Seton Hall Takes On Georgetown Wednesday On Senior Night - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Pirates have won six of their last eight games and their last four at Prudential Center
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The Pirates have won six of their last eight games and their last four at Prudential Center
Game 28: Seton Hall Pirates (18-9, 9-8 BIG EAST) vs. Georgetown Hoyas (6-22, 0-17 BIG EAST)Wednesday, March 2 • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) • 7 p.m.
TV: CBS Sports Network with Andrew Catalon & Steve Lappas
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Game Notes: Seton Hall | Georgetown
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Game Sponsor: Senior Night/T-Shirt Collectible Series - PURCHASE TICKETS TO MARCH 2 GAME
- In a pregame ceremony, the Pirates will honor their graduating seniors.
- In the fourth of a four t-shirt collectible series, the THIS IS OUR STATE t-shirt will be on sale at the bookstore pop-up shop on the concourse. The first 1,000 students in attendance will receive the t-shirt for FREE.
- Fans can write a message to the Seton Hall seniors by stopping by the Zebra Pen table on the concourse outside section 19.
- Special Pizza Offer!: Purchase a Pepsi product or beer and one slice of pizza…and receive a second slice of pizza FREE!
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The review the updated Prudential Center policy.
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Seton Hall has won six of its last eight games and is still in contention for a top-five seed at the BIG EAST Tournament.
- The Pirates are 11-2 at Prudential Center this season and 155-69 all-time (.691).
- Against BIG EAST competition, the Pirates are 75-58 all-time at the Prudential Center and 5-2 this season.
- The Pirates have won their last four games at The Rock.
- After going 3-5 in January, the Pirates went 6-2 in the month of February.
- February has been a good month for the Pirates in recent years as they've gone 33-19 (.635) since 2015-16 in the calendar's second month.
- Seton Hall has allowed only 65 points per contest over the last eight games and it has allowed its last eight opponents to shoot 28 percent (46-of-164) from three-point range.
- Seton Hall's last three opponents have scored 66 points or less.
- The Pirates lead the BIG EAST with a 30.6 percent three-point field goal percentage defense and rank third in field goal percentage defense, allowing opponents to shoot at a 40.4 percent clip.
- The Pirates rank 24th in the country in adjusted defensive efficiency according to KenPom.
- Seton Hall is 15-0 this season when it holds its opponents under 70 points and 15-1 when its either leading or tied at halftime.
- The Hall is 130-19 (.872) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
- Seton Hall's bench is outscoring its opponent's reserves 696-375 through 27 games and is averaging 25.7 points per game.
- Senior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday and was named the Met Basketball Writer's Association's Player of the Week after averaging 23.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game in a 2-0 week for the Pirates.
- Rhoden is averaging 17.1 points and seven rebounds per game while shooting 26-of-30 (86 percent) from the free throw line and 17-of-37 from three over the last eight games.
- Graduate student Ike Obiagu (Abuja, Nigeria) has registered a block in 48 of his last 51 games and ranks eighth nationally with 3.1 blocks per game.
- Sophomore Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) has stepped up as the primary point guard in Bryce Aiken's absence and is averaging 11 points, 4.8 assists and three rebounds over the last five games.
- With two league games remaining, graduate student Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) has played in 90 career BIG EAST games, the most in the history of the conference.
