Pirates Open Midwest Road Swing At No. 14 Marquette - Seton Hall University Athletics
Winners of eight of its last 11 games going back to Dec. 12, the Seton Hall men's basketball team will look to bounce back following back-to-back losses on S...
Game 21: No. 14 Marquette Golden Eagles (14-5, 5-3 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (13-7, 6-3 BIG EAST)
Saturday, Jan. 27 • Milwaukee, Wis. • Fiserv Forum (17,341) • 1 p.m.
TV: FS1 • Matt Schumacker & Kim Adams
Web: FOXSports.com/Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 389 / SXM app 979 / Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Marquette
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Winners of eight of its last 11 games going back to Dec. 12, the Seton Hall men's basketball team will look to bounce back following back-to-back losses on Saturday when they face No. 14 Marquette at Fiserv Forum.
- Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates are tied for second in the BIG EAST standings with Creighton at 6-3.
- After dropping its league road opener at Xavier on Dec. 23, the Pirates have won their last three BIG EAST games as the road team including Quad 1 wins at then-No. 23 Providence and Butler.
- The Hall had a tough end to its homestand as it dropped consecutive games to No. 18 Creighton and Providence by a combined seven points.
- The Pirates will look to take the season series from Marquette for the first time since winning both regular season meetings in 2019-20.
- The Pirates are 14-23 all-time against Marquette and they're 12-12 against the Golden Eagles since the BIG EAST's reconfiguration in 2013-14.
- The Pirates have won seven of the last 11 meetings dating back to the final regular season meeting of the 2018-19 season.
- Shaheen Holloway and Marquette head coach Shaka Smart both took double-digit seeded teams to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament with Holloway guiding 15th seeded Saint Peter's to the Elite Eight in 2021-22 and Smart leading 11th seeded VCU to the Final Four in 2011.
- Seton Hall is one of 11 teams in Division I with at least four Quad 1 wins (Purdue, Boise State, Arizona, Houston, Kansas, UConn, Villanova, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Texas A&M.)
- The Pirates' 4-3 record against Q1 opponents ranks 19th in the country.
- Seton Hall received votes this week in the AP Top 25 for the third consecutive week, checking in at the 26th slot in the poll with 84 votes.
- Seton Hall is one of seven teams in the country with multiple wins over top 10 teams along with Purdue (4), Kansas (2), UConn (2), Kentucky (2), TCU (2) and North Carolina (2).
- Of the Pirates' six wins in BIG EAST play, three have come against ranked opponents (No. 5 UConn, No. 23 Providence, No. 7 Marquette).
- This season marks the 12th time in program history that the Pirates have beaten at least three ranked opponents; nine of those squads reached the NCAA Tournament.
- Kadary Richmond has paced Seton Hall early on in BIG EAST play as he ranks in the top 10 in scoring (4th, 18.8 ppg), rebounding (6th, 8.1 rpg), assists (t-2nd, 5.8 apg), free throw pct (6th, .854) and steals (2nd, 2.5 spg) against league opponents.
- Richmond earned his league-best fifth BIG EAST weekly honor of the season on Monday after averaging 16.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 7.5 assists and. 2.5 steals per game in a 1-1 week.
- Five of Richmond's eight career 20-point games have come in BIG EAST play this season.
- Seton Hall ranks 10th in KenPom's DI experience metric (3.05 years) and that experience has been proven to be valuable in tight games.
- The Pirates are 4-2 this season in games decided by five points or less and 6-4 in games decided by 10 or less.
- The Hall is 12-1 this season when leading at halftime.
- The Pirates are shooting 78 percent as a team from the free throw line, a clip that ranks third in the BIG EAST and 12th in the country.
- The Pirates are 12-3 this season when Al-Amir Dawes scores in double figures and 6-1 when he's the team's leading scorer.
- Jaden Bediako ranks leads the BIG EAST and ranks sixth in Division I averaging 4.2 offensive rebounds per game.
- Dre Davis has scored in double-figures in each of the last 10 games and he's averaging 15.2 ppg in that span.
