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2017 BIG EAST Conference Game
Seton Hall Pirates (17-10, 7-8 BIG EAST) vs. DePaul Blue Demons (9-19, 2-13 BIG EAST)
Date/Time/Location Saturday, Feb. 25 | 2 p.m., Eastern | Allstate Arena (Rosemont, Ill.)
Television Broadcast FOX Sports Networks | YES Network | FOX Sports GO
Radio Broadcast AM970 The Answer | Pirate Sports Network (FREE)
Game Notes Seton Hall | DePaul
Links Live Stats | Twitter | Facebook
After a successful three-game homestand that included two victories over top-20 RPI teams, Seton Hall hits the road for a Saturday matinee with DePaul, which is coming off a huge road win at Georgetown. The Pirates are seeking to get back to .500 in BIG EAST play; a victory would put them at 8-8 with two games to go. The win would go a long way towards helping separate the glut of teams in the middle of the conference standings. The Hall is in a tie with Providence for sixth place, but is only two games behind Creighton for third, one game behind Marquette and Xavier for fourth, one game ahead of eighth-place St. John's and only two games ahead of ninth-place Georgetown.
The game will be regionally televised through FOX Sports Networks and on the YES Network in the Metro New York area with Brian Custer and Dickey Simpkins on the call. Gary Cohen is off on Mets duty this weekend, so Dave Popkin will handle play-by-play and Jon Schaeffer will provide color on the radio broadcast which will air on AM970 The Answer, simulcast on the Pirate Sports Network (available at SHUPirates.com and the SHU Pirates Mobile App).
Upon return, the Pirates will host Georgetown next Tuesday on Senior Night. In addition, the BIG EAST Tournament championship trophy will be on tour at Seton Hall next Monday and Tuesday.
Pirate Points
>> Junior Angel Delgado secured his ninth straight double-double with 25 points and 13 rebounds as Seton Hall continued to bolster its tournament resume with a 71-64 victory over Xavier at Prudential Center Wednesday night. Junior Desi Rodriguez scored 22 points on 7-of-14 shooting and became the 43rd Pirate in school history to score 1,000 career points. Freshman Myles Powell scored eight points and senior Madison Jones filled the box score for the Pirates with seven points, three assists, three rebounds and a pair of steals without a turnover.
>> While Seton Hall's BIG EAST record currently stands at 7-8, its NCAA Tournament resume (see page 4) remains strong and received a big boost from beating a Xavier squad Wednesday that sits at No. 22 in the NCAA RPI and No. 38 in the KenPom. It was the Pirates' fourth victory against a team currently in the NCAA Top 50 RPI and second over a team in the top-30 in the last three games. As of Thursday, Feb. 23, only 28 teams in the nation have at least four top-50 RPI victories on their resume this season.
>> The Pirates head to Chicago seeking a season sweep of DePaul for the second year in a row. The Pirates defeated the Blue Demons, 87-56, at Prudential Center on Jan. 7 when Delgado and Rodriguez shot a combined 18-of-22 from the field for 45 points. Rodriguez scored 23 of his game-high 25 points in the first half alone. He was 5-of-5 from three-point range and 9-for-9 from the field over the first 20 minutes, and was later recognized as BIG EAST Player of the Week.
>> In the last meeting between the teams at Allstate Arena, Isaiah Whitehead delivered 33 points, five rebounds and five assists as The Hall closed the regular season with an 80-66 triumph at DePaul. The Pirates have a 13-6 lead in the all-time series and are 4-5 on the road. Head coach Kevin Willard is 7-4 overall and 3-3 on the road against the Blue Demons.
>> Willard and the Pirates have proven the ability to make in-season adjustments and take advantage of experience against BIG EAST competition. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Seton Hall is 13-5 when facing an opponent for the second or third time in the same season.
>> The Pirates have endured several tightly contested games that have come down to the wire. SHU is tied for the league lead with five games decided by three points or fewer, the most in a single season under head coach Kevin Willard. The Pirates also played five such games during the 2013-14 campaign.
>> Though grossly underrated in the national scope, the Best Big Man in the BIG EASTTM, Delgado, has been a game-changer for the Pirates. He enters Saturday as the nation's top rebounder with 13.1 per game, and has 6.4 more per game (167 total) than any other player in the conference. He has six 20-point games this season including a career-best 26 at Georgetown, and is one of two players in the top-15 in the BIG EAST in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage. He earned recognition on the weekly BIG EAST Honor Roll for the ninth time this season after posting a pair of double-doubles while averaging 18.0 points and 14.5 rebounds last week. No other player in the conference has more than five appearances on the Honor Roll.
>> The big man is posting truly historic numbers in his junior campaign, and has aligned himself with some of the elite rebounders in school and conference history. The 6-foot-10 Dominican native posted 21 points and 20 rebounds against St. John's at home and 12 points, 22 boards versus Butler. His performance in the St. John's game marked the first 20-20 game for The Hall since Eddie Griffin vs. Saint Peter's on Nov. 27, 2000 and just the 14th to occur in any BIG EAST regular season conference game. Delgado's 22 rebounds against Butler are the most by any Pirate since the school joined the BIG EAST in 1979. He is only the seventh Pirate in program history to record a 20-rebound game, and the first since Pope vs. Syracuse on Jan. 8, 2011.
