#MUBB Hosts Seton Hall Thursday Night at 8 p.m. CT

The Marquette University men's basketball team (5-2, 1-0 BIG EAST) returns home to face Seton Hall (4-3, 1-0 BIG EAST) on Thursday, Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. CT in Fiserv Forum. FS1 will feature the television broadcast, with Eric Collins (play-by-play) and Steve Lavin (analyst) calling the action. Following Thursday's matchup, the Golden Eagles will travel to Xavier on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Series With Pirates Dates Back To 1956

The Golden Eagles lead the all-time series with Seton Hall, 19-11, with all but one of the matchups coming after MU joined the BIG EAST Conference in 2005-06.

SHU opened the series with a 96-78 victory over Marquette on March 17, 1956 in MU's first-ever appearance in the National Invitation Tournament in New York. The next meeting wouldn't come until 50 years later when Marquette moved to the BIG EAST.

After SHU's 88-79 victory in the home finale last year at Fiserv Forum, the Pirates have now claimed four-straight wins over the Golden Eagles.

Marquette Claims Second Top-10 Win

Marquette rallied for an 89-84 win at No. 9/9 Creighton Monday night in the BIG EAST opener, claiming the team's second win against a top-10 opponent in 2020-21.

Freshman forward Justin Lewis' tip-in at the buzzer gave the Golden Eagles a 67-65 win over No. 4/7 Wisconsin on Dec. 4 at Fiserv Forum. Marquette now owns 48 victories all-time against top-10 foes and 127 versus teams ranked in the top-25.

Marquette last defeated a pair of top-10 opponents in the same season in 2016-17 when the Golden Eagles won at No. 7 Creighton (Jan. 21, 2017) in overtime and at home against No. 1 Villanova (Jan. 24, 2017) in back-to-back outings.

MU's win on Monday night was the program's fourth in the last five visits to the CHI Health Center Omaha.