WBB Faces South Dakota on Saturday
11/24/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
SETON HALL (2-3) vs. SOUTH DAKOTA (1-4) Malibu, Calif. (Firestone Fieldhouse) Saturday, Nov. 24 • 4:00 PM (ET) Radio: 89.5 WSOU (Play-by-play: Leonard Nuciforo; Color: Clayton Collier)
ABOUT THE MATCHUP Seton Hall will face the University of South Dakota in the Pepperdine University Thanksgiving Tournament consolation game on Saturday, Nov. 24, at 4 p.m. (ET). The matchup between SHU and South Dakota is the first in program history, and it marks the third time this season the Pirates are facing an opponent for the first time.
SETON HALL STATUS Seton Hall fell to the University of Wyoming, 55-45, in the first round of the Pepperdine Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday, Nov. 23. The Pirates were led by senior guard Brittany Morris, who had a team-high 13 points, and redshirt sophomore point guard Ka-Deidre Simmons, who scored 12 points and tied her career high with five assists. Morris has led SHU in scoring in all five games this year and it was the second time this season that Simmons scored in double figures.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATUS South Dakota dropped its third-- game in a row with a 70-54 loss to Pepperdine on Friday afternoon. Polly Harrington led the Coyotes with 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting against Pepperdine, leading the team in scoring for the second-straight game after pouring in 23 against Creighton on Nov. 20. Harrington is averaging 14.2 ppg and Nicole Seekamp is in double figures with 12.4 ppg.
SETON HALL VS. THE SUMMIT LEAGUE Saturday afternoon's meeting between Seton Hall and the University of South Dakota will mark the first time the Pirates have matched up with any of the nine teams that currently comprise The Summit League.
MORRIS LEADING THE CHARGE Senior guard Brittany Morris has led Seton Hall in scoring in five-straight games to start the season, pouring in a season-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-game shooting performance in school history. She currently ranks 16th in the BIG EAST in scoring with 14.4 points per game.
TONS OF TURNOVERS The Pirates have forced each of their last three opponents to turn the ball over more than 20 times: Temple (26), Michigan (24) and Wyoming (24). It is the first time the Pirates have created more then 20 turnovers in three-straight games since the 2010-11 season when they faced Rhode Island (Dec. 29, 2010 - 31 turnovers), West Virginia (Jan. 5, 2011 - 23 turnovers) and Syracuse (Jan. 8, 2011 - 22 turnovers).
DISHING THE ROCK Redshirt sophomore point guard Ka-Deidre Simmons tied her career-high with five assists against Wyoming on Nov. 23. Making her stat line more impressive is the fact that she had no turnovers and ranked second on the team in scoring with 12 points. Simmons has notched five assists in a game four times in her career and she scored in double figures for the eighth time.
SWARMING DEFENSE Seton Hall turned in its best defensive effort of the season against Wyoming on Nov. 23. The Pirates limited the Cowgirls to just 20 first-half points and only 33.3 percent (15-of-45) shooting for the game in addition to holding Wyoming to just 2-for-13 (15.4 percent) from three while forcing 24 turnovers.
GETTING TO THE LINE So far this season Seton Hall's ability to get to the free throw line has meant the difference between winning and losing. The Pirates are 2-0 when they attempt more free throws than their opponent and 0-3 when the opposition manages to get to the line more often.
CALIFORNIA LOVE Once again the Pirates participated in a holiday tournament as this season the team traveled to Malibu, Calif., to compete in the Pepperdine University Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 23-24. Seton Hall fell to Wyoming in its tournament opener on Nov. 23, and will face South Dakota in the tournament consolation game on Nov. 24.
MAKING THEM PAY So far this season Seton Hall has outscored four of its five opponents in opportunities off of turnovers, holding a 82-51 edge over the opposition. The Pirates have a +4.25 turnover margin, which ranks fifth in the BIG EAST.
FINISHING FREE THROWS Seton Hall is doing a great job of converting at the free throw line this season. The Pirates are shooting 74.0 percent (54-of-73) from the stripe, which ranks 3rd in the BIG EAST.
FORCING THE ISSUE Seton Hall got its hands in a lot of passing lanes at Temple on Nov. 14, forcing a season-high 26 turnovers against the Owls. It was the most turnovers the Pirates had forced in a single game in nearly two years, since the University of Rhode Island turned the ball over 31 times in a 73-69 Seton Hall win on Dec. 29. 2010.
BROWN MAKES SEASON DEBUT Versatile sophomore guard Alexis Brown made her season debut at Temple on Nov. 14, after missing the first two games of the season and she wasted no time in filling up the stat sheet. Although she finished the game with just four points, she also had seven rebounds, a team-high four assists and a career-high six steals in 25 minutes.
CLEANING THE GLASS Senior forward Alexandra Maseko tied her career-high with nine rebounds at Temple on Nov. 14. The nine boards are the most in a single-game for a Seton Hall player so far this season and she also grabbed five offensive rebounds against the Owls.
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 643 points over her three-plus seasons at Seton Hall, and is averaging 7.7 points per game in 84-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 four games of the season. She scored 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting against Lafayette on Nov. 11, and ranks second on the team with 7.6 points per game. She 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 74-69 edge in bench scoring through the first four games of the year.
