Seton Hall Faces Georgetown On Newark Night - Seton Hall University Athletics
Following an idle week that was preceded by a 33-point road win at DePaul on Jan. 30, the Seton Hall men's basketball team is back in action at 6:30 p.m. Wed...
Game 23: Georgetown Hoyas (8-13, 1-9 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (14-8, 7-4 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, Feb. 7 • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) • 6:30 p.m.
TV: FS2 • John Fanta & Sarah Kustok
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Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 381 / SXM App 971 / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Georgetown
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Following an idle week that was preceded by a 33-point road win at DePaul on Jan. 30, the Seton Hall men's basketball team is back in action at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday when the Pirates host Georgetown at Prudential Center.
- Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates are tied for third place in the BIG EAST standings at 7-4 and are one game in the loss column behind second-place Marquette.
- 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' seven wins in BIG EAST play, three have come against ranked opponents (No. 5 UConn, No. 23 Providence, No. 7 Marquette).
- The Pirates' 39 points allowed at DePaul on Jan. 30 marked their fewest points ever allowed against a BIG EAST opponent.
- The Hall's 33-point margin of victory tied its largest win over a BIG EAST opponent in program history with 103-70 victory over Syracuse in the 1993 BIG EAST Tournament final.
- Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) had a game-high 16 points and a career-best 12 rebounds in the win at DePaul, giving him his first career double-double.
- 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 12 games and in 19 of Seton Hall's 22 games this season.
- 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:
1. Kevin Willard (2010-12) - 34 1. Tommy Amaker - 17
2. Shaheen Holloway (2022-24) - 31 Shaheen Holloway - 17
3. Tommy Amaker (1997-99) - 30 3. Louis Orr - 15
Richie Regan (1960-62) - 30 Kevin Willard - 15
- Jaden Bediako leads the BIG EAST and ranks fifth in Division I averaging 4.1 offensive rebounds per game.
- Starting in place of Kadary Richmond the last three games, freshman Isaiah Coleman has averaged 31.7 minutes, 11.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game while shooting 54 percent from the field and 43 percent from three-point range.
- At 119 meetings, Georgetown is The Hall's second-most frequently opponent.
- Although the Hoyas lead the all-time series, 60-59, the Pirates have won six consecutive meetings against the Hoyas and 10 of the last 12 matchups.
- In a matchup between two former MAAC head coaches, Shaheen Holloway is 2-2 all-time against Georgetown head coach Ed Cooley with Holloway winning the last two meetings.
- Al-Amir Dawes is averaging 23 points per game in his career against Georgetown, his most against any opponent (min. 3 games).
- In three career games against the Hoyas, Dawes is shooting 53 pct from the field and 57 pct from deep.
- 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.
- Seton Hall is 13-1 this season when leading at halftime.
- The Pirates are shooting 78 percent as a team from the free throw line, a clip that ranks third in the BIG EAST and ninth in the country.
- Seton Hall is 8-3 at Prudential Center this season and it's 84-65 (.564) all-time in Newark against BIG EAST competition.
