The Hall Visits Butler Tonight Night On FS2

[Halldan1]

The Pirates and the Bulldogs will square off at 7 p.m.

Feb. 17, 2016

Game 26 // Road Game 13 // BIG EAST Game 15
Seton Hall (18-7, 8-6 BIG EAST) at Butler (8-17, 3-11 BIG EAST)
Date Friday, Feb. 19 // 7:00 p.m (ET)
Location Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) // Indianapolis, Ind.
Watch FS2 (Lisa Byington, LaChina Robinson) // FOX Sports GO
Links Live Stats | Radio (WSOU, 89.5 FM) | @SHUWBB on Twitter |
Notes Media Central | Seton Hall Notes | Butler Notes

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The Seton Hall women's basketball begins a two-game road swing, its final conference road trip, on Friday night against Butler at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Pirates (18-7, 8-6 BIG EAST) will be looking for a season sweep of the Bulldogs (8-17, 3-11 BIG EAST) after a 21-point victory in South Orange on Jan. 24. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. in a nationally televised contest on FS2 with Lisa Byington and LaChina Robinson on the call.

ALL-TIME WITH THE BULLDOGS
The Pirates are 3-2 all-time against Butler, with each meeting coming in the last three seasons since the Bulldogs joined the BIG EAST
• The Hall won a 98-77 decision earlier this season against the Bulldogs on Jan. 24 at Walsh Gym
• In that meeting, Tabatha Richardson-Smith (Bay City, Texas) scored 26 points with 11 rebounds and five assists in a dominant all-around effort
• Aleesha Powell (Philadelphia, Pa.) added 23 points, including a career-high six 3-pointers, while Tiffany Jones (New York, N.Y.) finished just shy of a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds
• The Pirates have won their last three meetings against BU after sweeping the regular season series last year
• In SHU's last visit to Hinkle Fieldhouse, the Pirates clinched the BIG EAST regular season title with an epic comeback - erasing a nine-point deficit in the final minute and out-scoring BU 18-0 over the last 60 seconds of an 85-76 victory

LAST TIME OUT // FEB. 14 VS. VILLANOVA - SHU 60, VU 50
• The Pirates led by eight at halftime against the Wildcats, before VU battled back to take a two-point lead early in the fourth quarter
• The Hall answered by reeling off an 8-0 run, pulling ahead for good midway through the final frame
• Richardson-Smith led all scorers with 27 points and added nine rebounds - becoming Seton Hall's all-time leading scorer with a put-back in the fourth quarter
• Powell added 16 points and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds
• The Pirates held a monster 48-27 edge on the glass, led by 11 rebounds from Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.)
• The Hall out-scored Villanova 34-4 in the paint and 18-4 in second-chance points
• The victory earned a season-split against the Wildcats and moved The Hall within a half-game of VU in the league standings

SETON HALL TIP-INS
- Seton Hall is 18-7 and 8-6 in BIG EAST play after snapping a three-game slide with a win over Villanova
- The Hall currently slots in at fourth in the BIG EAST standings, one game back of second-place St. John's
- Richardson-Smith leads the BIG EAST in scoring in overall games (19.6 ppg) and conference games (22.5) - Richardson-Smith became the all-time leading scorer in program history on Feb. 14 vs. Villanova
- Shakena Richardson (Neptune, N.J.) ranks second in the BIG EAST and top-30 nationally with 5.5 assists per game
- The Hall ranks fourth in the league in field goal percentage (43.0 percent) and second in field goal percentage defense (37.7)

BULLDOG BULLETS
• Butler hosts Seton Hall with an 8-17 record on the year and a 3-11 mark in BIG EAST play
• The Bulldogs are coming off an 0-2 road weekend with losses at Marquette and No. 21 DePaul
• BU is 5-6 at Hinkle Fieldhouse this season
• Tori Schickel leads the Bulldogs with 12.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per contest
• Blaire Langlois is second on the squad with 12.6 points per game and leads the squad with 3.0 assists a contest
• Brittany Ward is the third Bulldog in double-figures with 10.3 points per game and grabs 7.8 rebounds per contest; those numbers spike to 10.8 and 8.3 in conference play
• Belle Obert leads the BIG EAST with 77 blocked shots; BU as a team is tops in the league with 5.6 blocks per game

Following the contest at Butler, The Hall will play its final regular season road game on Sunday, Feb. 21 against Xavier in Cincinnati.


The Last Meeting
Butler 77
Seton Hall 98
January 24, 2016
South Orange, N.J.

Pirates Roll Past Butler, 98-77, On Sunday Afternoon

Tabatha Richardson-Smith scored 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help power the Seton Hall women's basketball team to a 98-77 victory over Butler on Sunday afternoon at Walsh Gym. Nine Pirates scored at least five points as The Hall (16-4, 6-3 BIG EAST) grabbed its third-straight victory and improved to 3-2 all-time against the Bulldogs (7-13, 2-7 BIG EAST).

Recap | Box Score

Pirate Women's Basketball Home

http://www.shupirates.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/021716aaa.html

 

[shupat08]

Too bad, I'm too poor to have FS2. LOL.

I've missed many women's away games on FS2 this year. Oh well.

WSOU it is!

 

[shupat08]

BTW, we desperately need this win.

 

[Vegas pj]

SH starting off slow down 8-0, but starting to wake up. B 13 SH 8.
Notice to men- Tab stays after practice & puts up 500 shots a night!

 

[Vegas pj]

Down 18-14 after 1. SH needs to hit boards better. Sometimes 1 on 3 on offensive end. That's offensive.

