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SETON HALL PIRATES (5-7, 0-1 BIG EAST) vs. GEORGETOWN HOYAS (9-2, 1-0 BIG EAST)
GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: Sunday, Dec. 22 • 7 p.m. Eastern
Site: Newark, N.J. • Prudential Center (10,481)
TV: FS1 • John Fanta & Donny Marshall
Online: FOXSports.com/Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin • SHUPirates.com • Varsity Network App
Satellite: SiriusXM 390 | SXM App 980
Seton Hall All-Time vs. Georgetown: 60-60
NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Seton Hall will look to bounce back on Sunday when it takes on Georgetown in its second BIG EAST game of the season at 7 p.m. at Prudential Center.
- Seton Hall has won seven of its last nine BIG EAST home openers.
- The Pirates are 89-65 (.578) all-time against BIG EAST competition at Prudential Center.
- Seton Hall went 8-2 in conference play at Prudential Center last season, its most victories at The Rock since the building opened in 2007-08.
- Last year's BIG EAST home opener was a convincing 75-60 win over eventual national champion UConn at Prudential Center on 12/20/23.
- At 120 meetings, Georgetown is The Hall's second-most frequently opponent.
- Both programs were charter members of the BIG EAST when the conference was formed in 1979.
- The Pirates swept the season series last season and tied up the all-time series at 60-60.
- The Hall has won seven consecutive meetings against the Hoyas and 11 of the last 13 matchups.
- In a matchup between two former MAAC head coaches, Shaheen Holloway is 3-2 all-time against Georgetown head coach Ed Cooley with Holloway winning the last three meetings.
- Holloway has coached the Pirates to at least 10 BIG EAST wins in each of his first two seasons as the helm of his alma mater, making him the only coach in school history to accomplish that feat.
- Despite the Pirates' loss at Villanova, Isaiah Coleman continues to show growth coming off an All-BIG EAST Freshman Team campaign last season.
- Coleman finished with his third 20-point game of the season, dropping a career-high 22 points on 7-of-15 shooting from the floor to go along with nine rebounds in 36 minutes.
- Coleman has scored in double-figures in four of his last five games.
- In that span, Coleman is averaging 16.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game.
- Among active players in Div. I, Dylan Addae-Wusu ranks 29th in games played (139), 17th in steals (193) and 47th in assists (382).
- Addae-Wusu and Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner share the lead among active players with 79 career BIG EAST games played.
- Seton Hall has held eight opponents under 65 points this season.
- The Pirates boast one of the top defenses in Div. I, ranking 40th in KenPom defensive efficiency and 16th in scoring defense (61.6 ppg).
- The Pirates are 4-1 on the season when Chaunce Jenkins is their leading scorer.
- Jenkins has scored in double-figures in six of Seton Hall's 11 games this season and he went over 1,000 career points on Nov. 13 against Hofstra.
