that's a good result but not a great result to get out of the hole they are in. Still a very hard watch

Happy with the way things turned out going 2 of 3 after what we’ve see to date. One thing that really stands out that I haven’t heard anyone talking about is up 4 yesterday with two timeouts and the ball under a minute. Jenkins comes down right in front of the bench and proceeds to drive to the basket way too early in the shot clock. Sha has to use a timeout there to settle things down or tell Jenkins who’s right in front of you to run some clock. Maybe he did and Jenkins didn’t listen. Maybe Jenkins thought they’d foul. I thought there were two clear choices (run clock or timeout) and neither were used. Need smarter execution there. That almost cost them the game.

GAME NOTES

CONTACT: MATT SWEENEY

DATE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2024

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2024

ACRISURE HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL

SETON HALL (4-1) vs. #6 USC (4-1)

PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. – Acrisure Arena – 7:00 p.m. ET

TV: truTV

Radio: 89.5 FM WSOU or WSOU.net

Live Stats: SHUpirates.com



THE GAME

Seton Hall will return to action on Wednesday, November 27 when it travels to Palm Springs, Calif. for the Acrisure Holiday Invitational. The Pirates will face No. 3 USC at 7:00 p.m. ET.



MEDIA

The game will be televised by truTV. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net. Mike Federico and Spencer Gonzalez will describe the action on the radio. Live stats will also be available.



WSOU is also airing a post-game “Hall Line” show following its women’s basketball games. Be sure to tune in after the final buzzer.



LAST GAME

Graduate student Yaya Lops (Stamford, Conn.) scored a season-high 20 points, but the Pirates suffered their first loss of the season, 78-75, to Princeton in Walsh Gym on Thursday.



The Pirates played well enough to win, shooting an impressive 47.5 percent from the floor and forcing 21 turnovers, compared to committing just eight. Princeton, however, shot a blistering 61.7 percent for the game including 12-for-19 (.632) from three-point range, and the Pirates simply couldn’t keep up. The Tigers’ field goal percentage is the highest by a Seton Hall opponent since Villanova shot 64.4 percent on Feb. 11, 2023.



Lops had her best game in a Seton Hall uniform, finishing with 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting, including 4-for-7 from three-point range, to go with six rebounds. Faith Masonius (Spring Lake, N.J.), Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) and Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) also scored in double-figures for The Hall. Graduate student Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) had six points to go with eight assists, only one turnover and four steals.



Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Women of Troy: USC leads, 4-0

Last Meeting:

#8 USC 64, Seton Hall 54 (F) – November 20, 2023 (Baha Mar, Nassau, Bahamas)



AGAINST USC

Seton Hall and USC will play for only the fifth time in history on Wednesday with the Women of Troy having won all four prior meetings. All four contests have been held on neutral sites with USC defeating the Pirates last season, 64-54, at the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.



SCOUTING USC

USC is coming off a tremendous 2023-24 campaign, which featured a 29-6 final record, a Pac-12 Conference championship and a run to the NCAA Regional Finals. USC defeated Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Kansas and Baylor before falling to Connecticut, 80-73, for the right to play in the Final Four.



Juju Watkins was named National Freshman of the Year, Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year and received All-American honors.



This year, the Women of Troy were picked to win the 18-team Big 10 Conference, according to the preseason coaches’ poll. Four of USC’s starting five were named to the watch list for the national award at their respective positions with Watkins, Kiki Iriafen and Talia von Oelhoffen landing on the watch list for the Wooden Award. Watkins is also the Big 10 Preseason Player of the Year.



The Women of Troy enter Wednesday’s contest as the No. 6 ranked team in the country with a 4-1 record. Most recently, USC fell to No. 6 Notre Dame, 74-61, on Saturday. Watkins is currently averaging 22.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. She scored 24 points against Irish.



