PISCATAWAY — The moment the ball left Myles Powell’s hands, the electricity in the air at the Rutgers Athletic Center dipped for a second as the crowd held its breath. The Seton Hall sophomore hit some tough shots in the first half of Saturday’s Garden State Hardwood Classic, and with nine seconds to play and his team down three to Rutgers, this would be the biggest of the bunch.
The shot hit back iron. Then the front of the rim. Then the backboard. Then the front of the rim again. The ball came off the rim, got tipped up in the air a couple of times before Mike Williams — perhaps the smallest player on the court — grabbed the rebound that sealed the biggest win of the Steve Pikiell era, a 71-65 upset of the No.