Pirates Welcome Butler For Penultimate Home Game At The Rock - Seton Hall University Athletics
The first 1,000 students in attendance will receive a white headband branded with the throwback Pirate logo
The first 1,000 students in attendance will receive a white headband branded with the throwback Pirate logo
Game 26: Seton Hall Pirates (16-9, 7-8 BIG EAST) vs. Butler Bulldogs (13-15, 6-11 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, Feb. 23 • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) • 8:30 p.m.
TV: FS1 with Noah Eagle & Casey Jacobsen
Web: FOX Sports App
Radio: WMCA 570 / XM 382 / SXM app 972 / Pirate Sports Network & TuneIn with Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Butler
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Game Sponsor: Wayback Wednesday Headband Giveaway/Greek Night/National Girls & Women in Sport Day Celebration/ESports BIG EAST Showcase/Faculty & Staff Appreciation Ticket Offer - PURCHASE TICKETS TO FEB. 23 GAME
- The first 1,000 students in attendance will receive a white headband branded with the throwback Pirate logo!
- To celebrate Greek Night, members of Seton Hall's fraternities and sororities will gather together for a pregame reception.
- During a media timeout, Seton Hall will recognize all of its female student-athletes as part of National Girls & Women in Sport Day and the 50th anniversary of Title IX.
- At halftime, Prudential Center will live stream the BIG EAST Showcase featuring the Seton Hall Esports team against Butler.
- Seton Hall faculty & staff can receive 25 percent off the single-game price to this game and receive a FREE Seton Hall branded notebook using a special link that was sent to their shu.edu email address on Jan. 24.
ENTRY POLICY
The review the updated Prudential Center policy.
MOBILE TICKETING
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
- The Pirates are 10-2 at Prudential Center this season and 154-69 all-time (.691).
- Against BIG EAST competition, the Pirates are 74-58 all-time at the Prudential Center and 4-2 this season.
- After going 3-5 in January, the Pirates are 4-2 in the month of February.
- February has been a good month for the Pirates in recent years as they've gone 31-19 since 2015-16 in the calendar's second month.
- Seton Hall has allowed only 66 points per contest over the last six games and it has allowed its last six opponents to shoot 25.6 percent (33-of-129) from three-point range.
- Since starting 3-6 in BIG EAST play, Seton Hall has won four of its last six games to bring its league record to 7-8.
- Outside of the loss to St. John's on Jan. 24, Seton Hall's other seven losses in conference play have come by an average margin of defeat of 5.3 points.
- Seton Hall is 13-0 this season when it holds its opponents under 70 points and 13-1 when its either leading or tied at halftime.
- After attempting only 15 free throws combined in games at UConn and Villanova, the Pirates went to the line 23 times against DePaul.
- The Pirates are 107-20 (.843) since 2016-17 when they attempt more FTs than their opponent.
- The Hall is 128-19 (.871) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
- Graduate Student Alexis Yetna (Paris, France) is one of only two players in the BIG EAST (Adama Sanogo, UConn; Noah Horchler, Providence) that is averaging more than 8.8 rebounds (8.8) and points per game (8.9) against league competition.
- Over the last eight games, graduate student Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.) is averaging 10.4 points and making 43.5 percent of his three-pointers (20-of-46).
- Graduate student Ike Obiagu (Abuja, Nigeria) has registered a block in 47 of his last 49 games and ranks sixth nationally with 3.3 blocks per game.
- Sophomore Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) has stepped up as the primary point guard in Bryce Aiken's absence and is averaging 12 points, 5.3 assists and 4.6 rebounds over the last seven games.
- Senior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday after averaging 16.5 points and 11.5 rebounds per game in a 1-1 week for the Pirates.
- Rhoden ranks sixth in the BIG EAST with 15.5 points per game, 11th in rebounding with 7.2 rebounds per game and fourth with an 80.2 percent clip from the free-throw line.
- With four league games remaining, graduate student Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) has played in 88 career BIG EAST games, the most in the history of the conference.
