Marquette Men’s Basketball Big East Preview Primer: at Seton Hall

Marquette Golden Eagles (8-14, 3-8 Big East) at Seton Hall Pirates (15-6, 5-5 Big East)

Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026
Time: 11am Central
Location: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey

Marquette Stats Leaders

Points: Chase Ross, 15.5 ppg
Rebounds: Ben Gold, 5.6 rpg
Assists: Nigel James, 4.7 apg

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Marquette Injury Note: Sean Jones has missed the last eight games with a foot issue. He was out of his walking boot during the Providence game last week, so he’s moving closer towards a return but was still listed as Out on the availability report before Friday’s game against Butler. With eight games played already this season, but just 11 games left to go, I presume that he will play again if the doctors clear him before the season ends.

Seton Hall Stats Leaders

Points: AJ Staton-McCray, 11.7 ppg
Rebounds: Stephon Payne, 7.4 rpg
Assists: Budd Clark, 4.6 apg

KenPom.com Rankings

Marquette: #109
Seton Hall: #49
Game Projection: Seton Hall has an 82% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 74-64.

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Last Time Out: Marquette fired off a 13-2 run in the first half in Milwaukee to take a 21-18 lead. Marquette threw out a 16-0 run in the second half to flip the contest from 45-39 Seton Hall to 55-45. Marquette led 73-66 with three minutes left. Marquette led 73-72 with less than two minutes left. Marquette lost 79-73 because Seton Hall closed the game on a 13-0 run, holding the Golden Eagles without a field goal for the final 6:14 of the game.

Since Last We Met: That near escape was probably the basketball equivalent of the Check Engine light blinking at Seton Hall head coach Shaheen Holloway. That game in Milwaukee was their first game back from Christmas break after losing 64-56 to Villanova in their last game before the break. Then they needed a 16-2 run to have a chance to force two straight jump balls to get the ball back in the final 20 seconds AND for Najai Hines to haul in a Budd Clark missed fadeaway elbow jumper AND draw the and-1 foul AND make the freebie to…

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Publish date : 2026-01-30 17:05:00

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