UP NEXT

Seton Hall will return to action after the Thanksgiving holiday when it hosts San Francisco in historic Walsh Gymnasium on Monday, Dec. 2. Tip time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. The contest will be streamed by the Pirate Sports Network and available for FloCollege subscribers. 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the game.

As if the Hall debacle wasn't enough, The G Men made it weekend of depression. I am a 60 year plus fan and the last decade makes the awful late 60's and 70's look appealing. At least those teams scored points (and gave them up in boatloads). These Giant teams are the worst combination - bad and boring. What was once appt viewing is now an afterthought. Played pickleball in the am but came home and turned on the telly to watch the inevitable. Jones is awful. Question if Daboll is the guy. Joe S has whiffed on too many draft picks. Not a lot to get excited about. Although I hate anything related to tanking, it might be the year to do so. Mara is out of touch. We're a laughing stock. The season can't end soon enough. I feel better after the rant.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — In a game that came down to the wire, the Seton Hall men's basketball team claimed victory over Florida Atlantic, 63-61, in their final game of the Shriners Children's Charleston Classic in TD Arena.

Scotty Middleton had a massive 10 points in the first half (4-of-4 from the field, 2-of-2 from three) for the Pirates (4-3), while Chaunce Jenkins led the Pirates in scoring for the fifth time this season. The Owls (4-4) had their worst shooting day from beyond the arc this season (4-of-28, 14.2%), while Pirates had one of their best days (45.5%).

How It Happened

While the Pirates struggled to find their footing in the opening minutes offensively against the Owls, the Pirates' sturdy defense helped the team find their way into the game. After a pair of threes from The Hall, they trailed by a slim 7-6 margin with 15:03 remaining in the half. Both teams would quickly enter into a defensive battle, with both schools failing to find a bucket for over two minutes.

As the clock ticked under 13 minutes remaining in the half, the Pirates found a spark off the bench with freshman Jasheem Felton. Immediately after entering the game, Felton would find a layup and Scotty Middleton would net his second three of the night to put the Pirates up 11-7 with 12:01 remaining in the half. The Pirates remained hot, going on a 13-5 run and extending their lead to 22-12 with 7:24 left in the half.

FAU responded in kind with a 9-5 run powered by Leland Walker and Matas Vokietaitis to cut the Pirates lead to 27-21 with 3:50 remaining in the half. Over the remaining time, the Pirates would lock down the Owls offense, save a singular converted foul shot by Baba Miller. Chaunce Jenkins would cap the Pirates' best offensive half of the season by converting a layup with seven seconds remaining in the half, sending the Pirates to the half up 34-22.

Coming out of halftime, the Owls tried to claw back into the game. They would cut the Pirates' lead to 39-30 with 16:18 remaining in a run that culminated with two buckets from Baba Miller. Jenkins and the Pirates, however, would quickly stamp out FAU's momentum and go up 44-33, extending The Hall's lead back to 11 points with 14:05 remaining in the game.
For the next five minutes Pirates held serve with the Owls, but could not manage to comfortably pull away from the AAC foe as the score sat at 51-38 with nine minutes left. With the door left open, FAU went on a 15-7 run to reduce the Pirates lead to five, trailing 58-53 with 4:03 remaining.

Straight away, Isaiah Coleman took over on offense, netting a jumper and putting up a layup that would turn into a Yacine Toumi putback with 2:12 remaining in the game. After both teams stifled each other's offense, FAU's Kyky Tandy cut the Pirates lead to one with 25 seconds left on the clock.

With the Pirates' margin for error narrowing, Prince Aligbe was sent to the free throw line to shoot a one-and-one. After converting the front end, Aligbe would miss the second shot and the Owls would push up the floor with 16 seconds remaining. In the biggest moment of the game, the defense stepped up, forcing FAU's Leland Walker into a bad shot and securing the 63-61 victory.

