NCAAB Game Recap - Villanova at Seton Hall
Sat Mar 9, 2019 12:00 PM EST

W IL
79
SDSt
76
F
VMI
72
Woff
99
F
LIU
64
StFPA
72
F
Brad
53
LoyIL
51
F
Maine
57
Vermt
73
F
Murr
77
Belm
65
F
RobM
62
FaDi
66
F
Lou
68
UVA
73
F
Samf
70
UNCG
77
F
NrthIA
60
Drake
58
F
Bingha
78
Stony
72
F
UND
76
NebOm
81
F
Albany
54
UMBC
62
F
Duke
70
UNC
79
F
Monm
98
Quin
92
F
Mercer
74
Furm
85
F
USD
80
BYU
57
F
Chat
64
ETSU
68
F
UMassL
70
Hartfo
78
F
Rider
81
Sien
87
F
Pepp
89
USF
72
F
Tenn
80
Aub
84
F
Fla
57
KY
66
F
UNCW
93
Elon
86
F
Mich
63
MSU
75
F
TxTch
80
IaSt
73
F
Tows
73
JMU
74
F
Vand
59
LSU
80
F
Purd
70
NW
57
F
Baylor
70
Kansas
78
F
FSU
65
Wake
57
F
GTown
86
Marq
84
F
SDSU
53
Nev
81
F
Okla
53
KSU
68
F
Vill
75
Seton
79
F
UCF
62
Temp
67
F
FAU
61
Marsh
76
F
TCU
69
Tex
56
F
Butl
70
Prov
83
F
ND
53
Pitt
56
F
Syr
55
Clem
67
F
StLou
57
StBon
66
F
UGA
46
SouthCar
66
F
Troy
74
CoCar
67
F
GMas
81
GrgWas
65
F
NCSU
73
BC
47
F
TAMU
81
MissSt
92
F
USA
78
App
71
F
UTSA
48
USM
81
F
ODU
50
UAB
64
F
OrSt
85
WaSt
77
F
TxSt
73
TexAr
81
F
UMKC
76
ChiSt
61
F
Miss
73
Mizzu
68
F
AzSt
72
Ariz
64
F
GrCan
76
Seatt
83
F(OT)
WVU
77
OkSt
85
F
UNLV
65
ColSt
60
F
ULM
79
ArkLR
62
F
UMass
75
URI
94
F
Ford
57
LaSal
72
F
CenAR
70
NWSt
63
F
SeLA
63
Nich
69
F
InWor
52
AbCh
81
F
USC
67
Colora
78
F
UL
90
ArkSt
87
F(OT)
GASt
90
GaSo
85
F
StJon
68
Xav
81
F
ArkPB
91
MsVl
57
F
McNee
58
Lamar
83
F
SHSU
68
SFA
57
F
Alc
64
PVAM
98
F
HCU
69
TXAMC
76
F
NM
81
Wyo
88
F
AlaAM
58
Gram
66
F
Bama
70
Ark
82
F
David
73
Rich
69
F
Yale
81
Princ
59
F
Brown
51
Penn
58
F
ASU
70
JackSt
82
F
N TX
58
FIU
73
F
UCLA
81
Utah
92
F
NoAZ
89
N CO
78
F(OT)
Dayt
78
Duques
67
F
Dart
51
Corn
66
F
SJSU
81
Fres
121
F
AF
52
Bois
80
F
Harv
83
Colum
81
F(OT)
UNCC
78
Rice
70
F
UCRiv
71
UCDav
70
F
DeP
78
Crei
91
F
UTEP
47
MTSU
48
F
WichSt
82
Tul
79
F
South
87
TXSo
77
F
CSBak
61
UtVal
76
F
CBU
63
NMSt
75
F
E WA
80
Web
77
F
Ida
68
IdaSt
70
F
Tuls
63
Mem
66
F
Oreg
55
Wash
47
F
HI
71
CS-Ful
59
F
UCSB
92
CAPoly
82
F
MTSt
80
PorSt
84
F
Mont
86
Sac
68
F
CSNor
74
UCIrv
86
F

Mar 9, 2019, 12:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

(23) Villanova

28

47

75

Seton Hall

39

40

79

Seton Hall stuns No. 23 Villanova. Nova still win Big Eeat
Sat Mar 9, 2019 10:43 PM

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) A couple of stunning wins may have put Seton Hall back in the NCAA Tournament, and the last one dforced No. 23 Villanova to wait a couple of hours to win the Big East Conference regular-season title.

