NEWARK, N.J. – The Knights are back! The Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball team is set to open the 2021-22 season at Seton Hall with a non-conference matchup at Prudential Center on Wednesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. live on FS1. Here's what you need to know as FDU tips-off the new campaign.

Game Info 
FDU (0-0, 0-0 NEC) at Seton Hall (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, November 10, at 7:01 p.m. -- Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.)
Coverage: FS1 | AM970 | Live Stats
Tickets: Link
In-Game Updates: @FDUKnightsMBB

Media Game Notes
FDU | HALL

All-Time Series
Seton Hall leads 19-4
Last Five..2-3
Streak..L2
First Meeting..Seton Hall 81, FDU 78 (12/3/60 at Seton Hall)
Last Meeting.. Seton Hall 90, FDU 68 (11/10/17 at Seton Hall)
 
Scouting the Pirates
Seton Hall was selected to finish fifth in the 2021-22 BIG EAST preseason coaches poll. The Pirates return four of their top six scorers from last season, add three crucial transfers and welcome a top-ranked recruiting class to South Orange. Sophomore guard Kadary Richmond comes to The Hall from Syracuse where he appeared in all 28 games and averaged 21 minutes a game as a true freshman. SHU also returns graduate student Myles Cale, a 6'6 graduate student who started all 27 games for the Pirates and set a career high in scoring with 11.6 points per game in 2020-21. Down the bench, three members of the Hall coaching staff have ties to Greg Herenda and Knights with Pirates' associate head coach Grant Billmeier serving as an assistant coach for Herenda in 2014-15 and new Hall assistant coach Donald Copeland coming to South Orange from Wagner where he saw the Knights twice a season from 2017-21.
 
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Scouting the Knights
FDU looks to start the season off on the right note with Wednesday's matchup at The Rock. FDU is all-time 1-1 at Prudential Center, winning their first game at the arena in 2013 against Seton Hall by a 58-54 tally in Herenda's inaugural season. The Knights welcome in nine new student-athletes, including eight freshman, who fill out a squad that lost seven after the 2020-21 season. Picked to finish ninth in the Northeast Conference, Herenda's Burgundy and Blue side seeks to find their way back into the Northeast Conference Tournament having last earned a spot in the eight-team postseason tourney in the 2019-20 season, falling to LIU in the quarterfinal. The Knights were in the hunt last season notching big NEC wins against Central Connecticut and Saint Francis U (Pa.) [OT]. The Knights swept the season series with Bryant ant LIU, playing on back-to-back days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the Knights to watch on Wednesday is junior Brandon Rush who put up a team-high 27 points in 23 minutes of work in the preseason exhibition against Rutgers-Newark earlier this month. Rush went 9-9 from the field, including 7-7 from behind the arch. Also of note, junior Devon Dunn makes his return to the hardwood in Hackensack as the recently-named co-captain opted out of the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19 concerns. Eight of the Knights' newcomers saw playing time in the exhibition.

Full Rutgers-Newark (Exh.) Recap
 
Coach Herenda's Thoughts
"Playing Seton Hall is just a great natural intrastate game that we are very appreciative of. We have so many people in common that it makes the game exciting and familiar in the same breath. They have great size, length and athleticism. We will have our hands full. We need to step up to this challenge right out of the gate. I am excited to see how our team responds playing against a very good team in a BIG EAST arena."

What's Next
FDU heads south to Philadelphia for their first contest in the City of Brotherly Love on Friday, November 12, at 5 p.m. when the Knights square off against Drexel live on FloSports.

Fans can stay connected with FDU men's basketball on Instagram and Twitter, @FDUKnightsMBB.

The 2021-22 men's basketball season is presented by Bogota Savings Bank.