Powell Goes for 35 in Double OT Setback at Georgetown

Saturday, March 2

Washington, D.C.

6:30 p.m.

Seton Hall University

16-12, 7-9

Georgetown

18-11, 8-8

OT 1

OT 2

Seton Hall

Georgetown

Powell Goes for 35 in Double OT Setback at Georgetown

3/2/2019 10:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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WASHINGTON - Junior Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) scored 35 points in 45 minutes of action, and the Seton Hall men's basketball team twice came up with clutch last-second shots to extend its game against Georgetown, but the Hoyas ended the second overtime on a 6-0 run to defeat the Pirates, 77-71, in a wild BIG EAST game at Capital One Arena.

There were 10 ties and 15 lead changes as Georgetown improved to 18-11 on the season and 8-8 in the BIG EAST while Seton Hall fell to 16-12 overall and 7-9 in the league, ending a streak of three consecutive seasons with a winning conference record.

Powell's 35 points are second-most in his career and most in a BIG EAST game. He became just the 14th Pirate to ever score 600 points in a single season, and he became only the 31st Seton Hall student-athlete to score 1,500 career points.

Sophomore Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia) turned in his third career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, and freshman Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) nearly missed his first with nine points and nine boards.

This was Seton Hall's first double overtime game since Dec. 31, 2013.

Turning Point
It was a wild affair that saw Seton Hall holding a four-point lead with just under five minutes to go and the Pirates leading by two with under two minutes remaining. However, the Hoyas turned the tables on second-chance opportunities as Jessie Govan converted a put-back to tie, and then Josh Leblanc had a second-cahcne dunk off a James Akinjo miss, putting the Hoyas up with 1:27 to play, 59-57.

After both teams got defensive stops, Powell attempted a three that missed, and Rhoden cleaned up the glass to get a second possession. In a well designed play, Powell got the ball to senior Michael Nzei (Makurdi, Nigeria), who had converted the paint layup, tying the game up with 23.4 seconds to go.

Seton Hall then locked down on defense, and Govan's game-winner rimmed out to send the game to overtime.

Georgetown was up by as many as four in the first overtime, but Powell came up huge with a three with 2:14 to go. Both teams then struggled with turnovers and misses. It came down to Govan getting fouled, missing the first free throw and making the second to put Georgetown up 66-64. The Pirates then came back down and Powell found Rhoden underneath for another tying bucket with just 1.2 seconds left.

In the second overtime, Powell put the Pirates up one with a layup at 3:36, but Govan answered with a huge three-pointer to make it 71-69. On another second chance opportunity and just one second on the shot clock, Mamukelashvili received the in-bounds pass and swished an elbow jumper to tie the game at 71-71.

However, that's when Seton Hall went cold, going 0-for-3 from the field, 0-for-2 at the free throw line and turning it over once in the final 2:04. The Hoyas took advantage of their size to grab offensive rebounds, the killer one coming with 20 seconds to go on a layup after Akinjo had missed a three.

Inside the Numbers

Seton Hall shot 36.7 percent (29-for-79) for the game, 17.2 percent from three (5-for-29) and 57.1 percent (8-for-14) at the free throw line. Georgetown shot 35.1 percent (27-for-77) overall, 19 percent from distance (4-for-21) and 67.9 percent at the line (19-for-28).
Rebounding numbers were wild as the Hoyas won the battle, 54-52. Seton Hall had 18 offensive rebounds that led to 15 second chance points. The Hoyas had 19 offensive rebounds to generate 21 second chance points.
Paint points were even 44-44.
Georgetown converted Seton Hall's 19 turnovers into 21 points.
Powell had 35 points on 14-of-27 shooting overall, 4-of-12 from three. It was his sixth 30-point game of the season, two of them coming against Georgetown. The 35 is also the most he's ever had in a BIG EAST game.
Mamukelashvili posted his third career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds while also blocking two shots.
Rhoden posted career highs in points (9), rebounds (9), steals (3) and minutes played (33) in a breakout performance.
There were 10 ties and 15 lead changes in this wild affair.

News & Notes

Seton Hall fell to 49-58 all-time against the Hoyas but have still won six of the last eight meetings. At 108 all-time games, Georgetown is Seton Hall's second-most frequent opponent behind Villanova (116).
The Pirates fell to 78-11 in its last 89 games when holding a lead of seven or more at any point in the contest. The Hall was up eight late in the first half.
Seton Hall also fell to 13-4 this season when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
Powell eclipsed 600 points for the season, becoming just the 14th student-athlete in Seton Hall history to do so and first since Isaiah Whitehead in 2015-16. Of the 14 student-athletes, only six now have done it since 1989.
Powell's 621 points this season rank 15th all-time in Seton Hall single-season history.
Powell tied Andre Barrett (2000-04) for fourth all-time in three-pointers made with 244.
Powell became the 21st Pirate to reach 1,500 career points. He now has 1,504.
This was the first time since Jan. 25, 2017 that the Pirates grabbed 50 rebounds in a game.
This was Seton Hall's first double-overtime game since an 81-80 win at Providence on Dec. 31, 2013. The Pirates are now 63-59 all-time in games that go to overtime, 4-9 in double overtime.
This was the 11th time Seton Hall and Georgetown have gone to overtime, the most times Seton Hall has played one opponent in extra time. The Pirates are now 6-5 against the Hoyas in OT.

Up Next
Seton Hall's regular season will wrap up with a pair of home games at Prudential Center, beginning first with Marquette Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The game will be nationally televised on FS1 with Brian Custer and Bill Raftery on the call. The legendary duo of Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will be back together on the radio on AM970, simulcast on XM 380 and the Pirate Sports Network.

Tickets to the Marquette game are available at SHUPirates.com/SHUvsMU and a special 2-for-$40 ticket deal is available at SHUPirates.com/2for40.