Pirates Look to Bounce Back vs. Georgetown, Sunday

SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY - Walsh Gymnasium

SETON HALL (9-5, 2-1) vs. GEORGETOWN (4-10, 1-2)

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Sunday,
Jan. 5

1:00 PM ET

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THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Sunday, January 5 for a BIG EAST showdown with rival Georgetown in Walsh Gymnasium. Tip time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET.

MEDIA
The game will be a BIG EAST Digital Network broadcast with the incomparable John Fanta and Meghan Caffrey on the call. You can find the free video stream at Caffeine,tv, YouTube or Twitter. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU and at wsou.net. Bob Towey and Jorie Mickens will describe the action on the radio. We'll also have the obligatory live stats available as well.

PROMOTION
Sunday will be our Youth Sports Game. Youth teams that arrive early may participate in a special "chalk talk" with the Seton Hall coaching staff.

LAST GAME
Senior Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) recorded a double-double, and reached 1,000 points for her career, but the Pirates made just five of 27 three-point attempts in a 61-55 loss to Villanova on Friday. The loss is the first of the season for Seton Hall in BIG EAST Conference play and snaps a four-game win streak.

Samuels finished 11 points and tied her season-high with 14 rebounds. Her steal and breakaway layup with 5:06 left in the first quarter pushed her over the 1,000-point career mark, becoming the 22nd player in program history to reach the milestone.

Seton Hall started the game cold from the field. The Pirates misfired on their first nine three-point attempts as Villanova built a five-point lead late in the second quarter. Both Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) and Barbara Johnson (Toronto, Ontario) finally connected from downtown late in the period, but Villanova was able to take a 30-26 lead into halftime.

The Pirates trailed by 10 points entering the fourth quarter, but again they found their late magic. The Hall opened the quarter with a 7-0 run, and a three-pointer by Alexis Lewis (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) cut Villanova's lead to three points, 49-46, with 7:34 left to play.

A mid-range jumper by Johnson sliced the Wildcats' lead to just one, 53-52, with 3:33 to go, but Villanova's Mary Gedaka answered with a made jumper. A layup by Desiree Elmore (Hartford, Conn.) again pulled The Hall to within a point with 1:42 left, but Villanova's Raven James hit a three-pointer, her only field goal of the game, to boost the Wildcats lead back up to four points with 1:19 left. Seton Hall couldn't get closer than three points over the final 79 seconds.

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Seton Hall's All-Time vs. the Hoyas: 37-22
Last Meeting: Georgetown 51, HALL 43 – Feb. 22, 2019

LAST TIME AGAINST GEORGETOWN
The Pirates dropped a defensive tussle at Georgetown by a score of 51-43 on Feb. 22 last year at McDonough Arena. Desiree Elmore led the Pirates with 17 points and seven rebounds in the setback.

The Hall came out strong and led by 13 at the half, but went ice cold offensively in the second half and saw the Hoyas storm back. After scoring only 13 points in the first half, Georgetown pumped in 38 in the second while holding the Pirates to only 17.

The Hoyas then opened the fourth quarter with a 7-2 run, taking their first lead of the day. The Pirates got back within one at 42-41 with a Nicole Jimenez 3-pointer with just over three minutes to play, but the Hoyas hit free throws down the stretch to close the game on a 9-2 run for the comeback victory.

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 4-10 overall record. The Hoyas are 1-2 in conference play after splitting a pair of games last week and falling on Friday at St. John's. Georgetown fell to the Red Storm, 71-54, with Nicola Kovacikova leading the team with 15 points.

Georgetown is led by Taylor Barnes who is averaging a team-best 12.1 points per game.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will head back on the road next weekend for a pair of games in the Central time zone. On Friday, January 10, the Pirates will face No. 16 DePaul in Chicago. Tip-time is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET. The BIG EAST Digital Network and 89.FM WSOU will again bring you all the action.