WBB Heads to Tampa For USF Rematch
2/15/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
SETON HALL (8-16, 3-8) at USF (16-7, 5-5) Tampa, Fla. (Sun Dome) Saturday, Feb. 16 • (7:00 PM) Webcast: www.gousfbulls.com Radio: 89.5 WSOU FM (Play-by-play: Brendan Borthwick; Color: Clayton Collier)
ABOUT THE MATCHUP Seton Hall and USF will meet for the second time this season after the Bulls picked up a 74-52 win over the Pirates in South Orange, on Jan. 22. USF leads the all-time series against Seton Hall, 10-1, and the Bulls have won 10-straight meetings. This will mark the third-straight season Seton Hall has traveled to Tampa to take on USF, but the first time the Pirates will play in the newly renovated Sun Dome.
SETON HALL STATUS Seton Hall is coming off a 63-34 loss to Villanova on Wednesday night. Freshman Tabatha Richardson-Smith finished with 12 points to lead the Pirates offensively against the Wildcats, while redshirt sophomore Ka-Deidre Simmons had six points, five assists and three rebounds and junior Janee Johnson scored five points to go along with a team-high seven boards.
USF STATUS USF had a two-game winning streak snapped by St. John's, 65-59, on Wednesday night in Tampa. After losing at Villanova on Jan. 19, just before their first meeting with Seton Hall, the Bulls have gone on to win four of their last six contests, scoring at least 74 points in four of those games. Andrea Smith (16.9 ppg) and Andrell Smith (15.1 ppg) lead USF offensively.
TAKE A LOOK BACK This is the second meeting this season between Seton Hall and USF, the two squads played each other just three and a half weeks ago with the Bulls coming away with a 74-52 win in South Orange. Andrea Smith scored 21 points to lead three players in double figures of USF while senior Brittany Morris and freshman Tabatha Richardson-Smith paced the Pirates with 15 points apiece. USF was highly effective at getting to the free throw line in that game, the Bulls shot 28-for-33 from the stripe, with the 33 attempts tying a season-high for SHU opponents.
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE As a result of the scheduling quirks that come from being in the BIG EAST Conference, this will mark the third-straight season the Pirates are heading south to face USF in Tampa, however, it will be the first time the squads are meeting in the newly renovated Sun Dome. Last season the Bulls defeated Seton Hall, 57-45, at the Rec Center in Tampa, Fla.
BACK-TO-BACK Freshman forward Tabatha Richardson-Smith scored 12 points to lead the Pirates offensively against Villanova on Feb. 13, and it was the fourth time this season she led Seton Hall in scoring. It was also the first time in her career she scored in double figures in back-to-back games, as she was coming off a 10-point showing against Notre Dame on Feb. 9. Richardson-Smith has appeared in all 24 games for the Pirates off the bench and has scored in double figures six times, including the last time SHU met USF. She ranks fourth on the team averaging 5.6 points per game.
DROPPING DIMES Redshirt-sophomore Ka-Deidre Simmons has dished out at least five assists in four of Seton Hall's last five games and is averaging 4.8 assists per game over that stretch. Most recently she led the Pirates with five assists against Villanova on Feb. 13. She leads Seton Hall and ranks 10th in the BIG EAST with 3.7 assists per game this season.
PLAY 4KAY GAME Seton Hall will hosted its annual Play 4Kay game to raise breast cancer awareness and benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund when it faced Notre Dame on Saturday, Feb. 9. Since its inception in 2007, the Play 4Kay initiative has raised more than two million dollars to support women's cancer research. To support Seton Hall's Play 4Kay initiative, make a donation at www.play4kay.org/shuwbb.
FOLLOW THE LEADER All season long Seton Hall's most consistent scoring options have been senior guard Brittany Morris and redshirt sophomore point guard Ka-Deidre Simmons. The two players averaging double figures offensively for the Pirates, Morris is scoring 12.4 ppg while Simmons is at 10.9 ppg and either Morris or Simmons have either led the Pirates offensively outright or tied for the team lead in scoring in 18 of 24 games played.
