Seton Hall is looking to advance to the BIG EAST Championship game for the first time since 1995.
March 9, 2015
No. 1 SETON HALL (27-4, 15-3) vs. No. 4 ST. JOHN'S (21-9, 11-7)
Rosemont, Ill. (Allstate Arena) • Monday, March 9 • 6:30 PM (ET)
Broadcast: Fox Sports 1 (Play-by-play: Tiffany Greene; Color: LaChina Robinson)
Radio: WSOU 89.5 FM (Play-by-play: George Balekji; Color: Rohit Ravi)
Fox Sports 1 |
The Last Meeting
St. John's 73
Seton Hall 78
February 1, 2015
South Orange, N.J.
RV/#25 WBB Topples St. John's 78-73
The RV/#25 Seton Hall University women's basketball team withstood a frenzied second-half rally from the NR/RV St. John's Red Storm to pick up a 78-73 victory on Sunday afternoon in Walsh Gymnasium. With the win, Seton Hall improved to 20-2 overall and maintained sole possession of first place in the BIG EAST with a 9-1 record in league play. The Pirates tied the 1980-81 squad's program record for fastest team to reach 20 wins, and have now posted back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1993-94 and 1994-95.
Box Score
The top-seeded Seton Hall University women's basketball team will battle No. 4 seed St. John's in the BIG EAST Championship semifinals on Monday evening at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., at 6:30 p.m. (ET). The game will be nationally broadcast on Fox Sports 1.
Seton Hall, which has advanced to the BIG EAST semifinals for the first time since 1996, is looking to make it to the BIG EAST final for the first time in 20 years. The Pirates, who have never won the BIG EAST Tournament, are the No. 1 seed for the first time in their history.
Standing in their way is a familiar foe in the Red Storm. This will mark the third-straight season SHU and St. John's have met during postseason play, with the Red Storm eliminating the Pirates from the BIG EAST Tournament in each of the last two seasons; St. John's is 6-1 all-time against Seton Hall in the BIG EAST Tournament. The squads split their regular season meetings, with each team winning on their home floor. The first game was defined by a lengthy scoreless drought late in the second half, which doomed Seton Hall and allowed St. John's to come back and earn a 59-50 win.
When they met in South Orange, Seton Hall was up 40-24 at the half, and led by as many as 24 points in the second period. St. John's mounted an incredible comeback, which included a 15-0 run late in the game, only to see that surge come up short. Ka-Deidre Simmons hit the biggest bucket of the game for The Hall, drilling a 12-footer on a curl into the top of the post to put the Pirates in front by four with 1:45 remaining.
In quarterfinal action on Sunday, Seton Hall ultimately cruised to a win over Marquette, resting most of its starters over the final five minutes of the game, while St. John's was in a battle until the final possession with Creighton, a game the Red Storm won 57-54.
St. John's saw three players play all 40 minutes in that game, and the Red Storm played only six players all night. However, it is a role they are accustomed to with three of their starters ranking in the top five in the league in minutes per game. Because of that, fatigue is likely to play a minimal on Monday.
Although it may sound simple, for Seton Hall it may just come down to making shots. The Pirates had lost four straight to St. John's due in large part to the inability to knock down buckets from the outside. But in that win last month, where SHU was comfortably in front by 24 in the second half, SHU drilled 10 shots from 3-point range which helped cushion the lead against a team that shoots just 26.8 percent from 3-point range.
If Seton Hall is created turnovers and hitting threes, then it can dictate a pace that St. John's simply does not want to play. The Red Storm average 63.0 points and 57.8 shots per game, compared to 76.2 and 65.4 for The Hall. The Pirates thrive when they can impose their will, and that is what they will look to do against the Red Storm with a trip to the BIG EAST Championship game on the line.
SETON HALL STATUS
With a 77-51 win over Marquette on Sunday afternoon, Seton Hall advanced to the BIG EAST semifinals for the first time since 1996. The Pirates are playing as the No. 1 seed at the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time.
The 26-point margin of victory over Marquette was the most in a BIG EAST Tournament game for Seton Hall. Junior Tabatha Richardson-Smith scored a game-high 31 points, two shy of the SHU BIG EAST Championship record.
Two Pirates finished with a double-double in the win over Marquette. Richardson-Smith added 11 boards to her game-high 31 points, while Daisha Simmons finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
ST. JOHN'S STATUS
St. John's advanced to the BIG EAST semifinals for the second-straight year as it held on to beat Creighton, 57-54, in its quarterfinal matchup on Sunday. The Red Storm were led by Aliyyah Handford, who recorded her third double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The Red Storm went 3-2 over their last five regular season games, falling at Xavier in the regular season finale.
St. John's saw three of its four starters play 40 minutes in the win over Creighton. Danaejah Grant led the team with 16 points.
LAST TIME VS. ST. JOHN'S
Seton Hall and St. John's split their regular season series with each team winning on their home floor. When they met back on Feb. 1, the Pirates picked up a 78-73 win in South Orange.
The Hall led by as many as 24 points in the second half, but St. John's rallied behind a 15-0 run to pull within two with 1:56 remaining.
