Pirates Complete Preseason With Win over LIU-Post

Saturday, November 4

South Orange, N.J.

4 p.m.

Seton Hall University

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LIU Post (Exhibition)

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LIU-Post

Seton Hall

11/4/2017 6:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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South Orange, N.J. - Senior Desi Rodriguez (Bronx, N.Y.) scored a game-high 18 points, and senior Khadeen Carrington (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added 13 points as the No. 23 Seton Hall men's basketball team finished preseason with a 77-48 win over LIU-Post in an exhibition game Saturday at Walsh Gymnasium.

The Pirates used their significant size advantage to outmuscle LIU-Post in rebounding, 53-28. Freshman Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia) led the Pirates with 13 boards to go with four blocks.

Turning Point
Already holding a nine-point lead in the first half, the Pirates put themselves in a comfortable position with a 10-0 run that began with Rodriguez making a layup and then creating a steal on defense that led to a fastbreak dunk and a 23-10 advantage. It was the first of four Pioneers turnovers during the run that stretched 3:06. Freshman Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) punctuated the run with a pair of three-point field goals in back-to-back possessions to make it a 29-10 lead.

The Pirates went into halftime leading 40-18 and then led by as many as 32 points in the second half.

Desi Rodriguez scores a game-high 18 points as the Pirates take care of LIU Post in the final preseason tune up! #HALLin pic.twitter.com/JVTe6xQXh7
— Seton Hall MBB (@SetonHallMBB) November 4, 2017

Inside the Box Score

Seton Hall shot 39.4 percent for the game, though it did shoot 50 percent (16-for-32) in the first half.
The Pirates were +25 in rebounding margin, out-rebounding the Pioneers, 53-28. They grabbed 21 offensive rebounds that generated 16 second chance points.
The Hall also dominated defensively, holding LIU-Post to 32.7 percent shooting for the game, including 23.3 percent (7-for-30) in the first half.
LIU-Post turned the ball over 20 times as the Pirates grabbed 12 steals and scored 13 points off the 20 turnovers.

News & Notes

Seton Hall is ranked No. 23 in the nation in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. This is Seton Hall's first preseason national ranking since the 2000-01 season when the Pirates began the year at No. 10.
Seton Hall returns 90 percent of its scoring from last season, including the only active trio of 1,000-point scorers in the country.

Up Next
Now it's for real. The No. 23 Pirates will open the 2017-18 regular season Friday, Nov. 10 against Fairleigh Dickinson in a NIT Season Tip-Off Campus Game at Prudential Center at 6:30 p.m. Dave Sims and Len Elmore will have the call in the nationally televised FS2 game, also available online at FOX Sports GO. The dynamic duo of Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin, together for the 15th consecutive game, will have the radio broadcast on AM970, simulcast on the Pirate Sports Network via SHUPirates.com and the SHU Pirates Mobile App. Fans can purchase tickets to the game online or by calling the Seton Hall Athletics Ticket Office at (973) 275-4255.