ALEXIS BROWN PACES PIRATES AT ‘CUSE Sophomore Alexis Brown led Seton Hall in scoring and rebounding with 10 points and seven rebounds when the Pirates faced Syracuse on Jan. 30. It marked the first time in her career Brown paced the Pirates offensively and the seventh time this season she was the rebounding leader.
SHARP SHOOTING SENIOR Senior guard Brittany Morris is enjoying her best season in a Seton Hall uniform averaging a team-best 12.4 points per game. She is currently ranked in the top-10 in a pair of Seton Hall single season categories as well. Morris has nailed a team-high 49 three-point field goals, tied for the fifth-highest single-season mark in program history, and is shooting 83.6 percent (56-for-67) from the free throw line, which is eighth all-time at Seton Hall.
PIRATES SNAP STREAK WITH WIN OVER RUTGERS Seton Hall put a stop to a 12-game losing streak to in-state rival Rutgers University with a 45-42 victory over the Scarlet Knights on Jan. 27. It was the Pirates' first win over Rutgers in exactly 4,000 days, since a 61-51 win in South Orange on Feb. 13, 2002. Senior Brittany Morris scored a game-high 18 points and redshirt sophomore Ka-Deidre Simmons had 11 points and five assists in the win. Seton Hall held Rutgers to 1-for-12 shooting over the final 8:23.
MORRIS NAMED TO WEEKLY HONOR ROLL Senior guard Brittany Morris was named to the BIG EAST Conference Weekly Honor Roll on Jan. 28, after averaging a team-best 17 points per game in a 1-1 week for Seton Hall. She scored 19 points on 3-for-5 long-range shooting in the Pirates' 45-42 victory over Rutgers on Jan. 27, and led the team with 15 points and three three-pointers against USF on Jan. 22. It is the first time in her career Morris earned a weekly conference award and she is the second SHU student-athlete to receive the accolade this season.
CAUGHT IN A WEBB Junior center Brittany Webb swatted a career-high four shots in Seton Hall's 45-42 win over Rutgers on Jan. 27. The four blocked shots were the most in a single game for a Seton Hall player this season and the highest individual total since Tajay Ashmeade recorded four blocks against William & Mary on Dec. 21, 2011.
BUILDING BLOCKS Seton Hall recorded a season-high eight team blocks, led by junior Brittany Webb (4) and senior Alexandra Maseko (3) in its win over Rutgers on Jan. 27, which is the most blocks in a single game for the Pirates since they finished with 10 against Florida Gulf Coast on Nov. 11, 2011.
800 AND COUNTING FOR MORRIS With a team-high 15 points against USF on Jan. 22, senior guard Brittany Morris eclipsed 800 points for her career. She has scored 868 points over her three-plus seasons at Seton Hall and is averaging 8.4 points per game in 103-career games played. This season she leads the Pirates with 12.4 points per game which ranks 23rd in the BIG EAST.
ALL-AROUND ALEXIS BROWN Versatile sophomore guard Alexis Brown has continued to prove she can be a factor for Seton Hall every night, regardless of whether or not she scores the basketball. Brown fills up the stat sheet nearly every game, ranking first in rebounding (5.5 rpg), third in assists (56), third in steals (36) and third in minutes per game (27.6).
SIMMONS SEES STREAK COME TO AN END Redshirt-sophomore Ka-Deidre Simmons saw her 10-game double-digit scoring streak come to an end when she tallied three points against USF on Jan. 22. The 10-straight double-figure games were a personal record for the Pirate point guard, and she has 21 double-figure scoring games in her career. She averaged 15.0 points and 4.7 assists per game during that 10-game stretch.
TERRY GREEN FOR THREE Senior Terry Green led the Pirates in scoring against Georgetown on Jan. 19, accumulating a season-high 17 points on a season-best five three-point field goals. She received the start and shot 5-for-13 from three-point range in 29 minutes; her 13 three-point field goal attempts tied the school record previously set by Cecilia Lindqvist against Rutgers on Jan. 8, 2000.
