Women's Basketball Hosts Cincinnati in Play4Kay Game
2/17/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
SETON HALL VS. CINCINNATI GAME NOTES (.pdf)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2012 - SOUTH ORANGE, N.J.
WALSH GYMNASIUM - 2:00 PM
SETON HALL (7-19, 0-12) VS. CINCINNATI (13-12, 4-8)
VIDEO STREAM: SHUPIRATES.COM • RADIO: WSOU.NET
PLAY 4 KAY
The Seton Hall women's basketball team has launched an online donation website for the squad's upcoming Play4Kay (formerly WBCA PinkZone) game on February 18, 2012 against Cincinnati. Fans are encouraged to donate prior to the game against the Bearcats. At the game, a raffle will be held with all proceeds going toward the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. To make a donation, go to www.play4kay.org/shuwbb
PIRATES' STATUS
Seton Hall was knocked off by Providence, 62-47, last Saturday afternoon on the road. The Pirates shot well in the first half, and trailed by just five heading into the intermission. However, in the second SHU could not get into a groove offensively and converted on just 24-percent from the floor. The Pirates were also plagued by 19 turnovers, which led to 20 points by the Friars. Senior Jasmine Crew scored 25 points to lead the way for the Pirates, while senior Tajay Ashmeade racked up 11 rebounds.
BEARCATS' STATUS
Cincinnati is coming off a 62-57 victory against Pittsburgh on Saturday, marking the most victories for a Bearcat club during head coach Jamelle Elliott's tenure. UC scored half of its points in the first half from the free-throw line and held a 28-25 cushion at the break. The second half went back-and-forth, but a 6-0 run with less than three minutes remaining proved to be the difference as the Bearcats won its first home conference game of the year. Bjonee Reaves scored a game-high 19 points.
CREW SETS FREE-THROW RECORD
With her 131st made free-throw at Georgetown on Feb. 8, Jasmine Crew set the program's single-season record. Kandice Green set the previous mark of of 130 in the 2009-10 season. Crew is now up to 142 makes on the year.
PIRATES EXCELLING FROM DEEP
For the second straight season, SHU is poised to break the program record for three-pointers made in a season. The Pirates had 144 makes in 2010-11 and are at 126 with at least five more games this year.
CHIPPING IN
For the first time all season, every player that saw action scored for the Pirates in their game at Villanova on Jan. 31. It was the first time SHU had eight players on the scoresheet since a Dec. 17 game against Stony Brook.
EASY BEING GREEN
Junior Terry Green tied the school record for three-pointers made in a game after going 7-for-7 from downtown against DePaul on Jan. 28. Her exploits tied Debbie Hartnett who drilled seven three's against Hofstra on December 17, 1988. In addition, she is just the second player to all seven triples in a BIG EAST game, joining Notre Dame's Alicia Ratay who accomplished the feat against Rutgers in 2000.
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.
GOING THE DISTANCE
Senior Jasmine Crew played a stretch of 153 straight minutes before getting a brief breather at Providence on Feb. 11. For the season, she has played the entire way 10 times and has logged over 35 minutes in all but three 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 nine of the Pirates last 12 games after using the same starting five for the first 13 games of the year.
CREW IN ELITE COMPANY
Senior Jasmine Crew nearly single-handedly brought SHU back from a halftime deficit at Memphis on Dec. 30 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.
