Seton Hall Faces Portland in Season's Final Home Game

SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2025
2025 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL INVITATION TOURNAMENT - SECOND ROUND
#3 SETON HALL (23-9) vs. Portland (30-4)
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Walsh Gymnasium
4:00 p.m. ET

LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
(Matt Ambrose & Phil Stern)
LIVE AUDIO: 89.5 FM WSOU or WSOU.net
(Mike Federico & Joe Morales)
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GAME NOTES: SETON HALL | PORTLAND
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THE GAME
Seton Hall will continue play at the 2025 National Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) on Sunday, March 23 when it hosts Portland in the event's second round in historic Walsh Gymnasium. Tip time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. ET.

MEDIA
The game will be streamed live by ESPN+ with Matt Ambrose 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. Mike Federico and Joe Morales will describe the action on the radio. Live stats will also be available.

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

WBIT
Seton Hall, the No. 3 seed earned a trip to the second round of the WBIT with a 57-40 victory over Quinnipiac in the opening round. Portland upset No. 2 Stanford on the road. If the Pirates can get past the Pilots, they'll be heading to Philadelphia on Thursday, March 27 to face either top-seeded Saint Joseph's or Villanova in the national quarterfinals.

Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Pilots: First Meeting

AGAINST PORTLAND
Seton Hall and Portland will meet for the first time in history on Sunday. The Pirates are 14-4 this season in historic Walsh Gymnasium, while the Pilots are an impressive 12-1 on the road. Portland's furthest road trip east, however, was at Nevada.

SCOUTING PORTLAND
Portland is enjoying one of its best seasons in program history and enters its second-round contest against the Pirates with a 30-4 record, it's best since the 1983-84 season. This is the sixth straight year the Pilots have qualified for a postseason tournament and their first time playing in the WBIT. The Pilots have played in the NCAA Tournament each of the last two seasons, last year playing against Kansas State as a 13-seed. The Pilots qualified for the postseason this year after winning a share of the regular season title in the West Coast Conference (WCC) for the first time since 1997.

Maisie Burnham, Alexis Mark and Emme Shearer were all named to the All-WCC First Team. Burnham and Shearer are both averaging north of 16.0 points per game.

Portland has won 14 of its last 15 games, including a thrilling, come-from-behind, overtime victory at Stanford in the WBIT second round on Thursday.

UP NEXT
If Seton Hall defeats Portland, it will advance to the national quarterfinals of the WBIT and face the winner of the game between top-seeded Saint Joseph's and Villanova in Philadelphia on Thursday, March 27.

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