Villanova at Seton Hall

Halldan1 · Mar 3, 2020

Media release

No. 8 Seton Hall Hosts No. 14 Villanova in What Will be an Emotional Senior Night

No. 8 Seton Hall (21-7, 13-3 BIG EAST, KenPom 13, NET 12) vs. No. 14 Villanova (22-7, 11-5 BIG EAST, KenPom 19, NET 19)

Wednesday, March 4 • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) • 8:45 p.m.

Tickets: SHUPirates.com/SHUvsNOVA (Over 15,000 expected)

TV: FS1 / FOX Sports GO with Gus Johnson & Bill Raftery

Radio: AM970 The Answer / Sirius 83 / XM 83 / SHUPirates.com / SHU Pirates Mobile App with Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin | Westwood One with Scott Graham & Kelly Tripucka

Promotion: First 7,500 fans receive exclusive Senior Day T-Shirt, courtesy of JAG-One PT

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

Seton Hall currently sits in first place in the BIG EAST with a conference record of 13-3, two games ahead of 11-5 Creighton and 11-5 Villanova.
After St. John’s defeated Creighton on Sunday afternoon, Seton Hall clinched at least a share of the BIG EAST regular season championship, the program’s first since 1993.
If the Pirates win one of their final two games, they will claim the regular season championship outright.
Wednesday is the final home game of the season and for four student-athletes: Asiah Avent (Springfield, N.J.), Romaro Gill (St. Thomas, Jamaica), Quincy McKnight (Bridgeport, Conn.) and Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.).
This season marks Seton Hall’s fifth consecutive 20-win campaign.
Seton Hall has registered 10 or more BIG EAST victories in four of the last five seasons.
The Pirates’ 13 BIG EAST victories are the second-most in program history only behind the 1992-93 squad that won 14 games.
Seton Hall is guaranteed a top-three seed in the BIG EAST Tournament for the third straight season and fourth time in the last five years.
Since their run of four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances began in 2015-16, the Pirates are a combined 17-6 over the final five games of the regular season.
The Pirates have swept the regular season series against Butler, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette and St. John’s.
The Pirates went 4-1 over its last five games in three straight seasons from 2015-16 through 2017-18 and they’re 3-0 this season.
The Pirates are ranked eighth in this week’s AP Top-25, the program’s highest ranking since also being ranked eighth on Dec. 19, 2000.
Seton Hall is 3-1 all-time when ranked eighth in the country.
The Pirates are 67-19 (.780) all-time when ranked in the top 10.
The Pirates have 25 wins vs. AP top-25 teams in Kevin Willard’s tenure.
The Hall is 4-3 against ranked opponents this season with three of those four victories coming against top-10 teams (No. 7 Maryland, No. 5 Butler, No. 10 Villanova).
In BIG EAST games, Seton Hall leads the conference in FG percentage defense (39.3), blocked shots (6.1) and ranks second in three-point percentage defense (30.5).

INSIDE THE SERIES: VILLANOVA

Seton Hall will face Villanova for the 119th time on Saturday.
Villanova is Seton Hall’s most frequently played opponent in program history.
Wednesday will be the second time that both teams will play one another while ranked in the AP Top-25.
The first meeting was this season when the No. 12 Pirates defeated No. 10 Villanova, 70-64, giving the program its first win over the Wildcats on their home floor since 1994.
The two schools have had some classic games recently in the BIG EAST Tournament where the last four meetings have been decided by two points or fewer.

POLISHED RESUME

Seton Hall ranks 12th in the NET with a 10-5 record against “Quad 1” opponents and a combined 15-7 record vs. “Quad 1” and “Quad 2” opponents.
The Hall’s 15 combined Q1 and Q2 wins are tied for second in the country with Baylor.
Seton Hall leads the country with seven Q1 road wins.
Seton Hall’s KenPom rating is 13 with a defensive efficiency rating that ranks 16th in the country.
Seton Hall’s KenPom strength of schedule is 15th in the nation.
The Pirates also rank among the top teams in the nation in KPI (4), Sagarin (13) and Strength of Record (14).

MP13 JOINS EXCLUSIVE COMPANY

Along with his elite scoring numbers, senior All-America candidate Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) will finish his career as one of Seton Hall’s winningest players in program history.
Not including redshirt seasons, Powell is currently tied for sixth all-time with 84 career victories, two shy from matching Chris Davis (1990-91, 92-95) for fifth all-time (86):

Seton Hall Most Wins at Seton Hall

1. Arturas Karnisovas (1991-94) – 93

Bryan Caver (1991-94) – 93

3. Terry Dehere (1989-93) – 88

Michael Nzei (2015-19) – 88

Chris Davis (1990-91, 92-95) – 86

6. Myles Powell (2016-20) – 84

John Leahy (1991-95) – 84

Angel Delgado (2014-18) – 84

Desi Rodriguez (2014-18) – 84

Khadeen Carrington (2014-18) – 84

Ismael Sanogo (2014-18) - 84

MP13’S SCORING BY THE NUMBERS

Senior All-America candidate Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) is averaging 21.5 points per game, an average that ranks 10th in Division I and second in the BIG EAST, and he’s averaging 23.1 points in the 24 games he’s been able to finish.
At Providence (2/15/20), Powell moved past Jeremy Hazell (2,146) for third on Seton Hall’s all-time scoring list.
At No. 10 Villanova (2/8/20), Powell became the program’s all-time leader in three-point field goals made, passing Hazell (328).
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).
Powell has been named to the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, the Oscar Robertson Award Midseason Watch List, Naismith Trophy Midseason Team, a Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Top 10 Finalist and a Senior CLASS Award Top 10 Finalist.
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. Myles Powell (2016-pres.) - 343

2. Jeremy Hazell (2007-11) - 328

3. Terry Dehere (1989-93) – 315

4. Darius Lane (1999-02) – 273

5. Andre Barrett (2000-04) - 244

3-PT FG Attempted

1. Myles Powell (2016-pres.) - 990

2. Jeremy Hazell (2007-11) - 954

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. Myles Powell (2016-pres.) - 2,223

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

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. Myles Powell (2016-pres.) - 1,225

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

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

NYShoreGuy · Mar 3, 2020