Senior Night festivities spoiled by UConn as Seton Hall’s NCAA Tournament hopes take another hit
The stage was set for a fairy-tale ending to the quartet of the Seton Hall seniors’ final home game of the season. Fans were back in attendance, their NCAA Tournament hopes were on the line, they were up against a historic Big East rival in the University of Connecticut and it was Senior Night. Unfortunately, it was a second consecutive Senior Night in which the Pirates were unable to send their senior players off with a final home...
After a year of uncertainty, men’s basketball will have a crowd behind them at Senior Night
College Senior Nights were always meant to be a special occasion for the student-athletes who devoted their college careers to their athletic program and school. Four-year Seton Hall veterans Sandro Mamukelashvili, Myles Cale and Shavar Reynolds and graduate transfer Bryce Aiken were always going to have their ceremonious send-off at the final home game of this season, but now it will happen in front of a 1,700-person crowd at the...
Seton Hall Athletics says Prudential Center will host fans for first time in nearly a year at men’s basketball game against UConn
Seton Hall Athletics announced Tuesday that they will host fans for at the Wednesday, March 3 men’s basketball game against the University of Connecticut. Photo via SHU Athletics Applications for tickets were split between a general application portal for the public and a Seton Hall University student-specific application portal. Priority access to the game will be awarded to Seton Hall students, men’s basketball season ticket holders...
Limited number of fans allowed at New Jersey pro and college sports games
Feb. 23, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. Seton Hall Athletics announced on Tuesday that they plan to allow a limited number of fans to attend Mar. 3’s game against the University of Connecticut. Full story here. Feb. 22, 2021 at 1:20 p.m. Seton Hall Athletics issued a statement stating they are currently working with the Prudential Center to potentially host fans for their Mar. 3 game against the University of Connecticut. “We have...
Setonian Sports Quick Links: Feb. 22, 2021
Pair of Pirates hit 1,000 points Men’s basketball player Sandro Mamukelashvili and Desiree Elmore of the women’s team both hit a career milestone this past week, scoring their 1,000th points for Seton Hall. Both seniors did so in wins for Seton Hall with Mamukelashvili scoring his 1,000th point on Feb. 17 in a 60-52 win against DePaul and Elmore’s coming in a 67-55 win over Providence. Photo via SHU Athletics...
Defensive lapses at Georgetown end Pirates’ four-game winning streak
Seton Hall’s defensive woes from the perimeter have been a constant issue for the team this season, and they proved detrimental in Saturday night’s loss to Georgetown. The Hoyas shot 10-for-16 from three-point range and outshot the Pirates from the field 50% to 43.3% to put a dent in Seton Hall’s NCAA Tournament hopes. Despite coming into the game on a four-game winning streak, the Pirates rarely looked completely in...
Mamukelashvili scores 1,000th point, leads Pirates to win over DePaul
After a tough run of games that saw the Seton Hall men’s basketball team go winless in four games against No. 10 Villanova and No. 14 Creighton, the Pirates came into Wednesday’s home game against DePaul on a three-game winning streak. Despite the Blue Demons coming into Wednesday’s game winless in four and without their two top scorers in Javon Freeman-Liberty and Charlie Moore, it was important for the Pirates not to fall prey to a...
Seton Hall grind out important win over Marquette for third win on the spin
Off the back of a two-game away stint last week, Seton Hall men’s basketball returned to the Prudential Center for their second game of the season against Marquette. With just about month left for teams to make their cases for a spot in the NCAA Tournament, the Pirates came into this one knowing they had to grab the win. I wasn’t the prettiest performance of the season from either team – combining for 29 fouls and 29 turnovers – but a...
Seton Hall’s first Big East Tournament title: An Oral history of a program-defining moment
To commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the men’s basketball program’s first Big East championship victory, The Setonian interviewed players and coaches from that title-winning team for a multi-part series taking readers through the historic season. Each part of the series will be released on the anniversary of a game from that 1990-91 season schedule. All persons listed below are attributed their job title or position from Mar. 10,...
Seniors lead the way as Seton Hall earn hard-fought first away win over UConn in 24 years
After nearly eight years without a Big East game between Seton Hall and the University of Connecticut, Saturday’s meeting between the two sides did not disappoint. The Pirates’ last meeting with the Huskies came on Feb. 10, 2013 with UConn winning 78-67 at the Prudential Center. Seton Hall’s last win over them came on Jan. 3, 2012, but there had not been a Seton Hall win over UConn in Connecticut since Mar. 1, 1997. On Saturday,...
Pirates break winless run with win over Providence
The Friars looked shaky in possession to start the game, giving up two turnovers that would lead to fast-break points from Myles Cale and Shavar Reynolds. At 7-6, neither looked like they were going to have a particular good shooting night, but a layup from David Duke broke the three-minute scoring drought and set Providence up for a run. After a tight opening five minute between the two sides, Providence started finding their stride...
Seton Hall drops third consecutive game with home loss to No. 3 Villanova
After what will likely be the toughest three-game stretch of the Seton Hall men’s basketball team’s season, the Pirates walk away without a win to their name. An away loss to No. 3 Villanova and a home loss to No. 17 Creighton was capped off by another home loss in the reverse fixture to Villanova over an 11-day stretch of games. Both sides shot about 41% from the field in the first half, but Villanova started the game shooting a...