Myles Powell scored 20 points, Myles Cale added 19 and Seton Hall upset the defending national champions 79-75 on Saturday, three days after knocking off No. 16 Marquette to revive its chances of going to college basketball's biggest tournament.

"We just beat two ranked teams. We beat Kentucky. We beat Maryland," said Powell, who added seven rebounds, five assists and three steals in more than 36 minutes. "The list goes on. We can play with anybody in the country when we are playing our basketball."

Seton Hall (18-12, 9-9), picked to finish eighth in the 10-team conference in the preseason poll, has exceeded all expectations playing with lone senior Michael Nzei.

Villanova (22-9, 13-5) came into the game needing a win to clinch its fifth outright title in six years. Despite the loss, the Wildcats won the crown and the No. 1 seed in next week's tournament when Georgetown beat No. 16 Marquette 84-85, handing the Golden Eagles their fourth straight loss.

"Seton Hall played really well right from the start, very locked in, very ready to play," said Villanova coach Jay Wright, whose team shared the conference title with Xavier last season. "For whatever reason, a number of little reasons, we just didn't have our guys ready to play at the start. They just jumped us early and it took us until the second half to really get going, which is disappointing.

"But that's what happened, and I was proud of our guys. We actually started competing in the second half and it just wasn't enough."

Jared Rhoden had a career-high 15 points, Sandro Mamukelashvili had 12 and a career-best 18 rebounds for Seton Hall. Nzei added 10 in his final home game.

"Our main focus right now is to win the Big East championship," said Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard, whose team will have a first-round bye.

Collin Gillespie had 22 points and Phil Booth came on late to add 16 for Villanova. Eric Paschall had 14, Saddiq Bey added 13 and Jermaine Samuels 10. The Wildcats, who have won of the last three national titles, didn't get a point from their bench.

"They were playing with great confidence coming off the Marquette game," Wright said of Seton Hall. "They looked really dialed in, just really efficient and we were not. You play a good team like that, you can't play 25 minutes."

This was almost like a tournament game with the Wildcats looking to clinch the regular-season crown and Seton Hall fighting to stay in the hunt for an NCAA berth.

Villanova rallied from a 16-point deficit early in the second half to draw within 66-65 on two free throws by Gillespie with 3:57 to go.

That would be as close as they got as Nzei scored inside and Mamukelashvili hit a follow for a 70-65 lead.

The Wildcats never got closer than three points the rest of the way.

"This feels really good, knowing we accomplished a lot," Cale said of this week. "But we know its unfinished business. We have to do more in the Big East Tournament. We are looking to go to the NCAA Tournament and see what we can do there."

The Pirates led most of the game and it ballooned from a 39-28 halftime lead to 16 points in the opening minutes of the second half. Powell hit two free throws and Cale, who was in a bit of a slump recently, hit a 3-pointer.

Villanova didn't wait long to start its comeback, scoring the next 13 points to draw within 44-41 on two free throws by Paschall.

It was Seton Hall's turn after that. Cale hit a 3-pointer to ignite a 12-4 run that put the Pirates ahead 56-45 with 11:38 to go.

Over the next eight minutes, the Wildcats whittled to lead down to a point, but that was it.

BIG PICTURE:

Villanova: Plays in the Big East Tournament and then goes to NCAA Tournament.

Seton Hall: Will try to win the Big East Tournament and earn automatic NCAA berth.

UP NEXT

Villanova: After a first-round bye, it plays the opening quarterfinal game at Madison Square Garden at noon on Thursday against either DePaul, Providence or Creighton.

Seton Hall: Will be the No. 3 or No. 4 seed against an opponent to be determined later Saturday.

---

More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25

Leaders

Villanova PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
C. Gillespie 22 0 1 1 1 0
P. Booth 16 0 3 4 0 0
Seton Hall PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
M. Powell 20 0 5 7 3 0
M. Cale 19 0 1 1 2 0

Team Comparison

Vill Seton
Points For 75 79
Field Goals 23/47-49% 23/58-40%
Three Pointers 13/27-48% 13/27-48%
Free Throws 16/18-89% 20/27-74%
Offensive Rebounds 8 18
Defensive Rebounds 22 17
Rebounds 32 36
Blocks 4 1
Steals 2 7
Turnovers 14 9
Personal Fouls 21 19
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2018-19 Reg Season - Series Tied 1-1

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Sun Jan 27 Seton 52 @ Vill 80 M. Cale 14 P. Booth 25
Sat Mar 9 Vill 75 @ Seton 79 C. Gillespie 22 M. Powell 20

Game Information

Stadium: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Attendance: 16,114
Game Time: