Pirates of the Caribbean! The Hall Faces USC, Monday - Seton Hall University Athletics
Seton Hall will return to action on Monday, November 20 when it begins play at the 2023 Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship in Nassau, Bahamas. The Pi...
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2023
SETON HALL (3-1) vs. #10 USC (3-0)
BAHA MAR HOOPS PINK FLAMINGO CHAMPIONSHIP
Nassau, Bahamas
9:00 p.m. ET
LIVE VIDEO: FloHoops
LIVE AUDIO: 89.5 FM WSOU or WSOU.net
LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast
SETON HALL NOTES
USC NOTES
THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Monday, November 20 when it begins play at the 2023 Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship in Nassau, Bahamas. The Pirates will face USC at 9:00 p.m.
MEDIA
The game will be streamed live and available to FloHoops subscribers. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net. Joe Matthews and Jon Heite 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.
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 Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) erupted for a season-high 25 points and the Pirates upended Rutgers, 82-63, in the latest installment of the New Jersey rivalry in Walsh Gym on Wednesday.
Rutgers never led as the Pirates raced out to a 15-6 lead and never looked back. The victory gives Seton Hall head coach Anthony Bozzella 499 for his career.
Baines was brilliant, scoring a team-best 25 points on 8-for-17 shooting to go with eight rebounds.
Sophomore Micah Gray (Oklahoma City, Okla.) had 18 points on the strength of four made three-pointers. Senior Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) had seven points and a career-high 11 assists.
Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Trojans: USC leads, 3-0
All Meetings:
USC 79, Seton Hall 65 (F) – November 25, 2021 (Cancun, Mexico)
USC 70, Seton Hall 59 (F) – November 28, 2003
USC 78, Seton Hall 66 (F) – December 27, 1997
AGAINST USC
This will be only the fourth time Seton Hall and USC have met with the Women of Troy winning the prior three meetings. Most recently, the teams faced off at the Cancun Challenge in Mexico in 2021 with USC winning, 78-66.
SCOUTING USC
USC is coming off a strong 2022-23 season that featured a 21-10 final overall record and an 11-7 mark in Pac 12 play. The Women of Troy fell in the opening round of the Pac 12 Tournament, but still managed to earn an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They fell in the opening round to South Dakota State, 62-57, in overtime.
USC women's basketball welcomed the Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year to Troy, with the addition of heralded incoming freshman JuJu Watkins. In addition to All-Pac 12 Teamer Rayah Marshall, USC welcomes back guard Kayla Williams, who picked up 2023 Pac-12 All-Defensive Honorable Mention. USC also added four graduate transfers to the 2023-24 Trojan roster. Three — Kaitlyn Davis, McKenzie Forbes and Kayla Padilla — were standouts in the Ivy League, and one — Roxane Makolo — boasts international experience with Team Canada.
The Trojans were picked to finish sixth in the 12-team Pac 12 Conference this season, according to the Preseason Coaches Poll.
So far this season, the Women of Troy have been better than advertised. They enter play at Baha Mar with a perfect 3-0 record and ranked 10th in the nation. USC opened the season by stunning No. 7 Ohio State in Las Vegas, 83-74. Since, they've recorded easy victories at home against Florida Gulf Coast and Le Moyne. Watkins currently leads the team with 28.3 points per game.
UP NEXT
Seton Hall will continue play at the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship on Wednesday, Nov. 22 against East Carolina. Tip time is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. That contest will also be available for FloHoops subscribers. Joe Matthews and Jon Heite will describe the action for WSOU FM.
