Seton Hall University
21-7,13-3Big East
Marquette
18-10,8-8Big East
Pirates Put on Offensive Clinic in Victory at Marquette
2/29/2020 5:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Seton Hall is now 21-7 overall and 13-3 in the BIG EAST with the 13 conference wins being the second-most in program history. The Hall also set a new program record with its seventh BIG EAST road victory, and the Pirates now have 11 Quad 1 wins, eight of them on the road.
Powell finished the game with 28 points and five assists. Mamukelashvili was 10-for-13 from the field to finish with a career-high 26 points and added nine rebounds.
Lucky number 1⃣3⃣ for BIG EAST wins!#HALLin pic.twitter.com/4ZGkVewlEG
— Seton Hall Basketball (@SetonHallMBB) February 29, 2020
Turning Point
Seton Hall blitzed the Golden Eagles on offense in the first half as Mamukelashvili had a three-point play and Powell connected on a stepback three-pointer as part of a 9-0 run to put the Pirates in front 17-8.
Powell, sophomore Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.), senior Quincy McKnight (Bridgeport, Conn.) and junior Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) all knocked down triples in the first half as The Hall went 7-for-12 from long distance led by as many as 12 in the first half before going into the break with a 44-35 lead.
Then The Hall came out with a killer instinct to start the second half, running an alley oop dunk from McKnight to senior Romaro Gill (St. Thomas, Jamaica) and then Gill cleaning up a miss with a put-back dunk. Powell made three free throws, and Mamukelashvili answered a Markus Howard three with one of his own and then hit a tough jumper while drawing contact to put the Pirates on top, 56-38, with 16:37 to play.
Powell gave The Hall its largest lead of the day with another stepback three, making it 74-50 with 11:02 to go.
Marquette made a late run and actually got as close as five, 84-79, but the Pirates made their free throws, and Mamukelashvili finished the game off with a dunk from McKnight.
All of the 🎥 you need from our eighth road win of the season!
— Seton Hall Basketball (@SetonHallMBB) February 29, 2020
🎙 @TimBrando & Donny Marshall#HALLin pic.twitter.com/p26MoVcS3p
Inside the Numbers
- Seton Hall finished the game shooting 53.3 percent overall (32-for-60), 50 percent from three (13-for-26) and 73.3 percent from the free throw line (11-for-15). In the first half, the Pirates were 18-for-30 from the field (60 percent) and 7-for-12 from downtown (58.3 percent). It was only the fifth time this season and first since Nov. 28 that the Pirates made 10 or more threes in a game.
- Marquette shot 43.3 percent overall (29-for-67), 38.5 percent from three (10-for-26) and 68.8 percent at the line (11-for-16.
- Seton Hall had excellent ball movement all day, finishing with a season-high 23 assists on 32 made field goals.
- The Pirates tied their season low in turnovers, only committing six. They also only had six giveaways in home games against Marquette and Xavier.
- Marquette ended up out-rebounding The Hall, 42-29.
- Powell led the Pirates with 28 points on 9-of-22 shooting. He also had five assists.
- Mamukelashvili scored a career-high 26 points on 10-of-13 shooting. He made all three of his three-point attempts. He also had nine rebounds and three assists.
- McKnight had eight assists on the day and zero turnovers in 34 minutes of action.
- Rhoden went 3-for-4 from three and finished with nine points.
"𝙒𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩."@Mamukelashvili5 recaps @SetonHallMBB's road win at Marquette with @John_Fanta! #HALLin #BIGEASThoops pic.twitter.com/EmhAUFaljY
— #BIGEASThoops (@BIGEASTMBB) February 29, 2020
News & Notes
- Seton Hall is now 21-7 overall and 13-3 in the BIG EAST. The 13 BIG EAST wins are now second-most in school history, only behind the 1992-93 squad that won 14 games.
- The Pirates have set a new school record with their seventh BIG EAST road win of the year. They also now have eight true road wins on the year overall, one away from matching the 1947-48 team for most in school history.
- Seton Hall earned its 11th NET "Quad 1" win of the season and eighth on the road.
- The Pirates have now won four straight over Marquette, and they are 9-8 against the Golden Eagles since the 2013 BIG EAST reconfiguration.
- Powell surpassed 2,200 points for his career, and he now stands at 2,223. He is averaging 27.1 points in eight BIG EAST road games this season, and he has averaged 25.6 points in his last five meetings with Marquette.
- Since Powell's freshman year, this was Seton Hall's 16th true road win when attendance was above 8,500.
- The Hall is now 101-13 (.886) since the start of the 2015-16 season when the team is leading by seven or more at any point in the contest.
- The Pirates are now 78-8 (.907) under head coach Kevin Willard when eclipsing 80 points scored.
- Seton Hall is now 12-1 this season when leading at halftime.
- Willard won his 190th game at Seton Hall and is now one away from tying Frank Hill (1911-30) for third-most in program history.
- In honor Leap Day, Seton Hall is now 3-1 all-time on Feb. 29.
Up Next
Wednesday, March 4. Seton Hall vs. Villanova. Senior Night. Prudential Center. 8:30 p.m. The only place to be. The Pirates will honor seniors Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.), Quincy McKnight (Bridgeport, Conn.), Romaro Gill (St. Thomas, Jamaica) and Asiah Avent (Springfield, N.J.) in a pregame ceremony. The Pirates will be playing for at least a share of the BIG EAST regular season championship. Tickets are available at SHUPirates.com/SHUvsNOVA.
FS1 will carry the game on national television with Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery on the call. The dynamic duo of Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will be back in the saddle on the radio, AM970 The Answer, simulcast on Sirius 83, XM 83 and the Pirate Sports Network. The game will also be broadcast on Westwood One.
