National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Seton Hall 63, Creighton 58
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 9, 2019
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Officials: # Mike Roberts, # Tim Clougherty, # Nathan Farrell
Attendance: 9681

Guard Myles Powell scored nine points over the last two minutes as Seton Hall recovered after losing a 12-point second-half lead to post a 63-58 victory over Creighton in a key Big East battle Saturday night in Newark, N.J.

Powell ended the game with 22 points and sealed the win for the Pirates by rebounding guard Davion Mintz's missed free throw with 7.8 seconds remaining and hitting two free throws with 6.2 seconds remaining. Powell made all 10 of his free-throw attempts.

The Pirates (14-9, 5-6 Big East) outscored the Bluejays (13-11, 4-7) 11-2 down the stretch and moved into a tie for third place in the conference with the win. Creighton fell into a tie for eighth.

Forward Martin Krampelj scored a season-high 25 points for Creighton.

Up only two points at the intermission, the Pirates opened the second half on a 10-0 run for a 41-29 lead, as the Bluejays missed their first six shots before Krampelj ended Creighton's drought with a 3-pointer.

The Bluejays seemingly had recovered from the 12-point deficit and were leading 56-52 with 2:36 left before the Pirates regained their footing.

Seton Hall held a nine-point lead, 14-5, less than five minutes into the game, but the Bluejays kept pecking away and caught up at 15-15 just past the midpoint of the first half.

The two teams then both experienced 0-for-9 shooting slumps before Powell converted a four-point play to put the Pirates up 23-18 with 5:32 left in the first half.

The Pirates went into the intermission holding a 31-29 advantage despite shooting under 35 percent from the field (11 of 32) overall and just 4 of 14 on 3-pointers. That's because the Bluejays went only 10 of 35 overall (28.6 percent) and 3 of 13 on triples in the first 20 minutes.

The two teams meet again in Omaha on Feb. 17.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Creighton   Seton Hall
Martin Krampelj 25 Scoring Myles Powell 22
Davion Mintz 5 Assists Anthony Nelson 5
Martin Krampelj 11 Rebounds Sandro Mamukelashvili 10
Martin Krampelj 4 Free Throws Made Myles Powell 10
Martin Krampelj 3 Steals Myles Powell 4
Ty-Shon Alexander 1 Blocks Romaro Gill 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Creighton 58 30.3 8-28 10-13 14 41 2 8 13
Seton Hall 63 33.3 7-25 16-20 11 40 4 7 12