Pirates Face #4 LSU at Basketball HOF Showcase, Tuesday - Seton Hall University Athletics
Seton Hall will return to action on Tuesday, December 17 when it participates in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Pirat...
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2024
#4 LSU (12-0) vs. SETON HALL (8-2)
UNCASVILLE, CONN. – Mohegan Sun Arena
6:00 p.m. ET
LIVE VIDEO: FS1
(Connor Onion & Christy Winters-Scott)
LIVE AUDIO: 89.5 FM WSOU or WSOU.net
(Bobby Steiner & Michael Bellifemini)
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GAME NOTES: SETON HALL | LSU
THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Tuesday, December 17 when it participates in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Pirates will face No. 4 LSU at 6:00 p.m.
MEDIA
The game will be televised nationally on FS1 with Connor Onion and Christy Winters-Scott on the call. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net. Bobby Steiner and Michael Bellifemini 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
Freshman Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) scored a game-high 19 points and Faith Masonius (Spring Lake, N.J.) recorded her 1,000th career point as the Pirates routed Le Moyne, 68-41, on Saturday for its fourth straight victory.
The Hall led wire-to-wire, outscoring the Dolphins, 27-to-4 in the first quarter. Le Moyne was only out-scored by four points for the remaining three quarters, but the damage had been done. The Pirates forced 24 turnovers, including seven in the fateful first 10 minutes.
Eads led four Pirates who scored in double-figures. She had a career-high 19 points to go with five rebounds, five assists and two steals. Masonius finished with 10 points on 5-for-8 shooting to give her 1,001 career points. Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) had 13 points on the strength of three made three-pointers before she exited with a lower-body injury. Yaya Lops (Stamford, Conn.) had 12 points and six rebounds.
Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Tigers: LSU leads, 1-0
Last Meeting:
LSU 58, Seton Hall 40 (F) – Nov. 20, 2010 (Walsh Gymnasium)
AGAINST LSU
Tuesday's contest at Mohegan Sun Arena will only be the second meeting between Seton Hall and LSU all-time. The only prior contest came 14 years ago, a 58-40 victory for the Tigers in Walsh Gym.
SCOUTING LSU
LSU is coming off a tremendous 2023-24 season that featured a 31-6 final record, which included a 13-3 Southeastern Conference mark, and a ride to the NCAA Regional Final. The Tigers fell to top-ranked South Carolina in the championship game of the SEC Tournament, and were ousted in the NCAA Tournament by top-seeded Iowa after defeating Rice, Middle Tennessee and UCLA.
This season, LSU is expected to again be one of the premiere teams in the country. They enter the season with one of the best trios in the nation. ESPN released its preseason player rankings with Aneesah Morrow at No. 7, Flau'Jae Johnson at No. 8 and Mikaylah Williams at No. 17. All three were named to the Naismith Award Watch List. The award goes to the nation's top player at year's end. LSU was picked to finish third in the tough, 16-team SEC, according to the conference's preseason coaches poll.
So far this season, head coach Kim Mulkey's squad is one of the few teams in the country that remains unbeaten. The Tigers enter Tuesday's matchup a perfect 12-0 and rank No. 4 in the country. LSU has averaged a +36.0 victory margin in their first 12 games, which includes a victory over No. 22 NC State in the Bahamas on Nov. 27.
LSU is coming off an 85-57 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday. Four Tigers are currently averaging in double-figures in scoring, led by Johnson's 21.1 points per game. Morrow is averaging a double-double with 17.8 points and 13.7 rebounds per contest.
UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, Dec. 21 when it opens BIG EAST Conference play against Providence in historic Walsh Gymnasium. Tip time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET. The contest will be streamed by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloCollege subscribers. 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the game.
