The Seton Hall Pirates (9-8, 2-4 Big East) pay a visit to the nation's capital and the Capital One Arena on Tuesday for a Big East game against the Georgetown Hoyas (5-12, 0-6 Big East). Seton Hall defeated the Butler Bulldogs 76-51 in its most recent game on Sunday with Tyrese Samuel leading Seton Hall with 19 points. Georgetown's problems continued on Saturday when the Hoyas lost to Marquette 95-73 and have lost 26 consecutive Big East games which is a conference record. Jaquan Harris, Abdou Ndiaye and Alexis Yetna are out for Seton Hall. Jay Heath is out, while Bryson Mozone and Brandon Murray are questionable for Georgetown .
Seton Hall is allowing an average of only 64.4 points per game which is 61st in the nation. The Pirates are holding opponents to a field goal shooting percentage of 40.3% which is 54th and a three-point shooting percentage of 28.7% which is 19th best in the nation. Seton Hall is averaging 37.0 rebounds per game and allowing an average of 31.6 boards per contest. The king of the boards for Seton Hall is Tyrese Samuel with an average of 6.4 rebounds per game. Kadary Richmond is the leader in steals with an average of 1.9 per game and KC Ndefo is the leader in block shots with an average of 2.2 per contest.
Seton Hall is scoring an average of 69.8 points per game while shooting 44.3% overall and 30.7% from behind the three-point line. The leading scorer for Seton Hall is Al-Amir Dawes with an average of 11.0 points per game and the guard is shooting 41.4% overall and 41.5% from long range. Samuel is the second-leading scorer with an average of 10.9 points per game and is shooting 57.3% overall. Richmond is the leader in assists with an average of 3.9 dishes per contest. Seton Hall averages 15.0 turnovers per game, which is the Pirates biggest downfall on offense.