Pirates Return To Historic Walsh Gym To Face Lincoln University

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Pirates Return To Historic Walsh Gym To Face Lincoln University - Seton Hall University Athletics

The Pirates are looking to right the ship on Wednesday as Seton Hall hosts Lincoln University inside historic Walsh Gymnasium at 8:30 p.m. on FS2.

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Game 9: Seton Hall Pirates (4-4) vs. Lincoln Lions (5-4)
Wednesday, Dec. 7 • 8:30 p.m. Eastern • South Orange, N.J. • Walsh Gymnasium (1,316)
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The Pirates are looking to right the ship on Wednesday as Seton Hall hosts Lincoln University inside historic Walsh Gymnasium at 8:30 p.m. on FS2.
• Seton Hall's last 4-4 start through eight games was Kevin Willard's first season in 2010-11.
• The Pirates are 426-143 all-time inside Walsh Gym and have won 27 straight regular season games against non-conference opponents dating back to 1989.
• The Hall has won 27 of its last 28 games in Walsh following a loss to St. John's this past January in a rare BIG EAST game that was held on campus.
• Coming off of his best statistical performance of the season at No. 9 Kansas is junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) who tied for the game-high with 17 points and tallied five rebounds and five assists.
• Looking to make the patented Seton Hall senior leap is Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) who is leading the team in scoring (11.5 ppg) and rebounding (6.1 rpg).
• Samuel posted his third career double-double (14 points, 11 rebounds) and made the game-winning three-point basket in the Pirates' win over Memphis on Nov. 24.
• Samuel, who registered nine double-figure scoring games all last season, has already scored in double figures in six of Seton Hall's eight games this season.
• Head coach Shaheen Holloway is the first Seton Hall graduate to lead the men's basketball program since all-time great Richie Regan '53 led the Pirates from 1960-70.
• Holloway was previously on the Seton Hall bench as associate head coach from 2010-18.
• In that time span, the Pirates registered four 20-win seasons, three NCAA Tournament appearances and won the 2016 BIG EAST Tournament title.
• As head coach at Saint Peter's, Holloway was MAAC Coach of the Year in 2020, led the Peacocks to a 54-32 mark (.628) over his last three seasons, three straight campaigns with 10-plus victories in MAAC play and the Elite Eight at 2022 NCAA Tournament.
• Seton Hall is one of only eight Division I programs and the only BIG EAST school with at least four alumni serving as active head coaches (Holloway; Copeland; Dan Hurley, UConn; Levell Sanders, Binghamton).
• In Shaheen Holloway's last 19 games as a head coach, his teams have allowed just 60.9 points per game and only four opponents have scored more than 70 points.
• Seton Hall ranks second in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage defense (40.8 percent) and leads the conference in three-point field goal defense (27.2 percent).
• Seton Hall's three-point percentage defense ranks 30th in the nation.
• Graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.) is the NCAA's active career leader in blocks with 319.
• The Hall is 136-21 (.866) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
• Through seven games, three Pirates are averaging double figures, eight Pirates are averaging at least five points per game and 10 Pirates are averaging at least 11 minutes per contest.
• The Hall's bench production leads the BIG EAST and ranks 51st nationally with 28.8 points per game.
• Coming off of the bench in four of the five games he's played in, junior Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) ranks second on the team in scoring with 11.4 points per game on 45 percent shooting from the floor and 92 percent shooting from the free throw line (22-of-24).
• The Pirates look to generate offense at the free throw line where fourth nationally in free throw attempts per game (27.9 FTA pg) and ninth in the country in free throw makes per contest (18.9 FTM pg).