PIRATES SET NEW PROGRAM RECORD FOR THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS Seton Hall tied its season-high with nine made three-point field goals when it faced Georgetown on Jan. 19, which also ties for the fifth-most in program history. The Pirates attempted a season-high 30 three-pointers, which set a new school record, breaking the old mark of 26 set three times before, including earlier this season against Wyoming on Nov. 23.
GREEN REACHES 600 CAREER-POINTS Senior Terry Green scored the 600th point of her career when the Pirates faced Syracuse on Jan. 30. She passed 500-career points in the Pirates' season opener against NJIT on Nov. 9, and is averaging 4.9 points per game this season.
BRITTANY MORRIS SETS SCHOOL RECORD Senior guard Brittany Morris has attempted a team-high 157 three pointers so far this season and now holds the SHU program record with 499 three-point attempts in her career. She passed Ebonie Williams (‘07-'10) for the all-time school record with 11 three-point shots attempted against Georgetown on Jan. 19.
WEBB SHINES UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS Junior center Brittany Webb enjoyed one of her most productive games of the season when the Pirates took on St. John's at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 12. She finished the game with a season-high seven points while leading Seton Hall with six rebounds.
WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ARENA When Seton Hall faced St. John's University on Saturday, Jan. 12, it was a truly unique experience for the Pirates as the contest took 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. It was the first time in program history the Pirates played at game at Madison Square Garden.
MASEKO NAMED TO HONOR ROLL Senior forward Alexandra Maseko was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Jan. 7 after recording a double-double with a career-high 16 points to go along with 10 rebounds in the Pirates' BIG EAST opening win over Pittsburgh on Jan. 5. It marked the first time in her career Maseko earned conference weekly accolades and the first time this season Seton Hall has landed a player on the BIG EAST Honor Roll.
THAT'S A GOOD START The Seton Hall women's basketball team won its BIG EAST home and away openers for the first time since the 2007-08 season, which was also the last time the Pirates got off to a 2-0 start in conference play.
BIG ROAD WIN Seton Hall's 64-56 victory at Cincinnati on Jan. 9 was its first BIG EAST road win since a 51-44 decision at Cincinnati on Feb. 12, 2011. It was also the Pirates' largest margin of victory in a road BIG EAST contest since a 55-47 win at West Virginia on Feb. 4, 2009.
STRONGEST HALF OF THE YEAR It was strong second-half shooting that helped the Pirates hold off Cincinnati and pick up a 64-56 win over the Bearcats on Jan. 9. Seton Hall shot 13-for-23 (56.5 percent) from the field in the second half of that game, the best single-half field goal percentage of the season for the Pirates.
PIRATES PASS BIG EAST WIN TOTAL With its 64-56 victory over Cincinnati on Jan. 9, Seton Hall improved to 2-0 in the BIG EAST and eclipsed its conference win total from each of the last three seasons in the process. The Pirates had only garnered one BIG EAST regular season win dating back to the 2009-10 season.
THREE-STRAIGHT FOR MASEKO Finishing with 10 points in the Pirates' 64-56 win at Cincinnati on Jan. 9, senior Alexandra Maseko completed a stretch of three-straight games scoring in double figures. With a career-high 16 points in addition to 10 rebounds in Seton Hall's 69-56 win over Pittsburgh on Jan. 5, Maseko recorded a double-double in back-to-back games for the first time in her career. She also had 11 points and 11 rebounds in the Pirate's 57-53 victory over Wofford on Dec. 30. Maseko leads Seton Hall with three double-doubles so far this season.
LEADING AT THE HALF Getting off to a good start has been important for the Pirates' ability to come away with a win as Seton Hall is 7-1 when taking a lead into the half but just 1-15 when it trails after 20 minutes.
