Vanderbilt Awaits Seton Hall In Charleston Classic Semifinal Today - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall men's basketball team takes on Vanderbilt in the semifinals of the Charleston Classic at 5 p.m. on Friday on ESPN2.
SETON HALL PIRATES (3-2) vs. VANDERBILT COMMODORES (5-0)
GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: Thursday, Nov. 22 • 5 p.m. Eastern
Site: Charleston, S.C. • TD Arena (5,100)
TV: ESPN2 • Jay Alter & Chris Spatola
Online: ESPN.com/watch
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin • SHUPirates.com • Varsity Network App
Seton Hall All-Time vs. Vanderbilt: 1-1
NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The Seton Hall men's basketball team takes on Vanderbilt in the semifinals of the Charleston Classic at 5 p.m. on Friday on ESPN2.
- Seton Hall is 5-2 all-time at the Charleston Classic following a thrilling 69-66 victory over VCU on Thursday evening.
- Chaunce Jenkins scored all 22 of his points against the Rams after halftime in Thursday's win and Isaiah Coleman posted his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
- The Pirates were 9-4 in games decided by 10 points or less last season and is 2-2 in close games this season.
- Seton Hall ranks seventh in KenPom defensive efficiency and it allows just 50.6 points per game.
- By holding VCU to 37 percent from the field, the Pirates have held every opponent this season under 38 percent shooting from the floor and 61 points or fewer in regulation.
- The Pirates had a historic defensive performance against Wagner where they held the Seahawks to just 24 percent shooting from the floor and 28 points, its fewest points allowed since 1947 when they defeated Panzer College, 51-28, on Jan. 30.
- Entering Thursday, Seton Hall led Div. I in scoring defense (46.8 ppg), ranks sixth in FG percentage defense (33.3 pct) and ninth in KenPom defensive efficiency (93.2).
- Head coach Shaheen Holloway's last three teams have finished in the top 33 nationally in KenPom's defensive efficiency rating:
2022-23 (Seton Hall): KenPom No. 20
2021-22 (Saint Peter's): KenPom No. 25
- Seton Hall has won 17 in-season tournaments in program history and was the runner-up in its first appearance at the Charleston Classic in 2011.
- The Pirates are 1-1 all-time against Vanderbilt and last faced the Commodores on Nov. 24, 2017 in the NIT Season Tip-Off at Barclays Center, a 72-59 Seton Hall victory
- With the Pirates entering Wednesday's game at 2-2, Holloway has stated that his team's get better as the season goes along and the numbers back that up:
Holloway Record By Month, Last 4 Full Seasons (excluding 2020-21)
November: 11-11
December: 11-13
January: 22-11
February: 19-12
March: 18-4
Nov.-Dec.: 22-24 (.478) Jan.-March: 59-27 (.686)
- Among active players in Div. I, Dylan Addae-Wusu ranks 26th in games played (133), 16th in steals (185) and 44th in assists (370).
- Addae-Wusu and Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner share the lead among active players with 78 career BIG EAST games played.
- Similar to last season where the Pirates were picked to finish ninth in the BIG EAST preseason coaches poll but went on to finish fourth, Seton Hall was picked to finish 10th in the 11-team BIG EAST in this year's poll.
- Seton Hall's 25 wins last season tied for the fourth-most victories in program history and were the most wins for the Pirates since 2015-16 when they also won 25 games.
- Seton Hall's 13 BIG EAST wins tied for the second-most conference victories in program history with the 2019-20 squad and was one victory shy from tying the 1992-93 team's 14 BIG EAST wins.
- After finishing with 13 BIG EAST victories last season, Seton Hall has won 10 or more BIG EAST games eight times since the league realigned in 2013-14, which is tied for the third most in the conference.
- The Pirates last season were the first BIG EAST team to ever finish at least five games over .500 in conference play and not make the NCAA Tournament.
- Holloway's teams have finished below .500 in conference play just once in six seasons when his first Saint Peter's team went 6-12.