>> Through 15 conference games this season Delgado has pulled down a staggering 14.3 rebounds per game - 7.6 more than any other player in the league, and has five of the top six individual rebounding performances in the BIG EAST. The conference record for rebounding average in a single season is 14.0 (Jerome Lane, Pitt). He is averaging 11.27 rebounds through 51 career BIG EAST games, which is currently second best in league history. The single season BIG EAST total rebounds record is 231 (Luke Harangody, Notre Dame), and Delgado currently has 214.
>> Named BIG EAST Player of the Week Monday afternoon, Carrington will look to rebound from an off shooting night on Wednesday and get back to the form he displayed against Creighton on Feb. 15. He went off for a career-high 41 points including 10 in the final 41 seconds as Seton Hall picked up an 87-81 victory over the Bluejays. The 41 points are the most by a Pirate since Jeremy Hazell posted 41 on Dec. 26, 2009 against West Virginia. In addition to his scoring production, Carrington also totaled seven assists, five rebounds and four steals on top of an 18-for-22 performance at the free throw line. His 41-point output is the most of any BIG EAST player this season and nine more than any other individual scorer in a conference game. It is tied for 14th all-time in a BIG EAST conference game, and is only the 26th time in league history that anyone has scored 40 or more in a conference game. It is furthermore the first 40-point game for a Pirate since Sterling Gibbs scored 40 against Illinois State on Nov. 24, 2014. It is tied for the most points in a BIG EAST game in school history, joining:
>> The Brooklyn native has the ability to drive it to the rim or shoot it from long range, and is fifth in the conference with 17.3 points per game. He has 11, 20-point games and has scored in double figures in all but three contests this season, 56 times throughout his career. Carrington has also been clutch in late-game situations. For the season, he is averaging 10.0 points during the second half on 49.2 percent shooting, and leads the team in scoring during the final five minutes of game time. Another crucial factor for the Pirates of late has been Carrington's ability to take good care of the ball. He owns a 2.8 assist-to-turnover ratio over the last 11 games with an even or positive ratio in 13 of 15 league contests.
2017 BIG EAST Conference Game
Seton Hall Pirates (17-10, 7-8 BIG EAST) vs. DePaul Blue Demons (9-19, 2-13 BIG EAST)
Date/Time/Location Saturday, Feb. 25 | 2 p.m., Eastern | Allstate Arena (Rosemont, Ill.)
Television Broadcast FOX Sports Networks | YES Network | FOX Sports GO
Radio Broadcast AM970 The Answer | Pirate Sports Network (FREE)
Game Notes Seton Hall | DePaul
Links Live Stats | Twitter | Facebook
After a successful three-game homestand that included two victories over top-20 RPI teams, Seton Hall hits the road for a Saturday matinee with DePaul, which is coming off a huge road win at Georgetown. The Pirates are seeking to get back to .500 in BIG EAST play; a victory would put them at 8-8 with two games to go. The win would go a long way towards helping separate the glut of teams in the middle of the conference standings. The Hall is in a tie with Providence for sixth place, but is only two games behind Creighton for third, one game behind Marquette and Xavier for fourth, one game ahead of eighth-place St. John's and only two games ahead of ninth-place Georgetown.
The game will be regionally televised through FOX Sports Networks and on the YES Network in the Metro New York area with Brian Custer and Dickey Simpkins on the call. Gary Cohen is off on Mets duty this weekend, so Dave Popkin will handle play-by-play and Jon Schaeffer will provide color on the radio broadcast which will air on AM970 The Answer, simulcast on the Pirate Sports Network (available at SHUPirates.com and the SHU Pirates Mobile App).
Upon return, the Pirates will host Georgetown next Tuesday on Senior Night. In addition, the BIG EAST Tournament championship trophy will be on tour at Seton Hall next Monday and Tuesday.
Pirate Points
>> Junior Angel Delgado secured his ninth straight double-double with 25 points and 13 rebounds as Seton Hall continued to bolster its tournament resume with a 71-64 victory over Xavier at Prudential Center Wednesday night. Junior Desi Rodriguez scored 22 points on 7-of-14 shooting and became the 43rd Pirate in school history to score 1,000 career points. Freshman Myles Powell scored eight points and senior Madison Jones filled the box score for the Pirates with seven points, three assists, three rebounds and a pair of steals without a turnover.
>> While Seton Hall's BIG EAST record currently stands at 7-8, its NCAA Tournament resume (see page 4) remains strong and received a big boost from beating a Xavier squad Wednesday that sits at No. 22 in the NCAA RPI and No. 38 in the KenPom. It was the Pirates' fourth victory against a team currently in the NCAA Top 50 RPI and second over a team in the top-30 in the last three games. As of Thursday, Feb. 23, only 28 teams in the nation have at least four top-50 RPI victories on their resume this season.
