The Hall Returns Home To Take On DePaul - Seton Hall University Athletics
Pregame ceremony honoring the 1987-88 NCAA Tournament team will begin at 11:40 a.m.
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Game 24: DePaul Blue Demons (9-14, 3-9 BIG EAST) at Seton Hall Pirates (14-9, 7-5 BIG EAST)
Sunday, Feb. 5 • 12 p.m. • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.)
TV: FS1 • John Fanta & Vin Parise
Web: www.FOXSports.com/Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 380, SiriusXM App 970 / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | DePaul
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Game Promotion: 1987-88 TEAM PREGAME REUNION / GAME PRESENTED BY NJEA / JUNIOR PIRATES GAME
- Sunday is our 1987-88 Seton Hall men's basketball team reunion! Please arrive early because the team will be honored on the court PREGAME! We are asking fans to be in their seats by 11:40 a.m.
- Scheduled to be in attendance are head coach P.J. Carlesimo, Mark Bryant, James Major, Martin Salley, Daryll Walker, Gerald Greene, Michael Cooper, Khyiem Long, Jose Rebimbas and more!
- Also in attendance on Sunday are members of the 1972 Seton Hall club football team that won the club national championship. The team just recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of winning!
- Sunday is one of our four designated Junior Pirates Club games, and the Kids Zone will be open on the concourse.
Game Presented by NJEA
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
- Winners of seven of its last nine games, the Seton Hall men's basketball team returns to Newark on Sunday as the Pirates take on DePaul at 12 p.m. on FS1.
- Seton Hall's 1988 NCAA Tournament team, the first team in program history to make it to the Big Dance, will be honored pregame.
- After starting 0-3 in BIG EAST play, the Pirates sit alone in fifth place in the conference standings with a record of 7-5.
- Seton Hall has played one of the most difficult schedules in the country as KenPom ranks the Pirates' slate as the eighth toughest in Division I and the Pirates' NET SOS ranks 12th.
- The Pirates are coming off of winning back-to-back Quad 2 contests on the road by double-digits, helping move their NET ranking up to a season-best 51.
- The Pirates are one of only five teams in the BIG EAST with at least three Quad 1 wins
Xavier 6-4
UConn 4-5
Marquette 4-4
Seton Hall 3-5
Providence 3-5
- The Pirates are 79-60 (.568) all-time at Prudential Center against BIG EAST competition.
- The Pirates are 7-3 at Prudential Center this season and their average margin of victory in Newark is 23.7 points.
- Seton Hall's strong play recently has been sparked by its defense, which leads the BIG EAST in opponent's field goal percentage (40.4 pct), scoring defense (64 ppg) and ranks second in three-point defense (29.6 pct).
- The Pirates' three-point defense ranks 20th in the country and their opponent's field goal percentage ranks 38th.
- The Hall is allowing a league-low 33.7 points in the second half of BIG EAST games this season.
- Seton Hall has held five opponents to under 50 points this season, its most since 1951-52 (7).
- The Pirates rank 14th in KenPom adjusted defensive efficiency.
- The Pirates are 13-1 this season when they hold their opponents to under 70 points.
- The Hall is 145-22 (.868) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
- In Holloway's last 34 games as a head coach, his teams have allowed just 62 points per game and only 10 opponents have scored more than 70 points.
- Graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.), the NCAA's active leader in career blocks with 355, ranks third in the BIG EAST and 23rd nationally with 45 total blocks this season.
- Ndefo is averaging 10.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, and two assists over the last five games.
- Junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) leads the Pirates in scoring (12.8 ppg), rebounding (6.4 rpg) and assists (4.9) in BIG EAST play.
- Over his last four games, Richmond is averaging 13.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists.
- Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) is coming off of a 21-point game at St. John's where he scored 18 in the second half.
- Dawes now has three 20-point games this season and the Pirates are 12-3 when he scores in double figures.
- Holloway is closing in on two milestones for first-year head coaches at Seton Hall:
1. George Blaney (1994-95) - 16
2. Tommy Amaker (1998-99) - 15
Richie Regan (1960-61) - 15
4. Shaheen Holloway (2022-23) - 14
Most BIG EAST Wins
1. Tommy Amaker - 9
2. George Blaney - 7
Kevin Willard (2010-11) - 7
Shaheen Holloway - 7
