Pirates Head To Long Island To Face St. John's - Seton Hall University Athletics
Winners of three of its last four games, the Seton Hall men's basketball team will face another tough road test as the Pirates take on St. John's at UBS Aren...
Game 26: St. John's Red Storm (14-11, 6-8 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (16-9, 9-5 BIG EAST)
Sunday, Feb. 18 • Elmont, N.Y. • UBS Arena (18,500) • 5 p.m.
TV: FS1 • Lisa Byington & Sarah Kustok
Web: FOXSports.com/Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 381 / SXM App / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | St. John's
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Winners of three of its last four games, the Seton Hall men's basketball team will face another tough road test as the Pirates take on St. John's at UBS Arena on Sunday at 5 p.m.
- Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates are tied with Creighton for third place in the BIG EAST standings at 9-5 and they're two full games ahead of Butler, Xavier and Providence in the loss column.
- The Pirates are 6-7 vs. Q1 + Q2 opponents as they picked up a Q2 win in a 88-70 win over Xavier on Wednesday evening.
- The victory gave Seton Hall its ninth consecutive season with at least nine BIG EAST wins, the longest stretch in program history.
- Seton Hall is one of only 28 teams in Division I with at least four Quad 1 wins.
- The Hall's four Q1 victories are more than 39 teams that are ranked ahead of the Pirates in the NET rankings.
- Seton Hall is one of 16 teams in the country with multiple wins over top 10 teams.
- Of the Pirates' nine wins in BIG EAST play, three have come against ranked opponents (No. 5 UConn, No. 23 Providence, No. 7 Marquette).
- Seton Hall trails the all-time series with St. John's, 49-62, but the Pirates lead the all-time series in BIG EAST regular season games, 39-36.
- The Pirates have won eight of the last 10 meetings against the Red Storm including the last three.
- Located in the Jamaica section of Queens, N.Y., St. John's is a stones throw away from where Seton Hall head coach Shaheen Holloway grew up South Jamaica.
- Holloway is 1-2 in his career against Rick Pitino as both were head coaches in the MAAC at Saint Peter's and Iona, respectively.
- In his first game against his former team, Dylan Addae-Wusu helped lead Seton Hall to a commanding 80-65 victory over the Johnnies as he posted 16 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.
- Kadary Richmond has averaged 11.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and 5.8 assists and five career games against St. John's.
- Since his return to the lineup at DePaul on Jan. 30, Richmond has posted two 20-point games and is averaging 17.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and eight assists over three games.
- Richmond's 20-point, 13-assist and eight-rebound game against the Musketeers on Wednesday was his seventh game this season with 20+ points, 5+ rebounds and 5+ assists, the second-most among Div. I players.
- Seven of Richmond's 10 career 20-point games have come in BIG EAST play this season.
- Jaden Bediako ranks second in the BIG EAST and seventh in Division I averaging 3.9 offensive rebounds per game.
- Seton Hall ranks third in the BIG EAST and 10th nationally with a 78 percent clip from the free throw line.
- The Pirates are 14-4 this season when Al-Amir Dawes scores in double figures and 6-2 when he's the team's leading scorer.
- Seton Hall is 15-1 this season when leading at halftime.