News & Notes

• This was the first-ever meeting between these two programs.
• Seton Hall is now 6-3 all-time at the Charleston Classic.
• With the win, the third-place finish at the Charleston Classic is the Pirates' best finish at an MTE since winning the 2018-19 Wooden Legacy
• The Hall has held seven of their eight opponents below 38% from the field.
• The Pirates' bench outscored the Owls' bench 31-15.
• Seton Hall had five blocks to zero for FAU.
• Scotty Middleton recorded a season-high 10 points, all in the first half.
• With 15 points tonight, Chaunce Jenkinsrecorded his fifth game as the Pirates leading scorer.
  • This was also Jenkins' 55th career game with double-digit points.

Up Next
The Pirates will return to New Jersey to face Monmouth at the Prudential Center on Saturday, November 30, at 12:00 p.m. The game will be broadcast on FS2.

Along with the other Pirate faithful that went down to the tournament


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Already looking unwatchable. Down 5-3.

Halftime

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Time (however unlikely) for Holloway to end the painful Dylan experiment at the point. Coach should bite the bullet and give Felton much more time. Kid passes the eye test and did a nice job with ball movement and actually running an offense. This team isn’t going anywhere so let him learn on the job and hope he actually comes back next year.

By Colin Rajala

Seton Hall left the Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic a markedly improved team after achieving a 2-1 record to win third place in the early season multi-team event.

In a game of offense versus defense, the Pirates defense reemerged and held strong, holding Florida Atlantic nearly 30 points below their season average on 33.9% shooting from the field and 14.3% from three, including multiple separate four-minute plus scoreless droughts, in a 63-61 consolation game victory.

It was a balanced attack for Seton Hall as ten players scored for the Pirates while only two were in double figures – guard Chaunce Jenkins, who put together a strong 15 point, three rebound, one assist, one steal effort despite facing constant pressure, and wing Scotty Middleton, who recorded 10 points, all in the first nine minutes of the first half as part of an early 20-10 lead, a lead the Hall would hold onto the rest of the game.

Pacing the Pirates were forward Yacine Toumi with nine points, four rebounds and two assists and guard Isaiah Coleman with eight points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Down 7-3 four minutes into the game after making just one of their first eight shots, Seton Hall went on a 11-0 run capped by a three from guard Dylan Addae-Wusu to take the 14-7 lead, which grew to a 20-10 advantage after Middleton drove the lane, spun back and connected in the paint.

The Hall extended its lead to the largest of the half, 12 points, when Jenkins drove and scored over the Owl’s seven-foot-center Matas Vokietaitis for a 34-22 halftime advantage, which was Florida Atlantic’s lowest scoring half of the early season.

The Pirates took their largest lead of the game, 39-24, less than two minutes into the second half when Jenkins slammed the ball home to prompt an early timeout from Florida Atlantic.

Seton Hall kept the Owls at arm’s length for a majority of the second half as it took Florida Atlantic until six minutes remaining in the game to get within six points, 54-48, thanks to an 8-0 run over the prior two minutes that the Pirates aided by committing two turnovers, missing a layup and two free throws.

The Hall extended their lead back to 10 to steady the ship on the next two possessions after Toumi found Coleman on a back door cut for a wide-open Dunk and Coleman returned the favor, dishing to Toumi, who finished through contact over Vokietaitis for the 58-48 lead with five minutes to go.

However, Florida Atlantic did not go away quietly, cutting the score to 60-57 with two minutes and 39 seconds remaining, but Seton Hall’s defense dug deep and forced the Owls to miss four of its final five shots, one layup and three jumpers, including one three, to earn the 63-61 win.

The Pirates connected on 10/22 (45.5%) from long distance, two more than their previous high of eight, recorded six steals and five blocks and outscored the Owls 12 to four on the fast break.


Thoughts:

Someone was going home 2-1 and someone was going home 1-2, glad we came out on the right side of things to close the tournament

Godswill Erheriene only played four minutes tonight in what wasn’t his best showing, but wanted to note his incredibly quick elevation on the tip

Kyky Tandy, who should have been familiar face for fans as he played at Xavier previously, was certainly not afraid to shoot the ball for FAU.

