Pirates Host Villanova For Senior Day On Sunday

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. -- The Seton Hall women's basketball team (11-14, 4-10 BIG EAST) is back at home for the final time this season, hosting Villanova (13-11, 8-5 BIG EAST) at Walsh Gym on Sunday afternoon. The 2 p.m. tip is set to air on the BIG EAST Digital Network via the FOX Sports GO app with Jon Schaeffer, David Gass and John Fanta on the call.

Sunday will mark the Senior Day and final game at Walsh Gym for The Hall's senior class of Kathleen Egan (Aberdeen, N.J.), Tara Inman (Holdmel, N.J.) and Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.). The trio has been part of teams that have won 82 games at The Hall, tied for the winningest class during the BIG EAST era in South Orange. Tickets for Sunday's contest are available HERE, with the Senior Day ceremony set to take place around 1:40 p.m. Spots are also still available for the post-game Alumni and Senior Reception.

SETON HALL TIP-INS

The Hall is home for the final time in the 2016-17 for the Senior Day of Kat Egan, Tara Inman and Lubirdia Gordon
The Pirates are looking to split the regular season series with the Wildcats after falling on the road on Jan. 17
Kaela Hilaire leads all conference rookies in scoring, assists and steals
The Pirates are 10-5 at Walsh Gym this season and hold the best home record in the BIG EAST since realignment
JaQuan Jackson ranks fourth in the BIG EAST in scoring in her first season as a Pirate
The Pirates lead the BIG EAST with 5.4 blocked shots and 9.6 steals per game
Lubirdia Gordon is the league leader in field goal percentage (59.8) and blocked shots per game (1.8)

VILLANOVA HITS

The Wildcats visit Walsh Gym with a 13-11 record on the year and an 8-5 mark in BIG EAST play, good for fourth in the conference standings
VU is coming off a 66-56 victory at St. John's on Friday, the Wildcats' second-straight double-digit win
Adrianna Hahn leads VU with 13.8 points per game and is shooting 44.2 percent from 3-point range
Alex Louin is second on the squad with 12.8 points per game and leads the Wildcats with 3.3 assists per game
Villanova turns it over the least of any team in the BIG EAST, giving it away only 9.6 times per game
The Wildcats rank second in the league with 8.3 treys per game

LAST TIME OUT
The Pirates dropped their most recent outing, falling to Georgetown by a score of 77-60

After a tight start, GU reeled off a 6-0 spurt at the end of the second quarter to go up 11 at the half
The third quarter proved to be the difference, with Georgetown opening the frame on a 15-2 run and out-scoring the Pirates 28-12 overall in the period
JaQuan Jackson led all scorers with 23 points for The Hall, adding five rebounds and three steals
Also in double-figures for the Pirates were Kaela Hilaire (11) and Lubirdia Gordon (10), with Hilaire dishing out a game-high seven assists
Georgetown held a 52-34 edge on the glass and out-scored The Hall 20-8 in points off turnovers

VILLANOVA SERIES NOTES
The Hall is 22-38 all-time against Villanova

The Pirates and Wildcats split the regular season series last year, before VU won the first meeting this season
On Jan. 13 at Villanova, the Wildcats came away with a 67-52 victory
Lubirdia Gordon had a career day against VU in the last meeting, scoring a career-high 20 points and adding seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals
Also in double-figures for The Hall was Kaela Hilaire with 15 points and four assists
In VU's last visit to Walsh the Pirates came away with a crucial 60-50 victory behind 27 points from Tabatha Richardson-Smith, who set SHU's all-time scoring record in the contest

WHAT'S AHEAD
Following Sunday's contest, The Hall hits the road for the final three contests of the regular season. First up is a trip to Creighton on Friday, Feb. 10.