Mamukelashvili Posts Double-Double in The Hall's Loss at URI

Wednesday, December 2

Kingston, R.I.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

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Rhode Island

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Seton Hall

Rhode Island

Mamukelashvili Posts Double-Double in The Hall's Loss at URI

12/2/2020 9:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Kingston, R.I. - Senior Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia) scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, but the Seton Hall men's basketball team went cold on offense down the stretch in its game at Rhode Island, falling to the Rams 76-63 Wednesday night at Ryan Center.

Although the final scoring margin was in double figures, the game featured 10 ties and 10 lead changes.

Mamukelashvili notched his second double-double of the season and ninth of his career.

Turning Point
After trailing by as much as 14 points in the first half, the Pirates closed the gap with a 14-5 run fueled by a trifecta of Mamukelashvili triples. Seton Hall went into halftime only down one, 36-35.

Early second half, the teams went back and forth and stayed within three points of each other for quite a while. Mamukelashvili put the Pirates up three with a tremendous spin move through the lane and around defenders for a right-handed layup to make it 57-54 with 8:27 to play.

Rhode Island reclaimed the lead and went up four before a pair of senior Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) free throws and a fast break dunk from junior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) tied the game at 61-61 with just over six minutes to play.

However, that proved to be Seton Hall's final made field goal of the evening. After Rhoden's slam, Jeremy Sheppard hit a three-pointer on the ensuing possession to give the Rams the lead, the Pirates turned the ball over and Ishmael Leggett made a layup to make it a five-point Rhody advantage.

The Pirates missed their final eight field goal attempts and struggled at the free throw line in the second half, going only 9-for-17.

Inside the Numbers

Seton Hall shot 42 percent overall (22-for-52), 38 percent from three (6-for-16) and 57 percent from the free throw line (13-for-23). Rhode Island shot 45 percent from the field (26-for-58), 42 percent from three (8-for-19) and 67 percent at the charity stripe (16-for-24).
Rebounds were even at 37-37, but the Rams used nine offensive rebounds to generate 13 second chance points compared to The Hall's three.
Rhode Island also won the turnover battle as the Pirates committed 14 giveaways that led to 18 Rams points.
Mamukelashvili led all scorers with 25 points as he went 8-for-17 from the field and 4-for-8 from deep. He grabbed 10 rebounds to give him his ninth career double-double.
Rhoden was the team's only other player in double figures with 10 points.
The game featured 10 ties and 10 lead changes.

News & Notes

Seton Hall falls to 7-3 all-time against the Rams, 1-2 in road games up in Kingston.
Mamukelashvili now has three games of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in his career including two this season.
Cale's eight points pushed him past the 700 career points mark. He's now 80th all-time in Seton Hall scoring history with 702 points, just ahead of former teammate Michael Nzei's 700.
Mamukelashvili moved up to 84th all-time on the Seton Hall scoring list. He now stands at 692 points.

Up Next
Seton Hall will hop on a plane and head to Omaha, Neb., to play a neutral site game against the No. 21 ranked Oregon Ducks Friday at CHI Health Center Omaha at 9 p.m., Eastern. The game will be nationally televised on FS1 and Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will have the radio call on AM970, simulcast on XM 380, TuneIn and the Pirate Sports Network.