The Hall Hosts Butler On Sunday Afternoon

[Halldan1]

Jan. 23, 2016

Game 20 // Home Game 9 // BIG EAST Game 9
Seton Hall (15-4, 5-3 BIG EAST) vs. Butler (7-12, 2-6 BIG EAST)
Date Sunday, Jan. 24 | 2 p.m (ET).
Location Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) | South Orange, N.J.
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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. -- After a 16-point victory over Xavier on Friday night, the Seton Hall women's basketball team (15-4, 5-3 BIG EAST) closes the weekend with a Sunday afternoon showdown against Butler (7-12, 2-7 BIG EAST) at Walsh Gymnasium. The Pirates and Bulldogs will square off for the first time since the 2014-15 regular season finale at 2 p.m. on the BIG EAST Digital Network and FOX Sports GO app with Dave Popkin and David Gass on the call.

HEY BULLDOG
The Pirates have split four all-time meetings with Butler, rebounding from a BU sweep in 2013-14 to take both meetings with the Bulldogs last season.
• The Pirates took a 70-65 victory over Butler in the last meeting in South Orange on Dec. 30, 2014
• The two sides last met on March 1, 2015 in Indianapolis, with the Pirates clinching the BIG EAST regular season title with an epic comeback win
• The Hall trailed by nine with a minute to play, but exploded for the final 18 points of regulation to pull off a wild 85-76 victory
• Tabatha Richardson-Smith (Bay City, Texas) scored 25 in the comeback victory at BU, while Daisha Simmons led the Pirates with 19 in the South Orange win
• All four meetings with Butler have been decided by single-digits

LAST TIME OUTThe Pirates won their second-straight in league play on Friday night, knocking off Xavier by a score of 82-66
• The Pirates trailed by 10 with about a minute to play in the first quarter before ripping off a massive 35-7 run into the end of the second quarter to build a double-digit lead by the half
• The Hall forced 20 Xavier turnovers and out-score XU by a margin of 30-8 in points off turnovers
• Richardson-Smith led the way with 27 points, seven rebounds and five assists
• Shakena Richardson (Neptune, N.J.) set a new career-best with 23 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the floor
• The Pirates set a new season-best with a 54.0 percent field goal percentage (34-of-63)
• Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) anchored the Pirate defense with six rebounds, four blocked shots and a pair of steals

SETON HALL TIP-INS
- Seton Hall is 15-4 and 5-3 in BIG EAST play after a 16-point home win over Xavier on Friday night
- The Hall ranks top-4 in the BIG EAST in both scoring defense (62.8 ppg, 4th) and scoring offense (72.4 ppg, 3rd)
- Richardson-Smith leads the BIG EAST with 23.8 points per game in conference play and has six 20-point outings in league action
- Richardson is coming off the first two 20-point efforts of her career, netting a career-high 23 vs. XU
- The Hall leads the BIG EAST in rebounding margin (+3.5) and turnover margin (+3.0) in conference games
- Tiffany Jones (New York, N.Y.) is tops in the league with 10.3 rebounds per game during BIG EAST play
- SHU is 2-2 all-time vs. Butler, with all four meetings coming in the last two years since BU joined the BIG EAST

BULLDOG BULLETS
• Butler visits South Orange with a 7-12 record on the year and a 2-6 mark in BIG EAST play, most recently falling at St. John's by a score of 68-41 on Friday night
• Freshman Tori Schickel leads the Bulldogs with 13.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per game,
• Belle Obert tops the BIG EAST with 2.9 blocks per game and adds 8.2 points and 6.8 rebounds for BU
• Butler leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage defense (27.7 percent) and is third in the league in total field goal percentage defense at 38.2 percent
• Blaire Langlois is second on the team with 12.7 points per game and paces the squad with 3.0 assists a night

After hosting Butler, the Pirates are back on the road with a trip to the midwest next weekend. First up is No. 24 DePaul on Friday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.



The Last Meeting

Seton Hall 85
Butler 76
March 1, 2015
Indianapolis, Ind.

WBB WINS BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON TITLE

The RV/#25 Seton Hall University women's basketball team orchestrated in incredible late game run to erase a nine-point deficit with 60 seconds to play and come away with an 85-76 win at Butler to clinch at least a share of the BIG EAST Regular Season title and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.

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[buzzershot]

Spoke with Coach...game is on...bleacher creatures will be there.

 

[TheBluePirate]

Creatures from the snow pile have been dug out, hope to get there.

 

[Vegas pj]

SH putting a hurt on Butler right now - 44-20 with 4:22 to go in the 2nd period. Keep it up Ladies!

 

[TheBluePirate]

They are putting on the hurt, just wish they would not lose focus!

 

[Vegas pj]

50-29 half time.

 

[Harty9]

This sure beats shoveling snow

 

[Vegas pj]

This sure beats shoveling snow

61 here. Only snow is on Mt Charleston about 50 miles from here. Looks beautiful and its as close to snow as I ever want to get again.

 

[Vegas pj]

81-56 with 8:26 to go. 100?

 

[Vegas pj]

92-62 with 4:59 to go.
Hope they set a play for a seldom used sub to score the 100th

 

[Halldan1]

This sure beats shoveling snow

This is what you deserve leaving your better half in NJ while you go to Florida.

 

[Vegas pj]

98-77. Can't believe they were letting 3s fly down the stretch and not setting a pay for a 2 pointer or foul. Problem was Butler hit a bunch of 3s and SH didn't. Nice win though.

