WBB Starts Road Swing at Temple
11/13/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
SETON HALL (2-0) at TEMPLE (1-1) Philadelphia, Pa. (Liacouras Center) Wednesday, Nov. 14 • 7:00 PM Webcast: www.owlsports.com Radio: 89.5 WSOU (Play-by-play: Clayton Collier; Color: Tyronn Walker)
ABOUT THE MATCHUP Seton Hall will face Temple for just the fourth time in school history when the Pirates tip off in the Liacouras Center on Wednesday night. It is Seton Hall's first trip to Temple in nearly a decade, and just the second overall. Seton Hall won the last meeting between the two schools, 72-59, on Nov. 16, 2010, in South Orange, N.J.
SETON HALL STATUS The Pirates will bring a two-game winning streak into their game at Temple thanks to a 60-54 win over Lafayette on Sunday afternoon. Senior guard Brittany Morris was the star for SHU against Lafayette, scoring 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field. Freshman Tabatha Richardson-Smith turned in her first double-digit scoring game with 15 against the Leopards.
TEMPLE STATUS Temple won its season opener against Montana, 55-41, but lost at No. 18 Nebraska, 64-39, on Sunday afternoon in Lincoln. The Owls' 6-foot-4 Senior center Victoria Macaulay is averaging a double-double through the first two games of the season with 13.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. She had a team-high 21 points and 16 rebounds in the win over Montana.
SETON HALL VS. THE ATLANTIC-10 Seton Hall boasts a 38-22 all-time record against the current members of the Atlantic-10 Conference, including a 2-1 mark against Temple. The Pirates' last matchup against a foe from the Atlantic-10 came on Dec. 29, 2010, when Seton Hall outlasted the University of Rhode Island, 73-69, in double overtime.
MORRIS LEADING THE CHARGE Senior guard Brittany Morris has scored in double figures in back-to-back games to start the season for Seton Hall, pouring in a game-high 23 points in the Pirates' 60-54 win over Lafayette on Nov. 11. Morris shot 8-for-10 from the floor in the win, which ties for the third-best single-season shooting performance in school history. She is currently tied for fifth in the BIG EAST in scoring with 19.0 points per game.
600 AND COUNTING With her 23 points in a win over Lafayette on Nov. 11, senior guard Brittany Morris passed 600 points in her career. She has scored 609 points over her three-plus seasons at Seton Hall, and is averaging 7.5 points per game in 81-career games played.
FRESHMAN FOCUS Freshman forward Tabatha Richardson-Smith has stepped in and made an immediate impact on the floor for Seton Hall through the first two games of the season. She scored 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting against Lafayette on Nov. 11, and currently ranks second on the team with 10.0 points per game, and is tied for the team lead in rebounding with 6.0 per game. Richardson-Smith is also a perfect 6-for-6 at the free-throw line.
COMING OFF THE BENCH Thanks in no small part to the contributions from freshman Tabatha Richardson-Smith, Seton Hall has established an early season advantage over its opposition in bench scoring. The Pirates currently hold a 37-20 edge in bench scoring through the first two games of the year.
FINISHING FREE THROWS Seton Hall is doing a great job at getting to the free throw line, holding a 46-19 advantage over its opposition so far this season. The Pirates are also taking advantage of those trips to the line, shooting 73.9 percent (34-of-46) from the stripe, which ranks 5th in the BIG EAST. Seton Hall is 7-for-8 from the line in the final two minutes of the game.
PIRATES HOLD OFF NJIT IN SEASON OPENER Senior guard Brittany Morris scored 15 points and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a 69-66 victory over NJIT in the season opener on Nov. 9. The Pirates led by as many as six points in the second half, but found themselves in a tie game with under a minute to play. Senior forward Alexandra Maseko and Morris iced the win by going 3-for-4 at the line down the stretch.
REACHING MILESTONES Seton Hall senior forward Terry Green eclipsed a couple of career milestones in SHU's 69-66 win over NJIT in the season opener in Nov. 9. By knocking down a three-pointer in the second half, she recorded career-triple No. 100, which ranks eighth in school history, and she also finished the game with nine points, which was good enough to move her over 500-points for her career.
BALANCING ACT Three different players, senior Brittany Morris (15), redshirt sophomore Ka-Deidre Simmons (12) and senior Alexandra Maseko (11) finished with double digit points against NJIT on Nov. 9. It marked the first time Seton Hall had at least three players score in double figures since four accomplished the feat against Syracuse on Jan. 22, 2012.
