Saturday, March 3
Chicago, Ill.
7:30 p.m.
Seton Hall University
vs
Xavier
The Hall Heads To Chicago For BIG EAST Tournament
2/28/2018 3:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball
CHICAGO - The postseason is here for the Seton Hall women's basketball team (15-14) with the Pirates primed for the BIG EAST Tournament presented by Jeep. The Hall is the No. 7 seed in the tournament and will take on 10-seed Xavier (10-19) in first round action at Wintrust Arena on Saturday, March 3. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. (ET) and will air on the BIG EAST Digital Network and FOX Sports GO app with Dave Bernhard and Trish Babcock-McGraw on the call. WSOU will also carry the game on WSOU.net, with Angelo Maltese and Matt Ambrose in Chicago for the action.
The Pirates are coming off a hard-fought setback to DePaul on Senior Day last Sunday, pushing the league's co-champs to the brink in a 72-68 setback. Xavier picked up a win in its regular season finale, taking down Butler in Cincinnati.Â
All-Time in the BIG EAST Tournament: 22-33
All-Time vs. Xavier: 9-1, Seton Hall
Last Meeting: SHU 58, Xavier 53 Â - Feb. 2, 2018
SETON HALL TIP-INS
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PIRATE THIEVERY >> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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If The Hall advances, they will face No. 2 DePaul in quarterfinal action on Sunday, March 4 at 7 p.m. (ET).Â
The Pirates are coming off a hard-fought setback to DePaul on Senior Day last Sunday, pushing the league's co-champs to the brink in a 72-68 setback. Xavier picked up a win in its regular season finale, taking down Butler in Cincinnati.Â
All-Time in the BIG EAST Tournament: 22-33
All-Time vs. Xavier: 9-1, Seton Hall
Last Meeting: SHU 58, Xavier 53 Â - Feb. 2, 2018
SETON HALL TIP-INS
- The Pirates will kick off postseason play on Saturday as the No. 7 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament
- Nicole Jimenez was named to the BIG EAST weekly honor roll on Monday after averaging 14.0 points and 4.0 steals against the league's co-champs last week
- The Pirates swept Xavier during the regular season, notching a 62-51 victory in Cincinnati and a 58-53 triumph at Walsh Gym
- JaQuan Jackson leads The Hall with 11.8 points per game and has scored over 1,300 in her collegiate career
- Saturday kicks off The Hall's 33rd appearance in the BIG EAST Tournament since the 1982-83 season
- The Pirates are 22-33 all-time in the BIG EAST Tournament, but are 5-4 under Bozzella and since realignment
- The Hall has won at least one game in the tournament in each of the last five seasons and advanced to the title game in 2015 and semifinals in 2016
- In first round action, the Pirates are 11-12 all-time including a 2-0 mark since the conference realigned in 2013-14
- Last season, The Hall defeated Providence in the first round before falling to top-seed DePaul in the quarterfinals
- The Pirates have never faced Xavier in the BIG EAST Tournament
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- Nicole Jimenez scored in double-figures only twice over the The Hall's first 26 games, but did so in each of the last three regular season outings
- During that stretch, which included games against the BIG EAST co-regular season champions, she is leading The Hall with 15.0 points per game
- Jimenez has also recorded 10 steals in those three games and has at least one swipe in each of The Hall's last nine contests
- During her recent hot run, Jimenez is shooting 51.5 percent (17-33) from the floor and 47.6 percent (10-21) from 3-point rangeÂ
PIRATE THIEVERY >> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
- The Pirates recorded 22 steals on Nov. 10 against Saint Peter's, the third-highest single game total in program history and most since 1993
- The Hall has notched double-digit steals 14 times this year and at least nine steals in 21 of 28 games - ranking first in the BIG EAST with 10.7 per game
- Inja Butina is fourth in the conference with 1.9 steals per game, while JaQuan Jackson and Nicole Jimenez are tied for 15th at 1.4 a night
FRESH SUCCESSES >> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
- The Hall's freshman duo of Kimi Evans and Selena Philoxy have each made their mark on games during their respective rookie seasons
- Evans has started The Hall's last 16 contests and scored a career-high 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting at St. John's on Feb. 16
- The freshman center ranks first among qualified BIG EAST rookies with a 53.4 field goal percentage and leads all freshmen with 26 blocked shots
- Philoxy has seen her role increase throughout the year and notched her first double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Villanova on Feb. 12
- The rookie forward is among the BIG EAST freshmen leaders in both steals (1.0/g) and rebounding (3.4/g)
If The Hall advances, they will face No. 2 DePaul in quarterfinal action on Sunday, March 4 at 7 p.m. (ET).Â
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