Fans can take part in the Stand Up To Cancer moment at the under-eight minute media timeout in the first half
Game 22: Seton Hall Pirates (14-7, 5-6 BIG EAST) vs. No. 25 Xavier Musketeers (16-6, 6-5 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, Feb. 9 • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) • 7 p.m.
TV: FS1 with Tim Brando & Bill Raftery
Web: FOX Sports App
Radio: AM970 / XM 383 / SXM app 973 / Pirate Sports Network & TuneIn with Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Xavier
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Game Sponsor: Mental Health Association
Game Promotion: Seton Hall vs. Cancer Night / Junior Pirates Game - PURCHASE TICKETS TO FEB. 9 GAME
- Seton Hall student-athletes will wear the shooting shirts during warmups that were auctioned off in January with names of loved ones affected by cancer. Proceeds from the auction are going to the American Cancer Society. Fans in attendance will also have the ability to write the name of a loved one affected by cancer on a poster to hold up during the game's Stand Up to Cancer moment at the under-eight media timeout in the first half.
- Seton Hall faculty & staff can receive 25 percent off the single-game price to this game and receive a FREE Seton Hall branded notebook using a special link that was sent to their shu.edu email address on Jan. 24.
- Junior Pirates will be out in full force as we host our final Junior Pirates Club game of the season. Any Junior Pirates members who have not yet picked up their t-shirt yet should do so at the marketing table before halftime.
LISTEN LIVE on AM970 with Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
ENTRY POLICY
The review the updated Prudential Center policy.
MOBILE TICKETING
Moving forward 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 back-to-back games, the Seton Hall men's basketball team will begin a key stretch of three-consecutive contests against teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25 starting with No. 25 Xavier on Wednesday at 7 p.m. on FS1.
- Seton Hall is currently 35th in the NET and 35th in KenPom.
- Seton Hall is 6-6 this season against Quad 1 and Quad 2 competition.
- Sophomore Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday after averaging 13.0 points, 7.0 assists and 5.5 rebounds in a 2-0 week.
- Seton Hall has gotten some if its defensive mojo back recently as its allowed only 63.7 points per contest over the last three games and it has allowed its last two opponents to shoot 25.6 percent (12-of-47) from three-point range.
- Nationally, the Pirates rank 12th in blocked shots (5.7 bpg), 34th in field goal percentage defense (39.9 pct) and 20th in rebounding (40 rpg).
- The Pirates are 8-2 at Prudential Center this season and 152-69 all-time (.686).
- Against BIG EAST competition, the Pirates are 72-58 all-time at the Prudential Center and 2-2 this season.
- February has been a good month for the Pirates in recent years as they've gone 29-17 since 2015-16 in the calendar's second month.
- The Hall is 2-3 this season against ranked opponents with wins at No. 4 Michigan and against No. 7 Texas at Prudential Center.
- Since starting 3-6 in BIG EAST play, Seton Hall has won its last two games to bring its league record to 5-6.
- The last time the Pirates had started 3-6 in the BIG EAST was in 2016-17, when the Pirates went on to win seven of their next nine to finish 10-8 while also reaching the BIG EAST Tournament semis. The team earned a 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
- Outside of the loss to St. John's on Jan. 24, Seton Hall's other five losses in conference play came by an average margin of defeat of 5.2 points.
- Two of those defeats (at No. 21 Providence Dec. 29, vs. No. 22 Villanova Jan. 1) came without two critical interior pieces in 7-2 graduate student Ike Obiagu and 6-10 junior Tyrese Samuel.
- Seton Hall is 12-0 this season when it holds its opponents to 69 points or less and 11-0 when its either leading or tied at halftime.
- The Hall is one of eight programs in the country with multiple wins over top 10 teams this season (Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Oregon, UCLA, Alabama, Arizona).
- The Pirates are one of only two teams in college basketball, along with Kentucky (at No. 5 Kansas, 80-62) that secured a true top five road win in the non-conference (at No. 4 Michigan, 67-65).
- The Pirates are 107-20 (.843) since 2016-17 when they attempt more free throws than their opponent.
- This season, Seton Hall leads the BIG EAST in free throws made (351) and second in free throw attempts (458) and its 76.6 percent clip from the free-throw line ranks 27th in Division I.
- The Hall is 126-18 (.875) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
- Under Kevin Willard, the Pirates are 88-10 (.898) when they score 80 points or more.
- Over the last four games, graduate student Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.) is averaging 14.3 points and making 48 percent of his three-pointers (12-of-25) in 23.8 minutes per game.
- Graduate student Ike Obiagu (Abuja, Nigeria) has registered a block in 30 consecutive games going back to last season, the longest active streak in the country, and leads the BIG EAST and ranks fourth nationally with 3.6 blocks per game.
- Handling point guard responsibilities over the last two weeks, Richmond ranks fourth in the BIG EAST with 4.5 assists per game and second with 2.2 steals per contest in conference games.
