The Hall Visits Butler Friday Night On FS2
2/17/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 17, 2016
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The Seton Hall women's basketball begins a two-game road swing, its final conference road trip, on Friday night against Butler at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Pirates (18-7, 8-6 BIG EAST) will be looking for a season sweep of the Bulldogs (8-17, 3-11 BIG EAST) after a 21-point victory in South Orange on Jan. 24. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. in a nationally televised contest on FS2 with Lisa Byington and LaChina Robinson on the call.
ALL-TIME WITH THE BULLDOGS
The Pirates are 3-2 all-time against Butler, with each meeting coming in the last three seasons since the Bulldogs joined the BIG EAST
• The Hall won a 98-77 decision earlier this season against the Bulldogs on Jan. 24 at Walsh Gym
• In that meeting, Tabatha Richardson-Smith (Bay City, Texas) scored 26 points with 11 rebounds and five assists in a dominant all-around effort
• Aleesha Powell (Philadelphia, Pa.) added 23 points, including a career-high six 3-pointers, while Tiffany Jones (New York, N.Y.) finished just shy of a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds
• The Pirates have won their last three meetings against BU after sweeping the regular season series last year
• In SHU's last visit to Hinkle Fieldhouse, the Pirates clinched the BIG EAST regular season title with an epic comeback - erasing a nine-point deficit in the final minute and out-scoring BU 18-0 over the last 60 seconds of an 85-76 victory
LAST TIME OUT // FEB. 14 VS. VILLANOVA - SHU 60, VU 50
• The Pirates led by eight at halftime against the Wildcats, before VU battled back to take a two-point lead early in the fourth quarter
• The Hall answered by reeling off an 8-0 run, pulling ahead for good midway through the final frame
• Richardson-Smith led all scorers with 27 points and added nine rebounds - becoming Seton Hall's all-time leading scorer with a put-back in the fourth quarter
• Powell added 16 points and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds
• The Pirates held a monster 48-27 edge on the glass, led by 11 rebounds from Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.)
• The Hall out-scored Villanova 34-4 in the paint and 18-4 in second-chance points
• The victory earned a season-split against the Wildcats and moved The Hall within a half-game of VU in the league standings
SETON HALL TIP-INS
- Seton Hall is 18-7 and 8-6 in BIG EAST play after snapping a three-game slide with a win over Villanova
- The Hall currently slots in at fourth in the BIG EAST standings, one game back of second-place St. John's
- Richardson-Smith leads the BIG EAST in scoring in overall games (19.6 ppg) and conference games (22.5) - Richardson-Smith became the all-time leading scorer in program history on Feb. 14 vs. Villanova
- Shakena Richardson (Neptune, N.J.) ranks second in the BIG EAST and top-30 nationally with 5.5 assists per game
- The Hall ranks fourth in the league in field goal percentage (43.0 percent) and second in field goal percentage defense (37.7)
BULLDOG BULLETS
• Butler hosts Seton Hall with an 8-17 record on the year and a 3-11 mark in BIG EAST play
• The Bulldogs are coming off an 0-2 road weekend with losses at Marquette and No. 21 DePaul
• BU is 5-6 at Hinkle Fieldhouse this season
• Tori Schickel leads the Bulldogs with 12.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per contest
• Blaire Langlois is second on the squad with 12.6 points per game and leads the squad with 3.0 assists a contest
• Brittany Ward is the third Bulldog in double-figures with 10.3 points per game and grabs 7.8 rebounds per contest; those numbers spike to 10.8 and 8.3 in conference play
• Belle Obert leads the BIG EAST with 77 blocked shots; BU as a team is tops in the league with 5.6 blocks per game
Following the contest at Butler, The Hall will play its final regular season road game on Sunday, Feb. 21 against Xavier in Cincinnati.
