Pirates Return To The Rock For Midweek Clash vs. Drexel - Seton Hall University Athletics
Game 11: Drexel Dragons (5-5) at Seton Hall Pirates (2-1)
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Game 11: Drexel Dragons (5-5) at Seton Hall Pirates (2-1)
Wednesday, Dec. 14 • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) • 7 p.m.
TV: FS1 • John Fanta & Jim Spanarkel
Web: FOX Sports Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SXM 381, SXM app 971 / Dave Popkin & Kim Adams
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Drexel
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Game Promotion: TEAM WALKER ACCEPTING NEW & UNWRAPPED TOY DONATIONS ON CONCOURSE
GAME PROMOTIONS
- Help make a difference in the lives of Jersey City children by donating to the Team Walker Toy Drive! Led by Pirates Hall of Famer and two-time BIG EAST Champion Jerry Walker, Team Walker representatives will be up on the concourse near section 18 accepting new & unwrapped toys that will go to students of the Team Walker After School Program.
Moving forward 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
- Seton Hall returns to Prudential Center for the first time since Nov. 20 as they welcome Drexel to Newark for a 7 p.m. contest on Wednesday.
- The Pirates are 83-12 (.874) all-time at Prudential Center against non-conference opponents and are 3-1 this season.
- Seton Hall has won 13 of its last 14 games against non-conference foes at The Rock.
- Seton Hall's average margin of victory vs. non-league opponents at Prudential Center this season in its three victories is 34 points.
- The Hall is coming off of a rivalry victory as it retained the Garden State Hardwood Classic trophy with a 45-43 win at Rutgers on Sunday.
- Rutgers' 43 points marked the fifth time this season that the Pirates held their opponent to 55 points or less.
- The Pirates held the Scarlet Knights to 17 points in the second half, forced 19 turnovers in the game and tallied 12 steals.
- Graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.) was named the Joe Calabrese Game MVP after tallying nine points, eight rebounds, three blocks made three game-winning plays in the waning moments.
- Seton Hall has racked up 23 steals over its last two games, the most in a two-game stretch since December 2016 (10 vs. Columbia on 12/1, 13 vs. Hawaii on 12/6).
- Since last season, The Hall is 7-2 (.778) in games decided by one possession and 9-3 (.750) in games decided by five points or less.
- In Holloway's last 21 games as a head coach, his teams have allowed just 59.8 points per game and only four opponents have scored more than 70 points.
- Seton Hall ranks second in the BIG EAST in both field goal percentage defense (39.7 percent) and three-point field goal defense (28.4 percent).
- The Pirates ranks 33rd in KenPom's adjusted defensive efficiency rankings.
- The Hall is 138-21 (.868) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
- Shaheen Holloway is the first Seton Hall graduate to lead the program since all-time great Richie Regan '53 led the Pirates from 1960-70.
- Looking to make the patented Seton Hall senior leap is Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) who ranks third on the team in scoring (10.7 ppg) and leads the team in rebounding (6.8 rpg).
- Samuel posted his fourth career double-double (16 points, 14 rebounds) and his second of the season in the win over Lincoln.
- Samuel, who registered nine double-figure scoring games all last season, has already scored in double figures in seven of Seton Hall's 10 games this season.
- Ndefo is the NCAA's active career leader in blocks with 328.
- Junior Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) returned on Sunday at Rutgers and dropped a game-high 10 points and dished out two assists in his first game back since Nov. 25.
- He ranks second on the team with 11.2 points per game off the bench.
- Junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) tallied six steals in the win at Rutgers, the most by a Pirate since Quincy McKnight had six steals at Creighton on 2/17/19.
- The Pirates look to generate offense at the free throw line as they rank fourth in the country in free throw attempts per game (27.3 FTA pg) and rank 10th nationally in free throw makes per contest (18.4 FTM pg).