Ka-Deidre Simmons hit the biggest shot of the game, a 12-foot jumper from the top of the paint to extend the SHU lead back to four with 1:41 to play.
Seton Hall led 40-24 at the half after limiting St. John's to just seven field goals in the first half.
Ka-Deidre Simmons (22) and Daisha Simmons (21) both led the Pirates offensively. As a team, SHU shot 10-of-26 from three.
BIG EAST QUARTERFINAL NOTABLES
Seton Hall defeated Marquette 77-51 in the BIG EAST Quarterfinals on Sunday afternoon. It was the first-ever postseason meeting between SHU and Marquette.
The 26-point win represented the largest margin of victory for The Hall in a BIG EAST Tournament game in its history.
Ka-Deidres Simmons dished out eight assists in the win, the most ever for an SHU player in a BIG EAST Tournament game.
Tabatha Richardson-Smith scored a game-high 31 points, which was two shy of matching the SHU BIG EAST Tournament single-game record.
Richardson-Smith (31 points, 11 rebounds) and Daisha Simmons (14 points, 11 rebounds) both finished with a double-double for Seton Hall.
Seton Hall, which has had a negative rebounding margin all season, was plus-seven on the glass, and the 50 rebounds were the most ever for the team in a BIG EAST Tournament game.
FIRST BIG EAST SEMIFINAL SINCE 1996
With its win over Marquette, Seton Hall advanced to the BIG EAST semifinals for just the fifth time, and the first since 1996.
Seton Hall is 3-2 all-time in the BIG EAST semifinals, and last advanced to the conference championship game in 1995. That year, the Pirates were a three seed and lost to Connecticut in the final.
SIMMONS LEAPS TO SECOND ALL-TIME IN SCORING
With her 12 points in the win over Marquette on March 8, Ka-Deidre Simmons moved up to second place in Seton Hall history with 1,669 points.
Averaging a career-best 17.1 ppg in 2014-15, she currently sits 135 points shy of the No. 2 spot, held by Geraldine Saintilus (1985-89) with 1,804 points.
REGULAR SEASON RECORDS FALL
A pair of Seton Hall single-season records were broken in the Pirates' win over Marquette in the BIG EAST Quarterfinal round on Sunday afternoon.
With a game-high eight assists, Ka-Deidre Simmons, who was already The Hall's all-time assist lead, recorded her 175th assist of the year, breaking the previous record of 174, which she set just last season.
Tabatha Richardson-Smith knocked down four 3-pointers to reach 87 for the season, surpassing her single-year mark of 85, also set a year ago.
This post was edited on 3/9 10:13 AM by Halldan1
March 9, 2015
No. 1 SETON HALL (27-4, 15-3) vs. No. 4 ST. JOHN'S (21-9, 11-7)
Rosemont, Ill. (Allstate Arena) • Monday, March 9 • 6:30 PM (ET)
Broadcast: Fox Sports 1 (Play-by-play: Tiffany Greene; Color: LaChina Robinson)
Radio: WSOU 89.5 FM (Play-by-play: George Balekji; Color: Rohit Ravi)
Fox Sports 1 |
The Last Meeting
St. John's 73
Seton Hall 78
February 1, 2015
South Orange, N.J.
RV/#25 WBB Topples St. John's 78-73
The RV/#25 Seton Hall University women's basketball team withstood a frenzied second-half rally from the NR/RV St. John's Red Storm to pick up a 78-73 victory on Sunday afternoon in Walsh Gymnasium. With the win, Seton Hall improved to 20-2 overall and maintained sole possession of first place in the BIG EAST with a 9-1 record in league play. The Pirates tied the 1980-81 squad's program record for fastest team to reach 20 wins, and have now posted back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1993-94 and 1994-95.
Box Score
The top-seeded Seton Hall University women's basketball team will battle No. 4 seed St. John's in the BIG EAST Championship semifinals on Monday evening at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., at 6:30 p.m. (ET). The game will be nationally broadcast on Fox Sports 1.
Seton Hall, which has advanced to the BIG EAST semifinals for the first time since 1996, is looking to make it to the BIG EAST final for the first time in 20 years. The Pirates, who have never won the BIG EAST Tournament, are the No. 1 seed for the first time in their history.
Standing in their way is a familiar foe in the Red Storm. This will mark the third-straight season SHU and St. John's have met during postseason play, with the Red Storm eliminating the Pirates from the BIG EAST Tournament in each of the last two seasons; St. John's is 6-1 all-time against Seton Hall in the BIG EAST Tournament. The squads split their regular season meetings, with each team winning on their home floor. The first game was defined by a lengthy scoreless drought late in the second half, which doomed Seton Hall and allowed St. John's to come back and earn a 59-50 win.
When they met in South Orange, Seton Hall was up 40-24 at the half, and led by as many as 24 points in the second period. St. John's mounted an incredible comeback, which included a 15-0 run late in the game, only to see that surge come up short. Ka-Deidre Simmons hit the biggest bucket of the game for The Hall, drilling a 12-footer on a curl into the top of the post to put the Pirates in front by four with 1:45 remaining.
