Pirates Travel To Philly To Face Villanova

Game 24: Villanova Wildcats (12-11, 5-7 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (15-8, 8-4 BIG EAST)
Sunday, Feb. 11 • Philadelphia, Pa. • Wells Fargo Center (20,478) • 12 p.m.
TV: CBSSN • Tom McCarthy & Pete Gillen
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Game Notes: Seton Hall | Villanova
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

Winners of back-to-back games following a three-game skid, the Seton Hall men's basketball team will hit the road this weekend to take on Villanova at Wells Fargo Center for a 12 p.m. tip.
Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates are in sole possession of third place in the BIG EAST standings with a record of 8-4.
Seton Hall is one of only 20 teams in Division I with at least four Quad 1 wins.
Seton Hall is one of 14 teams in the country with multiple wins over top 10 teams.
Of the Pirates' eight wins in BIG EAST play, three have come against ranked opponents (No. 5 UConn, No. 23 Providence, No. 7 Marquette).
Dre Davis continued his torrid play on Wednesday as he posted his second consecutive double-double with a career-high 25 points and 10 rebounds in Seton Hall's 76-70 win over Georgetown.
That performances was preceded by Davis' 16-point and career-best 12 rebound performance in the Pirates' 33-point win at DePaul.
Davis' performance landed him a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday, his first conference honor as a Pirate.
Davis has scored in double-figures in the last 13 games and in 20 of Seton Hall's 23 games this season.
Davis is averaging 16.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg and shooting 50 percent over his last four games
After posting the best season by a first-year head coach in program history, Shaheen Holloway is once again raising the bar for Seton Hall head coaches as he approaches two milestones for second-year head coaches in South Orange.
The 76-70 win over Georgetown on Feb. 7 gave Holloway 18 BIG EAST victories as head coach at Seton Hall, the most in program history for a head coach in his first two seasons:

Most Wins Most BIG EAST Wins
1. Kevin Willard (2010-12) - 34 1. Shaheen Holloway - 18
2. Shaheen Holloway (2022-24) - 32 2. Tommy Amaker - 17
3. Tommy Amaker (1997-99) - 30 3. Louis Orr - 15
Richie Regan (1960-62) - 30 Kevin Willard - 15

In his second game back on the court after missing two games, Kadary Richmond posted 20 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in the win over the Hoyas.
The performance was Richmond's sixth game this season with 20+ points, 5+ rebounds and 5+ assists, second-most among Div. I players this season.
Jaden Bediako leads the BIG EAST and ranks fifth in Division I averaging 4.1 offensive rebounds per game.
Seton Hall will face Villanova for the 127th time on Sunday, making the Wildcats the Pirates' most frequently played opponent.
Shaheen Holloway and head coach Kyle Neptune have had similar career paths; both are from New York City (Neptune, Brooklyn; Holloway, Queens), both started as video coordinators at their current institutions, both served their first full-time assistant coaching jobs at MAAC schools (Neptune, Niagara; Holloway, Iona) and both went head-to-head as assistants on the court and on the recruiting trail from 2013-2018 at their current schools.
Both teams are among the top free throw shooting teams in the BIG EAST and the country with Villanova leading the conference and Div. I shooting at an 82 percent clip from the stripe and Seton Hall ranking 13th nationally and third in the BIG EAST shooting 78 percent.
The Pirates are 13-3 this season when Al-Amir Dawes scores in double figures and 6-1 when he's the team's leading scorer.
Seton Hall is 14-1 this season when leading at halftime.