The Hall Hosts Butler On Sunday Afternoon
1/23/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
| Game 20 // Home Game 9 // BIG EAST Game 9 | |
| Seton Hall (15-4, 5-3 BIG EAST) vs. Butler (7-12, 2-6 BIG EAST) | |
| Date | Sunday, Jan. 24 | 2 p.m (ET). |
| Location | Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) | South Orange, N.J. |
| Watch | BEDN/FOX Sports GO |
| Links | | Radio (WSOU, 89.5 FM) | @SHUWBB on Twitter | TICKETS |
| Notes | Media Central | Seton Hall Notes | Butler Notes |
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. -- After a 16-point victory over Xavier on Friday night, the Seton Hall women's basketball team (15-4, 5-3 BIG EAST) closes the weekend with a Sunday afternoon showdown against Butler (7-12, 2-7 BIG EAST) at Walsh Gymnasium. The Pirates and Bulldogs will square off for the first time since the 2014-15 regular season finale at 2 p.m. on the BIG EAST Digital Network and FOX Sports GO app with Dave Popkin and David Gass on the call.
HEY BULLDOG
The Pirates have split four all-time meetings with Butler, rebounding from a BU sweep in 2013-14 to take both meetings with the Bulldogs last season.
• The Pirates took a 70-65 victory over Butler in the last meeting in South Orange on Dec. 30, 2014
• The two sides last met on March 1, 2015 in Indianapolis, with the Pirates clinching the BIG EAST regular season title with an epic comeback win
• The Hall trailed by nine with a minute to play, but exploded for the final 18 points of regulation to pull off a wild 85-76 victory
• Tabatha Richardson-Smith (Bay City, Texas) scored 25 in the comeback victory at BU, while Daisha Simmons led the Pirates with 19 in the South Orange win
• All four meetings with Butler have been decided by single-digits
LAST TIME OUT
The Pirates won their second-straight in league play on Friday night, knocking off Xavier by a score of 82-66
• The Pirates trailed by 10 with about a minute to play in the first quarter before ripping off a massive 35-7 run into the end of the second quarter to build a double-digit lead by the half
• The Hall forced 20 Xavier turnovers and out-score XU by a margin of 30-8 in points off turnovers
• Richardson-Smith led the way with 27 points, seven rebounds and five assists
• Shakena Richardson (Neptune, N.J.) set a new career-best with 23 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the floor
• The Pirates set a new season-best with a 54.0 percent field goal percentage (34-of-63)
• Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) anchored the Pirate defense with six rebounds, four blocked shots and a pair of steals
SETON HALL TIP-INS
- Seton Hall is 15-4 and 5-3 in BIG EAST play after a 16-point home win over Xavier on Friday night
- The Hall ranks top-4 in the BIG EAST in both scoring defense (62.8 ppg, 4th) and scoring offense (72.4 ppg, 3rd)
- Richardson-Smith leads the BIG EAST with 23.8 points per game in conference play and has six 20-point outings in league action
- Richardson is coming off the first two 20-point efforts of her career, netting a career-high 23 vs. XU
- The Hall leads the BIG EAST in rebounding margin (+3.5) and turnover margin (+3.0) in conference games
- Tiffany Jones (New York, N.Y.) is tops in the league with 10.3 rebounds per game during BIG EAST play
- SHU is 2-2 all-time vs. Butler, with all four meetings coming in the last two years since BU joined the BIG EAST
BULLDOG BULLETS
• Butler visits South Orange with a 7-12 record on the year and a 2-6 mark in BIG EAST play, most recently falling at St. John's by a score of 68-41 on Friday night
• Freshman Tori Schickel leads the Bulldogs with 13.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per game,
• Belle Obert tops the BIG EAST with 2.9 blocks per game and adds 8.2 points and 6.8 rebounds for BU
• Butler leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage defense (27.7 percent) and is third in the league in total field goal percentage defense at 38.2 percent
• Blaire Langlois is second on the team with 12.7 points per game and paces the squad with 3.0 assists a night
After hosting Butler, the Pirates are back on the road with a trip to the midwest next weekend. First up is No. 24 DePaul on Friday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.