PIRATES WIN BIG EAST OPENER
Seton Hall picked up a 69-56 victory over the University of Pittsburgh in its BIG EAST opener on Jan. 5, marking the first time the Pirates have gotten off to a 1-0 start in conference play since a 54-43 win against Cincinnati on Jan. 5, 2008.
ABOUT THE MATCHUP Seton Hall and USF will meet for the second time this season after the Bulls picked up a 74-52 win over the Pirates in South Orange, on Jan. 22. USF leads the all-time series against Seton Hall, 10-1, and the Bulls have won 10-straight meetings. This will mark the third-straight season Seton Hall has traveled to Tampa to take on USF, but the first time the Pirates will play in the newly renovated Sun Dome.
SETON HALL STATUS Seton Hall is coming off a 63-34 loss to Villanova on Wednesday night. Freshman Tabatha Richardson-Smith finished with 12 points to lead the Pirates offensively against the Wildcats, while redshirt sophomore Ka-Deidre Simmons had six points, five assists and three rebounds and junior Janee Johnson scored five points to go along with a team-high seven boards.
USF STATUS USF had a two-game winning streak snapped by St. John's, 65-59, on Wednesday night in Tampa. After losing at Villanova on Jan. 19, just before their first meeting with Seton Hall, the Bulls have gone on to win four of their last six contests, scoring at least 74 points in four of those games. Andrea Smith (16.9 ppg) and Andrell Smith (15.1 ppg) lead USF offensively.
TAKE A LOOK BACK This is the second meeting this season between Seton Hall and USF, the two squads played each other just three and a half weeks ago with the Bulls coming away with a 74-52 win in South Orange. Andrea Smith scored 21 points to lead three players in double figures of USF while senior Brittany Morris and freshman Tabatha Richardson-Smith paced the Pirates with 15 points apiece. USF was highly effective at getting to the free throw line in that game, the Bulls shot 28-for-33 from the stripe, with the 33 attempts tying a season-high for SHU opponents.
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE As a result of the scheduling quirks that come from being in the BIG EAST Conference, this will mark the third-straight season the Pirates are heading south to face USF in Tampa, however, it will be the first time the squads are meeting in the newly renovated Sun Dome. Last season the Bulls defeated Seton Hall, 57-45, at the Rec Center in Tampa, Fla.
BACK-TO-BACK Freshman forward Tabatha Richardson-Smith scored 12 points to lead the Pirates offensively against Villanova on Feb. 13, and it was the fourth time this season she led Seton Hall in scoring. It was also the first time in her career she scored in double figures in back-to-back games, as she was coming off a 10-point showing against Notre Dame on Feb. 9. Richardson-Smith has appeared in all 24 games for the Pirates off the bench and has scored in double figures six times, including the last time SHU met USF. She ranks fourth on the team averaging 5.6 points per game.
DROPPING DIMES Redshirt-sophomore Ka-Deidre Simmons has dished out at least five assists in four of Seton Hall's last five games and is averaging 4.8 assists per game over that stretch. Most recently she led the Pirates with five assists against Villanova on Feb. 13. She leads Seton Hall and ranks 10th in the BIG EAST with 3.7 assists per game this season.
PLAY 4KAY GAME Seton Hall will hosted its annual Play 4Kay game to raise breast cancer awareness and benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund when it faced Notre Dame on Saturday, Feb. 9. Since its inception in 2007, the Play 4Kay initiative has raised more than two million dollars to support women's cancer research. To support Seton Hall's Play 4Kay initiative, make a donation at www.play4kay.org/shuwbb.
FOLLOW THE LEADER All season long Seton Hall's most consistent scoring options have been senior guard Brittany Morris and redshirt sophomore point guard Ka-Deidre Simmons. The two players averaging double figures offensively for the Pirates, Morris is scoring 12.4 ppg while Simmons is at 10.9 ppg and either Morris or Simmons have either led the Pirates offensively outright or tied for the team lead in scoring in 18 of 24 games played.
