SETON HALL PIRATES (5-6, 0-0 BIG EAST) vs. VILLANOVA WILDCATS (7-4, 0-0 BIG EAST)

GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: Tuesday, Dec. 17 • 7:30 p.m. Eastern
Site: Villanova, Pa. • Finneran Pavilion (6,501)
TV: Peacock • John Fanta & Robbie Hummel
Online: Peacocktv.com
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin • SHUPirates.com • Varsity Network App
Satellite: SiriusXM 388 | SXM App 978
Seton Hall All-Time vs. Villanova: 44-84

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Seton Hall opens up BIG EAST play on Tuesday night at Villanova as the Pirates take on the Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Peacock inside Finneran Pavilion.
• Tuesday marks the 129th meeting between Seton Hall and Villanova, making the Wildcats the Pirates' the most frequently played opponent.
• Seton Hall was the victor in the last meeting as the Pirates registered a 66-56 win over the Wildcats at Prudential Center on March 6.
• The win over Villanova on March 6 was head coach Shaheen Holloway's 100th career victory and it was The Hall's first win over the Wildcats since a 70-64 win at Wells Fargo Center on 12/8/20.
• This will be Seton Hall's first trip to the Finneran Pavilion with fans since the 2016-17 season.
• The Pirates' first trip to the renovated and newly named Finneran Pavilion was on 1/19/21 and it was played without spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Seton Hall hasn't won at The Pavilion since Feb. 26, 1994 but the Pirates' last win over Villanova as the visiting team came on 12/8/20 at Wells Fargo Center.
• Holloway and head coach Kyle Neptune have had similar career paths; both are from New York City (Neptune, Brooklyn; Holloway, Queens), both started as video coordinators at their current institutions, both served their first full-time assistant coaching jobs at MAAC schools (Neptune, Niagara; Holloway, Iona) and both went head-to-head as assistants on the court and on the recruiting trail from 2013-2018 at their current schools.
• Holloway is 1-1 in his career in BIG EAST openers with last season being a 75-60 Seton Hall win over No. 5 UConn on 12/20/23.
• Holloway has coached the Pirates to at least 10 BIG EAST wins in each of his first two seasons as the helm of his alma mater, making him the only coach in school history to accomplish that feat.
• The Pirates are coming off of a tough, 66-63 loss at Rutgers in the Garden State Hardwood Classic on Saturday.
• Emmanuel Okorafor saw his first extended run of the season on Saturday as he matched his career high with eight points, all in the second half, and pulled down a career-best 10 rebounds in a season-high 20 minutes.
• Isaiah Coleman has scored in double-figures in three of his last four games.
• In that span, Coleman is averaging 15.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game while shooting 48 percent from the floor and 83 percent from the stripe.
• Among active players in Div. I, Dylan Addae-Wusu ranks 29th in games played (138), 17th in steals (191) and 47th in assists (380).
• Addae-Wusu and Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner share the lead among active players with 78 career BIG EAST games played.
• Seton Hall has held eight opponents under 65 points this season.
• The Pirates boast one of the top defenses in Div. I, ranking 35th in KenPom defensive efficiency and 12th in scoring defense (60.0 ppg).
• The Pirates are 4-1 on the season when Chaunce Jenkins is their leading scorer.
• Jenkins has scored in double-figures in six of Seton Hall's 11 games this season and he went over 1,000 career points on Nov. 13 against Hofstra.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2024
#4 LSU (12-0) vs. SETON HALL (8-2)
UNCASVILLE, CONN. – Mohegan Sun Arena
6:00 p.m. ET

LIVE VIDEO: FS1
(Connor Onion & Christy Winters-Scott)
LIVE AUDIO: 89.5 FM WSOU or WSOU.net
(Bobby Steiner & Michael Bellifemini)
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GAME NOTES: SETON HALL | LSU

THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Tuesday, December 17 when it participates in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Pirates will face No. 4 LSU at 6:00 p.m.

MEDIA
The game will be televised nationally on FS1 with Connor Onion and Christy Winters-Scott on the call. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net. Bobby Steiner and Michael Bellifemini will describe the action on the radio. Live stats will also be available.

WSOU is also airing a post-game "Hall Line" show following its women's basketball games. Be sure to tune in after the final buzzer.

LAST GAME
Freshman Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) scored a game-high 19 points and Faith Masonius (Spring Lake, N.J.) recorded her 1,000th career point as the Pirates routed Le Moyne, 68-41, on Saturday for its fourth straight victory.

The Hall led wire-to-wire, outscoring the Dolphins, 27-to-4 in the first quarter. Le Moyne was only out-scored by four points for the remaining three quarters, but the damage had been done. The Pirates forced 24 turnovers, including seven in the fateful first 10 minutes.

Eads led four Pirates who scored in double-figures. She had a career-high 19 points to go with five rebounds, five assists and two steals. Masonius finished with 10 points on 5-for-8 shooting to give her 1,001 career points. Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) had 13 points on the strength of three made three-pointers before she exited with a lower-body injury. Yaya Lops (Stamford, Conn.) had 12 points and six rebounds.

Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Tigers: LSU leads, 1-0
Last Meeting:
LSU 58, Seton Hall 40 (F) – Nov. 20, 2010 (Walsh Gymnasium)

AGAINST LSU
Tuesday's contest at Mohegan Sun Arena will only be the second meeting between Seton Hall and LSU all-time. The only prior contest came 14 years ago, a 58-40 victory for the Tigers in Walsh Gym.

SCOUTING LSU
LSU is coming off a tremendous 2023-24 season that featured a 31-6 final record, which included a 13-3 Southeastern Conference mark, and a ride to the NCAA Regional Final. The Tigers fell to top-ranked South Carolina in the championship game of the SEC Tournament, and were ousted in the NCAA Tournament by top-seeded Iowa after defeating Rice, Middle Tennessee and UCLA.

This season, LSU is expected to again be one of the premiere teams in the country. They enter the season with one of the best trios in the nation. ESPN released its preseason player rankings with Aneesah Morrow at No. 7, Flau'Jae Johnson at No. 8 and Mikaylah Williams at No. 17. All three were named to the Naismith Award Watch List. The award goes to the nation's top player at year's end. LSU was picked to finish third in the tough, 16-team SEC, according to the conference's preseason coaches poll.

So far this season, head coach Kim Mulkey's squad is one of the few teams in the country that remains unbeaten. The Tigers enter Tuesday's matchup a perfect 12-0 and rank No. 4 in the country. LSU has averaged a +36.0 victory margin in their first 12 games, which includes a victory over No. 22 NC State in the Bahamas on Nov. 27.

LSU is coming off an 85-57 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday. Four Tigers are currently averaging in double-figures in scoring, led by Johnson's 21.1 points per game. Morrow is averaging a double-double with 17.8 points and 13.7 rebounds per contest.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, Dec. 21 when it opens BIG EAST Conference play against Providence in historic Walsh Gymnasium. Tip time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET. The contest will be streamed by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloCollege subscribers. 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the game.