No. 20 Pirates Head To St. John's For Saturday Rivalry Game

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The Pirates and Red Storm last met in the 2015 BIG EAST Semifinals, a 72-60 victory for The Hall

Jan. 8, 2016

Game 16 - Road Game 7 - BIG EAST Game 5
No. 20 Seton Hall (13-2, 3-1 BIG EAST) at St. John's (12-3, 3-1 BIG EAST)
Date Saturday, Jan. 9 | 2 p.m (ET).
Location Carnesecca Arena (5,602) | Queens, N.Y.
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QUEENS, N.Y. -- The No. 20 Seton Hall women's basketball team kicks off a three-game BIG EAST road swing on Saturday afternoon, heading across the Hudson to take on St. John's in Queens. The Pirates (13-2, 3-1 BIG EAST) and Red Storm (12-3, 3-1) will square off at Carnesecca Arenain a rematch of the 2015 BIG EAST Tournament Semifinals. The contest is set for a 2 p.m. tip on the BEDN and FOX Sports GO app.

The Pirates are coming off their first home loss and first BIG EAST loss of the season on Tuesday, dropping a top-25 showdown to No. 24 DePaul by a score of 86-74 at Walsh Gym. The Hall went down by as much as 32 in the second half of the contest but battled all the way back to pull as close as seven in the fourth quarter before the Blue Demons closed out the win. Aleesha Powell (Philadelphia, Pa.) led all scorers with 23 points for the Pirates and Tiffany Jones (New York, N.Y.) turned in a 14-point, 16-rebound double-double.

The Hall is 28-42 all-time against St. John's but has won the last two meetings in the rivalry, which dates back to 1976. The Pirates are in search of their first win in Queens since the 2002-03 season.

SETON HALL TIP-INS
- Seton Hall is off to a 13-2 start this year after winning 13 of its first 14 games for the best open to a season in program history; the Pirates are also 3-1 in BIG EAST play
- The Pirates are currently ranked No. 20 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and check in at No. 25 in the Associated Press Top-25
- The Hall is the only team to rank top-4 in the BIG EAST in both scoring defense (61.1 ppg, 4th) and scoring offense (73.1 ppg, 3rd)
- Tabatha Richardson-Smith (Bay City, Texas) is the reigning BIG EAST Player of the Week and is second in the conference with 20.0 points per game in league action
- Tiffany Jones has recorded three double-doubles in four BIG EAST games and leads the league with 11.8 boards per contest in conference play

RED STORM REPORT
• St. John's hosts The Hall with a 12-3 record on the year and a 3-1 mark in league play, currently receiving votes in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll
• The Red Storm are coming off an overtime thriller in an 81-77 victory over Marquette on Tuesday
• The St. John's offense is powered by the high-scoring duo of Danaejah Grant (19.1 ppg) and Aliyyah Handford (18.3 ppg), two of the top three scorers in the BIG EAST
• The Red Storm are tops in the conference with a 47.3 field goal percentage
• St. John's had won 17 of 18 in the all-time series with Seton Hall before back-to-back wins for the Pirates last season

The Pirates follow their contest in Queens with a trip down I-95, heading to Villanova and Georgetown on Jan. 15 and Jan. 17.
The Last Meeting
St. John's 60
Seton Hall 72
March 9, 2015
Rosemont, Ill.

Pirates to Play for BIG EAST Championship

The top-seeded Seton Hall University Pirates will play for the BIG EAST Women's Basketball Championship for the first time since 1995 after dispatching No. 4 St. John's University, 72-60, in the conference semifinals on Monday night at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill.

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[Pirate64]

This will be a war. Two high octane teams and coaches. If our shots fall we'll be OK.

Don't forget WBB Sunday January 24.. Details are pinned above. Lunch, the coach's talk, and the game. Come one , come all.

Reservations: guarigliac@yahoo.com

Chuck G.

 

[TheBluePirate]

It sucks that our two games are at the same time. Terrible scheduling.

 

[buzzershot]

This will be a war. Two high octane teams and coaches. If our shots fall we'll be OK.

Don't forget WBB Sunday January 24.. Details are pinned above. Lunch, the coach's talk, and the game. Come one , come all.

Reservations: guarigliac@yahoo.com

Chuck G.

Blue Pirate - agree shots must fall but just as important team must stick with offensive and defensive plays set by coach not as they did during first half of DePaul. Usually would go to this very tough game but will be at the Rock. Hope to travel to another tough game at Villanova on Friday.

 

[NYC Pirate]

It sucks that our two games are at the same time. Terrible scheduling.

I agree. The gals are pretty much on their own today. They may have had some support
out in Queens if the men were not playing at the same time.

This is a big game for the Pirates. I'm always thinking about at large bids because
winning the conference championship is so difficult. Plus am I to assume that they're
playing the BigEast Tournament at DePaul again? I believe they can only afford a few
more losses this season as the chance to take out DePaul at home slipped away.

They cannot slip up this season against teams they should beat. That's not the case today
as this will be a real battle and a tough out at SJU.

 

[TheBluePirate]

Blue Pirate - agree shots must fall but just as important team must stick with offensive and defensive plays set by coach not as they did during first half of DePaul. Usually would go to this very tough game but will be at the Rock. Hope to travel to another tough game at Villanova on Friday.

It is fated that we are both home sick and cannot attend either game.