>> The Pirates head to Chicago seeking a season sweep of DePaul for the second year in a row. The Pirates defeated the Blue Demons, 87-56, at Prudential Center on Jan. 7 when Delgado and Rodriguez shot a combined 18-of-22 from the field for 45 points. Rodriguez scored 23 of his game-high 25 points in the first half alone. He was 5-of-5 from three-point range and 9-for-9 from the field over the first 20 minutes, and was later recognized as BIG EAST Player of the Week.
>> In the last meeting between the teams at Allstate Arena, Isaiah Whitehead delivered 33 points, five rebounds and five assists as The Hall closed the regular season with an 80-66 triumph at DePaul. The Pirates have a 13-6 lead in the all-time series and are 4-5 on the road. Head coach Kevin Willard is 7-4 overall and 3-3 on the road against the Blue Demons.
>> Willard and the Pirates have proven the ability to make in-season adjustments and take advantage of experience against BIG EAST competition. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Seton Hall is 13-5 when facing an opponent for the second or third time in the same season.
>> The Pirates have endured several tightly contested games that have come down to the wire. SHU is tied for the league lead with five games decided by three points or fewer, the most in a single season under head coach Kevin Willard. The Pirates also played five such games during the 2013-14 campaign.
>> Though grossly underrated in the national scope, the Best Big Man in the BIG EASTTM, Delgado, has been a game-changer for the Pirates. He enters Saturday as the nation's top rebounder with 13.1 per game, and has 6.4 more per game (167 total) than any other player in the conference. He has six 20-point games this season including a career-best 26 at Georgetown, and is one of two players in the top-15 in the BIG EAST in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage. He earned recognition on the weekly BIG EAST Honor Roll for the ninth time this season after posting a pair of double-doubles while averaging 18.0 points and 14.5 rebounds last week. No other player in the conference has more than five appearances on the Honor Roll.
>> The big man is posting truly historic numbers in his junior campaign, and has aligned himself with some of the elite rebounders in school and conference history. The 6-foot-10 Dominican native posted 21 points and 20 rebounds against St. John's at home and 12 points, 22 boards versus Butler. His performance in the St. John's game marked the first 20-20 game for The Hall since Eddie Griffin vs. Saint Peter's on Nov. 27, 2000 and just the 14th to occur in any BIG EAST regular season conference game. Delgado's 22 rebounds against Butler are the most by any Pirate since the school joined the BIG EAST in 1979. He is only the seventh Pirate in program history to record a 20-rebound game, and the first since Pope vs. Syracuse on Jan. 8, 2011.
>> Through 15 conference games this season Delgado has pulled down a staggering 14.3 rebounds per game - 7.6 more than any other player in the league, and has five of the top six individual rebounding performances in the BIG EAST. The conference record for rebounding average in a single season is 14.0 (Jerome Lane, Pitt). He is averaging 11.27 rebounds through 51 career BIG EAST games, which is currently second best in league history. The single season BIG EAST total rebounds record is 231 (Luke Harangody, Notre Dame), and Delgado currently has 214.
>> Named BIG EAST Player of the Week Monday afternoon, Carrington will look to rebound from an off shooting night on Wednesday and get back to the form he displayed against Creighton on Feb. 15. He went off for a career-high 41 points including 10 in the final 41 seconds as Seton Hall picked up an 87-81 victory over the Bluejays. The 41 points are the most by a Pirate since Jeremy Hazell posted 41 on Dec. 26, 2009 against West Virginia. In addition to his scoring production, Carrington also totaled seven assists, five rebounds and four steals on top of an 18-for-22 performance at the free throw line. His 41-point output is the most of any BIG EAST player this season and nine more than any other individual scorer in a conference game. It is tied for 14th all-time in a BIG EAST conference game, and is only the 26th time in league history that anyone has scored 40 or more in a conference game. It is furthermore the first 40-point game for a Pirate since Sterling Gibbs scored 40 against Illinois State on Nov. 24, 2014. It is tied for the most points in a BIG EAST game in school history, joining:
- Jeremy Hazell vs. West Virginia (Dec. 26, 2009)
- Terry Dehere vs. St. John's (Feb. 17, 1993)
- Marco Lokar vs. Pittsburgh (Feb. 20, 1990)
>> The Brooklyn native has the ability to drive it to the rim or shoot it from long range, and is fifth in the conference with 17.3 points per game. He has 11, 20-point games and has scored in double figures in all but three contests this season, 56 times throughout his career. Carrington has also been clutch in late-game situations. For the season, he is averaging 10.0 points during the second half on 49.2 percent shooting, and leads the team in scoring during the final five minutes of game time. Another crucial factor for the Pirates of late has been Carrington's ability to take good care of the ball. He owns a 2.8 assist-to-turnover ratio over the last 11 games with an even or positive ratio in 13 of 15 league contests.