Too many offensive rebounds early allowed FAU to jump out to the lead, luckily the Hall only trailed by a few thanks to their defense. Both teams shot a combined 5/27 to start the half.

After their 1/8 start the broadcast let us know that SHU cant finish as they’re only shooting 38% from two on the season, quite the stat.

Loved seeing Felton getting the early minutes from Sha as a reward for his tournament play. To make it even better, Jahseem rewarded Sha for the move by driving and scoring in the paint for the 8-7 lead early. Lots of good Felton tape early as he is making possessions productive even if they don’t lead to points, example driving lane and making smart kick out pass to Jenkins, who missed the three. Jenkins would connect on a triple from Felton several possessions later as well. Encouraging to see Jahseem not afraid to shoot and attack.

Things you like to see: Toumi drawing an offensive foul to keep FAU four-minute scoreless stretch going in the first half, which ended up being over five minutes.

Great to see Threebek get the board, take it up on the break and find Jenkins, who was fouled but converted both free throws. SHU playing at like the fifth slowest rate in the country but I would like to see some more controlled breaks from them.

Coleman tripped on a fastbreak layup with no one in front of him reminded me that college really should have some form of clear path foul.

Man, Aligbe can’t buy a bucket on the drive. First he missed a layup, then he traveled before his next shot, the third attempt was an off kilter overpowered attempt against the seven footer and the fourth was a missed dunk. Luckily for his sake and ours, the fifth time's a charm as he scored off the pass from Felton.

I have to say that Dual looked comfortable/composed attempting and sinking both of his free throws in the first half

Coleman getting more and more impressive rounding into form. Let's hope that improvement accelerates even more as he gets more confident.

Okorafor with two blocks early in the second half, nice to see him be able to impose his will on the defensive end.

I’ve been on Toumi for weak takes to the hoop lately, so I have to give props where props are due because he took it strong and under control a few times tonight, none more important than late

Favorite play of the game: SHU showing some ball movement before Jenkins makes the extra pass to Felton for the corner three and a 47-34 lead.

Thought the offensive foul for pushing off call on Jenkins late in the second was a tough one as both guys were hand fighting and I like to see players deciding the game when it’s a five-point game with three minutes to go. Announcers acknowledged the foul as a touchy one a play or two later after Aligbe got away with a foul on a block attempt.

Very good end-game final defensive possession for Seton Hall as Florida Atlantic almost didn’t get the shot off.

We'll probably be slight dogs but I think the Pirates come out with more energy than they did against Vandy.

SHU 66
Florida Atlantic 63

SETON HALL PIRATES (3-3) vs. FLORIDA ATLANTIC OWLS (4-3)

GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: Sunday, Nov. 24 • 6 p.m. Eastern
Site: Charleston, S.C. • TD Arena (5,100)
TV: ESPN2 • Jay Alter & Chris Spatola
Online: ESPN.com/watch
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
SHUPirates.com • Varsity Network App
Satellite: SiriusXM 390 | SXM App 980
Seton Hall All-Time vs. Florida Atlantic: 0-0

