Myles Powell returns to form, Seton Hall hangs on for win over Georgetown

After falling to a desperate Xavier team to suffer its first Big East loss of the season last weekend, Seton Hall came out firing on all cylinders and held on at the end to secure a 78-71 win over Georgetown.

Undoubtedly, Kevin Willard has to be thrilled with his team’s electric start in the nation’s capital. For a team notoriously slow out of the gate, the Pirates started the game on a 16-0 run behind four hits from beyond the arc – two by Myles Powell and two by Jared Rhoden.

This is exactly the type of response that you want from a team that was embarrassed out of the gate on its home turf. Instead of falling into a shell heading into a road swing which includes a trip to Villanova on…