Pirates Conclude Homestand Against Wagner On Saturday - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall men's basketball team will look to make it four wins in a row to start the season on Saturday as it hosts Wagner at Prudential Center with tip...
Game 4: Wagner Seahawks (1-2) at Seton Hall Pirates (3-0)
Saturday, Nov. 18 • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) • 12 p.m.
TV: My9-WWOR • John Fanta & Tarik Turner
Web: FOX Sports Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 389 / SXM app 979 / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Wagner
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Game Promotion: Junior Pirates Kids Club Game / Juvenile Diabetes Awareness Game
Junior Pirates can make posters behind section 18.
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
- The Seton Hall men's basketball team will look to make it four wins in a row to start the season on Saturday as it hosts Wagner at Prudential Center with tip off slated for noon.
- The Pirates are coming off of a controlling 96-71 victory over UAlbany at Prudential Center on Wednesday.
- Despite scoring its most points in regulation since a 105-71 win over Wagner on Nov. 5, 2019, head coach Shaheen Holloway was discouraged by his team's defensive effort which allowed the Great Danes to score 39 points in the first half and shoot 41 percent from the floor for the game.
- Still, the Pirates saw a season-high 39 points from its bench in the win over UAlbany led by freshman Isaiah Coleman, who nearly had a double-double with 13 points and eight rebounds, and sophomore Jaquan Sanders who finished with 10 points, two boards, two assists and two steals.
- This matchup on Saturday pits two former Seton Hall point guards against one another in Shaheen Holloway and Donald Copeland.
- Holloway and Copeland both led the Pirates to the NCAA Tournament as seniors; Holloway in 2000 when The Hall went to the Sweet 16 and Copeland in 2006 when he led that team with 16.1 ppg.
- Two seasons ago, Copeland was as an assistant coach at his alma mater where guide the Pirates to the NCAA Tournament.
- Seton Hall boasts five alumni in the head coaching ranks of Division I men's basketball, the second-most in the country behind Duke (6); Grant Billmeier (NJIT), Donald Copeland (Wagner), Shaheen Holloway (Seton Hall), Dan Hurley (Connecticut), Levell Sanders (Binghamton).
- Another Seton Hall alum on staff at Wagner is assistant coach Kevin Lynch, who played at The Hall from 2013-14 and later served multiple roles on staff from 2014-23.
- The Pirates are 86-12 (.878) all-time at Prudential Center against non-conference opponents and they've won 12 of their last 13 games against non-league foes in Newark.
- The Pirates are in search of their first 4-0 start to a season since 2017-18.
- Through three games, Seton Hall ranks in the top 60 nationally and third in the BIG EAST in both scoring defense (61.7 ppg) and three-point defense (25.3 pct).
- The Pirates are also leading the BIG EAST in steals per game (11.3 spg) and rank second in turnovers forced per game (16.0 t/o pg).
- Seton Hall's steals leader is Kadary Richmond, who at 3.7 steals per game also leads the BIG EAST and ranks sixth nationally.
