Garden State Hardwood Classic Set For 3 P.M. Saturday On FOX - Seton Hall University Athletics
The in-state rivalry between Seton Hall and Rutgers will be renewed on Saturday when the Pirates travel to Piscataway to take on the Scarlet Knights in the G...
SETON HALL PIRATES (5-5) vs. RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS (6-4)
GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: Saturday, Dec. 14 • 3 p.m. Eastern
Site: Piscataway, N.J. • Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000)
TV: FOX • Tim Brando & Donny Marshall
Online: FOXSports.com/Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin • SHUPirates.com • Varsity Network App
Satellite: SiriusXM 391 | SXM App 981
Seton Hall All-Time vs. Rutgers: 42-32
NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The in-state rivalry between Seton Hall and Rutgers will be renewed on Saturday when the Pirates travel to Piscataway to take on the Scarlet Knights in the Garden State Hardwood Classic at 3 p.m.
- The two schools are separated by an approximate 27- mile drive.
- The Garden State Hardwood Classic trophy is custom-made and handcrafted from wood salvaged from the Asbury Park boardwalk in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and features the names of the winners engraved on the back.
- The Joe Calabrese MVP Award is given to the player of the game on the winning team of the Seton Hall-Rutgers game, and the award is named after the former journalist who passed away in 1999 and was a fixture in New Jersey sports journalism for 38 years.
- The Pirates defeated the Scarlet Knights in a defensive battle in the last meeting at Jersey Mike's Arena where The Hall edged out RU, 45-43.
- That win on 12/11/22 marked the first time since 2015 that the road team took home the GSHC trophy.
- Following Rutgers' win in Newark last season, the road team has been victorious in the last two meetings.
- Head coach Shaheen Holloway went 4-1 against Rutgers as a player and is 1-1 as a head coach.
- Seton Hall is 42-32 all-time against Rutgers and the Pirates have won seven of the last 10 meetings.
- In the last 29 meetings, 22 games have been decided by six points or fewer and five contests have gone to overtime.
- At 74 all-time meetings, Rutgers is Seton Hall's eighth most-played opponent.
- Holloway is cousins with Rutgers associate head coach Brandin Knight.
- Knight attended Seton Hall Prep, his father, Melvin, is in the Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame and was an assistant coach under Bill Raftery while also serving as associate AD under Riche Regan.
- Knight's mother, Brenda, is currently an assistant to the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Seton Hall.
- Seton Hall and Rutgers are two of only 18 teams in Division I who have played at least four games against in-state, non-conference DI opponents.
- Seton Hall scored a season-high 76 points and a season-best 50 points in the second half in its loss to Oklahoma State.
- Scotty Middleton finished with a career-high 16 points on 4-of-4 shooting from deep off the bench and Garwey Dual dished out a career-best nine assists against the Cowboys.
- Since missing the Monmouth game with an illness, Dylan Addae-Wusu has averaged 11.0 points and 2.5 assists over his last two games.
- Among active players in Div. I, Dylan Addae-Wusu ranks 29th in games played (137), 17th in steals (190) and 47th in assists (378).
- Addae-Wusu and Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner share the lead among active players with 78 career BIG EAST games played.
- Seton Hall has held five opponents under 60 points this season.
- The Pirates boast one of the top defenses in Div. I, ranking 32nd in KenPom defensive efficiency, 11th in scoring defense (56.6 ppg) and 60th in field goal percentage defense (40.0 pct).
- The Pirates turned in a third-place finish at the Charleston Classic where they went 2-1 with top-100 KenPom wins over VCU (40) and Florida Atlantic (96).
- Their third-place finish in Charleston was The Hall's best finish at an MTE since winning the Wooden Legacy in 2018-19.
- Isaiah Coleman was named to the Charleston Classic All-Tournament Team and the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after averaging 13.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in three games.
- Coleman posted his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against VCU and had a career-high 20 points against Vanderbilt.
