Pirates Wrap Up Regular Season At Creighton

Game 29: Seton Hall Pirates (19-9, 10-8 BIG EAST) vs. Creighton Bluejays (20-9, 12-6 BIG EAST)
Saturday, March 5 • CHI Health Center Omaha (Omaha, Neb.) • 2:30 p.m.
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

Seton Hall has won four-straight games entering Saturday and has won seven of its last nine games.
The Pirates are still in contention for a top-five seed and a first-round bye at the BIG EAST Tournament with a win on Saturday and a Marquette loss to St. John's.
After going 3-5 in January, the Pirates went 6-2 in the month of February and won their first game in March with a 73-68 win over Georgetown on Wednesday.
February has been a good month for the Pirates in recent years as they've gone 33-19 (.635) since 2015-16 in the calendar's second month.
Seton Hall has allowed only 65 points per contest over the last nine games and it has allowed its last nine opponents to shoot 28 percent (53-of-185) from three-point range.
Seton Hall has held its last four opponents to 68 points or less.
The Pirates lead the BIG EAST with a 30.7 percent three-point field goal percentage defense and rank third in field goal percentage defense, allowing opponents to shoot at a 40.4 percent clip.
The Pirates rank 29th in the country in adjusted defensive efficiency according to KenPom.
Seton Hall is 16-0 this season when it holds its opponents under 70 points and 16-1 when its either leading or tied at halftime.
The Hall is 131-19 (.873) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
Seton Hall's bench is outscoring its opponent's reserves 719-395 through 28 games and is averaging 25.7 points per game.
Senior Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday and was named the Met Basketball Writer's Association's Player of the Week after averaging 23.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game in a 2-0 week for the Pirates.
Rhoden is averaging 17 points and 6.7 rebounds per game while shooting 30-of-36 (83 percent) from the free throw line and 17-of-40 from three over the last nine games.
Graduate student Ike Obiagu (Abuja, Nigeria) has registered a block in 49 of his last 52 games and ranks fifth nationally with 3.1 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 11.2 points, 5.7 assists and 3.3 rebounds over the last six games.
With one league games remaining, graduate student Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) has played in 91 career BIG EAST games, the most in the history of the conference.
He also holds Seton Hall records for most games played (150) and most career victories (96).
Seton Hall is in search of its sixth 20-win season in the last seven years.