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The Hall Hosts Fordham, Tuesday


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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2024
FORDHAM (1-1) at SETON HALL (1-0)
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Walsh Gymnasium
7:00 p.m. ET

LIVE VIDEO:
Pirate Sports Network on FloHoops
(Ryan Johnston & Phil Stern)
LIVE AUDIO: 89.5 FM WSOU or WSOU.net
(Patrick Corsello & Kyle Ferreira)
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GAME NOTES: SETON HALL | FORDHAM

THE GAME

Seton Hall will return to action on Tuesday, November 12 when it hosts local non-conference rival Fordham. Tip time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

MEDIA
The game will be streamed live by the Pirate Sports Network and will be available for FloHoops subscribers with Ryan Johnston and Phil Stern on the call. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net. Patrick Corsello and Kyle Ferreira will describe the action on the radio. Live stats will also be available.

WSOU is also airing a postgame "Hall Line" show following its women's basketball games. Be sure to tune in after the final buzzer.

STREAM INFORMATION
The contest will streamed on FloHoops, one of the leading streaming services in the world. Special Seton Hall pricing is available only through this link for fans who want to subscribe to watch Seton Hall events, home and away, as well as all other live events on the FloSports platform. Fans with an .edu school address can purchase a subscription for $6.99 per month, and all other fans can purchase a subscription for $12.50 per month. The non-Seton Hall pricing on FloHoops is normally $29.99 per month.

LAST GAME
Graduate student Faith Masonius (Spring Lake, N.J.) had a career-high 23 points as the Pirates routed Wagner, 84-40, in the season-opener Thursday in Walsh Gym. The Hall trailed Wagner, 14-13, with 4:24 left in the first quarter, but outscored them, 71-26, the rest of the way. The suffocating Seton Hall defense forced 26 turnovers and held the Seahawks to just 33.3% shooting from the floor.

Playing in her first regular season game in a Seton Hall uniform, Masonius filled the box score with 23 points, six rebounds, three steals and four assists, one of which was a highlight reel, behind-the-back dime to Kaydan Lawson (Cleveland, Ohio).

Graduate student Yaya Lops (Stamford, Conn.) finished with 15 points, a new high for her Seton Hall career, to go with six rebounds. Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) nearly had a double-double, finishing with nine points, 10 assists, only one turnover and four steals.

Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Fordham: Seton Hall leads, 8-5
Last Meeting:
Seton Hall 78, Fordham 72 (F) – December 17, 2022 (Rose Hill Gym)

AGAINST FORDHAM
Seton Hall and Fordham will meet for the 14th time in history on Tuesday with the Pirates having won eight of the prior 13 meetings. Most recently, The Hall defeated the Rams, 78-72, in the Bronx on Dec. 17, 2022. The Pirates have won three of the last four meetings. Their last meeting in Walsh Gym, however, was an 82-63 victory for Fordham on Nov. 13, 2021.

SCOUTING FORDHAM
Fordham is coming off a 13-17 season a year ago, which included a 8-10 mark in Atlantic 10 Conference play. The Rams caught fire down the stretch, winning six of their final seven games of the regular season, but exited the Atlantic 10 Tournament with a one-point loss in the first round to Loyola-Chicago.

Taylor Donaldson led the Atlantic 10 with 17.9 points per game and ranked second in steals per game, earning Second Team All-Conference and All-Met honors at season's end. Following her stellar senior campaign, Donaldson elected to return for a fifth season, and will look to lead the Maroon and White once again this year.

This year, the Rams were picked to finish ninth in the 15-team league according to the preseason coaches' poll. Donaldson was named a Preseason First-Team All-Conference selection.

Fordham enters Tuesday's contest with a 1-1 record. The Rams dropped a 58-50 decision to Adelphi in the season-opener, but bounced back with a 66-51 victory over Cal St. Fullerton on Friday. Through two games, Chae Harris leads the team with 11.5 points per game. Irene Murua is averaging 8.5 points and a team-best 7.5 rebounds per game.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, November 16 when it hosts non-conference foe, Bryant. Tip time is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. The contest will be streamed live by the Pirate Sports Network and available for FloHoops subscribers. 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the game.
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The Top 20 - Fordham


Yesterday was absolutely brutal. Needed a while before posting my Top 20.


In no particular order



1. Did my eyes deceive me?

Wasn't sure from where I was sitting and I did not watch the replay at home. BUT, I had the CBS news on last night and it showed the final seconds. There is no way that Aligbe even touched the shooter on the 3 point attempt late, The kid just fell down and suckered the ref. Cost SHU the game. Not sure why this hasn't been brought up anywhere.


2. And then....

Seconds to go SHU up 1. What is your best foul shooter (93.2% last year) and best ball handler Harmon doing on the bench? It didn't matter because the Pirates broke the press before Addae-Wusu fumble the ball. But that's not the point.


