The Hall Faces Butler in Indianapolis, Saturday - Seton Hall University Athletics
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, January 6 when it travels to Indianapolis, Ind. for a BIG EAST contest at Butler. Tip time is scheduled for 2:...
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 2024
SETON HALL (9-5, 1-2) at BUTLER (8-5, 0-2)
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - Hinkle Fieldhouse
2:00 p.m. ET
LIVE VIDEO: BIG EAST Digital Network on FloHoops
(Joey Linstrom & Amber Stock)
LIVE AUDIO: 89.5 FM WSOU or WSOU.net
(Bobby Steiner & Brian Henderson)
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GAME NOTES: SETON HALL | BUTLER
THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, January 6 when it travels to Indianapolis, Ind. for a BIG EAST contest at Butler. Tip time is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET.
MEDIA
The game will be streamed live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloHoops subscribers with Joey Lindstrom and Amber Stocks 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 Brian Henderson 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.) scored a game-high 21 points, but the Pirates couldn't find their offensive footing for a third straight game in a 50-45 loss to Villanova on Wednesday.
The Pirates shot under 30 percent from the floor for a second straight game and were just 2-for-12 from three-point range. Defensively, The Hall was brilliant again, holding a seventh consecutive opponent under 55 points.
The Hall trailed by 10 points with under 4:00 minutes left and managed to cut its deficit to just four points, but couldn't complete the comeback.
Baines scored a game-high 21 points on 8-for-16 shooting and pulled down seven rebounds with three blocks.
Senior Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) didn't put up gaudy numbers, but played excellent defense on Villanova's Lucy Olsen. Olsen, the BIG EAST's leader in scoring, managed only 10 points on 4-for-17 shooting against Wright and the Pirates.
Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Bulldogs: Seton Hall leads, 16-6
2022-23 Meetings:
Butler 76, Seton Hall 64 (F) – Feb. 24, 2023 (Hinkle Fieldhouse)
Seton Hall 79, Butler 45 (F) – Dec. 31, 2022 (Walsh Gymnasium)
AGAINST BUTLER
Seton Hall has largely dominated the all-time series against Butler, but the Bulldogs snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Pirates last season. The Hall routed the Bulldogs on New Year's Eve in Walsh Gym, 79-45, but in Hinkle, Butler outlasted the Pirates without Lauren Park-Lane, 76-64, on Feb. 24. The Hall owns a 16-6 all-time series lead. The Pirates are 5-5 all-time at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
SCOUTING BUTLER
In its first season under head coach Austin Parkinson, Butler enjoyed a 10-win improvement, including six in BIG EAST play – its most since 2019-20. The Bulldogs welcome back two of their top three scorers from a year ago including Sydney Jaynes and Anna Mortag. Butler went 11-19 overall and 6-14 in BIG EAST play to tie for eighth in the standings.
The Bulldogs return half of their scoring from last season with eight returners back in the locker room. Of the 14 players that saw court time from the 2022-23 campaign, the eight returners provided BU with 921 points and the seven players that departed accounted for 911 points. The Bulldogs have eight players on the roster standing 6-0 or taller, the most of any team at Butler over the last 15 years. Four of the eight are 6-3 or taller. Butler added a pair of Big Ten transfers in Michigan's Ari Wiggins and Purdue's Lilly Stoddard.
The Bulldogs were picked to finish eighth in the BIG EAST this year according to the preseason coaches' poll.
Butler is off to a solid start this season and enters the weekend with a 8-5 overall record and a 0-2 mark in BIG EAST play. The Bulldogs opened conference play with an 88-62 loss at No. 17 Connecticut on Dec. 18. Most recently, they lost a defensive battle to Georgetown, 60-55, on Wednesday. Caroline Strande currently leads the team with 15.0 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.
UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Tuesday, January 9 when it returns to Walsh Gymnasium to host No. 19 Marquette. Tip time is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. The contest will be nationally televised on FS1 with John Fanta and Kim Adams on the call. Joe Morales and Ryan Johnston will carry the broadcast for WSOU FM.
