Seton Hall University
6-2,0-0Big East
Iowa State
4-3,0-0Big 12
Powell and Mamukelashvili Lead No. 13 Pirates Over Iowa State, 84-76
11/29/2019 10:22:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Powell, who was 9-for-19 from the field and 4-for-10 from three, scored 19 of his 24 points in the second half. Pending the results of the Alabama-Southern Miss game, he has set a new Battle 4 Atlantis single-tournament record for points scored with 74. He was named to All-Tournament team for his efforts.
Mamukelashvili was 7-for-10 shooting on the night and 3-for-4 from three. Senior Quincy McKnight (Bridgeport, Conn.) had an outstanding second half to finish with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting and five assists.
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Turning Point
The game featured four ties and 11 lead changes, and the Pirates were down by as many as nine points in the first half, but it came down to the final eight minutes when The Hall went on a 13-1 run to open up a double digit lead. Mamukelashvili was in the thick of it all, starting the run with a dunk off a great feed from McKnight and then blocking a shot down at the other end. Mamukelashvili then punctuated the run with a huge three off a pass from Powell at 4:38 to put the Pirates on top 76-65.
The Cyclones closed to within six with under a minute to play, but Mamukelashvili and Powell both grabbed huge rebounds off Iowa State misses to gain possession and get to the free throw line.
Inside the Numbers
- Seton Hall shot 54 percent for the game (34-for-63), 40 percent from three (8-for-20) and 66.7 percent at the line (8-for-12).
- Iowa State shot 45.3 percent for the game (29-for-64), 33.3 percent from three (9-for-27) and 75 percent at the line (9-for-12).
- The Hall outrebounded the Cyclones, 40-29, and used 12 offensive boards to accumulate 13 second chance points.
- The Pirates also won the paint points battle, 40-34.
- There were four ties and 11 lead changes in the game.
- Powell finished with 24 points, his sixth 20-point game of the season.
- Mamukelashvili had 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting and buried three of his four three-point attempts. He had six rebounds.
- McKnight had 12 points and five assists with eight and four coming in the second half, respectively. He had left the game late in the first half due to injury.
- Junior Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) set a career high in rebounds with 12 while also recording eight points and four assists.
News & Notes
- This was the first-ever meeting between Seton Hall and Iowa State. And now in a unique scheduling quirk, the two teams will meet again next Sunday night in Ames, Iowa, as part of the BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle. In Seton Hall's BIG EAST era (1979-present), it has never faced the same team in back-to-back non-conference games.
- Powell reached two more milestones on the evening: he surpassed former teammate Khadeen Carrington (2014-18) for ninth place in Seton Hall's all-time scoring history and now has 1,850 points, and he hit his 300th career three-pointer.
- The Pirates moved to 161-55 (.745) all-time when nationally ranked by the Associated Press.
- Since the start of the 2015-16 season, The Hall is now 88-12 (.880) when leading a contest by seven points or more.
Up Next
Seton Hall will rest up for round two with the Cyclones, taking place on Sunday, Dec. 8 in Ames, Iowa. Game time is 9 p.m., Eastern, and ESPN2 will have the national telecast. Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will have the radio call on AM970 The Answer, simulcast on the Pirate Sports Network.