3. And speaking of Harmon....

Why has he been glued to the bench? The guards have been struggling just getting the ball over half court and you don't give your best ball handler and an excellent defender some PT.


4. Seton Hall's French Connection

For the second game in a row Toumi played an excellent first half and then virtually disappeared in the second stanza.


5. The future

Let's hope the two frosh big men stay in the years to come. Godswill and The Gus Bus are showing a lot of promise. But that said each has a ways to go as expected from players that have only played 2 games to date.


6. They're free guys

The free throw shooting in the first two games has been abysmal. 8-16 and a missed front end of a 1-1 cost the team the game yesterday.

A question. With the five guys on the court on our last offensive play who did you want to get fouled?


7. Situational BB

Seconds to go up 1. Why was Addae-Wusu so anxious to catch the ball and then take it to the basket. The clock is your enemy not Fordham. You dribble out as many seconds as possible and then get fouled in the frontcourt. Instead Dylan tried to score and fumbled the catch.


8. Up 8 and....

The Pirates had the crowd rocking going on a run middle of the second half to take an 8 point lead. I told my seatmate a good team will now extend the lead and the game will be over. A bad team will immediately let Fordham back in the game. The latter happened as Fordham after calling a timeout came back on the court and hit back to back 3s and the lead evaporated in a very short time.


9. Scotty, where are you?

He played so well in the workout I saw but he looks completely lost on the court to date. 0-2 from the field yesterday with 2 costly turnovers in almost 8 minutes of play. That's 1 of 8 (an uncontested layup) in two games. This team needs offense and I was sure it would come from #7. Now I'm not so sure.


10. Wasting time

Throughout the game the backcourt struggled to get the ball over halfcourt. And then often when they did, especially with DAW having the ball he dribbled aimlessly at the top of the court wasting more time on the shot clock. Get into the offense quicker and if we continue to struggle with that aspect of the game give Harmon some run.


11. You practice like you play

Fordham coach Keith Urgo said his team had the two best practices of the year coming into yesterday's game. Conversely Holloway said just the opposite for his team. We saw the result in the game.



12. Right Turn Clyde

Both Clint Eastwood and Shaheen Holloway made the 'right' call. But the Pirates defense allowed Jackie Johnson III to drive left and loft a game winner over IsaIah Coleman despite instructions from the bench to force him right.



13. Where's the individual D?

Dual is struggling on offense but I was sure his D would be outstanding. Not yesterday at Walsh. He was constantly beaten by his defensive assignment with penetration leading to a team worse plus/minus of -7.



14. Only the final score matters

SHU had the lead in the game for 32:38 but Fordham having no more than a 1 point lead in the second half won the game at the buzzer.



15. D vs O

When you hold two teams to 36.5% and 35.7% shooting from the field you should have 2 easy wins. But when your offense only manages to shoot 31.8% and 40.7% of it's own..well 1-1 seems fair.



16. Waste of time

DAW and Aligbe were the players who came into the post game. They were at the podium for about 4 minutes and were so down they were barely audible to the media. If you think the fans were disappointed walking out of Walsh the players were absolutely devastated.



17. Crooked numbers

DAWs had a weird statistical game

3-6 from the field

1-1 from the arc

1-2 from the line

4 rebounds

5 assists

4 turnovers

4 steals

8 points

But the only play he'll remember is the last time he touched the ball.



18. Jenkins

Had a quiet offensive game but made few mistakes and led the team with a +8 in the 1 point loss.



19. The stars are not aligning

Almost half our points came from the bench (25). Much better than last year. But we have no Dawes, no Richmond and no Davis on this team and that is going to lead to a very long year.



20. Hope he's right

This post game with Sha reminded me a lot of last year's one after the Rutgers' game. Sha was emotionally gutted. But he did leave a message for the fanbase when he guaranteed this squad will right the ship and asked for the support of the fanbase. For good or bad he believes in this team. We'll see moving forward.

Long time in coming


Seton Hall Announces Pirates Legends Series & Will Honor Three in 2024-25!​


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South Orange, N.J. - In a nod to honoring Seton Hall basketball legends of the past who have helped shape the programs to what they are today, Seton Hall Athletics has announced the creation of the Pirates Legends Series, which will serve to honor Pirates greats at basketball games. Seton Hall will honor three greats in 2024-25, two men's players and one women's player.

The first men's basketball legend to be honored will be Dan Callandrillo, the 1982 BIG EAST Player of the Year who will be recognized on Sunday, Dec. 8, when the men's basketball team hosts Oklahoma State in the BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle at 12 p.m.

Then on Sunday, Dec. 22, when men's basketball hosts Georgetown in its BIG EAST home opener (7 p.m.), the second men's basketball legend to be honored will be Mark Bryant, the 15-year NBA veteran who led the Pirates to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and win in 1988.

