Pirates Open BIG EAST Tournament vs. Xavier, Friday

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Pirates Open BIG EAST Tournament vs. Xavier, Friday - Seton Hall University Athletics

Seton Hall will open the 2023 BIG EAST Championship on Friday, March 3 against 11-seeded Xavier in the first round at Mohegan Sun Arena. Tip time is scheduled for

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UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT – Mohegan Sun Arena
2023 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT presented by Jeep

#6 SETON HALL (17-13, 10-10) vs. #11 XAVIER (7-22, 0-20)
Date	Time	Live Video	Live Audio	Live Stats	Twitter
Fri., March 3	4:00 p.m.				@SHUWBB

THE GAME
Seton Hall will open the 2023 BIG EAST Championship on Friday, March 3 against 11-seeded Xavier in the first round at Mohegan Sun Arena. Tip time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.

MEDIA
The game will be televised by SNY and available for FloHoops subscribers with John Fanta and Kim Adams on the call. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU and at wsou.net. Mike Federico and Spencer Gonzalez will describe the action on the radio all tournament long. 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
Senior Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) scored a team-high 22 points, but the Pirates closed out the 2022-23 regular season with an 83-56 loss to No. 11 Villanova on Monday in Walsh Gym.

The Pirates close out the regular season with a 17-13 record overall and a 10-10 mark in BIG EAST play. The Hall has earned the No. 6 seed in the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament and will face No. 11 Xavier in the opening round on Friday at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Seton Hall scored the first four points of the game, but a 12-0 Villanova run put them in front for the remainder of the contest.

Baines had 22 points on 10-for-18 shooting from the floor to go with five rebounds.

2023 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT
Seton Hall has earned the No. 6 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament and just missed out on a bye to bypass the first round. As a result, the Pirates will face No. 11 Xavier in round one with the winner advancing to face No. 3 Creighton in the quarterfinals at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday.

If the Pirates play Creighton, it'll be the third straight season that the two teams have hooked up in the quarterfinals as part of the No. 3 vs. No. 6 game. In 2021, third-seeded Seton Hall was upset by No. 6 Creighton. In 2022 however, the sixth-seeded Pirates upset No. 3 Creighton.

Seton Hall is 26-37 all-time in the BIG EAST Tournament. They are 1-0 all-time against Xavier in the event, with a 66-42 rout of the Musketeers in the first round of the 2018 tournament in Chicago.

The Pirates have never won the BIG EAST Tournament, but have advanced to the finals four times, including most recently at the 2015 event when the top-seeded Hall fell to No. 2 DePaul.

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Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Xavier: Seton Hall leads, 17-3
2022-23 Meetings:
Seton Hall 72, Xavier 59 (F) – February 18, 2023 (Walsh Gym)
Seton Hall 74, Xavier 55 (F) – December 2, 2022 (Cintas Center)

EARLIER THIS YEAR AGAINST XAVIER
Seton Hall completed a sweep of the Musketeers in the 2022-23 regular season series. In fact, the Pirates have now won eight straight games against Xavier.

Senior Lauren Park-Lane had a game-high 24 points and Sidney Cooks notched a double-double as The Hall downed Xavier, 74-55, in its first BIG EAST contest of the 2022-23 season on Dec. 2 in the Cintas Center.

In all, five Pirates scored at least eight points in a balanced offensive affair. Park-Lane finished with 24 points on 8-for-19 shooting with six assists. Cooks tallied 15 points and a team-best 10 rebounds along with four assists and four steals.

On Feb. 18 in Walsh Gym, Park-Lane and Azana Baines registered double-doubles to lift the Pirates to a 72-59 victory on Senior Day against the Musketeers. A 9-0 run early in the third quarter enabled the Pirates to pull away.

Park-Lane notched her second straight double-double and fourth of the season with a game-high 20 points on an efficient 9-for-15 shooting to go with 10 assists. Baines tallied her third double-double in 2022-23 with 19 points on 9-for-14 shooting with 10 rebounds, two assists and two steals.

SCOUTING XAVIER:
This year, the Musketeers have a new look as their top two-scorers transferred to teams in the BIG EAST with Nia Clark heading to Marquette and the Pirates acquiring Kae Satterfield. Xavier was picked to finish last in the 11-team league according to the preseason coaches' poll.

After starting the season with wins in their first five games, the Musketeers have had their share of difficulties. Xavier went 0-20 in BIG EAST play and enters the BIG EAST Tournament as the No. 11 seed having lost their last 19 games. The Musketeers have shown signs of fight lately, however. They fell at No. 9 Connecticut by only nine points on Monday.

Mackayla Scarlett leads Xavier with 10.5 points per game, while Fernanda Ovalle is averaging 8.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per contest. As a team, Xavier's 55.1 points per game and .373 field goal percentage rank last in the BIG EAST.

UP NEXT
With a victory over Xavier, Seton Hall will advance to the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament and face No. 3 Creighton on Saturday. Tip time is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET. The contest will be nationally televised on FS2. Mike Federico and Spencer Gonzalez will describe the action for WSOU FM.

 

[NYC Pirate]

So, they must beat Xavier in this first game. Play a solid game and try to pull away to get the starters some rest. Win that one and Creighton waiting. Have to at least make the WNIT. Like to see LPL go for 20 and 10.

