Georgetown Hoyas vs Seton Hall Pirates Match Player Stats On Dec 23, 2020

Senior Myles Cale scored 17 of his career-high 30 points in the first 6 1/2 minutes after halftime as Seton Hall cruised to a 78-67 victory over Georgetown on Wednesday in Newark, N.J.

Junior Ike Obiagu dominated the first half on defense and finished with a career-high nine blocks for the Pirates (6-4, 3-1 Big East).

Junior Jared Rhoden tied his career high with 26 points and added 12 rebounds for his third double double-double of the season for the Pirates, who have won four straight in the series and 10 of the last 12. Obiagu finished with four points and nine rebounds.

Qudos Wahab had 16 points and 13 rebounds to top Georgetown (3-5, 1-3). Leading scorer Jahvon Blair, who entered averaging 19.6 points, was held to 14 points for the Hoyas, who shot 22.2 percent in the first half (8 of 36) to fall behind 33-19.

Georgetown's Donald Carey, coming off back-to-back 19-point performances, didn't score until the last few minutes of the first half and finished with eight points.

Obiagu, who is 7-foot-2, 270 pounds, entered averaging 2.7 blocks per game this season with a previous career high of eight on Dec. 8 against Wagner. He swatted seven shots in the first half, impacted several others and snagged seven rebounds before the break.

Cale, who entered averaging 10.7 points with a career high of 23 points, hit four 3-pointers, one part of a four-point play, during his second-half explosion. He finished 10 of 16 from the floor and 5 of 9 from the arc.

Seton Hall led by as many as 19 in the second half and was not threatened the rest of the way.

Georgetown started 3 of 24 to begin the game and finished the half with eight turnovers. The Hoyas' big man, 6-11 Wahab, scored three points on 1-of-8 shooting before halftime.

While Obiagu was shutting down the Hoyas, Rhoden had 14 points and Cale contributed 11 points in the first half. Only 4-of-17 shooting from the arc prevented the Pirates from burying the Hoyas.

Seton Hall's Sandro Mamukelashvili, who entered the game third in the Big East in scoring at 20 points per game, went scoreless on one shot in the first half and finished with two points on 1-of-5 shooting.

--Field Level Media