Saturday Afternoon Hoops On Deck As Pirates Face No. 20 Marquette - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall men's basketball team will play its second ranked team in as many games on Saturday as the Pirates welcome No. 20 Marquette to Prudential Cent...
Game 21: No. 20 Marquette Golden Eagles (15-7, 7-2 BIG EAST) at Seton Hall Pirates (12-8, 5-4 BIG EAST)
Saturday, Jan. 21 • 4 p.m. • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.)
TV: CBS Sports Network • Andrew Catalon & Steve Lappas
Web: www.cbssports.com/watch/cbs-sports-network
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 382, SiriusXM App 972 / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Marquette
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Game Promotion: 2023 SETON HALL ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION
- Hall of Fame Class of 2023 Celebration!
- The five members of Seton Hall's Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2023 will be honored at halftime, including men's basketball alumnus Jeremy Hazell!
- The first 2,000 fans in attendance will receive a No. 21 headband in honor of Hazell's induction!
- Pirate Varsity Club Reunion
- Pirate Blue is calling all former student-athletes to come back and reconnect with their teammates during a pregame reception!
- During a media timeout, Seton Hall will honor the men's golf team, which won the 2022 BIG EAST Championship!
Game Presented by Broadway House for Continuing Care
MOBILE TICKETING
All tickets to gain entry into men's and women's basketball home games will be fully digital, which will help to make entry to Prudential Center and Walsh Gymnasium safer and easier for fans.
This transition to digital ticketing through a smartphone will also help to make ticket transactions more secure while reducing fraud and counterfeiting. Tickets are accessible through the SHU Pirates Mobile App, available to all iOS and Android devices. For more information and to watch an informational video, click here.
CASHLESS POLICY
Cash will NOT be accepted at concession stands, retail locations or the Box Office.
Pay with a debit or credit card using tap to pay, chip or swipe, or mobile payment, including Apple Pay and Google Pay. For guests needing to convert cash to a card, Reverse ATMs are available with no fees by sections 1, 14, 125 and inside the Box Office Lobby.
NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The Seton Hall men's basketball team will play its second ranked team in as many games on Saturday as the Pirates welcome No. 20 Marquette to Prudential Center for a 4 p.m. contest on CBSSN.
- Seton Hall has won four straight games and five of its last six after starting off 0-3 in BIG EAST play.
- Of its nine league games, only four have been played at Prudential Center.
- The Pirates are coming off of a thrilling 67-66 come-from-behind victory over No. 15 UConn on Wednesday where Seton Hall trailed by 17 in the first half but held the Huskies to 29 percent shooting and 26 points after halftime.
- Graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.), who is the NCAA's active career leader in blocks with 351, came up with the go-ahead bucket with 1.6 seconds left, the Pirates' second game-winner with under two seconds to play this season.
- Seton Hall has allowed less than 30 points in the second half in each game over its four-game win streak and opponents are shooting 28 percent (29-for-104) from the field and 21 percent (9-for-42) from deep.
- The Pirates are 79-59 (.572) all-time at Prudential Center against BIG EAST competition.
- The Pirates are 7-2 at Prudential Center this season and their average margin of victory in Newark is 23.7 points.
- Seton Hall is 3-1 at Prudential Center in BIG EAST play this season.
- The Hall has already played four of the top five teams in the BIG EAST through nine games in league play with three of those contests coming on the road at Xavier (Dec. 20), at Marquette (Dec. 27) and at Creighton (Jan. 3).
- The difficulty of The Hall's schedule is reflected in the metrics as both KenPom and NET SOS rates the Pirates' slate as the fifth toughest in the country.
- Seton Hall has three Quad 1 wins this season: over Memphis, Rutgers and UConn.
- Seton Hall's strong play has been sparked by its defense, which leads the conference in field goal percentage defense (39.9 pct) and scoring defense (63.9 ppg) while ranking second in three-point defense (29 pct).
- The Pirates' three-point defense ranks 19th in the country and their opponent's field goal percentage ranks 33rd.
- The Hall is allowing a league-low 33.2 points in the second half of BIG EAST games and its allowed just 26.5 points after halftime over the last four games.
- The Pirates are 12-1 this season when they hold their opponents to under 70 points.
- The Pirates rank 17th in KenPom adjusted defensive efficiency.
- In Holloway's last 31 games as a head coach, his teams have allowed just 61.8 points per game and only eight opponents have scored more than 70 points.
- Ndefo ranks second in the BIG EAST and 20th nationally with 41 total blocks.
- Ndefo is averaging 15 points and 10 rebounds over the last two games.
- The Hall is 143-22 (.867) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
- Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Jan. 16 after averaging 19.5 points on 57 percent shooting from deep in a 2-0 week.
- Dawes also averaged two steals per game and scored a career-high 24 points at Georgetown on Jan. 10.
- Junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) leads the Pirates in scoring (13.1 ppg), rebounding (6.4 rpg) and assists (4.7) in BIG EAST play.
- Richmond was high school teammates with junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at South Shore High School in Brooklyn.
- The Pirates rank 19th in the country in free throw attempts per game (23.4 FTA pg) and rank 27th nationally in free throw makes per contest (15.9 FTM pg).
