The Hall Visits DePaul On Friday Afternoon
1/28/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
| Game 21 // Road Game 11 // BIG EAST Game 10 | |
| No. 25 Seton Hall (16-4, 6-3 BIG EAST) at No. 21 DePaul (16-6, 8-1 BIG EAST) | |
| Date | Friday, Jan. 29 | 1 p.m (ET). |
| Location | McGrath-Phillips Arena (3,000) | Chicago, Ill. |
| Watch | BEDN/FOX Sports GO |
| Links | | Radio (WSOU, 89.5 FM) | @SHUWBB on Twitter |
| Notes | Media Central | Seton Hall Notes | DePaul Notes |
CHICAGO - Riding a three-game winning streak into the second half of BIG EAST play, the No. 25 Seton Hall women's basketball team (16-4, 6-3 BIG EAST) visits No. 21 DePaul (16-6, 8-1 BIG EAST) on Friday afternoon at McGrath-Phillips Arena. The Pirates and Blue Demons will square off for the second time this season in a rematch of the 2015 BIG EAST Championship title game, after DePaul secured an 86-74 victory on Jan. 5 in South Orange. Tip is set for 1 p.m. on the BIG EAST Digital Network and FOX Sports GO app.
ALL-TIME VS. DePAUL
The Pirates are 3-12 all-time against DePaul, but have split the last four meetings with the Blue Demons.
• The Hall swept the regular season series last year, but fell to DePaul in the BIG EAST Championship game
• The Blue Demons took the first meeting this season with an 86-74 victory at Walsh Gym
• Aleesha Powell (Philadelphia, Pa.) led the Pirates with 23 points in the setback, while Tiffany Jones (New York, N.Y.) turned in a 14-point, 16-rebound double-double
• In The Hall's last regular season trip to Chicago, the Pirates came away with an 81-80 victory on a game-winning lay-in from Ka-Deidre Simmons
LAST TIME OUT
In its most recent outing, The Hall came away with a 98-77 victory over Butler on Sunday, Jan. 24
• The Pirates jumped ahead early and never trailed, using a 14-0 run in the first quarter to build a 25-5 lead en route to the decisive triumph
• The Hall shot a season-best 58.1 percent from the floor and 52.4 percent from 3-point range
• Tabatha Richardson-Smith (Bay City, Texas) had a monster day with 26 points, 11 rebounds and five assists
• Powell knocked down a career-high six 3-pointers and finished with 23 points, including 15 in the first quarter
• The Pirates held a 41-29 edge on the glass and out-scored the Bulldogs 46-30 in the paint
• Shakena Richardson (Neptune, N.J.) tied a career-high with nine assists as the Pirates assisted on 24 of their 36 made field goals
• The 98 points scored were one shy of a season-high and marked the fourth time this season the Pirates have eclipsed 90
SETON HALL TIP-INS
- Seton Hall is 16-4 and 6-3 in BIG EAST play, riding a three-game winning streak to leap to third in the league standings at the midway point of the conference slate
- The Hall ranks top-4 in the BIG EAST in both scoring defense (63.0 ppg, 4th) and scoring offense (73.7 ppg, 3rd)
- Richardson-Smith leads the BIG EAST in scoring in overall games (19.5 ppg) and conference games (24.0)
- Richardson had a career-high 23 points on Jan. 22 vs. Xavier and leads the BIG EAST with 5.2 assists per game in conference play
- The Hall leads the BIG EAST in rebounding margin (+3.5) and turnover margin (+3.0) in conference games
- Jones leads the BIG EAST in rebounding (8.7 rpg) and rebounding in conference games (10.1)
- SHU is 3-12 all-time against DePaul but 2-2 in the last two seasons, sweeping the regular season series last year
BLUE DEMON BITES
• DePaul hosts Seton Hall with a 16-6 record on the year and an 8-1 league mark to sit atop the BIG EAST standings
• The Blue Demons check in at No. 24 in the AP Top-25 and No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches Poll
• DePaul leads the BIG EAST with 80.6 points per game and tops the league in rebounding margin, assists per game and turnover margin
• Megan Podkowa leads DePaul with 15.1 points per game and is second in the conference in field goal percentage (56.8) and rebounding (8.0)
• Chanise Jenkins scores 14.5 a night while Jessica January adds 12.9 and a league-high 6.0 assists per game
Following the contest at DePaul, the Pirates will travel to Milwaukee for a Sunday afternoon contest at Marquette. Tip is set for 3 p.m. (ET).
