Pirates Welcome Marist On Thursday Night

Thursday, November 30

South Orange, N.J.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

Marist

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11/29/2017 9:46:00 AM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. -- Fresh off a Thanksgiving Classic title run, the Seton Hall women's basketball team (4-1) continues a season-long five-game homestand on Thursday night when it welcomes Marist (1-5) to Walsh Gymnasium. The contest will tip off at 7 p.m. and air on the Pirate Sports Network with Sean Saint Jacques and Sky Lindsay on the call.

The Hall went 2-0 last weekend, picking up victories over Rider and Jacksonville State to win the SHU Thanksgiving Classic for the 18th time in 26 tournaments. Marist is coming off a tough trip to Hawai'i that saw the Red Foxes fall at Hawai'i and to top competition in Purdue and USC.

SETON HALL TIP-INS>>

The Hall is 4-1 on the young season and is top-3 in the BIG EAST in both scoring offense (79.8 ppg) and scoring defense (58.8)
Donnaizha Fountain (Roxbury, Mass.) leads The Hall with 16.6 points and 7.0 rebounds per game
Also in double-figures for the Pirates are Taylor Brown (Paterson, N.J.) and JaQuan Jackson (Killeen, Texas), averaging 13.6 and 13.2 points per game, respectively
The Hall currently leads the BIG EAST with 13.0 steals per game and is among the national leaders with a +7.2 turnover margin

MEETING MARIST >>

Thursday marks the ninth meeting between the Pirates and Red Foxes, and sixth at Walsh Gym
The Hall is 7-1 all-time against Marist and 5-0 in home games
The two sides met seven times from 1980-94 before rekindling the series last season, when The Hall came away with a 76-63 victory on 11/15/16
In that game, The Pirates trailed by 15 points at the half, but exploded for a 31-8 edge in the third quarter in an eventual double-digit victory
JaQuan Jackson led The Hall with 18 points in the win, while Kaela Hilaire added 16 with six steals and four assists
The win against Marist was Bozzella's first against the Red Foxes - in 11 seasons at Iona, the Pirate head coach was 0-27 against the MAAC power, including three conference title game setbacks

THANKSGIVING CLASSIC RECAP >>

The Hall won its home tournament last weekend, going 2-0 at the SHU Thanksgiving Classic to claim the title for the 18th time in 26 tournaments
The Pirates picked up an 85-49 victory over Rider in semifinal action before defeating Jacksonville State by a score of 73-54 in the championship game
JaQuan Jackson was named Thanskgiving Classic MVP after averaging 18.5 points over the two contests and going 8-of-16 from 3-point range
Joining Jackson on the All-Tournament team for their performances over the weekend were Kaela Hilaire (14 assists in two games) and Taylor Brown (14.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg in the Classic)
Against Rider on Nov. 25, The Hall led by double-digits throughout and got a game-high 20 points from Donnaizha Fountain in only 19 minutes
In the title game on Nov. 26, Brown led the way with 19 points along with eight rebounds, three steals and three block
Shadeen Samuels also had a career day against JSU, going for 18 points to match a personal best along with 11 rebounds for her first double-double