In quarterfinal action on Sunday, Seton Hall ultimately cruised to a win over Marquette, resting most of its starters over the final five minutes of the game, while St. John's was in a battle until the final possession with Creighton, a game the Red Storm won 57-54.
St. John's saw three players play all 40 minutes in that game, and the Red Storm played only six players all night. However, it is a role they are accustomed to with three of their starters ranking in the top five in the league in minutes per game. Because of that, fatigue is likely to play a minimal on Monday.
Although it may sound simple, for Seton Hall it may just come down to making shots. The Pirates had lost four straight to St. John's due in large part to the inability to knock down buckets from the outside. But in that win last month, where SHU was comfortably in front by 24 in the second half, SHU drilled 10 shots from 3-point range which helped cushion the lead against a team that shoots just 26.8 percent from 3-point range.
If Seton Hall is created turnovers and hitting threes, then it can dictate a pace that St. John's simply does not want to play. The Red Storm average 63.0 points and 57.8 shots per game, compared to 76.2 and 65.4 for The Hall. The Pirates thrive when they can impose their will, and that is what they will look to do against the Red Storm with a trip to the BIG EAST Championship game on the line.
SETON HALL STATUS
With a 77-51 win over Marquette on Sunday afternoon, Seton Hall advanced to the BIG EAST semifinals for the first time since 1996. The Pirates are playing as the No. 1 seed at the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time.
The 26-point margin of victory over Marquette was the most in a BIG EAST Tournament game for Seton Hall. Junior Tabatha Richardson-Smith scored a game-high 31 points, two shy of the SHU BIG EAST Championship record.
Two Pirates finished with a double-double in the win over Marquette. Richardson-Smith added 11 boards to her game-high 31 points, while Daisha Simmons finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
ST. JOHN'S STATUS
St. John's advanced to the BIG EAST semifinals for the second-straight year as it held on to beat Creighton, 57-54, in its quarterfinal matchup on Sunday. The Red Storm were led by Aliyyah Handford, who recorded her third double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The Red Storm went 3-2 over their last five regular season games, falling at Xavier in the regular season finale.
St. John's saw three of its four starters play 40 minutes in the win over Creighton. Danaejah Grant led the team with 16 points.
LAST TIME VS. ST. JOHN'S
Seton Hall and St. John's split their regular season series with each team winning on their home floor. When they met back on Feb. 1, the Pirates picked up a 78-73 win in South Orange.
The Hall led by as many as 24 points in the second half, but St. John's rallied behind a 15-0 run to pull within two with 1:56 remaining.
Ka-Deidre Simmons hit the biggest shot of the game, a 12-foot jumper from the top of the paint to extend the SHU lead back to four with 1:41 to play.
Seton Hall led 40-24 at the half after limiting St. John's to just seven field goals in the first half.
Ka-Deidre Simmons (22) and Daisha Simmons (21) both led the Pirates offensively. As a team, SHU shot 10-of-26 from three.
BIG EAST QUARTERFINAL NOTABLES
Seton Hall defeated Marquette 77-51 in the BIG EAST Quarterfinals on Sunday afternoon. It was the first-ever postseason meeting between SHU and Marquette.
The 26-point win represented the largest margin of victory for The Hall in a BIG EAST Tournament game in its history.
Ka-Deidres Simmons dished out eight assists in the win, the most ever for an SHU player in a BIG EAST Tournament game.
Tabatha Richardson-Smith scored a game-high 31 points, which was two shy of matching the SHU BIG EAST Tournament single-game record.
Richardson-Smith (31 points, 11 rebounds) and Daisha Simmons (14 points, 11 rebounds) both finished with a double-double for Seton Hall.
Seton Hall, which has had a negative rebounding margin all season, was plus-seven on the glass, and the 50 rebounds were the most ever for the team in a BIG EAST Tournament game.
FIRST BIG EAST SEMIFINAL SINCE 1996
With its win over Marquette, Seton Hall advanced to the BIG EAST semifinals for just the fifth time, and the first since 1996.
Seton Hall is 3-2 all-time in the BIG EAST semifinals, and last advanced to the conference championship game in 1995. That year, the Pirates were a three seed and lost to Connecticut in the final.
SIMMONS LEAPS TO SECOND ALL-TIME IN SCORING
With her 12 points in the win over Marquette on March 8, Ka-Deidre Simmons moved up to second place in Seton Hall history with 1,669 points.
Averaging a career-best 17.1 ppg in 2014-15, she currently sits 135 points shy of the No. 2 spot, held by Geraldine Saintilus (1985-89) with 1,804 points.
REGULAR SEASON RECORDS FALL
A pair of Seton Hall single-season records were broken in the Pirates' win over Marquette in the BIG EAST Quarterfinal round on Sunday afternoon.
With a game-high eight assists, Ka-Deidre Simmons, who was already The Hall's all-time assist lead, recorded her 175th assist of the year, breaking the previous record of 174, which she set just last season.
Tabatha Richardson-Smith knocked down four 3-pointers to reach 87 for the season, surpassing her single-year mark of 85, also set a year ago.
This post was edited on 3/9 10:13 AM by Halldan1
