Pirates Head to D.C. for Friday Tilt at Georgetown

WASHINGTON, D.C. - McDonough Arena

SETON HALL (12-8, 5-4) at GEORGETOWN (4-16, 1-8)

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Jan. 31

7:00 PM ET

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THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, January 31 for a BIG EAST contest in Washington, D.C. with Georgetown. Tip time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.

MEDIA
The game will be televised nationally on FS2 with John Fanta and Monica McNutt on the call. As usual, the contest will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU and at wsou.net. Bob Towey and Ronny Castaneda will describe the action on the radio. We'll also have the obligatory live stats available as well.

LAST GAME
Seniors Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) and Alexis Lewis (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) both had double-doubles, but the Pirates fell to St. John's, 82-66, in Walsh Gymnasium on Sunday.

St. John's shot 62.0% from the field for the game, including a 72.7% clip in a game-defining third quarter that saw its lead grow to as many as 24 points. Samuels finished with game-highs of 24 points and 12 rebounds, including nine offensive rebounds. She also had three blocks and two steals. Lewis tallied 16 points and a season-high 10 rebounds.

St. John's opened the second half with a 9-0 run, holding the Pirates scoreless for the first 3:23 of the third period. Samuels scored on a fast break to cut the Pirates' deficit to 15 points, 49-34, but the Red Storm responded with another 9-0 burst to grab its largest lead of the game, 58-34 with 3:46 left in the third quarter.

Trailing by 22 entering the fourth quarter, the resilient Pirates went on an incredible 16-0 run, and a three-pointer by Lewis cut The Hall's deficit to only six points, 63-57, with 6:57 left in the game. Two minutes later, with the Pirates trailing by only seven, St. John's Alissa Alston hit a three-pointer from the St. John's coaching box to beat an expiring shot clock. From there, the Hall couldn't get closer than nine points.

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Seton Hall's All-Time vs. Georgetown: 38-29
Last Meeting: HALL 79, Georgetown 60 – Jan. 5, 2020

LAST TIME AGAINST GEORGETOWN
Junior Desiree Elmore (Hartford, Conn.) scored a team-high 21 points and the Pirates led wire-to-wire in a convincing 79-60 victory over Georgetown on Jan. 5 at historic Walsh Gymnasium.

Elmore came off the bench to tally 21 on an efficient 7-for-9 shooting from the floor. She also grabbed five rebounds in just over 20 minutes of action. Senior Shadeen Samuels and freshman Mya Jackson (Wilmington, Ohio) also reached double-figures in scoring. Samuels had 13 points to go with four rebounds and a pair of assists, while Jackson had 12 points, two steals and a team-high five assists.

Seton Hall held Georgetown scoreless for the first 3:15 of the game and scored the first six points to assume control early. The Pirates game-starting run ran was upped to 13-3 with a pair of free-throws by Elmore with only 2:40 left in the first quarter. The Hall then erupted for 10 points in the final two minutes of the quarter to send them into the second with a commanding 23-8 advantage.

SCOUTING GEORGETOWN
The Hoyas are coming off a 19-16 season, which included a 9-9 BIG EAST mark. They qualified for the WNIT, and won three games before eventually bowing out in the quarterfinals at James Madison. The Hoyas and Seton Hall split their home-and-home series with the Pirates last season.

This year, Georgetown enters its contest against Seton Hall with a 4-16 overall record. The Hoyas have lost seven straight games and are 1-8 in conference play after dropping a pair of games last weekend at Marquette and at DePaul. Georgetown's lone BIG EAST win so far this season was a nine-point victory over Providence at home on New Year's Eve.

Georgetown is led by Taylor Barnes who is averaging a team-best 12.2 points per game.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will remain on the road for its next game and travel to BIG EAST rival Villanova on Sunday. Tip-time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET. The BIG EAST Digital Network and 89.FM WSOU will again bring you all the action.