The Hall Travels to Hinkle for Contest at Butler, Monday

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - Hinkle Fieldhouse

SETON HALL (3-3, 1-2) vs. BUTLER (0-6, 0-5)

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Jan. 11

6:00 p.m. ET

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THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Monday, January 11 when it travels to Indianapolis, Ind. for a contest against BIG EAST rival Butler. Tip time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

MEDIA
The game will be streamed by the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloHoops.com with Mark Minner and Sydney Buck on the call. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU and at wsou.net. Liam Plate and Rony Jerez will describe the action on the radio. Live stats will be available as well.

LAST GAME
Sophomore Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) scored a game-high 27 points, but the Pirates fell to Villanova, 78-71, at Walsh Gym on Wednesday.

Park-Lane notched her third straight 20-point game, going 7-for-14 from the floor and a near-perfect 12-for-13 from the free-throw line. Senior Desiree Elmore (Harford, Conn.) and Andra Espinoza-Hunter (Ossining, N.Y.) also reached double-figures in scoring for the Pirates. Elmore had 15 points, including 13 in the first half, to go with a team-high eight rebounds, three assists and two steals. Espinoza-Hunter had 10 points and three rebounds.

Trailing 43-36, The Hall went on a 9-0 run, and a layup by Alexia Allesch (Basking Ridge, N.J.) gave the Pirates a 45-43 advantage with 6:30 left in the third quarter. Villanova again bounced back though, and with the score tied at 47, Maddy Siegrist hit a three-pointer that gave the Wildcats the lead for good.

With Seton Hall down by 12 points, Espinoza-Hunter and Allesch hit three-pointers on back-to-back possessions. Park-Lane then drove to the hoop and scored for a quick 8-0 burst which cut The Hall's deficit to just 67-63 with 3:01 left in the contest. The Hall couldn't get closer, however, and Villanova held on for a seven-point victory.

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Seton Hall's All-Time vs. the Bulldogs: HALL leads, 10-5
Last Year's Meetings:
HALL 83, Butler 57 (F) – March 7, 2020 (BIG EAST Championship)
HALL 66, Butler 53 (F) – March 1, 2020 (Walsh Gym)
HALL 67, Butler 62 (F) – December 29, 2019 (Hinkle Fieldhouse)

LAST YEAR AGAINST BUTLER
Seton Hall met Butler three times last year and the Pirates won them all, the home-and-away season series as well as their quarterfinal matchup at the BIG EAST Championship in Chicago.

During that contest, the Pirates drained 16 three-pointers, a single-game program record, in route to a comfortable 83-57 rout of fifth-seeded Butler in the quarterfinals of the 2020 BIG EAST Championship. Seton Hall never trailed, draining six three-pointers in the opening quarter to set the tone early. For the game, the Pirates' 16 made trifectas is one shy of tying the tournament record.

Senior Alexis Lewis scored a game-high 20 points and matched her season-high with six made three-pointers. Freshman Lauren Park-Lane erupted for a career-high 17 points to go with a game-high seven assists.

Seton Hall started the game on fire from the field, three-pointers by Samuels, Lewis and Park-Lane enabled the Pirates to start the game with a 12-0 run. Butler didn't score until the 4:50 mark of the first quarter. Lewis' third made trifecta of the quarter extended The Hall's game-opening run to 18-2 with 2:58 left in the frame. The rout was on.

SCOUTING BUTLER
The Bulldogs are coming off a successful 19-11 season overall and an 11-7 mark in BIG EAST play. They would've likely been a WNIT selection if the season wasn't prematurely ended. Butler ended its campaign with a regular season loss to Seton Hall at Walsh Gym before falling to the Pirates in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Championship. 83-57.

This year, having lost a number of starters, the Bulldogs are expected to take a step back and finish eighth in the 11-team BIG EAST Conference, according to the Preseason Coaches' Poll.

Butler has gotten off to a tough start in 2020-21, as they're still looking for the new campaign's first victory. The Bulldogs enter Monday's contest 0-6 overall and 0-5 in BIG EAST play. Most recently, they fell at St. John's, 64-56, on Saturday.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Wednesday, January 13 when it remains on the road for its second game of the season against national powerhouse No. 3 Connecticut. Tip-time is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET. The contest will be televised live by SNY. As usual, 89.FM WSOU will also bring you all the action on the radio.