Pirates Travel to Providence for Friday Tilt

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND - Alumni Hall

SETON HALL (15-9, 8-5) at PROVIDENCE (10-14, 1-11)

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Feb. 14

11:30 AM ET

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THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, February 14 for a BIG EAST contest at Providence. Tip time is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. ET.

MEDIA
The game will be a BIG EAST Digital Network broadcast with Mike Mancuso and Pam Roecker on the call. You can find the free video stream at Caffeine,tv or YouTube. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU and at wsou.net. Michael Daly and Mat Mlodzinski will describe the action on the radio. We'll also have the obligatory live stats available as well.

LAST GAME
Freshman Mya Jackson (Wilmington, Ohio) had a team-high 19 points off the bench, but the Pirates fell late to No. 14 DePaul, 86-76, in Walsh Gym on Sunday. Jackson scored 19 points on the strength of three made three-pointers to go with three rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Senior Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) finished with 18 points on an efficient 6-for-8 shooting to go with five rebounds, four assists and a team-high three steals. Junior Desiree Elmore (Hartford, Conn.) filled the stat sheet on Sunday, going for 13 points with team-highs of seven points and six assists.

Jackson jump-started the Pirates' offense in the second half, scoring five quick points to begin the third quarter and sending DePaul to an early timeout. Down three with under 5:00 left in the third, Samuels scored on a put-back to cut The Hall's deficit to one, and then on the next possession, Elmore found Samuels again underneath, who scored to give The Hall the lead, 57-56, with 4:01 left in the period. A 7-2 burst put DePaul back in front, and they took a 64-61 lead into the fourth.

After trading baskets for much of the early moments of the fourth quarter, Jackson found Jasmine Smith (Houston, Texas) on a fast-break bucket to cut Seton Hall's deficit to just one, 72-71, with 6:05 left to play. DePaul however, responded by connecting for three-pointers on back-to-back possessions to jump their lead back up to seven. The Hall never got closer than five points over the game's final four minutes.

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Seton Hall's All-Time vs. Providence: 37-30
Last Meeting: HALL 97, Providence 55 – Jan. 19, 2020

LAST TIME AGAINST PROVIDENCE
Seniors Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) and Alexis Lewis (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) both reached the 20-point mark and the Pirates downed Providence, 97-55, behind a remarkable 46-7 start on Jan. 19.

For a second straight game, the Pirates came out of the starting gate on fire from the field, outscoring the Friars, 22-5, in the opening quarter before eventually taking a 46-7 lead with 4:42 left in the second quarter.

Samuels had a game-high 23 points on an efficient 9-for-11 shooting from the field to go with six rebounds and two assists in under 20 minutes. Lewis tallied 20 points on the strength of 5-for-9 shooting from three-point range. She also had five rebounds two assists and two steals.

Providence scored first, but the Pirates followed with a 22-3 run which last through the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the burst extended to a remarkable 46-5 run, which included a 19-0 spurt mid-way through the period.

SCOUTING PROVIDENCE
Providence is coming off a 19-16 season from a year ago, which featured an 8-10 mark in BIG EAST play. The Friars defeated Xavier in the opening round of the BIG EAST Tournament, but fell in the quarters to eventual champion, DePaul. Providence qualified for the WNIT and won two games before ending their season with a loss to fellow BIG EAST member Georgetown.

This year, Providence got off to a hot start with wins in eight of its first nine games, but has dropped 13 of 15 games since. The Friars enter its contest with Seton Hall with a 10-14 overall record and a 1-11 mark in BIG EAST play. The Friars are coming off a 77-68 loss at home to Creighton on Saturday.

Providence is led by Mary Baskerville, who is averaging nearly a double-double at 12.9 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Sunday, Feb. 16 when it heads to Omaha for a BIG EAST battle at Creighton. Tip-time is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET. The game will be a BIG EAST Digital Network broadcast, and as usual, 89.FM WSOU will bring you all the action over the radio waves.