Seton Hall Pays Visit to Georgetown on Saturday Night

Saturday, January 10

Washington, DC

6:00 p.m.

Seton Hall University

Georgetown

Seton Hall Pays Visit to Georgetown on Saturday Night

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SETON HALL PIRATES (13-2, 3-1) at GEORGETOWN HOYAS (9-5, 1-3)

Date/Time: Saturday, Jan. 10 • 6 p.m. Eastern
Site: Washington, D.C. • Capital One Arena
TV: FS1 • Jason Horowitz & Tarik Turner
Online: Fox Sports App
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
SHUPirates.com • Varsity Network App
Seton Hall All-Time vs. Georgetown: 60-62 (Streak: L2)

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

Seton Hall is 13-2 for the first time since 2017-18, when the Pirates opened the year with a 14-2 mark.
Seton Hall is seeking its first 3-0 road start in BIG EAST play since 2019-20, when the Pirates won their first four conference road tests.
While Georgetown leads the all-time series, the Pirates are 17-6 in their last 23 meetings with the Hoyas dating back to the 2015-16 season.
The Pirates are 9-11 all-time at Capital One Arena and are 4-2 over their last six trips.
Seton Hall rallied from 16 points down in the second half to defeat Creighton, 56-54, on Sunday in Newark.
It was the second straight game in which the Pirates overcame a double-digit second half deficit, the first time the team has done so since Jan. 15 & 18, 2020 at Butler and at St. John's.
Seton Hall's leading scorer in the game, Elijah Fisher, had just 10 points, marking the first time the Pirates won a game where their leading scorer had just 10 points since Dec. 11, 2022 at Rutgers (Dre Davis).
The Pirates shown great resolve in conference play. They have allowed a 16-0 run in each of their last three games, however Seton Hall is 2-1 in those games.
Seton Hall has jumped 47 spots in KenPom since opening night, the largest jump among all Power 5 schools.
Stephon Payne leads the BIG EAST with 12.5 rebounds per game in league games.
The Pirates also own the seventh-best scoring defense in the nation (62.4).
The Pirates opened the year with a six-game winning streak, the team's longest streak under Shaheen Holloway. The last time The Hall won six straight was Feb. 19-March 9, 2022.
Stephon Payne racked up the accolades last week after his 18-point, 16-rebound performance at Providence on Dec. 19.
Payne brought home BIG EAST Player of the Week honors and was also named one of the USBWA National Players of the Week.
Payne also received the MET Basketball Writers Player of the Week honor.

WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO LATELY

Seton Hall rallied from 16 points down in the second half to defeat Creighton, 56-54, on Sunday afternoon at Prudential Center.
The Pirates used a 13-0 run to close the game in a 79-73 victory at Marquette on Tuesday night.
The win snapped Seton Hall's four-game losing streak in Milwaukee.
Stephon Payne grabbed 22 rebounds in Tuesday's win at Marquette, the most rebounds by a Pirate since Angel Delgado pulled down 23 in his memorable performance against Kansas in the Second Round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
The Pirates opened BIG EAST play with a 72-67 victory over Providence on Dec. 19.
Stephon Payne put on a show with 18 points and 16 rebounds, while Tajuan Simpkins poured in a career-high 22 points.
For Payne's efforts against the Friars, he was named BIG EAST and MET Writers Player of the Week, and also received a USBWA National Player of the Week honor.
In the non-conference finale, Seton Hall reclaimed the Boardwalk Trophy by defeating in-state rivals Rutgers, 81-59, in the Garden State Hardwood Classic on Dec. 13.
Budd Clark was named the Joe Calabrese MVP of the game, finishing with 16 points, seven assists, four steals and just one turnover.
The Pirates grabbed a signature road win on Dec. 6, downing Kansas State, 78-67, for their first win over a Big 12 foe since downing Texas on Dec. 7, 2021.
The Longhorns were ranked No. 7 in that game, which served as Seton Hall's last non-conference ranked win before it defeated No. 23 NC State at the Southwest Maui Invitational.
Picked to finish last in the BIG EAST before the season, the Pirates have already nearly doubled last year's win total and have scored double-digit signature wins over No. 23 NC State in Maui as well as on the road at Kansas State.
Five different Pirates made multiple three-pointers in the win over CCSU back on Dec. 3, a first since Feb. 14, 2012 against St. John's.