Pirates Host Butler for NYE Showdown in Walsh Gym - Seton Hall University Athletics
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, Dec. 31 when it returns to Walsh Gymnasium for a BIG EAST contest against Butler. Tip time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.
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THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, Dec. 31 when it returns to Walsh Gymnasium for a BIG EAST contest against Butler. Tip time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.
MEDIA
The game will be streamed live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloHoops subscribers with Sean Saint Jacques and Phil Stern on the call. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU and at wsou.net. Justin Nicosia and Ryan Henry will describe the action on the radio. Live stats will also be available.
WSOU is now also airing a post-game "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
The Seton Hall women's basketball team used a 17-2 run in the fourth quarter to rally past Georgetown, 72-62, on Wednesday in Walsh Gym for its eighth victory in the last nine games.
The Pirates trailed 54-50 with 8:39 left in the game, but went on a furious run over the next 6:06 to grab a commanding 67-56 advantage with just 2:33 to go. Senior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) had 12 of her game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter alone, including a pair of timely three-pointers.
Park-Lane also had a game-high eight assists, adding to her Seton Hall career record.
Graduate student Sidney Cooks (Kenosha, Wis.) had 17 points on 8-for-13 shooting and pulled down six rebounds.
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2021-22 Meetings:
Seton Hall 58, Butler 39 (F) – March 4, 2022 (Mohegan Sun Arena)
Seton Hall 84, Butler 55 (F) – February 22, 2022 (Walsh Gym)
Seton Hall 72, Butler 56 (F) – February 6, 2022 (Hinkle Fieldhouse)
LAST YEAR AGAINST BUTLER
Seton Hall collected three victories against Butler last season, running its all-time series lead to 15-5 against the Bulldogs. The Pirates have now won nine straight games against Butler.
On March 4, Park-Lane scored a game-high 21 points and the Pirates held Butler to just 15 second half points in a 58-39 victory in round one of the 2022 BIG EAST Tournament. Tied at the half, the Pirates limited Butler to just four points and 2-for-9 shooting in a game-changing third quarter. The Hall out-scored the Bulldogs, 16-to-4, in the third, scoring the first 11 points of the second half.
Cooks scored a career-high 35 points and Park-Lane set a new single-game assists program record as The Hall routed Butler, 84-55, on Feb. 22. Cooks was nothing short of brilliant, scoring 35 points on an efficient 15-for-20 from the field, including 3-for-6 from three-point range. Park-Lane collected her second-straight double-double with 17 points and a record-shattering 18 assists.
The Hall held Butler without a field goal for the first 7:12 of the fourth quarter and went on to defeat the Bulldogs, 72-56, in Hinkle Fieldhouse in their first meeting of the year on Feb. 6. During Butler's fourth-quarter drought, The Hall out-scored the Bulldogs, 14-2, to open a significant lead.
SCOUTING BUTLER
Butler is coming off a rough season in 2021-22 with just one victory in 28 games overall. The Bulldogs were winless, 0-18, in BIG EAST play. Their season came to an end with a 58-39 loss to Seton Hall in the opening round of the BIG EAST Tournament.
This year, the Bulldogs were picked to finish tied for ninth in the BIG EAST Preseason coaches' poll. Butler lost three starters to graduation, but added a talented freshman crop and a First Team All-MVC transfer from Valparaiso, as well as a pair of transfers from IUPUI, including All-Horizon League selection Rachel McLimore.
This season, the Bulldogs have already far exceeded their 2021-22 success and enter the weekend with a 6-7 record overall. They're coming off their first BIG EAST victory of the season, a 79-65 win at Xavier on Wednesday. Rachel McLimore leads the Bulldogs with 12.2 points per game.
UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Wednesday, Jan. 4, when it hosts local BIG EAST rival St. John's in historic Walsh Gymnasium. Tip time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. The contest will be streamed live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloHoops subscribers. Mike Federico and Michael Stamm will describe the action for WSOU FM.
