No. 13 Pirates Handle Southern Miss at Battle 4 Atlantis

Thursday, November 28

Nassau, Bahamas

9 p.m.

Seton Hall University

5-2,0-0Big East

Southern Miss

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Seton Hall

Southern Miss.

No. 13 Pirates Handle Southern Miss at Battle 4 Atlantis

11/28/2019 11:41:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Nassau, Bahamas - Senior All-America candidate Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) scored 18 points, and junior Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia) had 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists in a terrific all-around effort as the No. 13 Seton Hall men's basketball team rebounded to defeat Southern Mississippi, 81-56, Thursday night in the Battle 4 Atlantis consolation bracket.

The Pirates will now face Iowa State in the fifth-place game Friday night at 7 p.m. It will be the first of two consecutive games against the Cyclones with the second taking place in Ames, Iowa on Sunday, Dec. 8.

Turning Point
Seton Hall led for all but 17 seconds of the game, but the Golden Eagles hung around for a bit until the Pirates comfortably took a double-digit lead in the second half when Mamukelashvili had a put-back slam and then assisted on a sophomore Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) fastbreak layup following a turnover to make the score 50-36.

Southern Miss was within 11, 64-53, with under seven minutes to go when a broken play led to junior Shavar Reynolds, Jr. (Manchester, N.J.) finding Mamukelashvili on the wing for a late-shot clock triple. Powell made a pair of free throws on the next possession, and then the Pirates defense created two turnovers that both led to fastbreak layups to push the lead to 20, 73-53, and out of the Golden Eagles' reach.

The Pirates ended the game on a 17-3 run.

Inside the Numbers

Seton Hall shot 50.9 percent for the game (28-for-55), 40 percent from long distance (10-for-25) and 62.5 percent at the free throw line (15-for-24).
Southern Miss shot 39.3 percent for the contest (22-for-56), 50 percent from three (8-for-16) and 80 percent at the line (4-for-5).
The Pirates outrebounded the Golden Eagles, 41-24, and used 13 offensive rebounds to generate 18 second chance points.
Powell finished with 18 points, five rebounds and two assists.
Mamukelashvili was 6-for-8 from the field and finished with 14 points, seven rebounds, four assists and a block.
Freshman Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) was strong with 10 points, two boards, a steal and a block in 16 minutes.
Rhoden had nine points and three steals on the night.
Senior Romaro Gill (St. Thomas, Jamaica) continued his block party with four more rejections on the night.
Senior Quincy McKnight (Bridgeport, Conn.) had nine points and three assists.

News & Notes

This was the first-ever matchup between Seton Hall and Southern Miss.
Under head coach Kevin Willard, Seton Hall is now 6-0 in the second game of an in-season tournament after losing the first game.
The Pirates moved to 160-55 (.744) all-time when nationally ranked by the Associated Press.
Since the start of the 2015-16 season, The Hall is now 87-12 (.879) when leading a contest by seven points or more.

Up Next
The Pirates and Cyclones will play for fifth place in the 2019 Battle 4 Atlantis in a prequel to the already-scheduled BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle in Ames next weekend. Game time is 7 p.m., and it will air on ESPNU. As always, Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will have the radio call on AM970 The Answer.