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Powell scores 17 and Seton Hall wears down Marquette

Seton Hall continued its good play at Madison Square Garden with an 82-76 win over Marquette in the Big East Tournament on Thursday

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NEW YORK (AP) — Myles Powell scored 17 points and capped a 17-2 second-half spurt with an unusual 3-pointer as defending champion Seton Hall continued its good play at Madison Square Garden with an 82-76 win over Marquette in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament on Thursday.

The win was the eighth in 10 games for the fifth-seeded Pirates (21-10) and it set up a semifinal matchup with second-ranked and top-seeded Villanova, which ripped St.