WBB Hosts Creighton Tuesday Night
1/27/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 27, 2014
SETON HALL (13-5, 4-3) vs. CREIGHTON (12-8, 6-2)
South Orange, N.J. (Walsh Gymnasium) • Tuesday, Jan. 28 • 7:00 PM
Broadcast: Pirate Sports Network (Play-by-play: Jon Schaeffer; Color: David Gass)
Radio: 89.5 FM WSOU (Play-by-play: Rohit Ravi; Color: Clayton Collier)
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The Seton Hall University women's basketball team returns home to host Creighton University on Tuesday, Jan. 28, in Walsh Gymnasium at 7 p.m. The contest begins a stretch where three of the Pirates' next four BIG EAST contests will come at home. This will mark the first-ever meeting between Seton Hall and Creighton. The Pirates are 1-1 so far this season against the other first-year members of the BIG EAST, falling to Butler but winning at Xavier. The Pirates are 10-2 at home overall and 1-2 in Walsh Gym against BIG EAST foes. Creighton is 3-6 on the road and 2-2 away from home in conference play.
SETON HALL STATUS
Seton Hall brings a three-game winning streak into Tuesday night as the Pirates are coming off a come from behind 90-87 win at Providence on Saturday. With a double-double in three-straight games, Bra'Shey Ali is one of the hottest Pirates as of late; she is averaging 11.0 points and 14.2 rebounds per game over the last five contests. Seton Hall has won three-straight BIG EAST games for the first time since the 2006-07 season.
CREIGHTON STATUS
Creighton has won three of its last four games and is coming off an 83-64 victory over Marquette on Saturday in Omaha. The Bluejays have experienced consistency in their starting lineup, with four players receiving the start in all 20 games so far this season. Marissa Janning leads the way with 17.4 ppg. She has hit 47 3-pointers and shoots 87.6 percent from the line.
FIRST TIME FOES
Creighton will be the third and final first-year member of the BIG EAST Conference Seton Hall will be facing for the first time in program history. Seton Hall has a 1-1 record in its games against Butler and Xavier. The Pirates lost at home to Butler, 75-69 on Jan. 4, and won at Xavier, 72-62, on Jan. 21.
BACK ON THE HONOR ROLL
Ka-Deidre Simmons landed on the BIG EAST Honor Roll on Jan. 27 for the second time this season. The latest honor came after she averaged 18.5 points and 8.5 assists per game in leading the Pirates to a pair of road wins over Xavier and Providence. Simmons had 17 points and nine dimes in the 72-62 win at Xavier and scored a team-high 20 points with eight more assists at Providence. She was also named to the Honor Roll on Dec. 13, and was selected as the BIG EAST Player of the Week on Jan. 13.
STARTING FAST
Seton Hall is off to one of the best starts to BIG EAST play in recent history. The Pirates have won four of their first seven conference games for the first time since the 2002-03 season, when the team started 5-2 in the BIG EAST.
PUSHING 90
Seton Hall's 90-87 win over Providence on Jan. 25, was a historic one for the Hall. The victory marked the first time the Pirates scored 90 points in a BIG EAST game in over 19 years, since a 90-71 victory at Providence on Jan. 7, 1995. The Pirates have now broken the 90 point threshold twice this season. The last time SHU scored at least 90 points in multiple games in the same season came during the 2008-09 campaign when the squad accomplished the feat on three occasions.
MAJOR COMEBACK
Erasing a 16-point second half deficit at Providence, Seton Hall came back from a halftime deficit to pick up a win for the second time this season. The Pirates are now 2-2 in games in which they trailed at the half, also coming from behind to beat Fresno State on Nov. 30. The 10-point halftime deficit against Providence was the largest of the season for SHU and the 16 point disadvantage in the second half was the second largest of the year. Seton Hall has trailed by 10 or more points just three times this season, falling behind by double digits to South Carolina, Butler and Providence.
ROAD SUCCESS
Defeating Providence 90-87 on Saturday afternoon, Seton Hall picked up its third-straight BIG EAST road victory. The Pirates are now 3-1 on the road in conference play, which is the most BIG EAST road wins for the Pirates since the 2006-07 season. Seton Hall had not won back-to-back BIG EAST road games since 2006-07. The last time the Pirates won three-straight BIG EAST games away from Walsh Gym came in 2002-03, a stretch that ended with a win at Providence on Feb. 13, 2003.
SEEING DOUBLE
The hot streak continued for redshirt sophomore Bra'Shey Ali as she recorded her third-straight double-double with 14 points and 16 rebounds at Providence on Jan. 25. Ali has compiled a double-double in four of her last five games and has led Seton Hall in rebounding in all five of those contests, averaging 11.0 ppg and 14.2 rpg during that period. Her five double-doubles this season are the most for a Seton Hall player since Kandice Green finished the 2010-11 season with six.
FABULOUS FIVE
Seton Hall saw all five of its starters score in double figures in the wins over Georgetown on Jan. 18 and at Providence on Jan. 25. It is the first time the Pirates have had five players score in double figures in a pair of BIG EAST games since the 1996-97 season. The Georgetown win marked the first time the Pirates had five players record at least 10 points in a game since a win over Stony Brook on Dec. 17, 2011. Seton Hall had not seen five players in double figures in a BIG EAST game in just over five years, since six accomplished the feat in a 70-66 victory at Syracuse on Jan. 13, 2009.
SIMMONS WITH THE ASSIST
Redshirt junior Ka-Deidre Simmons is amongst the nation's leaders in assists and is steadily ascending the Seton Hall all-time ranks as well. Averaging 6.3 assists per game, Simmons ranks first in the BIG EAST and No. 19 nationally. With her eight assists at Providence on Jan. 25 she moved up to No. 9 in school history with 307. She now needs 12 more to move into sole possession of eighth place. If she maintains her current pace Simmons could be in fifth place in Seton Hall history by the end of the season.
