Seton Hall loses Powell, beats Stony Brook

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. >> Seton Hall welcomed back its coach, but lost Myles Powell for the foreseeable future after he sprained his ankle.

Romaro Gill had 10 points and

10 assists while Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 17 points as the 12thranked Pirates withstood the injury to Powell and beat Stony Brook

(0-2) 74-57 in a game that marked the return of coach Kevin Willard.

Powell, the Big East preseason player of the year and an Associated

Press preseason All-America selection, sprained his left ankle five minutes into the game and didn’t return. Willard said Powell was undergoing X-rays on a “serious” ankle sprained that “might be a prolonged absence.”

“I thought we did OK at first, and then when the news trickled down the bench that he wasn’t coming back I just think everyone kind of understood if as tough as he is if he’s not coming back, he had to be hurt and I think that kind of shook us a little bit,” Willard

said. “And in the second half I think everyone kind of understood what they needed to do and did what they needed to do.”

Seton Hall (2-0) announced Oct.

29 that the NCAA is investigating the program and Willard would be sitting out two games. The school said it was cooperating but didn’t specify what the NCAA was investigating.

Willard sat out one exhibition game as well as a season-opening

105-71 victory over Wagner. “Actually, watching on TV last was much easier than this,” Willard quipped.

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20 points to lead Texas Tech (2-0) to a victory over Bethune-Cookman (1-1).