The Hall Returns to Walsh Gym to Host Xavier, Sunday

Sunday, December 28

South Orange, N.J.

1:00 PM

Seton Hall University

Xavier

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The Hall Returns to Walsh Gym to Host Xavier, Sunday

12/27/2025 10:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2025
SETON HALL (8-4, 2-1) vs. XAVIER (8-4, 1-2)
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Walsh Gymnasium
1:00 p.m. ET

LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
(Sean Saint Jacques & Phil Stern)
LIVE AUDIO: 89.5 FM WSOU or WSOU.net
( Christian Oliveri & Anthony Collins)
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GAME NOTES: SETON HALL | XAVIER

THE GAME
Seton Hall will be back in action on Sunday, Dec. 22 when it returns to history Walsh Gymnasium to host BIG EAST rival Xavier. Tip time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET.

MEDIA
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ 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 or wsou.net. Christian Oliveri and Anthony Collins will describe the action on the radio. Live stats will also be available.

WSOU is also airing a postgame "Hall Line" show following its women's basketball games. Be sure to tune in after the final buzzer.

LAST GAME
Mariana Valenzuela (Mazatlan, Mexico) and Shailyn Pinkney (East Hartford, Conn.) both topped 20 points as the Seton Hall women's basketball team held off Creighton, 88-79, on Monday for its first victory in Omaha in in 10 years.

Seton Hall used a 20-0 first-quarter run to take a large lead and never relinquished it. The Pirates, however, did have to hold on late as a 13-0 Creighton run cut The Hall's lead to just five points with under a minute left. The Pirates shot a season-high 56.1 percent from the floor for the game.

Valenzuela was dominant early, scoring a team-high 23 points on 8-for-12 shooting, including 4-for-5 from three-point range. She also grabbed six rebounds. Pinkney shattered her career-high with 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting to go with four rebounds.

Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) had 18 points to go with six rebounds, five assists and four steals. Jordana Codio (Winter Garden, Fla.) added 14 points, including six in the fourth quarter.

Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Musketeers: Seton Hall leads, 24-3
2024-25 Meetings:
Seton Hall 48, Xavier 40 (F) – March 8, 2025 (Mohegan Sun Arena)
Seton Hall 59, Xavier 57 (F) – March 2, 2025 (Cintas Center)
Seton Hall 72, Xavier 47 (F) – Feb. 8, 2025 (Walsh Gymnasium)

AGAINST XAVIER
Seton Hall and Xavier will meet for the 28^th time in history on Sunday. The Pirates have dominated the series, having won 24 of the 27 previous meetings including the last 14 in a row. Last season, the teams played three times with Seton Hall outlasting the Musketeers, 48-40, in the opening round of the BIG EAST Tournament. The Pirates are 11-1 all-time against Xavier in Walsh Gym.

SCOUTING XAVIER
Billi Chambers enters her third year at Xavier after a 7-24 overall record in 2024-25. The Musketeers return Meri Kanerva, Petra Oborilova, MacKenzie Givens, and Lucía Martínez López, and welcome Mariyah Noel and four others.

This season, the Musketeers were picked to finish last in the 11-team BIG EAST according to its Preseason Coaches' Poll. Kanerva was named an Honorable Mention for the 2025-26 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. She is the first Musketeer to pick-up preseason all-conference honors since A'riana Gray in 2020.

Xavier enters Sunday's contest having already surpassed its overall win total from last season. The Musketeers are 8-4 overall and 1-2 in BIG EAST Conference play. Xavier had won four in a row before dropping their last outing at Butler on Dec. 19. The Musketeers' lone BIG EAST victory was a 61-47 win over Providence on Dec. 4. Newcomer Mariyah Noel currently leads Xavier and ranks fifth in the BIG EAST with 15.7 points per game to go with 6.7 rebounds per contest.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will be back in action on New Year's Eve when it hosts BIG EAST rival Georgetown. Tip time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET. The contest will be streamed live on ESPN+. 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the game.