ALEXIS BROWN PACES PIRATES AT ‘CUSE Sophomore Alexis Brown led Seton Hall in scoring and rebounding with 10 points and seven rebounds when the Pirates faced Syracuse on Jan. 30. It marked the first time in her career Brown paced the Pirates offensively and the seventh time this season she was the rebounding leader.
SHARP SHOOTING SENIOR Senior guard Brittany Morris is enjoying her best season in a Seton Hall uniform averaging a team-best 12.4 points per game. She is currently ranked in the top-10 in a pair of Seton Hall single season categories as well. Morris has nailed a team-high 49 three-point field goals, tied for the fifth-highest single-season mark in program history, and is shooting 83.6 percent (56-for-67) from the free throw line, which is eighth all-time at Seton Hall.
PIRATES SNAP STREAK WITH WIN OVER RUTGERS Seton Hall put a stop to a 12-game losing streak to in-state rival Rutgers University with a 45-42 victory over the Scarlet Knights on Jan. 27. It was the Pirates' first win over Rutgers in exactly 4,000 days, since a 61-51 win in South Orange on Feb. 13, 2002. Senior Brittany Morris scored a game-high 18 points and redshirt sophomore Ka-Deidre Simmons had 11 points and five assists in the win. Seton Hall held Rutgers to 1-for-12 shooting over the final 8:23.
MORRIS NAMED TO WEEKLY HONOR ROLL Senior guard Brittany Morris was named to the BIG EAST Conference Weekly Honor Roll on Jan. 28, after averaging a team-best 17 points per game in a 1-1 week for Seton Hall. She scored 19 points on 3-for-5 long-range shooting in the Pirates' 45-42 victory over Rutgers on Jan. 27, and led the team with 15 points and three three-pointers against USF on Jan. 22. It is the first time in her career Morris earned a weekly conference award and she is the second SHU student-athlete to receive the accolade this season.
CAUGHT IN A WEBB Junior center Brittany Webb swatted a career-high four shots in Seton Hall's 45-42 win over Rutgers on Jan. 27. The four blocked shots were the most in a single game for a Seton Hall player this season and the highest individual total since Tajay Ashmeade recorded four blocks against William & Mary on Dec. 21, 2011.
BUILDING BLOCKS Seton Hall recorded a season-high eight team blocks, led by junior Brittany Webb (4) and senior Alexandra Maseko (3) in its win over Rutgers on Jan. 27, which is the most blocks in a single game for the Pirates since they finished with 10 against Florida Gulf Coast on Nov. 11, 2011.
800 AND COUNTING FOR MORRIS With a team-high 15 points against USF on Jan. 22, senior guard Brittany Morris eclipsed 800 points for her career. She has scored 868 points over her three-plus seasons at Seton Hall and is averaging 8.4 points per game in 103-career games played. This season she leads the Pirates with 12.4 points per game which ranks 23rd in the BIG EAST.
ALL-AROUND ALEXIS BROWN Versatile sophomore guard Alexis Brown has continued to prove she can be a factor for Seton Hall every night, regardless of whether or not she scores the basketball. Brown fills up the stat sheet nearly every game, ranking first in rebounding (5.5 rpg), third in assists (56), third in steals (36) and third in minutes per game (27.6).
SIMMONS SEES STREAK COME TO AN END Redshirt-sophomore Ka-Deidre Simmons saw her 10-game double-digit scoring streak come to an end when she tallied three points against USF on Jan. 22. The 10-straight double-figure games were a personal record for the Pirate point guard, and she has 21 double-figure scoring games in her career. She averaged 15.0 points and 4.7 assists per game during that 10-game stretch.
TERRY GREEN FOR THREE Senior Terry Green led the Pirates in scoring against Georgetown on Jan. 19, accumulating a season-high 17 points on a season-best five three-point field goals. She received the start and shot 5-for-13 from three-point range in 29 minutes; her 13 three-point field goal attempts tied the school record previously set by Cecilia Lindqvist against Rutgers on Jan. 8, 2000.
