Seton Hall Set For Saturday Road Tilt At Butler - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall men's basketball team heads back on the road for its next two BIG EAST games starting with a 4 p.m. Saturday contest at Butler on FS1.
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Game 22: Butler Bulldogs (15-7, 7-2 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (12-9, 5-5 BIG EAST)
Saturday, Jan. 28 • 4 p.m. • Indianapolis, Ind. • Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100)
TV: FS1 • Matt Schumacker & Kim Adams
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Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 383, SiriusXM App 973 / Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Butler
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The Seton Hall men's basketball team heads back on the road for its next two BIG EAST games starting with a 4 p.m. Saturday contest at Butler on FS1.
- Seton Hall has won five of its last seven after starting off 0-3 in BIG EAST play.
- The Pirates have won their last two BIG EAST road games; a 66-51 win at Georgetown (Jan. 10) and a 71-67 win at DePaul (Jan. 14).
- Seton Hall's strong play recently has been sparked by its defense, which leads the BIG EAST in field goal percentage defense (40.5 pct) and ranks second in scoring defense (63.9 ppg) and three-point defense (29 pct).
- The Pirates' three-point defense ranks 17th in the country and their opponent's field goal percentage ranks 42nd.
- The Hall is allowing a league-low 33.6 points in the second half of BIG EAST games this season.
- The Pirates are 12-1 this season when they hold their opponents to under 70 points.
- The Pirates rank 19th in KenPom adjusted defensive efficiency.
- In Holloway's last 32 games as a head coach, his teams have allowed just 62.1 points per game and only nine opponents have scored more than 70 points.
- Seton Hall has played one of the most difficult schedules in the country as both KenPom ranks the Pirates' slate as the fifth toughest in Division I and the Pirates' NET SOS ranks 11th.
- Seton Hall has three Quad 1 wins this season over Memphis, Rutgers and UConn.
- The Pirates are one of only five teams in the BIG EAST with at least three Q1 wins
Xavier 6-3
UConn 4-5
Marquette 4-3
Seton Hall 3-5
Providence 3-4
- Graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.) leads the BIG EAST and ranks 21st nationally with 43 total blocks.
- The Hall is 143-22 (.867) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
- Junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Jan. 23 after averaging 14 points, 5.5 rebounds, three assists and two steals in two games.
- Richmond leads the Pirates in scoring (12.8 ppg), rebounding (5.9 rpg) and assists (4.7) in BIG EAST play.
- Richmond was high school teammates with junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at South Shore High School in Brooklyn.
- The Pirates rank 18th in the country in free throw attempts per game (23.2 FTA pg) and rank 29th nationally in free throw makes per contest (15.8 FTM pg).
- The Pirates have won in four of their last six visits to Hinkle Fieldhouse and 10 of their last 13 games in the all-time series overall against the Bulldogs.
- Four of the last seven meetings in the series have been decided by two points or less.
- In its last four contests at Hinkle, Seton Hall has averaged 42.8 points in the second half compared to Butler's 31.8 points.
- Seton Hall has won by double digits in two of the last three meetings.
- The Pirates are looking to sweep the season series over the Bulldogs for the third consecutive year.
- Saturday's game marks the return of Indianapolis natives Dre and Tae Davis, who starred for their father, Dre Sr., at Lawrence Central and Warren Central High School, respectively.
- Dre became a father over the summer and Tae is the godfather.