 

[Vegas pj]

Must have listened. 5 attempts in the paint for 2 pts on the same sequence.

 

[Vegas pj]

Butler averages 6 blocks a game in BE pay. Ave 7 already! Maybe SH should rethink some plays? Only problem with that is SH is 1/11 from beyond the arc. Down 29-23 with 1:30 to go.

 

[Vegas pj]

Down 37-28 at half. Butler hits miracle 3 on buzzer after SH hits a 3 with less than 5 secs to go in the half. SH getting pounded on boards. Lady who hit the buzzer beater has 3 fgm from beyond the arc. Wake up Ladies!

 

[Vegas pj]

Butler starting pg picks up 4th foul with over 7 to go in the 3 rd.

 

[Halldan1]

https://twitter.com/SHUWBB

 

[Vegas pj]

Lunburg for 3!!!! SH down by 1 (4.7-46) with 1:10 Left in the 3rd qtr. Playing with intensity TB showed in interview before 2nd half started.. Announcers even commented on TB's intensity.

 

[Vegas pj]

Lunburg misses 3 from NBA range and she could have moved up since unguarded. SH hits shot on buzzer by S Richardson to take first lead of the game 48-47! Yes! Keep it up Ladies.

 

[Vegas pj]

Note to Fox - announcers are awful. Talking about a The Nova guard as SH scores and not evens peep on it.

 

[TheBluePirate]

Am stuck in OHare. Love the updates!

 

[Vegas pj]

S Richardson with a steal and no look pass in the paint for a SH score. B answers with another uncontested 3. Wake up! SH up 1 with 5:30 to go

 

[TheBluePirate]

Go Pirates!!!

 

[Vegas pj]

SH holds in to win 72-67. SH only committed 2 fouls in the 2nd and they came in last 2 1/2 minutes. Richardson Smith unbelievable from FT line. Only 1 miss. Langlois from B 5/12 from way beyond arc. Way to come back Ladies!

 

[shupat08]

Thank god. Could only listen to the first quarter. I was worried.

 

[Halldan1]

SHU W Basketball ‏@SHUWBB 5m5 minutes ago


PIRATES WIN! The Hall erases an 11-point second half deficit for the win. Tab: 27 points Tiff: 14 points, 14 reb

 

[SHUisNJsTeam]

A lot of the ladies are hurt or injured but they're gutting it out. Hopefully Martha will be back soon. Sucks that Taylor has a concussion, we could certainly use her. Gotta get the 'W' on Sunday then finish the regular season strong at home!

 

[shupat08]

Win on Sunday and we have 20 wins and 3rd place I believe.

 

[400SOAVE]

--What can you say? This game has to leave you shaking your head. It's was an UGLY game, and some players continue to have trouble hitting two footers and layups.

The Bottom line, however, is that they won a Big East road game while the team is getting killed with injuries. A loss against an 8-17, 3-11 Butler team would have been devastating to the Pirates' post-season prospects.

--SHU is now 19-7, 9-6. I believe they're on the bubble. They need to find a way to win at Xavier.

--TRS stepped up big-time in the second half, finishing with 27 points.

--Shakeena displayed warrior princess power, playing with injuries and grinding it out for the W.

--Jones cannot hit the ocean. But she grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked three shots. Sun Tzu would be proud.

--Jones took more than twice as many shots as Powell. That's not good.

--Smith was great. The freshman played 21 minutes of mostly solid and controlled basketball on both ends. And she grabbed seven rebounds.

--As Lundberg gets more minutes, she is playing better. It's really what any player needs to get better. And she's taking advantage of the opportunity.

--Finally, I want to BEG the Pirates to STOP playing the help D that leaves every team wide open for threes. Every team knows the Pirates are going to do it and they burn the Pirates every game.

--Good luck on Sunday. Go Pirates!

 

[shupat08]

Aleesha should be taking the second most shots on this team. Tiff needs to play down low - only.

Lundberg should play stretch 4.

Hopefully Kena is healthier Sunday and Martha is good for Sunday.

 

[Vegas pj]

Jones was a beast on the boards. A lot of those shots were after a rebound and Butler's interior D is really really good. Average 6 blocks per game in BE play and had 7 before the first half was over.
SH played a very solid 2nd half on both ends of the cour, but defending the 3 was their weakness. Don't think B hit a 2 pt jumper in the second half, so that D was good.

 

[Vegas pj]

Am stuck in OHare. Love the updates!

No problem. Had chance to watch and since no thread I just started posting/venting depending o situation. lol

 

[Halldan1]

Box score

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...o_pdf/2015-16/box_score/stats_20160220aaa.pdf

 

[hallgrad80]

Free Throws were the difference in this game and the ability to get to the line and make your shots is the difference between winning and losing in a hell of a lot of college games.

 

[TheBluePirate]

Saw that in both games this week. Amazing. Because we seem to have been at the wrong end of it for so long, it boggles the mind to be the team that does it to the opponent.

 

[hallgrad80]

Saw that in both games this week. Amazing. Because we seem to have been at the wrong end of it for so long, it boggles the mind to be the team that does it to the opponent.

I thought the same thing BP when I saw the stats from the women's game . Nice to see that we were on the right side this time in two important games for us.

 

[IHM Pirate]

Aleesha should be taking the second most shots on this team. Tiff needs to play down low - only.

Lundberg should play stretch 4.

Hopefully Kena is healthier Sunday and Martha is good for Sunday.

With both games being in the Midwest safe to assume that no extra players will be available on Sunday. Both squads are closing in on the 20 win mark , fingers crossed,can not remember the last time that that has happened. Great job by all. Go Pirates.