Pirates Set For BIG EAST Road Clash At DePaul - Seton Hall University Athletics
Winners of eight of its last 12 games going back to Dec. 12, the Seton Hall men's basketball team will look to snap a three-game losing skid in Chicago on Tu...
Game 22: DePaul Blue Demons (3-18, 0-9 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (13-8, 6-4 BIG EAST)
Tuesday, Jan. 30 • 9 p.m. Eastern • Chicago, Ill. • Wintrust Arena (10,387)
TV: FS1 • Matt Schumacker & LaVall Jordan
Web: FOXSports.com/Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 392 / SXM app 982 / Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | DePaul
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Winners of eight of its last 12 games going back to Dec. 12, the Seton Hall men's basketball team will look to snap a three-game losing skid in Chicago on Tuesday as the Pirates face DePaul at 9 p.m. at Wintrust Arena.
- Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates sit in fourth place in the BIG EAST standings at 6-4, one game in the loss column behind both third-place Marquette and second-place Creighton.
- After dropping its league road opener at Xavier on Dec. 23, the Pirates have won three of their last four BIG EAST games as the road team including Quad 1 wins at then-No. 23 Providence and Butler.
- Jaden Bediako is coming off of a season-high 18-point, eight-rebound performance at No. 14 Marquette on Saturday.
- Four of Bediako's eight rebounds were on the offensive glass.
- Jaden Bediako leads the BIG EAST and ranks fifth in Division I averaging 4.1 offensive rebounds per game.
- With starting point guard Kadary Richmond out the last two games, freshman Isaiah Coleman has taken his place in the starting lineup and he's averaged 32.0 minutes, 9.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and shot 56 percent from the floor.
- Tuesday's matchup will pit two former MAAC head coaches against one another in Shaheen Holloway and former Marist head coach and Haddon Heights, N.J. native Matt Brady.
- Both Holloway and Brady were their respective alma maters top assist leaders as Holloway is still Seton Hall's career leader with 683 assists and Brady left as Siena's all-time assist getter with 593 career dimes.
- The Pirates are 23-10 all-time against DePaul and they've won seven of the last nine meetings against the Blue Demons.
- Seton Hall is one of 12 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, Northwestern.)
- The Pirates' 4-4 record against Q1 opponents ranks 20th in the country.
- Seton Hall is one of 10 teams in the country with multiple wins over top 10 teams along with Purdue (4), Kansas (3), UConn (2), Iowa State (2), Kentucky (2), Mississippi State (2), North Carolina (2), Northwestern (2), TCU (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).
- Kadary Richmond has paced Seton Hall early on in BIG EAST play as he ranks in the top 10 in scoring (3rd, 18.8 ppg), rebounding (6th, 8.1 rpg), assists (2nd, 5.8 apg), free throw pct (8th, .854) and steals (3rd, 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 79 percent as a team from the free throw line, a clip that ranks second in the BIG EAST and seventh 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.
- Dre Davis has scored in double-figures in each of the last 11 games and he's averaging 15.3 ppg in that span.
