Pirates Visit Princeton On Wednesday Evening

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Seton Hall women's basketball team (4-2) is back in action on Wednesday when it heads south to take on Princeton (2-4) at Jadwin Gymnasium. Tip-off in the Garden State rivalry clash is set for 6 p.m., available streaming on ESPN3 and on the radio on WSOU, 89.5 FM.

The Pirates and Tigers will meet for the third time in the last four seasons, with The Hall winning each of the prior two contests. Last season The Hall notched a 71-64 victory over Princeton at Walsh Gym, snapping PU's 32-game regular season winning streak. In three-plus seasons under Anthony Bozzella the Pirates are 9-2 against New Jersey foes, with the Princeton match-up serving as the first of three such contests this season (at Rutgers on Dec. 13, vs. Rider on Dec. 18).

SETON HALL TIP-INS

The Hall is 4-2 on the young season, heading out for its third road trip of the campaign
The Pirates are coming off back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances as Bozzella enters his fourth season at the helm of his alma mater
The Hall is looking to improve on a 9-2 mark against in-state foes since the start of the 2013-14 campaign
The Pirates feature one of the nation's youngest squads, boasting a roster that includes a total of nine freshmen
Six different Pirates have already set new career-high marks in scoring this season
Kaela Hilaire (Floral Park, N.Y.) is the reigning BIG EAST Freshman of the Week after a career-high 24 points on Nov. 26 vs. CCSU
Hilaire (14.3 ppg) joins JaQuan Jackson (Killeen, Texas) at 17.7 points per game and LaTecia Smith (Gardenia, Calif.) at 13.7 to give The Hall four players averaging double-figures on the year

PRINCETON POINTS

The Tigers enter Wednesday's contest with a 2-4 record on the year but are winners of two-straight, taking down Rutgers and UMBC last week
Like Seton Hall, the Tigers have made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in the last two years
Bella Alarie leads Princeton in scoring with 12.5 points per game, shooting 42.6 from the floor and 38.5 percent from 3-point range
Leslie Robinson leads PU with 7.7 rebounds per game and has scored 7.8 per contest, also notching a team-best 15 assists on the season
The Tigers are out-rebounding opponents by 3.0 per game and have held opponents to 23.1 percent from 3-point range

THANKSGIVING CLASSIC RECAP
Over the weekend the Pirates hosted the 2016 SHU Thanksgiving Classic, finishing as runners-up in the tournament.

The Hall opened the tournament with a semifinal victory over Central Connecticut, downing the Blue Devils by a score of 78-70 in overtime
Hilaire paced The Hall with a career-high 24 points in the triumph, while Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) notched career-bests of 13 points and 15 rebounds
Smith also recorded her first career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, adding six assists, four steals and no turnovers
In the Championship the Pirates fell to UT-Arlington by a score of 86-61
Hilaire again led the Pirates with 15 points and dished out five assists, while Jackson scored 14 points in her first action since Nov. 15
The Pirates fell to 42-8 all-time in home regular season tournament action and dropped their first home non-conference contest under Bozzella
Following the conclusion of the tournament, Gordon and Hilaire were named to the All-Tournament Team

ALL-TIME VS. PRINCETON

The Pirates have faced Princeton twice under Bozzella, after the programs did not meet from 1996-2014.
After the Pirates defeated PU in the 2014 WNIT Second Round, The Hall ended the Tigers' 32-game regular season winning streak on Nov. 19, 2015
In last year's triumph, Tabatha Richardson-Smith led the way with 15 points and eight rebounds as four Pirates scored in double-figures
Overall the Pirates are 11-4 against the Tigers and 3-0 in the last three road contests at Princeton

WHAT'S AHEAD
Following Wednesday's contest, the Pirates will host their second ACC foe of the year when Wake Forest visits Walsh Gymnasium on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m.