Seton Hall Prep basketball team visit Newark East Side in season opener on Dec. 16

WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep varsity basketball team will begin the season on Friday, Dec. 16, at Newark East Side at 4 p.m. The Pirates then will participate in the Hoop Group Tip-Off on Saturday, Dec. 17, at Caldwell University when the team faces Columbia at 8:30 p.m.

The Pirates last season won the Essex County Tournament title for the second year in a row to extend their record of ECT titles to 17; won the Super Essex Conference-American Division title; and reached the NJSIAA Non-Public North Jersey “A” tournament final where they lost to Don Bosco Prep to finish with a sensational 29-2 record.

SHP, under head coach Kevin Williams, lost several players to graduation, including guard TJ Gibbs, who is the program’s all-time leading scorer with 1,987 points and is continuing his career at the University of Notre Dame.

The key returning players for SHP are senior 6-foot-4 forward Treyvon Bennett, senior 6-3 guard Austin Williams, and junior Alex Imegwu, who was injured in January and missed the remainder of last season, but has great potential. A top newcomer is Jabri Abdur-Rahim, who is ranked as the No. 1 freshman in the country.

Schedule

Dec. 16, at East Side, 4 p.m.

Dec. 17, Hoop Group Tip-Off Showcase, at Caldwell University, vs. Columbia, 8:30 p.m.

Dec. 20, East Orange Campus, 7 p.m.

Dec. 22, at University, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 27, Neptune Holiday Jubilee, vs. Asbury Park, 2:30 p.m.

Dec. 28, Neptune Holiday Jubilee, vs. either Bloomfield Tech or Neptune, 11 a.m. or 2:30 p.m.

Dec. 30, Neptune Holiday Jubilee, opponent and time to be determined

Jan. 3, at Montclair, 4 p.m.

Jan. 5, Immaculate Conception, 7 p.m.

Jan. 8, 14th Scholarship for Inner City Children Basketball Festival, at Kean University, vs. Union Catholic, 3:30 p.m.

Jan. 10, at Central, 7 p.m.

Jan. 12, at West Side, 7 p.m.

Jan. 17, East Side, 7 p.m.

Jan. 19, at East Orange Campus, 7 p.m.

Jan. 22, Coaches vs. Cancer, at Passaic Valley, vs. Wayne Hills, time TBD

Jan. 26, University, 7 p.m.

Jan. 28, Barringer, 1 p.m.

Jan. 31, at Immaculate Conception, 4 p.m.

Feb. 7, at Rutgers Prep, 6 p.m.

Feb. 10, Newark Tech, 4 p.m.

Feb. 14, Central, 7 p.m.

Feb. 16, West Side, 7 p.m.

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