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The Seton Hall men's basketball team will look to finish the Charleston Classic on a high note on Sunday as the Pirates face Florida Atlantic in the third-place game on Sunday at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.
• A third-place finish on Sunday would be the Pirates' best finish at an MTE since winning the 2018-19 Wooden Legacy.
• The Pirates have gone 2-1 in both of their previous appearances at the Charleston Classic.
• This will be Seton Hall's first meeting in program history against Florida Atlantic.
• Seton Hall is 5-3 all-time at the Charleston Classic following a thrilling 69-66 victory over VCU on Thursday evening and a loss to Vanderbilt.
• Isaiah Coleman has had a breakout tournament posting his first career double-double (12 pts, 10 reb) against VCU and scoring a career-high 20 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the floor against Vanderbilt.
• It marked the first time in Coleman's career that he scored in double-figures in back-to-back games.
• Chaunce Jenkins scored all 22 of his points against the Rams after halftime in Thursday's win.
• The Pirates were 9-4 in games decided by 10 points or less last season and is 2-2 in close games this season.
• Despite allowing a season-high 76 points against Vanderbilt, Seton Hall still ranks 10th in KenPom defensive efficiency, eighth nationally in scoring defense (54.8 ppg) and 34th in field goal percentage defense (37.3 pct).
• Prior to its loss to the Commodores, the Pirates had held every opponent this season under 38 percent shooting from the floor and 61 points or fewer in regulation.
• The Pirates had a historic defensive performance against Wagner where they held the Seahawks to just 24 percent shooting from the floor and 28 points, its fewest points allowed since 1947 when they defeated Panzer College, 51-28, on Jan. 30.
• Entering Thursday, Seton Hall led Div. I in scoring defense (46.8 ppg), ranks sixth in FG percentage defense (33.3 pct) and ninth in KenPom defensive efficiency (93.2).
• Among active players in Div. I, Dylan Addae-Wusu ranks 26th in games played (134), 16th in steals (188) and 44th in assists (373).
• Addae-Wusu and Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner share the lead among active players with 78 career BIG EAST games played.
• Similar to last season where the Pirates were picked to finish ninth in the BIG EAST preseason coaches poll but went on to finish fourth, Seton Hall was picked to finish 10th in the 11-team BIG EAST in this year's poll.
• The Pirates last season were the first BIG EAST team to ever finish at least five games over .500 in conference play and not make the NCAA Tournament.
• Holloway's teams have finished below .500 in conference play just once in six seasons when his first Saint Peter's team went 6-12.

Id really like to know. And whats w the ruling for schools to pay players?

FLORIDA ATLANTIC

LOCATION
Boca Raton, FL

CONFERENCE
American Athletic

LAST SEASON
25-9 (.735)

CONFERENCE RECORD
14-4 (2nd)

STARTERS RETURNING/LOST
0/5

NICKNAME
Owls

COLORS
Blue & Red

HOMECOURT
FAU Arena (5,000)

OFFICIAL WEBSITE
FAUsports.com

COACH RECORD AT SCHOOL
John Jakus (Trinity International ’99) First year

CAREER RECORD
First year

ASSISTANTS
Aditya Malhotra (Baylor ’13)
Todd Abernethy (Ole Miss ’07)
Jordan Fee (West Liberty ’12)

WINS (LAST 5 YRS.)
17-13-19-35-25

KENPOM RATING (LAST 5 YRS.)
191-181-129-17-47

2023-24 FINISH
Lost in NCAA first round.

Who scheduled this for 1PM on a football Sunday? Lol

Quirky to see KW back on the sidelines there.

Due to the major struggles of higher profile players he has gone under the radar. But my goodness he is horrendous. Might as well tie his hands behind his back on offense

Just witnessed to quote Carino the most absurd end to a FB game.

Rutgers up 3. Illinois (ranked 24th) facing 4th down attempting a 58 yard FG into the wind with 13 seconds remaining. Schiano calls TO ostensibly to ice the kicker. Illinois reconsiders and out of the timeout throws a touchdown and RU loses on senior day. What was GS thinking?

His game day coaching is truly suspect.

That is a line from a forgotten movie that cracked up an old pal. And it sorta applies today. I will be having dinner tonight at Johns of 12th Street (hope Tony Soprano doesnt stop by) with my son and his girl at 5:30, then watching his band Cant Swim at Irving Plaza. I am going to try to keep my phone in my pocket and just enjoy the show.

But if Prof Ed calls me, you can be sure i will pick up the phone and yell Eddie Boy!!!

Go Pirates!!!

Late May Trump spoke at Libertarian event in DC and proclaimed a libertarian would be in his cabininet..which of picks is a libertarian?

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