Seton Hall University
13-8,10-5Big East
DePaul
3-10,1-10Big East
Mamukelashvili Reaches 1,000 Points in Victory Over DePaul
2/17/2021 10:48:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Pirate defense came up huge again, holding its second opponent in four days to 52 or fewer points. The Hall held DePaul to just 21 points in the second half and forced 20 turnovers for the game.
Mamukelashvili was brilliant for the Pirates, recording his second straight double-double with 25 points on 10-for-19 shooting, to go with 11 rebounds, four assists, two blocks and two steals. He's the 45th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points.
Junior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) and senior Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) also reached double-figures in scoring with 17 and 11 points, respectively.
Seton Hall, standing at 10-5 in the BIG EAST, has now reached at least 10 BIG EAST wins for the fifth time in the last six seasons.
Congrats to @Mamukelashvili5 on becoming the 45th Pirate to reach 1,000 career points! #HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/EhAEgytF0h
— Seton Hall Men's Basketball (@SetonHallMBB) February 18, 2021
What Happened:
Mamukelashvili connected on a three-pointer for the first points of the game, but then Seton Hall went cold offensively, missing 14 of their next 15 shots, which included a scoring drought of 6:02. Meanwhile, DePaul went on a 13-2 run to take an early 13-5 advantage.
Trailing 21-14, The Hall went on an 8-0 run, and a three-pointer by Rhoden with 4:13 left to play before halftime put the Pirates back on top, 22-21. The Blue Demons, however, outscored the Pirates, 10-5, the rest of the half, and a buzzer-beater from just shy of halfcourt by Ray Salnave sent them into the locker room up, 31-27.
Neither team took a lead of greater than four points after halftime until the Pirates got a little breathing room midway through the second half. Down 46-42, Seton Hall went on a 9-0 run, punctuated by a break-away dunk by Cale, to give it a 51-46 lead with 8:07 left to play.
DePaul was able to pull to within one point, 53-52, with just under four minutes left, but didn't score again. Mamukelashvili hit a jumper to extend The Hall's lead to three, and then the Pirates iced the game at the free-throw line.
Here's all of the 🎥 you need from tonight's win! #HALLin 🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/dm7l0ZQAr4
— Seton Hall Men's Basketball (@SetonHallMBB) February 18, 2021
Inside the Numbers:
- Seton Hall was 22-for-59 (37.3%) from the floor for the game, while DePaul was 23-for-61 (37.7%). The Hall was 8-for-26 (30.8%) from three-point range, while the Blue Demons were just 3-for-11 (27.3%).
- DePaul out-rebounded The Hall, 43-to-36, and had an 18-to-15 edge on the offensive glass. The Blue Demons also had an 18-to-10 advantage in second-chance points.
- Seton Hall was 8-for-15 (53.3%) from the free-throw line, while the Blue Demons were 3-for-4 (75.0%).
- Seton Hall forced 20 turnovers, while DePaul forced 12. The Pirates had a massive 19-to-4 advantage in points off turnovers.
- Mamukelashvili erupted for a game-high 25 points on 10-for-19 shooting with 11 rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks.
- Rhoden finished with 17 points to go with four rebounds, three steals and two assists.
- Cale had 11 points, two rebound and two steals.
- The victory improves Seton Hall to 13-8 overall and 10-5 in the BIG EAST, while DePaul falls to 3-10 overall and 1-10 in conference play. The Hall has now won four games in a row.
- The Pirates have now secured at least 10 BIG EAST wins for the fifth time in the last six seasons. The Hall has the second-most wins in the conference during that span with 70.
- This was the first time since 2004-05 that the Pirates have held a BIG EAST opponent under 60 points in back-to-back games. Seton Hall held Rutgers and St. John's to 58 and 55 points, respectively, in January of that season.
- With 25 points tonight, Mamukelashvili became the 45th player in Seton Hall men's basketball history to reach 1,000 for his career.
- Seton Hall improves to 20-8 all-time against DePaul and has now won 10 of the last 12 meetings. The Pirates have now swept the regular season series with the Blue Demons in five of the last six seasons.
- Seton Hall is now 4-0 to start the month of February, something the program hasn't done since 2003. That year, the Pirates were a perfect 6-0 in February. Including this season, the Pirates are now 27-15 in the month of February over the last five seasons.
- Seton Hall is now 144-66 (.686) all-time at the Prudential Center. They're 37-17 (.685) against BIG EAST competition in the building since the 2015-16 season.
- Mamukelashvili's double-double is his fourth of the season and the 11th of his career. He has now scored in double-figures in 11 straight games, 19 times this season total and 50 times in his career.
- The Pirates are now 113-15 (.883) since 2015-16 when having a lead at any point in the game of at least seven points.
- With two steals tonight, Cale reached the 100-steal milestone for his career.
- With 11 rebounds tonight, Mamukelashvili reached the 600-rebound milestone for his career.
At least 10 BIG EAST wins for the fifth time in six seasons! Have a good night everyone!#HALLin 🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/jFLTsNrr44
— Seton Hall Men's Basketball (@SetonHallMBB) February 18, 2021
Up Next:
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, February 20 when it travels to Washington, D.C. for a game at Georgetown. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., Eastern. The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network. Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will handle radio duties on AM970, simulcast on XM 386, the Pirate Sports Network and TuneIn.