On Saturday, Feb. 8, when women's basketball battles Xavier (2 p.m.), Seton Hall will recognize legend Jodi Brooks, who guided the Pirates to the 1994 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen.

"Seton Hall basketball has an incredibly rich history of student-athletes who perform at an elite level, and the goal of the Pirates Legends Series is to honor our greats who came before us and recognize their role in making Seton Hall the great basketball school it is today," said Seton Hall Director of Athletics & Recreation Bryan Felt. "We're thrilled to bring Pirates Legends to our fans this season, and we're excited about the ovation that our Legends will receive!"

Callandrillo played for the Pirates from 1978-82 and was Seton Hall's first great player in the BIG EAST Conference. He was an immediate contributor as a freshman, averaging 12.1 points and 4.3 assists and gradually got better until he exploded his senior year in 1981-82, averaging 25.8 points (in an era with no three-point line) while shooting 51 percent from the field. He was named BIG EAST Player of the Year, third-team All-America and the recipient of the Haggerty Award as the Met Player of the Year.

When he graduated Callandrillo ranked third all-time in scoring history at Seton Hall with 1,985 points and is still sixth today.

Bryant helped usher in a new era of Seton Hall basketball when he and his teammates secured the program's first NCAA Tournament at-large berth at the conclusion of the 1987-88 season. It was the culmination of Bryant becoming a star basketball player as he leapt from averages of 12.2 points and 6.8 rebounds as a freshman to 20.5 points and 9.1 rebounds as a senior. He was named first-team All-BIG EAST in 1987-88 and that year's recipient of the Haggerty Award as the Met Player of the Year.

Bryant scored a game-high 30 points in Seton Hall's first NCAA Tournament win, an 80-64 victory over UTEP in Los Angeles, and he went on to be selected 21st overall in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Portland Trailblazers. He finished his Seton Hall career with 1,906 points and 912 rebounds, which both ranked fifth in program history at the time.

Brooks helped elevate Seton Hall women's basketball to a new level. In her senior season of 1993-94, she averaged 18.6 points and was named All-America honorable mention and the New Jersey and Metropolitan Player of the Year while helping the Pirates to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, finishing with a 27-5 record and a No. 14 national ranking. At the time of her graduation, she was the only player in program history to record over 1,500 points, 500 rebounds, 400 assists and 200 steals.

Fans can purchase tickets to both Pirates Legends men's basketball games on Ticketmaster or can still purchase season tickets to receive both Pirates Legends games at a discounted per-game rate and receive additional season ticket holder benefits. Season tickets or single-game tickets for the women's basketball legends game are available by calling the Seton Hall ticket office during normal business hours at 973-275-4255.

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Florida’s Todd Golden opens up after shocking sexual harassment allegations


By Christian Arnold

Todd Golden preached for Florida fans to let “due process” take its course before judging the allegations levied against him in a Title IX complaint.

The Gators men’s basketball coach was on the sideline for Monday’s 86-62 win over Grambling State, his first public appearance since The Independent Florida Alligator reported that the university was investigating Golden over allegations of sexual harassment and stalking several current and former female students.

Speaking specifically to Florida’s female fans, Golden asked for patience as the inquiry played out.

“Obviously, in this situation, due process and to continue to support guys, and I just would hope that they would allow the process to take place and see where it ends up,” Golden said after the game, according to the Associated Press.

A Title IX complaint was filed against the basketball coach on Sept. 27 and claimed that Golden had made unwanted sexual advances using Instagram along with sending photos and videos of his genitalia and requesting sexual favors.

While the nature of the claims is quite serious, Golden was given a cheer when he was introduced during pregame introductions ahead of Monday’s contest.

However, in one video posted to social media, a fan could be heard booing as the arena house lights came back on.

Golden called the reception he received “great” and said under the circumstances, “I appreciate it.”

“What’s personally getting me through this right now?” Golden said. “Respecting the situation, my family, my team, my coaching staff. We’re just continuing to attack it like we normally would every day.”

While Golden said he couldn’t address the specifics of the complaint, he did commend his staff and players for staying focused on the task of basketball.

The shocking allegations also included instances where Golden allegedly took photos of women and sent the pictures to them along with him allegedly showing up at locations where he knew they would be.

Golden is married and a father of two young boys.

In a statement over the weekend, Golden said that he was speaking with an attorney about defamation claims.

Seton Hall Basketball

Predictions Update
Nov 10, 2024
After losing to Fordham 57-56 yesterday, Seton Hall is now projected to finish the regular season 12-17 (7-13 Big East).
The odds that the Pirates make the NCAA tournament are down to 7%, a decrease of 8% since yesterday.
We currently rank Seton Hall as the #107 team in the country, and the #9 team in the Big East.
Next game: Wed, Nov 13 vs. #150 Hofstra. Our power ratings give the Pirates a 63% chance to win.
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