PIRATES SET NEW PROGRAM RECORD FOR THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS Seton Hall tied its season-high with nine made three-point field goals when it faced Georgetown on Jan. 19, which also ties for the fifth-most in program history. The Pirates attempted a season-high 30 three-pointers, which set a new school record, breaking the old mark of 26 set three times before, including earlier this season against Wyoming on Nov. 23.
GREEN REACHES 600 CAREER-POINTS Senior Terry Green scored the 600th point of her career when the Pirates faced Syracuse on Jan. 30. She passed 500-career points in the Pirates' season opener against NJIT on Nov. 9, and is averaging 4.9 points per game this season.
BRITTANY MORRIS SETS SCHOOL RECORD Senior guard Brittany Morris has attempted a team-high 157 three pointers so far this season and now holds the SHU program record with 499 three-point attempts in her career. She passed Ebonie Williams (‘07-'10) for the all-time school record with 11 three-point shots attempted against Georgetown on Jan. 19.
WEBB SHINES UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS Junior center Brittany Webb enjoyed one of her most productive games of the season when the Pirates took on St. John's at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 12. She finished the game with a season-high seven points while leading Seton Hall with six rebounds.
WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ARENA When Seton Hall faced St. John's University on Saturday, Jan. 12, it was a truly unique experience for the Pirates as the contest took 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. It was the first time in program history the Pirates played at game at Madison Square Garden.
MASEKO NAMED TO HONOR ROLL Senior forward Alexandra Maseko was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Jan. 7 after recording a double-double with a career-high 16 points to go along with 10 rebounds in the Pirates' BIG EAST opening win over Pittsburgh on Jan. 5. It marked the first time in her career Maseko earned conference weekly accolades and the first time this season Seton Hall has landed a player on the BIG EAST Honor Roll.
THAT'S A GOOD START The Seton Hall women's basketball team won its BIG EAST home and away openers for the first time since the 2007-08 season, which was also the last time the Pirates got off to a 2-0 start in conference play.
BIG ROAD WIN Seton Hall's 64-56 victory at Cincinnati on Jan. 9 was its first BIG EAST road win since a 51-44 decision at Cincinnati on Feb. 12, 2011. It was also the Pirates' largest margin of victory in a road BIG EAST contest since a 55-47 win at West Virginia on Feb. 4, 2009.
STRONGEST HALF OF THE YEAR It was strong second-half shooting that helped the Pirates hold off Cincinnati and pick up a 64-56 win over the Bearcats on Jan. 9. Seton Hall shot 13-for-23 (56.5 percent) from the field in the second half of that game, the best single-half field goal percentage of the season for the Pirates.
PIRATES PASS BIG EAST WIN TOTAL With its 64-56 victory over Cincinnati on Jan. 9, Seton Hall improved to 2-0 in the BIG EAST and eclipsed its conference win total from each of the last three seasons in the process. The Pirates had only garnered one BIG EAST regular season win dating back to the 2009-10 season.
THREE-STRAIGHT FOR MASEKO Finishing with 10 points in the Pirates' 64-56 win at Cincinnati on Jan. 9, senior Alexandra Maseko completed a stretch of three-straight games scoring in double figures. With a career-high 16 points in addition to 10 rebounds in Seton Hall's 69-56 win over Pittsburgh on Jan. 5, Maseko recorded a double-double in back-to-back games for the first time in her career. She also had 11 points and 11 rebounds in the Pirate's 57-53 victory over Wofford on Dec. 30. Maseko leads Seton Hall with three double-doubles so far this season.
LEADING AT THE HALF Getting off to a good start has been important for the Pirates' ability to come away with a win as Seton Hall is 7-1 when taking a lead into the half but just 1-15 when it trails after 20 minutes.
PIRATES WIN BIG EAST OPENER
Seton Hall picked up a 69-56 victory over the University of Pittsburgh in its BIG EAST opener on Jan. 5, marking the first time the Pirates have gotten off to a 1-0 start in conference play since a 54-43 win against Cincinnati on Jan. 5, 2008.
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