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.
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.
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 is third in school history with 113 career three-pointers while Green ranks eighth with 100-career threes. Green is third all-time with 381 three-point attempts while Morris is just behind her in fourth place with 375 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.
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 the University of South Dakota in the Pepperdine University Thanksgiving Tournament consolation game on Saturday, Nov. 24, at 4 p.m. (ET). The matchup between SHU and South Dakota is the first in program history, and it marks the third time this season the Pirates are facing an opponent for the first time.
SETON HALL STATUS Seton Hall fell to the University of Wyoming, 55-45, in the first round of the Pepperdine Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday, Nov. 23. The Pirates were led by senior guard Brittany Morris, who had a team-high 13 points, and redshirt sophomore point guard Ka-Deidre Simmons, who scored 12 points and tied her career high with five assists. Morris has led SHU in scoring in all five games this year and it was the second time this season that Simmons scored in double figures.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATUS South Dakota dropped its third-- game in a row with a 70-54 loss to Pepperdine on Friday afternoon. Polly Harrington led the Coyotes with 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting against Pepperdine, leading the team in scoring for the second-straight game after pouring in 23 against Creighton on Nov. 20. Harrington is averaging 14.2 ppg and Nicole Seekamp is in double figures with 12.4 ppg.
SETON HALL VS. THE SUMMIT LEAGUE Saturday afternoon's meeting between Seton Hall and the University of South Dakota will mark the first time the Pirates have matched up with any of the nine teams that currently comprise The Summit League.
MORRIS LEADING THE CHARGE Senior guard Brittany Morris has led Seton Hall in scoring in five-straight games to start the season, pouring in a season-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-game shooting performance in school history. She currently ranks 16th in the BIG EAST in scoring with 14.4 points per game.
TONS OF TURNOVERS The Pirates have forced each of their last three opponents to turn the ball over more than 20 times: Temple (26), Michigan (24) and Wyoming (24). It is the first time the Pirates have created more then 20 turnovers in three-straight games since the 2010-11 season when they faced Rhode Island (Dec. 29, 2010 - 31 turnovers), West Virginia (Jan. 5, 2011 - 23 turnovers) and Syracuse (Jan. 8, 2011 - 22 turnovers).
DISHING THE ROCK Redshirt sophomore point guard Ka-Deidre Simmons tied her career-high with five assists against Wyoming on Nov. 23. Making her stat line more impressive is the fact that she had no turnovers and ranked second on the team in scoring with 12 points. Simmons has notched five assists in a game four times in her career and she scored in double figures for the eighth time.
SWARMING DEFENSE Seton Hall turned in its best defensive effort of the season against Wyoming on Nov. 23. The Pirates limited the Cowgirls to just 20 first-half points and only 33.3 percent (15-of-45) shooting for the game in addition to holding Wyoming to just 2-for-13 (15.4 percent) from three while forcing 24 turnovers.
GETTING TO THE LINE So far this season Seton Hall's ability to get to the free throw line has meant the difference between winning and losing. The Pirates are 2-0 when they attempt more free throws than their opponent and 0-3 when the opposition manages to get to the line more often.
CALIFORNIA LOVE Once again the Pirates participated in a holiday tournament as this season the team traveled to Malibu, Calif., to compete in the Pepperdine University Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 23-24. Seton Hall fell to Wyoming in its tournament opener on Nov. 23, and will face South Dakota in the tournament consolation game on Nov. 24.
MAKING THEM PAY So far this season Seton Hall has outscored four of its five opponents in opportunities off of turnovers, holding a 82-51 edge over the opposition. The Pirates have a +4.25 turnover margin, which ranks fifth in the BIG EAST.
FINISHING FREE THROWS Seton Hall is doing a great job of converting at the free throw line this season. The Pirates are shooting 74.0 percent (54-of-73) from the stripe, which ranks 3rd in the BIG EAST.
FORCING THE ISSUE Seton Hall got its hands in a lot of passing lanes at Temple on Nov. 14, forcing a season-high 26 turnovers against the Owls. It was the most turnovers the Pirates had forced in a single game in nearly two years, since the University of Rhode Island turned the ball over 31 times in a 73-69 Seton Hall win on Dec. 29. 2010.
BROWN MAKES SEASON DEBUT Versatile sophomore guard Alexis Brown made her season debut at Temple on Nov. 14, after missing the first two games of the season and she wasted no time in filling up the stat sheet. Although she finished the game with just four points, she also had seven rebounds, a team-high four assists and a career-high six steals in 25 minutes.
CLEANING THE GLASS Senior forward Alexandra Maseko tied her career-high with nine rebounds at Temple on Nov. 14. The nine boards are the most in a single-game for a Seton Hall player so far this season and she also grabbed five offensive rebounds against the Owls.
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 643 points over her three-plus seasons at Seton Hall, and is averaging 7.7 points per game in 84-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 four games of the season. She scored 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting against Lafayette on Nov. 11, and ranks second on the team with 7.6 points per game. She 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 74-69 edge in bench scoring through the first four games of the year.
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.
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.
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 is third in school history with 113 career three-pointers while Green ranks eighth with 100-career threes. Green is third all-time with 381 three-point attempts while Morris is just behind her in fourth place with 375 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.
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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