TAKING THE CHARITY Seton Hall shot a stellar 24-for-30 (.800) from the free throw line in the season opening 69-66 victory over NJIT, including an 8-for-8 performance from senior Brittany Morris. It was the most free throw makes and attempts for Seton Hall since it shot 28-for-40 in a 72-69 win over Louisiana Tech on Nov. 24, 2011, and it was also the first time SHU had 23 more free throw attempts than its opponent since its win over Louisiana Tech.
NO SIGNS OF RUST Playing in her first game since March 4, 2011, redshirt sophomore point guard Ka-Deidre Simmons returned to the court for Seton Hall in its season opener against NJIT and made an immediate difference as the Pirates' floor general. She finished with 12 points, for her seventh-career double-digit scoring game, and also led the team with four assists in 35 minutes.
MAKING A COMEBACK Seton Hall redshirt sophomore point guard Ka-Deidre Simmons returns to the lineup for Seton Hall after missing all of the 2011-12 season with an injury. The 5-foot-8-inch point guard out of Newark, N.J., averaged 7.2 points and 3.4 assists per game in 2010-11, when she received BIG EAST All-Freshman accolades after appearing in all 30 games for Seton Hall, making 27 starts in the back court.
LONG-RANGE MARKSMEN A pair of Seton Hall seniors, Brittany Morris and Terry Green, are continuing their ascent up the program record books in three-point field goals in three-point attempts. Morris currently ranks fifth in school history with 108 career three-pointers while Green ranks eighth with 100-career threes. Green is third all-time with 364 three-point attempts while Morris is just behind her in sixth place with 345 long-range attempts.
THREE'S COMPANY Led by Terry Green and Brittany Morris the Pirates were very proficient from three-point range a season ago. Of Seton Hall's best eight single-game three-point shooting performances in school history, a whopping five of them came during the 2011-12 season. The Pirates tied their single-game record with 11 makes against Drexel on Dec. 12, 2011, and made 10 threes at New Hampshire and nine against Marquette, Syracuse and DePaul.
LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN Senior Terry Green etched her name in the school record book with an amazing three-point shooting clinic against DePaul last season. She was a perfect 7-for-7 from three-point range, which set a Seton Hall record in addition to being the best performance from three for a BIG EAST player last season.
EARLY SEASON TESTS Head coach Anne Donovan has put together a very challenging non-conference schedule that will provide her team with a number of early season tests as it prepares for the rigors of the BIG EAST Conference. Two of Seton Hall's non-conference opponents, South Carolina, and Michigan, received votes in the preseason Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches Poll, and the Pirates will also travel to Wake Forest in addition to hosting future BIG EAST member Memphis, before opening BIG EAST play on January 5.
CALIFORNIA LOVE Once again the Pirates will be participating in a holiday tournament as this season the team will head to Malibu, Calif., to compete in the Pepperdine University Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 23-24. Seton Hall will face Wyoming in its tournament opener on Nov. 23, at 4 p.m., and then play either host Pepperdine or South Dakota on Nov. 24.
WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ARENA When Seton Hall faces St. John's University on Saturday, Jan. 12, it will be a truly unique experience for the Pirates as the contest will take place at the World's Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, as a part of a St. John's men's and women's hoops double header.
COACHING ADDITION April Phillips has joined the Seton Hall University coaching staff as the SHU Coordinator of Basketball Operations. Phillips was a four-year letter winner at Xavier University where she helped the Musketeers win three-straight Atlantic 10 championships and was a three-time All-Atlantic 10 honoree. After college she played internationally in Israel, Finland and Belgium.
HOME AND AWAY OPPONENTS Seton Hall's BIG EAST schedule will feature at least one meeting with all 14 of its conference foes but the Pirates will face both USF (Jan. 22 & Feb. 16) and St. John's University (Jan. 12 & March 2) both at Walsh Gymnasium and on the road.
PIRATE SPORTS NETWORK The Pirate Sports Network is back for the 2012-13 season and better than ever. With the addition of multiple cameras, the live broadcasts can now be see in high definition with audio play-by-play and color commentary provided by industry professionals Jon Schaeffer and Joey Wahler.
BIG EAST PRESEASON COACHES POLL Seton Hall University was picked to finish in a tie for 13th place with the University of Pittsburgh in the 2012-13 BIG EAST Preseason Coaches Poll. The University of Connecticut received 12 first place votes to claim the top spot in the poll while the University of Notre Dame came in second, receiving the other three first-place tallies.
BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP The 2013 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Championship will take place from Friday-Tuesday, March 8-12, and will return to the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. For the fifth-straight season all 15 BIG EAST teams will be invited to Hartford for the conference tournament.
ABOUT THE MATCHUP Seton Hall will face Temple for just the fourth time in school history when the Pirates tip off in the Liacouras Center on Wednesday night. It is Seton Hall's first trip to Temple in nearly a decade, and just the second overall. Seton Hall won the last meeting between the two schools, 72-59, on Nov. 16, 2010, in South Orange, N.J.
SETON HALL STATUS The Pirates will bring a two-game winning streak into their game at Temple thanks to a 60-54 win over Lafayette on Sunday afternoon. Senior guard Brittany Morris was the star for SHU against Lafayette, scoring 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field. Freshman Tabatha Richardson-Smith turned in her first double-digit scoring game with 15 against the Leopards.
TEMPLE STATUS Temple won its season opener against Montana, 55-41, but lost at No. 18 Nebraska, 64-39, on Sunday afternoon in Lincoln. The Owls' 6-foot-4 Senior center Victoria Macaulay is averaging a double-double through the first two games of the season with 13.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. She had a team-high 21 points and 16 rebounds in the win over Montana.
SETON HALL VS. THE ATLANTIC-10 Seton Hall boasts a 38-22 all-time record against the current members of the Atlantic-10 Conference, including a 2-1 mark against Temple. The Pirates' last matchup against a foe from the Atlantic-10 came on Dec. 29, 2010, when Seton Hall outlasted the University of Rhode Island, 73-69, in double overtime.
MORRIS LEADING THE CHARGE Senior guard Brittany Morris has scored in double figures in back-to-back games to start the season for Seton Hall, pouring in a game-high 23 points in the Pirates' 60-54 win over Lafayette on Nov. 11. Morris shot 8-for-10 from the floor in the win, which ties for the third-best single-season shooting performance in school history. She is currently tied for fifth in the BIG EAST in scoring with 19.0 points per game.
600 AND COUNTING With her 23 points in a win over Lafayette on Nov. 11, senior guard Brittany Morris passed 600 points in her career. She has scored 609 points over her three-plus seasons at Seton Hall, and is averaging 7.5 points per game in 81-career games played.
FRESHMAN FOCUS Freshman forward Tabatha Richardson-Smith has stepped in and made an immediate impact on the floor for Seton Hall through the first two games of the season. She scored 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting against Lafayette on Nov. 11, and currently ranks second on the team with 10.0 points per game, and is tied for the team lead in rebounding with 6.0 per game. Richardson-Smith is also a perfect 6-for-6 at the free-throw line.
COMING OFF THE BENCH Thanks in no small part to the contributions from freshman Tabatha Richardson-Smith, Seton Hall has established an early season advantage over its opposition in bench scoring. The Pirates currently hold a 37-20 edge in bench scoring through the first two games of the year.
FINISHING FREE THROWS Seton Hall is doing a great job at getting to the free throw line, holding a 46-19 advantage over its opposition so far this season. The Pirates are also taking advantage of those trips to the line, shooting 73.9 percent (34-of-46) from the stripe, which ranks 5th in the BIG EAST. Seton Hall is 7-for-8 from the line in the final two minutes of the game.
PIRATES HOLD OFF NJIT IN SEASON OPENER Senior guard Brittany Morris scored 15 points and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a 69-66 victory over NJIT in the season opener on Nov. 9. The Pirates led by as many as six points in the second half, but found themselves in a tie game with under a minute to play. Senior forward Alexandra Maseko and Morris iced the win by going 3-for-4 at the line down the stretch.
REACHING MILESTONES Seton Hall senior forward Terry Green eclipsed a couple of career milestones in SHU's 69-66 win over NJIT in the season opener in Nov. 9. By knocking down a three-pointer in the second half, she recorded career-triple No. 100, which ranks eighth in school history, and she also finished the game with nine points, which was good enough to move her over 500-points for her career.
BALANCING ACT Three different players, senior Brittany Morris (15), redshirt sophomore Ka-Deidre Simmons (12) and senior Alexandra Maseko (11) finished with double digit points against NJIT on Nov. 9. It marked the first time Seton Hall had at least three players score in double figures since four accomplished the feat against Syracuse on Jan. 22, 2012.
