Mamukelashvili Scores 22 as Pirates Trip Up at Georgetown

Saturday, February 20

Washington, D.C.

5:30 p.m.

Seton Hall University

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Seton Hall

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Mamukelashvili Scores 22 as Pirates Trip Up at Georgetown

2/20/2021 8:47:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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WASHINGTON - The Seton Hall men's basketball team overcame a 12-point first-half deficit to take a five-point second-half lead at Georgetown, but the Hoyas went on a 10-2 run to reclaim the lead and pulled away, 81-75, Saturday night at McDonough Arena. The loss snaps Seton Hall's four-game winning streak.

Senior Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia) led the Pirates with 22 points. Senior Shavar Reynolds, Jr. (Manchester, N.J.) added 13 points.

Despite the defeat, Seton Hall still stands in third place in the BIG EAST with a 10-6 record and three games to go.

Turning Point
Seton Hall climbed out of first-half hole with a great start to the second half as Mamukelashvili helped spark a 7-0 run out of the gate. His three off a pass from junior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) put the Pirates on top, 40-38, and he then grabbed a rebound on an ensuing possession and started a fastbreak to senior Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) for a layup and a four-point advantage.

Seton Hall got the lead to five, 45-40, with 16:24 to go on Mamukelashvili's jumper, but that was the team's largest lead of the night. Georgetown reclaimed the lead on Jamorko Pickett's three-point play with 11:33 left to make it 54-53. Then with Georgetown up four, Donald Carey hit a corner three-pointer and was fouled on the play, resulting in a four-point play, and a 63-55 lead with 8:31 to go.

The Pirates managed to tie the game up again at 67-67, but history repeated itself with 4:39 remaining when Carey again sank a three-pointer, Georgetown's 10th of the night, and was fouled after releasing the ball. That four-point play made it 71-67.

The Hall had a chance to tie again with under four to go, but a turnover resulted in the Hoyas converting a layup to go back up four, and the Pirates couldn't recover.

Inside the Numbers

Seton Hall shot 43 percent from the field (29-for-67), 29 percent from three (6-for-21) and only 69 percent at the free throw line (11-for-16). Georgetown shot 50 percent overall (28-for-56), 63 percent from three (10-for-16) and 71 percent at the free throw line (15-for-21).
The Pirates outscored the Hoyas in the paint 40-24.
The rebounding battle was close with Georgetown edging out, 37-35, and generating 22 second chance points off of 12 offensive rebounds. Seton Hall got 21 second chance points off of 16 offensive boards.
Georgetown committed 17 turnovers that led to 17 Pirates points.
Mamukelashvili led all scorers with 22 points on 9-of-18 shooting overall, 3-for-6 from three. He added five rebounds and three assists.
Reynolds, Jr., added 13 points and four assists.
Rhoden had nine points and matched his career high with four dimes.
Sophomore Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) had a nice game off the bench with nine points and seven rebounds.
Pickett led the Hoyas with 20 points.

News & Notes

The loss snaps Seton Hall's four-game winning streak both overall and against Georgetown.
This was the 112th all-time meeting between the two teams.
This was only Seton Hall's third road loss in the league this season and only the fifth one in the last 17 tries.
Mamukelashvili moved into 42nd place all-time in Seton Hall scoring history and now stands at 1,026 points.
Cale moved into the top-50 and now stands in a tie for 49th with 944 career points.

Up Next
Seton Hall has a Wednesday night matchup with Butler at Hinkle Fieldhouse scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip on CBS Sports Network. Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will have the radio call on AM970 The Answer, simulcast on XM 381, the Pirate Sports Network and TuneIn.