Pirates Host Providence for Pink Game, Saturday

SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY - Walsh Gymnasium

SETON HALL (10-6, 8-5) vs. PROVIDENCE (6-9, 4-6)

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Feb. 20

1:00 p.m. ET

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THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, February 20 when it hosts BIG EAST rival Providence in Walsh Gymnasium. Tip time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. This game will be our Play4Kay/Pink Game.

MEDIA
The game will be streamed live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and shown on FloHoops.com with Sean Saint Jacques and Phil Stern 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 Jonathan Heite will describe the action on the radio. Live stats will also be available.

LAST GAME
Sophomore Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) scored a career-high 32 points and Andra Espinoza-Hunter (Ossining, N.Y.) added 26, including a game-tying three-pointer at the end of regulation, to lift the Seton Hall women's basketball team to a 79-72 overtime victory over Georgetown on Thursday.

Espinoza-Hunter drained a game-tying three-pointer with only seven seconds left in the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime. That's when Park-Lane took over, scoring 13 of her 32 points in the extra session.

The victory snaps a three-game losing streak and is the Pirates' first overtime victory since 2016.

Park-Lane scored 32 points on 9-for-17 shooting from the field and was 11-for-12 from the free-throw line. She also had four assists and two rebounds. Espinoza-Hunter had 26 points on the strength of five made three-pointers and had five rebounds, three assists and two steals.

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Seton Hall's All-Time vs. the Friars: Seton Hall leads, 40-30
Earlier This Season:
HALL 77, Providence 71 (F) – January 3, 2021 (Alumni Hall)

Last Year's Meetings:
HALL 71, Providence 45 (F) – February 14, 2020 (Alumni Hall)
HALL 97, Providence 55 (F) – January 19, 2020 (Walsh Gymnasium)

EARLIER THIS YEAR AGAINST PROVIDENCE
Behind 20 points from both sophomores Mya Jackson (Wilmington, Ohio) and Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) the Pirates rallied from a 12-point deficit to earn its first BIG EAST victory of the season, 77-71, at Providence on Jan. 3.

The Pirates trailed by as many as nine points in the third quarter until a dramatic 14-0 run gave them the lead for good and changed their fates.

Jackson scored 20 points on an efficient 7-for-11 shooting from the floor, including 5-for-6 from three-point range. Park-Lane had 20 points and was 8-for-11 from the free-throw line. She also dished out five assists.

SCOUTING PROVIDENCE
Providence is coming off a tough 13-19 season overall and a 3-15 mark in BIG EAST Conference play. The Friars edged Georgetown, 49-46, in the opening round of the BIG EAST Championship, but fell in the quarterfinals to eventual champion, DePaul, 97-59, which effectively ended their season.

This season, Providence is predicted to finish 10th in the 11-team BIG EAST Conference, according to the Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Friars return four of their top six scorers from a year ago, including leading scorer Mary Baskerville. The junior lead Providence with 11.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game last year. Also returning are Kyra Spiwak and Alyssa Geary, players that averaged at least 8.0 points per game last year.

The Friars are currently 6-9 overall and 4-6 in the BIG EAST. Providence is 2-3 since they last played the Pirates, defeating Butler at home at Creighton on the road. Most recently, they lost to Marquette, 73-52, on Monday. Mary Baskerville had 19 points and six steals off the bench.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Wednesday, February 24 when it travels to Cincinnati for a BIG EAST battle at Xavier. Tip-time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. The contest will be streamed by the BIG EAST Digital Network and shown on FloHoops.com. The game will also be available on the radio at 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net.