Pirates Look to Bounce Back at Iona on Sunday

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Hynes Athletics Center

SETON HALL (5-4) at IONA (1-6)

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Dec. 8

7:00 PM ET

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PREVIEW
Seton Hall will return to action on Sunday, December 8 when it makes the short trip to New Rochelle, N.Y. for a game at Iona. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ and of course will be provided on the radio by 89.5 FM WSOU and wsou.net. Tip-time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

LAST GAME
Freshman Mya Jackson (Wilmington, Ohio) scored a career-high 21 points and the Pirates gave No. 4 Connecticut a close game, but the Huskies pulled away late to defeat them, 92-78, before a sold-out Walsh Gym crowd on Thursday.

The Pirates led by nine at the end of the first quarter, and trailed by only four at the half, but was outscored 22-14 in the defining fourth quarter. Jackson came off the bench to score a team-high 21 points on an efficient 8-for-12 shooting, which included five made three-pointers. Senior Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) scored 14 points after missing the prior four games due to injury. Both Desiree Elmore (Hartford, Conn.) and Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) also scored in double-figures.

Connecticut burst out of the gate to take an early 9-2 lead in the first quarter, but the Pirates responded with a 10-2 run, and a layup by Elmore gave The Hall their first lead of the game, 12-11. Leading 16-15, The Hall received three-pointers on back-to-back possessions from Jasmine Smith (Houston, Texas) and Park-Lane to go up, 22-15, with 1:59 left in the first quarter. Park-Lane drilled another three-pointer with just 11 seconds left in the opening frame to put an exclamation point on arguably the finest quarter of basketball all season for The Hall and put them up, 28-19.

UConn scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter to grab a 13-point advantage and force a Seton Hall timeout. Again, the Pirates cut into their deficit and a three-pointer by Alexis Lewis (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) climbed them to within seven points, 77-70, with 6:43 left to play. Connecticut raced ahead though, and an 11-0 run put the game out of reach for The Hall.

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Seton Hall's All-Time vs. the Gaels: 14-0
Last Meeting: HALL 63, Iona 57 – Nov. 28, 2007

LAST TIME AGAINST IONA
Despite being local rivals, Seton Hall and Iona haven't met in over 12 years. Their last game came at the Hynes Center on Nov. 28, 2007, a 63-57 Seton Hall victory.

Seton Hall's Jadis Rhoden and Ebonie Williams led the Pirates with 13 points apiece. Amber Harris had nine points and game-best 10 rebounds.

Seton Hall won the game despite connecting on only 2-of-14 three-pointer attempts. The Pirates forced 26 Iona turnovers and improved to 5-2 on the young season with the victory.

SCOUTING IONA
The Gaels are coming off a long season in 2018-29, which resulted in a 5-26 final record. Iona was able to down Siena in the first round of the MAAC Championship, but fell in the quarterfinals to Rider, 54-46, which ended their season.

This year, Iona has dropped six of their first seven contests, but has played only one home game so far this season. Iona dropped their home opener to Duquesne on Nov. 15, 76-74. Their lone win came in the first game of season, a 68-61 victory at Winthrop. More recently, the Gaels dropped a pair of games at the Puerto Rico Clasico in San Juan. They fell to Washington on Thanksgiving and Towson the following day. On Thursday, Iona fell at Central Michigan, 70-50.

Morgan Rachu currently leads Iona in scoring with a 15.7 per game clip. She's also averaging a team-best 7.4 rebounds per contest.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will take a break from game action and won't play until it hosts Lafayette at Walsh Gymnasium on Friday, Dec. 20. The game will be a Pirate Sports Network broadcast, and of course will be provided on the radio by 89.5 FM WSOU and wsou.net. Tip-time is scheduled for Noon.