Seton Hall Hosts Xavier In Critical BIG EAST Clash At Prudential Center - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall men's basketball team enters a crucial point of its season this week and it starts with a Valentine's Day contest against Xavier at Prudential...
Game 25: Xavier Musketeers (13-11, 7-6 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (15-9, 8-5 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, Feb. 14 • Newark, N.J. • Prudential Center (10,481) • 7 p.m.
TV: CBSSN • Andrew Catalon & Steve Lappas
Web: cbssports.com/watch/cbs-sports-network
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 385 / SXM App 975 / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Xavier
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The Seton Hall men's basketball team enters a crucial point of its season this week and it starts with a Valentine's Day contest against Xavier at Prudential Center with tip-off set for 7 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.
- Seton Hall is 9-3 at Prudential Center this season and it's 85-65 (.567) all-time in Newark against BIG EAST competition.
- Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates are tied with Creighton for third place in the BIG EAST standings at 8-5.
- Seton Hall is one of only 24 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).
- Seton Hall is 15-13 all-time against Xavier in a series that dates back to 1948.
- After winning five of seven against the Musketeers between 2019 and 2022, Seton Hall has lost three straight in the season series against Xavier.
- Seton Hall assistant coach Rasheen Davis spent two years as an assistant at Xavier under Chris Mack and he helped guide the Musketeers to two NCAA Tournaments in 2011 and 2012.
- Sean Miller's father, John, was the head coach of the East squad that featured Shaheen Holloway at the 1996 McDonald's All-American Game that was held in Pittsburgh.
- Dre Davis has scored in double-figures in 13 of the last 14 games, including the first double-doubles of his career in wins over DePaul on Jan. 30 and Georgetown on Feb. 7.
- Davis dropped a career-high 25 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in Seton Hall's 76-70 win over Georgetown.
- 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 Pirates' 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 (2001-03) - 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.
- Six of Richmond's nine career 20-point games have come in BIG EAST play this season.
- Jaden Bediako leads the BIG EAST and ranks sixth in Division I averaging 4.0 offensive rebounds per game.
- Bediako, who also ranks second in the conference with 42 blocks, has already set career highs in blocks, points (205) and rebounds (178) in his fifth and final season of eligibility.
- Seton Hall ranks third in the BIG EAST and 13th nationally with a 78 percent clip from the free throw line.
- The Pirates are 13-4 this season when Al-Amir Dawes scores in double figures and 6-2 when he's the team's leading scorer.
- Seton Hall is 14-1 this season when leading at halftime.