 

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46-26 Hall at halftime

 

[ivyhillparkk1963]

last 5 mins have been the best I've seen this team look all year and without cooks and lane.. even announcer noticed

 

[Harty9]

That was an easy win with Victoria Keenan hitting 6 three pt shots

 

[silkcitypirate]

That was an easy win with Victoria Keenan hitting 6 three pt shots

Now can they pull an upset !!!!! We are do !!!1

 

[Hall Is Life]

That was an easy win with Victoria Keenan hitting 6 three pt shots

She made it look easy.

 

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Pirates Roll Musketeers, 84-58, in Tournament Opener - Seton Hall University Athletics

Senior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) had a game-high 26 points and Victoria Keenan (Bethlehem, Pa.) scored 18 off the bench as the Seton Hall women's basketball

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Pirates Roll Musketeers, 84-58, in Tournament Opener​

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Xavier 7-23,0-20 Big East

84
Seton Hall 18-13,10-10 Big East

Score By Periods

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Xavier	12	14	15	17	58
Seton Hall	22	24	21	17	84

Lauren Park-Lane erupts for 26 points and Victoria Keenan drains six three-pointers as the Pirates advance.​

UNCASVILLE, CONN. – Senior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) had a game-high 26 points and Victoria Keenan (Bethlehem, Pa.) scored 18 off the bench as the Seton Hall women's basketball team routed Xavier, 84-58, in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament on Friday.

The six-seeded Pirates led wire-to-wire and saw its lead grow to as many as 30 points in a convincing victory over the 11-seeded Musketeers to advance to the tournament quarterfinals for the fourth year in a row.

Despite playing only 26 minutes due to foul trouble, Park-Lane had 26 points on an efficient 8-for-9 shooting, including 2-for-2 from three-point range and 8-for-9 from the free-throw line. She also dished out five assists.

Keenan had her best game in three years, going 6-for-9 from three-point range for a season-high 18 points. Jala Jordan (Philadelphia, Pa.) was a third Pirate to reach double-figures in scoring. She had 12 points off the bench.

THE STORY:
Leading 4-3 early, the Pirates went on a 9-2 run, and a three-pointer by Park-Lane gave The Hall a 13-5 lead with 5:35 left in the first quarter and prompted a Xavier timeout. Park-Lane matched the Musketeers 12-to-12 in the first quarter as The Hall took a 22-12 lead into the second. The Pirates held Xavier to just 26.7% from the field, compared to 57.1% for The Hall in the first 10 minutes.

Seton Hall opened the second quarter with back-to-back three-pointers by Keenan to force another Xavier timeout and extend its lead to 28-12 with 8:42 to play before halftime. The Musketeers, however, responded with a 10-0 run in about two minutes to cut its deficit to 28-22. That's when the Pirates took off again. The Hall went on an 18-2 run, capped by a steal and end-to-end score by Jordan to give it a commanding 46-24 advantage with just 56 seconds left in the half.

Xavier cut its deficit to 16 points, in the third quarter, but the Pirates responded with a 12-2 run, and Keenan's fifth three-pointer of the night put them up, 65-39, with 57 seconds left to play. The Hall's deficit never got lower than 23 points the rest of the way.





THE NUMBERS:

• Seton Hall was 30-for-57 (52.6%) from the floor for the game, while Xavier was 19-for-55 (34.5%). The Hall was 11-for-25 (44.0%) from three-point range, while the Musketeers were 6-for-15 (40.0%).
• Park-Lane had a game-high 26 points on an efficient 8-for-9 shooting, including 2-for-2 from three-point range and 8-for-9 from the free-throw line. She also dished out five assists.
• Xavier edged The Hall in the rebounding department, 32-to-31, including a 12-to-7 edge on the offensive glass, but the Pirates had an 8-to-4 advantage in second-chance points.
• Keenan had a season-high 18 points on 6-for-9 shooting from three-point range.
• Seton Hall was 13-for-14 (92.9%) from the free-throw line, while Xavier was 14-for-16 (87.5%).
• Jordan tallied 12 points off the bench on 5-for-9 shooting.
• Seton Hall forced 17 turnovers, while Xavier forced 13. Points off turnovers were even at 20-20.
• The Hall had 36 points from its bench compared to just 12 for Xavier.

THE NOTES:

• Seton Hall advances to the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament and will face third-seeded Creighton on Saturday.
• Seton Hall improves to 18-13 on the season, while Xavier's year comes to an end with a final record of 7-23.
• It's the fourth straight year that Seton Hall has reached the quarterfinal round of the BIG EAST Tournament.
• The Hall improves to 19-3 all-time against Xavier and has now won nine in a row over the Musketeers.
• The Pirates are now 27-37 all-time at the BIG EAST Tournament and 2-0 against the Musketeers in the event.
• With 26 points tonight, Park-Lane moved Pirates Hall of Famer Geraldine Saintilus into second place on Seton Hall's all-time scoring list. She now has 1,811 career points.
• Xavier is the 12th opponent Seton Hall has held to 60 or fewer points this season. The Pirates have won all 12 games.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, March 4 when it takes on third-seeded Creighton at the 2023 BIG EAST Tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Tip is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. The contest will be televised nationally on FS2. It'll also be available on 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net.