/18/93).
It was the Pirates’ longest win streak during the regular season since winning 13 in a row from Nov. 25, 1988 to Jan. 3, 1989.
The streak pieced together by this year’s squad puts them in good company with the 1988-89 and 1992-93 teams, who advanced to the national championship game and won the BIG EAST regular season and tournament titles, respectively.

Seton Hall’s Top-10 Win Streaks

1. 41 – March 3, 1938 to March 19, 1941

2. 28 – January 16, 1943 to January 30, 1947 (team was dropped from 1943-46 due to WWII)

3. 27 – Nov. 29, 1952 to Feb. 27, 1953

4. 13 – Nov. 25, 1988 to Jan. 3, 1989

5. 12 – Nov. 30, 1951 to Jan. 10, 1952;

Feb. 9, 1993 to March 18, 1993

7. 11 – Feb. 13, 1954 to Dec. 17, 1954;

Dec. 1, 1992 to Jan. 11, 1993

9. 10 – Feb. 5, 1916 to Jan. 5, 1917;

Feb. 19, 1942 to Dec. 21, 1942;

Jan. 14, 1952 to Feb. 18, 1952;

Dec. 19, 2019 to Jan. 29, 2020

Halldan1 · Feb 4, 2020