Creighton hosts Seton Hall following Masonius' 21-point game

Seton Hall Pirates (16-5, 8-2 Big East) at Creighton Bluejays (18-4, 10-1 Big East)

Omaha, Nebraska; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Seton Hall takes on Creighton after Faith Misonius scored 21 points in Seton Hall's 72-55 win over the DePaul Blue Demons.

The Bluejays have gone 7-1 at home. Creighton is 1-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Pirates have gone 8-2 against Big East opponents. Seton Hall scores 64.5 points and has outscored opponents by 5.8 points per game.

Creighton makes 45.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.6 percentage points higher than Seton Hall has allowed to its opponents (41.0%). Seton Hall averages 6.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.9 more made shots on average than the 4.6 per game Creighton gives up.

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The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Morgan Maly is shooting 46.1% from beyond the arc with 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Bluejays, while averaging 17.5 points and 5.4 rebounds. Lauren Jensen is shooting 43.4% and averaging 15.0 points over the past 10 games.

Jada Eads is shooting 34.4% from beyond the arc with 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Pirates, while averaging 14.4 points and 1.8 steals. Masonius is shooting 41.4% and averaging 15.5 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bluejays: 9-1, averaging 72.5 points, 27.4 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 6.2 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.9 points per game.

Pirates: 8-2, averaging 60.8 points, 30.4 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 11.0 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 37.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 58.6 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.