Seton Hall Welcomes No. 15 UConn To Prudential Center - Seton Hall University Athletics
Game 20: No. 15 Connecticut Huskies (15-4, 4-4 BIG EAST) at Seton Hall Pirates (11-8, 4-4 BIG EAST)
Game 20: No. 15 Connecticut Huskies (15-4, 4-4 BIG EAST) at Seton Hall Pirates (11-8, 4-4 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, Jan. 18 • 6:30 p.m. • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.)
TV: FS1 • Tim Brando & Donny Marshall
Web: FOX Sports Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 380, SiriusXM App 970 / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Connecticut
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Game Promotion: BLUE OUT
- It's time to BLUE OUT the Huskies!
- The first 2,000 fans in attendance will receive a BLUE OUT t-shirt!
- The first 1,000 students in attendance will receive a BLUE rally towel, courtesy of Delta Dental
MOBILE TICKETING
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 Seton Hall men's basketball team returns to Prudential Center this week for a key stretch starting with the Pirates' midweek clash against No. 15 Connecticut at 6:30 p.m. on FS1.
- The Pirates and the Huskies both sit at 4-4 in the BIG EAST and are tied for fifth in the league standings.
- Seton Hall has won three straight games, including a 71-67 road at DePaul on Jan. 14, and four of its last five after starting off 0-3 in BIG EAST play.
- Of its eight league games, only three have been played at Prudential Center.
- The Pirates are 78-59 (.569) all-time at Prudential Center against BIG EAST competition.
- The Pirates are 6-2 at Prudential Center this season and their average margin of victory in Newark is 27.5 points.
- Seton Hall is 2-1 at Prudential Center in BIG EAST play this season; a 76-51 dispatching of Butler (Jan. 7), an 88-66 win over St. John's (Dec. 31) and a 71-67 loss to Providence (Dec. 17) where they led by nine points at halftime.
- The Hall has already played four of the top five teams in the BIG EAST through eight games in league play with three of those contests coming on the road at Xavier (Dec. 20), at Marquette (Dec. 27) and at Creighton (Jan. 3).
- The difficulty of The Hall's schedule is reflected in the metrics as KenPom rates the Pirates' slate as the fifth toughest in the country and its NET SOS ranks eighth in Division I.
- Seton Hall's strong play has been sparked by its defense, which leads the conference in field goal percentage defense (39.9 pct), and ranks second in three-point defense (28.4 pct) and points per game allowed (63.8 ppg).
- The Pirates' three-point defense ranks 15th in the country and their opponent's field goal percentage ranks 39th.
- Most recently, the Pirates held DePaul to only nine second half field goals and 28 second half points in a 71-67 victory on Jan. 14.
- The Pirates are 11-1 this season when they hold their opponents to under 70 points.
- The Pirates rank 17th in KenPom adjusted defensive efficiency.
- In Holloway's last 30 games as a head coach, his teams have allowed just 61.6 points per game and only eight opponents have scored more than 70 points.
- Graduate student KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.) is the NCAA's active career leader in blocks with 349.
- Ndefo ranks second in the BIG EAST and 20th nationally with 39 total blocks.
- The Hall is 143-22 (.867) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
- Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Jan. 16 after averaging 19.5 points on 57 percent shooting from deep in a 2-0 week.
- Dawes also averaged two steals per game and scored a career-high 24 points at Georgetown on Jan. 10.
- Through eight BIG EAST games, junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) is averaging 12.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.
- Richmond has dished out at least five assists in six of the last eight games.
- Richmond was high school teammates with junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at South Shore High School in Brooklyn.
- In five BIG EAST games, Odukale is averaging 8.2 points on 6-of-13 shooting from three-point range, 5.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
- The Pirates look to generate offense at the free throw line and they rank 20th in the country in free throw attempts per game (23.3 FTA pg) and rank 28th nationally in free throw makes per contest (15.8 FTM pg).
- The Pirates lead the BIG EAST in bench points, averaging 25 points per game.
