Women's Basketball Sets Sights on #23 DePaul Saturday
1/27/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
SETON HALL VS. DEPAUL GAME NOTES (.pdf)
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012 - SOUTH ORANGE, N.J.
WALSH GYMNASIUM - 2:00 PM
SETON HALL (7-14, 0-7) VS. #23 DePAUL (15-6, 3-4)
VIDEO STREAM: SHUPIRATES.COM • RADIO: WSOU 89.5 FM
PIRATES' STATUS
Seton Hall held a 12-point lead with just under 16 minutes remaining in regulation, but allowed an 18-2 run and ultimately fell, 57-45, at USF on Wednesday night. The Pirates demise came off of 23 turnovers which led to 25 points for the Bulls. Leading scorer Jasmine Crew fouled out of the game with 6:33 on the clock in the middle of the USF rally. Junior Brittany Morris had nine points to lead the way, while senior Tajay Ashmeade grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds.
BLUE DEMONS' STATUS
DePaul was nipped by #11 Rutgers, 65-64, on Tuesday night after a layup by Khadijah Rushdan with just two seconds left. The Blue Demons led by as many as 16 points in the second half before a 21-6 outburst by the Scarlet Knights. The loss was DePaul's third straight, marking their first mini-losing streak since the 2007-08 season. Anna Martin was brilliant, scoring a game-high 26 points on 13-of-14 shooting from the free-throw line. Katherine Harry pulled down 15 rebounds in 35 minutes of action.
ONE SIMPLE WISH
Seton Hall will welcome children from the One Simple Wish Foundation at Saturday's game. One Simple Wish is a nonprofit organization dedicated to granting simple wishes to foster children, at-risk youth and impoverished families. Fans coming to the game are encouraged to bring a personal hygiene item to support One Simple with and children in New Jersey area foster programs. Items will be collected at the One Simple Wish Table in the lobby. Fans will also have the opportunity to grant wishes to children in the One Simple Wish network. For more information about One Simple Wish; to grant a wish; to volunteer; or to recommend an organization for possible inclusion in OSW's Community Partner Network, please visit www.onesimplewish.org or call 609-883-8484.
FINDING THE RANGE
For the first time since Dec. 30 at Memphis, the Pirates shot above 40-percent from the floor against Syracuse on Jan. 22. It also marked just the second time SHU has outshot its opponents in its last eight contests.
CREW POISED TO SET FREE-THROW RECORD
With her 115 free-throws made this season, Jasmine Crew is just 15 away from setting the single-season record with at least 10 more games to play. Kandice Green set the mark of 130 in the 2009-10 season.
GOING THE DISTANCE
Senior Jasmine Crew received her first breather during a game since Jan. 7 on Wednesday night. For the season, she has played the entire way seven times and has logged over 35 minutes in all but two games.
MAGNIFICENT MORRIS
Junior Brittany Morris poured in a career-high 26 points on 10-of-18 shooting at Marquette on Jan. 7. It's the fourth time this season she's set a personal best in scoring this season. She followed that up with a 24 point performance at West Virginia on Jan. 10.
A CHANGE OF PACE
Head coach Anne Donovan has shuffled her starting lineup in six of the Pirates last eight games. In its last two contests, SHU has gone with its original starting lineup that began the first 13 games of the season.
CREW IN ELITE COMPANY
Senior Jasmine Crew nearly single-handedly brought SHU back from a halftime deficit at Memphis after scoring the first 12 points of the second frame on her way to a game-high 33 points. It marks her second 30-plus point game of the year. She is just the second player in program history to have a pair of 30-point games in a season, joining Geraldine Saintilus who accomplished the feat in the 1988-89 season.
BEAST OF THE BOARDS
Senior Tajay Ashmeade posted her third straight and eighth double-figure rebounding game after pulling down a game-high 10 rebounds at USF on Wednesday night. Her season-average is up to 8.4 per game, which puts her tied for second in the BIG EAST.
