No. 12 The Hall Overcomes Slow Start, Tops Stony Brook, 74-57

Saturday, November 9

South Orange, N.J.

2:30 p.m.

Seton Hall University

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Stony Brook

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Stony Brook

Seton Hall

No. 12 The Hall Overcomes Slow Start, Tops Stony Brook, 74-57

11/9/2019 6:39:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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South Orange, N.J. - Junior Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia) scored a game-high 17 points, and senior Romaro Gill (St. Thomas, Jamaica) produced his first career double-double as the No. 12 Seton Hall men's basketball team overcame a slow start to tame the Stony Brook Seawolves, 74-57, Saturday afternoon inside historic Walsh Gymnasium.

Four Pirates scored in double figures to overcome the injury of senior All-America candidate Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.), who exited the game early.

Turning Point
After trailing at halftime and being tied with 14:10 remaining in the second half, the Pirates finally took the lead for good when Mamukelashvili found Gill for a layup at 13:50 to put The Hall on top 44-42. The game was hovering around one or two possessions until senior Quincy McKnight (Bridgeport, Conn.) connected on a three-pointer at 5:54 to make it a seven-point lead and answered a Seawolves bucket with a jumper of his own.

Sophomore Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) then came up with a steal and got a reverse layup underneath to give The Hall a nine-point lead, 60-51, with 5:13 to go in the game. Gill punctuated things with a huge dunk at 4:17 to push the lead into double digits, and The Hall outlasted Stony Brook thereafter.

Inside the Numbers

Seton Hall shot 44 percent overall and 39 percent from three (7-for-18) while going 11-for-16 from the free throw line. Stony Brook shot 35 percent overall and only 24 percent from three (6-for-25) while going 15-for-20 from the charity stripe.
Seton Hall out-rebounded the Seawolves 39-35 and used 13 offensive rebounds to generate 14 second chance points.
The Pirates dominated the paint to the tune of 40 points to Stony Brook's 18.
The Hall also won the turnover battle, committing only nine while forcing 15 on the Seawolves. Seton Hall turned those 15 turnovers into 18 points.
Mamukelashvili led all scorers with 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting. He made two of his four three-point attempts.
McKnight had 14 points and three assists and zero turnovers in 33 minutes of action.
Gill produced his first career double-double with career highs in points (10) and rebounds (10). He was 5-for-8 from the field.
Rhoden finished the day with 11 points.

We've got some highlights from today's win over Stony Brook! Shoutout to the fans who got LOUD in that second half! #HALLin pic.twitter.com/Xm6igFaNoA
— Seton Hall Basketball (@SetonHallMBB) November 9, 2019

News & Notes

Seton Hall is now 5-0 all-time against Stony Brook and 17-3 all-time against teams that are in the America East Conference at the time of the game.
The Pirates are now 425-142 all-time inside Walsh Gymnasium and has won 26 straight regular season games there dating back to 1989.
The Hall is now 157-53 all-time when nationally ranked in the Associated Press top 25 and 15-2 all-time when specifically ranked No. 12.

Up Next
It'll be ranked vs. ranked at Prudential Center on Thursday, Nov. 14 when the Pirates welcome Michigan State to The Rock for a big Gavitt Tip-Off Games matchup. FS1 will have the television broadcast with Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery on the call. The great duo of Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will call it on the radio on AM970 The Answer, simulcast on Sirius 135, XM 201 and the Pirate Sports Network.