Seton Hall Welcomes Villanova For Penultimate Home Game

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Date/Time: Wednesday, Feb. 26 • 8:30 p.m. Eastern

Site: Newark, N.J. • Prudential Center (10,481)

TV: FS1• John Fanta & Phil Martelli

Online: FOXSports.com

Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin

SHUPirates.com • Varsity Network App

Satellite: SiriusXM 390 | SXM App 980

Seton Hall All-Time vs. Villanova: 44-85

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

After nearly pulling off a 20-plus point comeback in the second half on Sunday against Xavier, the Seton Hall men's basketball team returns to Prudential Center on Wednesday when the Pirates take on Villanova at 8:30 p.m. on FS1.
Wednesday marks the 130th meeting between Seton Hall and Villanova, making the Wildcats the Pirates' the most frequently played opponent.
Seton Hall was the victor in its last meeting against the Wildcats at Prudential Center as the Pirates registered a 66-56 win on March 6, 2024.
The Pirates' 10-point win marked their largest margin of victory over the Wildcats since a 68-55 win on Dec. 9, 1998 at Continental Airlines Arena.
That win over Villanova was head coach Shaheen Holloway's 100th career victory and it was The Hall's first win over the Wildcats since a 70-64 win at Wells Fargo Center on 12/8/20.
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.
The Pirates are three games removed from arguably its most significant win of the season as they defeated two-time defending national champion UConn, 69-68, in overtime at Prudential Center.
The win was Seton Hall's fourth consecutive win against UConn at Prudential Center.
Seton Hall improved to 3-0 on the season in overtime games and head coach Shaheen Holloway moved to 10-3 all-time in overtime games as a head coach.
In 10 BIG EAST games this season, Dylan Addae-Wusu is averaging 11.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.
Addae-Wusu trails only Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner for the most career BIG EAST games played among active players with 87.
Chaunce Jenkins (knee), who has led the Pirates in scoring six times this season and The Hall is 4-2 in those games, has missed nine straight games.
Isaiah Coleman posted his ninth 20-point game of the season with his 23-point performance on Sunday against the Musketeers.
Coleman is one of the top scorers in the BIG EAST in conference play where he ranks fifth in scoring averaging 17.9 points per game.
He also ranks 11th in league in rebounding averaging 6.1 boards per contest.
Coleman posted his second double-double of the season and his career at Georgetown on Feb. 8 where he scored 21 points and grabbed 10 boards.
Coleman has scored in double-figures in 16 of his last 19 games and eight of those outputs were 20-point performances against BIG EAST teams.
Also coming into his own is freshman center Godswill Erheriene who registered his first career double-double (10 points, 12 rebounds) in the win over the Huskies.
Erheriene is averaging 7.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 28.1 minutes over the last four games.
Seton Hall has forced 15 or more turnovers in six of its last 10 games thanks in large part to its diamond full court press.
The Hall ranks third in the BIG EAST and 43rd in the country forcing 14.3 turnovers per game.
Seton Hall ranks second in the BIG EAST averaging 11.5 offensive rebounds per game
According to KenPom, the Pirates rank eighth in Div. I in bench minutes (43.1 pct.).
Seton Hall ranks second in the BIG EAST in bench scoring averaging 21.3 points per game.