TAKING THE CHARITY Seton Hall shot a stellar 24-for-30 (.800) from the free throw line in the season opening 69-66 victory over NJIT, including an 8-for-8 performance from senior Brittany Morris. It was the most free throw makes and attempts for Seton Hall since it shot 28-for-40 in a 72-69 win over Louisiana Tech on Nov. 24, 2011, and it was also the first time SHU had 23 more free throw attempts than its opponent since its win over Louisiana Tech.
NO SIGNS OF RUST Playing in her first game since March 4, 2011, redshirt sophomore point guard Ka-Deidre Simmons returned to the court for Seton Hall in its season opener against NJIT and made an immediate difference as the Pirates' floor general. She finished with 12 points, for her seventh-career double-digit scoring game, and also led the team with four assists in 35 minutes.
MAKING A COMEBACK Seton Hall redshirt sophomore point guard Ka-Deidre Simmons returns to the lineup for Seton Hall after missing all of the 2011-12 season with an injury. The 5-foot-8-inch point guard out of Newark, N.J., averaged 7.2 points and 3.4 assists per game in 2010-11, when she received BIG EAST All-Freshman accolades after appearing in all 30 games for Seton Hall, making 27 starts in the back court.
LONG-RANGE MARKSMEN A pair of Seton Hall seniors, Brittany Morris and Terry Green, are continuing their ascent up the program record books in three-point field goals in three-point attempts. Morris currently ranks fifth in school history with 108 career three-pointers while Green ranks eighth with 100-career threes. Green is third all-time with 364 three-point attempts while Morris is just behind her in sixth place with 345 long-range attempts.
THREE'S COMPANY Led by Terry Green and Brittany Morris the Pirates were very proficient from three-point range a season ago. Of Seton Hall's best eight single-game three-point shooting performances in school history, a whopping five of them came during the 2011-12 season. The Pirates tied their single-game record with 11 makes against Drexel on Dec. 12, 2011, and made 10 threes at New Hampshire and nine against Marquette, Syracuse and DePaul.
LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN Senior Terry Green etched her name in the school record book with an amazing three-point shooting clinic against DePaul last season. She was a perfect 7-for-7 from three-point range, which set a Seton Hall record in addition to being the best performance from three for a BIG EAST player last season.
EARLY SEASON TESTS Head coach Anne Donovan has put together a very challenging non-conference schedule that will provide her team with a number of early season tests as it prepares for the rigors of the BIG EAST Conference. Two of Seton Hall's non-conference opponents, South Carolina, and Michigan, received votes in the preseason Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches Poll, and the Pirates will also travel to Wake Forest in addition to hosting future BIG EAST member Memphis, before opening BIG EAST play on January 5.
CALIFORNIA LOVE Once again the Pirates will be participating in a holiday tournament as this season the team will head to Malibu, Calif., to compete in the Pepperdine University Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 23-24. Seton Hall will face Wyoming in its tournament opener on Nov. 23, at 4 p.m., and then play either host Pepperdine or South Dakota on Nov. 24.
WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ARENA When Seton Hall faces St. John's University on Saturday, Jan. 12, it will be a truly unique experience for the Pirates as the contest will take place at the World's Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, as a part of a St. John's men's and women's hoops double header.
COACHING ADDITION April Phillips has joined the Seton Hall University coaching staff as the SHU Coordinator of Basketball Operations. Phillips was a four-year letter winner at Xavier University where she helped the Musketeers win three-straight Atlantic 10 championships and was a three-time All-Atlantic 10 honoree. After college she played internationally in Israel, Finland and Belgium.
HOME AND AWAY OPPONENTS Seton Hall's BIG EAST schedule will feature at least one meeting with all 14 of its conference foes but the Pirates will face both USF (Jan. 22 & Feb. 16) and St. John's University (Jan. 12 & March 2) both at Walsh Gymnasium and on the road.
PIRATE SPORTS NETWORK The Pirate Sports Network is back for the 2012-13 season and better than ever. With the addition of multiple cameras, the live broadcasts can now be see in high definition with audio play-by-play and color commentary provided by industry professionals Jon Schaeffer and Joey Wahler.
BIG EAST PRESEASON COACHES POLL Seton Hall University was picked to finish in a tie for 13th place with the University of Pittsburgh in the 2012-13 BIG EAST Preseason Coaches Poll. The University of Connecticut received 12 first place votes to claim the top spot in the poll while the University of Notre Dame came in second, receiving the other three first-place tallies.
BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP The 2013 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Championship will take place from Friday-Tuesday, March 8-12, and will return to the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. For the fifth-straight season all 15 BIG EAST teams will be invited to Hartford for the conference tournament.
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