| Game 26 // Road Game 13 // BIG EAST Game 15 | |
| Seton Hall (18-7, 8-6 BIG EAST) at Butler (8-17, 3-11 BIG EAST) | |
| Date | Friday, Feb. 19 // 7:00 p.m (ET) |
| Location | Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) // Indianapolis, Ind. |
| Watch | FS2 (Lisa Byington, LaChina Robinson) // FOX Sports GO |
| Links | Live Stats | Radio (WSOU, 89.5 FM) | @SHUWBB on Twitter | |
| Notes | Media Central | Seton Hall Notes  | Butler Notes |
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The Seton Hall women's basketball begins a two-game road swing, its final conference road trip, on Friday night against Butler at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Pirates (18-7, 8-6 BIG EAST) will be looking for a season sweep of the Bulldogs (8-17, 3-11 BIG EAST) after a 21-point victory in South Orange on Jan. 24. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. in a nationally televised contest on FS2 with Lisa Byington and LaChina Robinson on the call.
ALL-TIME WITH THE BULLDOGS
The Pirates are 3-2 all-time against Butler, with each meeting coming in the last three seasons since the Bulldogs joined the BIG EAST
• The Hall won a 98-77 decision earlier this season against the Bulldogs on Jan. 24 at Walsh Gym
• In that meeting, Tabatha Richardson-Smith (Bay City, Texas) scored 26 points with 11 rebounds and five assists in a dominant all-around effort
• Aleesha Powell (Philadelphia, Pa.) added 23 points, including a career-high six 3-pointers, while Tiffany Jones (New York, N.Y.) finished just shy of a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds
• The Pirates have won their last three meetings against BU after sweeping the regular season series last year
• In SHU's last visit to Hinkle Fieldhouse, the Pirates clinched the BIG EAST regular season title with an epic comeback - erasing a nine-point deficit in the final minute and out-scoring BU 18-0 over the last 60 seconds of an 85-76 victory
LAST TIME OUT // FEB. 14 VS. VILLANOVA - SHU 60, VU 50
• The Pirates led by eight at halftime against the Wildcats, before VU battled back to take a two-point lead early in the fourth quarter
• The Hall answered by reeling off an 8-0 run, pulling ahead for good midway through the final frame
• Richardson-Smith led all scorers with 27 points and added nine rebounds - becoming Seton Hall's all-time leading scorer with a put-back in the fourth quarter
• Powell added 16 points and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds
• The Pirates held a monster 48-27 edge on the glass, led by 11 rebounds from Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.)
• The Hall out-scored Villanova 34-4 in the paint and 18-4 in second-chance points
• The victory earned a season-split against the Wildcats and moved The Hall within a half-game of VU in the league standings
SETON HALL TIP-INS
- Seton Hall is 18-7 and 8-6 in BIG EAST play after snapping a three-game slide with a win over Villanova
- The Hall currently slots in at fourth in the BIG EAST standings, one game back of second-place St. John's
- Richardson-Smith leads the BIG EAST in scoring in overall games (19.6 ppg) and conference games (22.5) - Richardson-Smith became the all-time leading scorer in program history on Feb. 14 vs. Villanova
- Shakena Richardson (Neptune, N.J.) ranks second in the BIG EAST and top-30 nationally with 5.5 assists per game
- The Hall ranks fourth in the league in field goal percentage (43.0 percent) and second in field goal percentage defense (37.7)
BULLDOG BULLETS
• Butler hosts Seton Hall with an 8-17 record on the year and a 3-11 mark in BIG EAST play
• The Bulldogs are coming off an 0-2 road weekend with losses at Marquette and No. 21 DePaul
• BU is 5-6 at Hinkle Fieldhouse this season
• Tori Schickel leads the Bulldogs with 12.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per contest
• Blaire Langlois is second on the squad with 12.6 points per game and leads the squad with 3.0 assists a contest
• Brittany Ward is the third Bulldog in double-figures with 10.3 points per game and grabs 7.8 rebounds per contest; those numbers spike to 10.8 and 8.3 in conference play
• Belle Obert leads the BIG EAST with 77 blocked shots; BU as a team is tops in the league with 5.6 blocks per game
Following the contest at Butler, The Hall will play its final regular season road game on Sunday, Feb. 21 against Xavier in Cincinnati.
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