Seton Hall at Villanova

Halldan1 · Feb 7, 2020

Media release

No. 12 Seton Hall and No. 10 Villanova Highlight Saturday’s College Basketball Action

No. 12 Seton Hall (17-5, 9-1 BIG EAST, KenPom 13, NET 13) at No. 10 Villanova (17-5, 7-3 BIG EAST, KenPom 23, NET 15)

Saturday, Feb. 8 • Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) • 2:30 p.m.

TV: FOX Broadcast Network / FOX Sports GO with Tim Brando & Donny Marshall

Radio: AM970 The Answer / Sirius 137 / XM 201 / SHUPirates.com / SHU Pirates Mobile App with Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

Seton Hall currently sits in first place in the BIG EAST with a conference record of 9-1.
The Pirates’ 9-1 mark in BIG EAST play is their best record through 10 games in program history.
The Hall has won six true road games this season. In the BIG EAST era, the 2015-16 and 1988-89 teams share the program record with seven true road wins.
Saturday’s game will be the 44th time in program history that a ranked Seton Hall squad will go up against a ranked opponent.
When ranked, Seton Hall is 21-22 all-time in games against other ranked opponents. The Pirates are 1-2 in ranked vs. ranked games this season.
Seton Hall is 8-10 all-time in ranked vs. ranked games against BIG EAST opponents.
Saturday will be the first top-15 BIG EAST matchup involving the Pirates since Jan. 6, 2001 when No. 11 Seton Hall faced No. 9 Georgetown.
Seton Hall is 11-1 overall since a 52-48 win over No. 7 Maryland at the Prudential Center on Dec. 19, 2019.
Dating back to last season, the Pirates have won 11 of their last 12 regular season league games.
The Pirates are ranked in the top-15 of the AP Top-25 for the third consecutive week, checking in this week 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 17-3 all-time and 4-1 this season when ranked 12th in the country.
Eight of Seton Hall’s nine BIG EAST wins this season have been decided by seven or more points.
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. McKnight then went out and dished 10 assists and scored eight points in a 78-71 win at Georgetown (2/5/20).
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, a Senior CLASS Award Finalist and a Jerry West Award Top 10 Finalist.
Powell is averaging 28.6 points per game in BIG EAST road games this season.

INSIDE THE SERIES: VILLANOVA

Seton Hall will face Villanova for the 118th time on Saturday.
Villanova is Seton Hall’s most frequently played opponent in program history.
Saturday will be the first time that both teams will play one another while ranked in the AP Top-25.
The two teams split the regular season series last year with the Pirates coming away with the 79-75 win at the Prudential Center on Michael Nzei’s senior day (3/9/19).
Recently, the two school have had some classic games in the BIG EAST Tournament where the last four meetings have been decided by two points or fewer.
After not being able to score 20 points against Villanova in his first six career games, Myles Powell has scored 20 and 25 points in his last two games against the Wildcats.

POLISHED RESUME

Seton Hall ranks 13th in the NET with a 7-4 record against “Quad 1” opponents & a combined 12-5 record vs. “Quad 1+2” opponents.
The Hall ranks third in the country with 12 combined “Quad 1+2” wins behind only Kansas (14) and Baylor (13).
The Hall owns five “Quad 1” road wins, tied for most in the country with Kansas and Baylor.
Seton Hall’s KenPom rating is 13 with a defensive efficiency ranks 13th in the nation.
Seton Hall’s Ken Pom strength of schedule is 10th in the nation,
The Pirates also rank among the top teams in the nation in KPI (7), Strength of Record (15) and Sagarin (9).

MP13’S SCORING BY THE NUMBERS

Senior All-America Candidate Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) is averaging 22.0 points per game, an average that ranks ninth in Division I and second in the BIG EAST, and he’s averaging 24.1 points in the 18 games he’s been able to finish.
His 2.9 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.) - 327

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.) - 928

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.) - 2,103

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.) - 1,105

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

Fishjam · Feb 7, 2020