Seton Hall Opens Homestand With DePaul On Saturday

Game 25: Seton Hall Pirates (15-9, 6-8 BIG EAST) vs. DePaul Blue Demons (12-13, 3-12 BIG EAST)
Saturday, Feb. 19 • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) • 8 p.m.
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In the third of a four t-shirt collectible series, the CHANGE MY MIND meme t-shirt will be on sale at the bookstore pop-up shop on the concourse. The first 1,000 students in attendance will receive the t-shirt for FREE.
Pirate Blue is hosting a pregame reception for former student-athletes, who will come to Prudential Center to reconnect with their teammates and coaches. Student-athletes who have not registered for the event can do so at shu.edu/PVCevent.
In the midst of his 50th season at Seton Hall, as well as to celebrate his recent induction into the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame, Coach John Moon will also be honored during the game with a special ceremony. A member of the 1997 Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame class, Moon has coached 19 Olympians, including two gold medalists, five NCAA champions and 71 All-Americans during his tenure at The Hall. He is also a three-time BIG EAST and District Two Coach of the Year and was named the National Women's Indoor Coach of the Year in 1994.

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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

The Pirates are 10-2 at Prudential Center this season and 154-69 all-time (.691).
Against BIG EAST competition, the Pirates are 74-58 all-time at the Prudential Center and 4-2 this season.
After going 3-5 in January, the Pirates are 4-2 in the month of February.
February has been a good month for the Pirates in recent years as they've gone 31-19 since 2015-16 in the calendar's second month.
Seton Hall has allowed only 66 points per contest over the last six games and it has allowed its last six opponents to shoot 25.6 percent (33-of-129) from three-point range.
Since starting 3-6 in BIG EAST play, Seton Hall has won four of its last six games to bring its league record to 7-8.
Outside of the loss to St. John's on Jan. 24, Seton Hall's other seven losses in conference play have come by an average margin of defeat of 5.3 points.
Seton Hall is 13-0 this season when it holds its opponents under 70 points and 13-1 when its either leading or tied at halftime.
After attempting only 15 free throws combined in games at UConn and Villanova, the Pirates went to the line 23 times against DePaul.
The Pirates are 107-20 (.843) since 2016-17 when they attempt more FTs than their opponent.
The Hall is 128-19 (.871) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
Graduate Student Alexis Yetna (Paris, France) is one of only two players in the BIG EAST (Adama Sanogo, UConn; Noah Horchler, Providence) that is averaging more than 8.8 rebounds (8.8) and points per game (8.9) against league competition.
Over the last eight games, graduate student Jamir Harris (North Brunswick, N.J.) is averaging 10.4 points and making 43.5 percent of his three-pointers (20-of-46).
Graduate student Ike Obiagu (Abuja, Nigeria) has registered a block in 47 of his last 49 games and ranks sixth nationally with 3.3 blocks per game.
Sophomore Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) has stepped up as the primary point guard in Bryce Aiken's absence and is averaging 12 points, 5.3 assists and 4.6 rebounds over the last seven games.
Senior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday after averaging 16.5 points and 11.5 rebounds per game in a 1-1 week for the Pirates.
Rhoden ranks sixth in the BIG EAST with 15.5 points per game, 11th in rebounding with 7.2 rebounds per game and fourth with an 80.2 percent clip from the free-throw line.
With four league games remaining, graduate student Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) has played in 88 career BIG EAST games, the most in the history of the conference.