Rhoden Scores 14, Pirates Struggle at Butler

Wednesday, February 24

Indianapolis, Ind.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

13-10,10-7Big East

Butler

8-13,7-11Big East

Seton Hall

Butler

2/24/2021 9:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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INDIANAPOLIS - Junior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) scored 14 points, but the Seton Hall men's basketball team struggled offensively all night in a 61-52 loss to Butler Wednesday at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Rhoden finished 6-for-14 from the field and also had four rebounds. He was joined in double-digit scoring by senior Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia), who had 11 points.

Seton Hall remains in third place in the BIG EAST Conference with a 10-7 record.

Turning Point
Seton Hall was up seven early and went into halftime leading Butler, 26-24, but the Bulldogs came out in the second half with a 10-1 run, punctuated by Jair Bolden making three free throws after a shooting foul was called.

Seton Hall was just 2-for-11 from the field to start the second half, allowing the Bulldogs to extend their lead into double digits with their run stretching from 10-1 to 20-6. The Pirates got as close as seven, 44-37, with 10:07 remaining, but the Pirates then went three more minutes without scoring and just could not find a rhythm.

Inside the Numbers

Seton Hall shot 38 percent overall (22-for-58), 22 percent from three (6-for-27) and 29 percent at the free throw line (2-for-7). Butler shot 46 percent from the field (21-for-46), 25 percent from behind the arc (4-for-16) and 94 percent at the charity stripe (15-for-16).
The seven free throw attempts were the fewest by the Pirates this season.
Seton Hall had 30 points in the paint to Butler's 18, but the Bulldogs out-rebounded the Pirates, 36-28.
Seton Hall turned 16 Butler turnovers into 16 points.
Rhoden led the Pirates with 14 points on 6-of-14 shooting.
Mamukelashvili had 11 points.
Senior Shavar Reynolds Jr. (Manchester, N.J.) had nine points and six assists.

News & Notes

Seton Hall's three-game winning streak over Butler was snapped.
This was Seton Hall's first loss in its last 19 tries when holding its BIG EAST opponent under 70 points. The previous time was Feb. 28, 2018 vs. Villanova.
Senior Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) moved into 48th place all-time in Seton Hall scoring history and now stands at 950 career points.

Up Next
Seton Hall has a bye this weekend and will host Connecticut at Prudential Center on Wednesday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be nationally televised on FS1 and Dave Popkin and Joe DeSantis will have the radio call on AM970.

Ticket applications for the game are available at http://SHUPirates.com/March3tickets, but the application is only open until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25. Customers who submit an application will be notified if they are selected to purchase tickets no later than Monday, March 1.