 

[Halldan1]

 

[TheBluePirate]

Tony prefers to go all-sub and no rub-it-ins during a blow out. This is NOT what some of his colleagues do, by which I mean Bruno especially, who is a great coach and prime puckered a**h*le to boot.

 

[Vegas pj]

When I coached, we always had a play at the end of the year (during league play, not tourney) for anyone who hadn't scored. Once they scored it was back to regular sets. Never ad luxury to coach a 100 PT game, but payed in a few. When you got close you wanted it. No bad shots, play within team concept, and if winning easily coach would set up play for a sub. Guess tatbdidntnappen today which s fine. It's a nice emry for the payer who scored the 100th point. In hs, we scored 100 2X and same player (last payer on bench) scored it both times. Nick named "Mr.100" by the fans.

 

[buzzershot]

Was at the game with many of the bleacher creatures. Coach could have run the score as high as he wanted. Our starters played very good "Hall ball" Coach used bench players usually 3 at a time with 2 starters for most of 3 quarters.

I usually don't remark on opposing teams but feel Butler deserves it. They started 4 freshmen and 1 sophomore. They had 10 players but one was in a boot. They are very fast, unselfish, smart players and very good foul shooters. This is a coach in his second season. Although they are 3-5 in the Big East they will be a team to watch out for in years to come.

I think Aleesha Powell had 6 3's.

 

[TheBluePirate]

Was at the game with many of the bleacher creatures. Coach could have run the score as high as he wanted. Our starters played very good "Hall ball" Coach used bench players usually 3 at a time with 2 starters for most of 3 quarters.

I usually don't remark on opposing teams but feel Butler deserves it. They started 4 freshmen and 1 sophomore. They had 10 players but one was in a boot. They are very fast, unselfish, smart players and very good foul shooters. This is a coach in his second season. Although they are 3-5 in the Big East they will be a team to watch out for in years to come.

I think Aleesha Powell had 6 3's.

Thank you for your observations!!!

 

[400SOAVE]

The Pirates took care of business at home this weekend.

Powell was on fire, hitting six 3-pointers in the first half. Then she didn't take even one from long distance in the second half.

TRS is displaying so many great facets to her game on both ends. She's slumping only with her 3-point shot. I think it's because she's not squaring up and getting set.

Richardson can change the entire team when she plays like a PG and looks to pass and find the open man. She still gets her shots, but gets her teammates involved.

Jones seems to be regaining her touch

If any one or two other those three can hit some threes at DePaul they can win.

What a nice boost to have Kuderer able to come in and make significant contributions. The Pirates needed that after another injury.

The fact is that everybody seems to be contributing. Gordon, Mosley and Molyneaux all had their moments today.

Now they just have to avoid those 4-5 minute periods where they seem to lose their focus and fall asleep, especially on D. And they CANNOT play that help D where they leave players wide open. Please don't do that this coming weekend.

Finally, it's too bad about the weather. The crowd today was probably the smallest of the season. The official attendance was 809, but there was really half that number.

Go Pirates!

 

[TheBluePirate]

400, I was not there but have been to most other matches. What you described matches what I have been seeing and heard through the radio today. Kuderer and Molyneaux have been stepping up, and Mosley has been getting stronger. Powell on fire can only be a good sign.

 

[400SOAVE]

Blue, when you look at the fact that Kuderer, Molyneaux, Smith and Byrne are freshmen, you have to be happy to see the steady improvement and their ability to contribute.

Know your role and help the team in any way you can.

Playing a great five minutes and lead to 10 minutes.

 

[TheBluePirate]

400, totally.

Tony's recruiting has been strong and it shows.

This is our favorite team.

 

[Vegas pj]

Speaking of Byrne, he's her foot/ankle doing? Need her strength and grit letter in the season.

 

[Halldan1]

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[Halldan1]

Spoke to Tony B.

He wants to thank the fans who came out to the Xavier game Friday just before the blizzard struck (near 1200) and those that braved the after storm Sunday against Butler.

He's liking the way the team has responded after the 3 game losing streak and looks forward to a "very big game" next at DePaul.

He noted that Jordan Mosley has played well off the bench recently and applauded Martha Kuderer and Jordan Molyneaux for picking up the slack for the injured Taylor Byrne who will be out another 1-2 weeks.

 

[Halldan1]

SHU W Basketball ‏@SHUWBB 16h16 hours ago

In her last three games, @Kena_24 has the first two 20-point efforts of her career and a nine-assist outing! #HALLin


She's not Tab but as I noted a while back IMO just as important.

 

[Halldan1]

John Fanta ‏@John_Fanta 16h16 hours ago South Orange, NJ

She's one of the best passers in the country, and now @Kena_24 is also putting up big scoring numbers.

 

[Halldan1]

SHU W Basketball ‏@SHUWBB


The Hall is coming off its two best shooting days of the season:

1/22 vs. XU: 34-63, 54.0 percent

1/24 vs. BU: 36-62, 58.1 percent #HALLin

 

[buzzershot]

Speaking of Byrne, he's her foot/ankle doing? Need her strength and grit letter in the season.

Vegas - Taylor Byrne saw the dr. yesterday. She will be out another 1-2 weeks with a hyper-extended knee.

 

[Vegas pj]

Vegas - Taylor Byrne saw the dr. yesterday. She will be out another 1-2 weeks with a hyper-extended knee.

Ouch! That's a shame. Lost time will hamper her for the rest of the season. Hope they bring her back slowly. I should know. Got an artifice right knee and hyper extended it more than once over the years paying bball no less., Wonder if the knee i have now was invented by my former team mate and SH HOFer Dr - not Bill he's a dentist (lol) - but Fred Beuchel, MD. Great guy btw.