Pirates Travel To Philly To Face Villanova - Seton Hall University Athletics
Winners of back-to-back games following a three-game skid, the Seton Hall men's basketball team will hit the road this weekend to take on Villanova at Wells ...
Game 24: Villanova Wildcats (12-11, 5-7 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (15-8, 8-4 BIG EAST)
Sunday, Feb. 11 • Philadelphia, Pa. • Wells Fargo Center (20,478) • 12 p.m.
TV: CBSSN • Tom McCarthy & Pete Gillen
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Game Notes: Seton Hall | Villanova
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Winners of back-to-back games following a three-game skid, the Seton Hall men's basketball team will hit the road this weekend to take on Villanova at Wells Fargo Center for a 12 p.m. tip.
- Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates are in sole possession of third place in the BIG EAST standings with a record of 8-4.
- Seton Hall is one of only 20 teams in Division I with at least four Quad 1 wins.
- Seton Hall is one of 14 teams in the country with multiple wins over top 10 teams.
- Of the Pirates' eight wins in BIG EAST play, three have come against ranked opponents (No. 5 UConn, No. 23 Providence, No. 7 Marquette).
- Dre Davis continued his torrid play on Wednesday as he posted his second consecutive double-double with a career-high 25 points and 10 rebounds in Seton Hall's 76-70 win over Georgetown.
- That performances was preceded by Davis' 16-point and career-best 12 rebound performance in the Pirates' 33-point win at DePaul.
- Davis' performance landed him a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday, his first conference honor as a Pirate.
- Davis has scored in double-figures in the last 13 games and in 20 of Seton Hall's 23 games this season.
- Davis is averaging 16.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg and shooting 50 percent over his last four games
- After posting the best season by a first-year head coach in program history, Shaheen Holloway is once again raising the bar for Seton Hall head coaches as he approaches two milestones for second-year head coaches in South Orange.
- The 76-70 win over Georgetown on Feb. 7 gave Holloway 18 BIG EAST victories as head coach at Seton Hall, the most in program history for a head coach in his first two seasons:
1. Kevin Willard (2010-12) - 34 1. Shaheen Holloway - 18
2. Shaheen Holloway (2022-24) - 32 2. Tommy Amaker - 17
3. Tommy Amaker (1997-99) - 30 3. Louis Orr - 15
Richie Regan (1960-62) - 30 Kevin Willard - 15
- In his second game back on the court after missing two games, Kadary Richmond posted 20 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in the win over the Hoyas.
- The performance was Richmond's sixth game this season with 20+ points, 5+ rebounds and 5+ assists, second-most among Div. I players this season.
- Jaden Bediako leads the BIG EAST and ranks fifth in Division I averaging 4.1 offensive rebounds per game.
- Seton Hall will face Villanova for the 127th time on Sunday, making the Wildcats the Pirates' most frequently played opponent.
- Shaheen Holloway and head coach Kyle Neptune have had similar career paths; both are from New York City (Neptune, Brooklyn; Holloway, Queens), both started as video coordinators at their current institutions, both served their first full-time assistant coaching jobs at MAAC schools (Neptune, Niagara; Holloway, Iona) and both went head-to-head as assistants on the court and on the recruiting trail from 2013-2018 at their current schools.
- Both teams are among the top free throw shooting teams in the BIG EAST and the country with Villanova leading the conference and Div. I shooting at an 82 percent clip from the stripe and Seton Hall ranking 13th nationally and third in the BIG EAST shooting 78 percent.
- The Pirates are 13-3 this season when Al-Amir Dawes scores in double figures and 6-1 when he's the team's leading scorer.
- Seton Hall is 14-1 this season when leading at halftime.
