Pirates Host Creighton, Sunday in Walsh Gym

Sunday, February 1

South Orange, N.J.

3:00 PM

Seton Hall University

Creighton

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1/31/2026 10:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2026
SETON HALL (15-6, 9-3) vs. CREIGHTON (9-12, 5-7)
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Walsh Gymnasium
12:00 p.m. ET

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(Cindy Brunson, Aja Ellison & Chelsea Sherrod)
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(Jacob Glick & Jake Marcial)
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GAME NOTES: SETON HALL | CREIGHTON

THE GAME
Seton Hall will be back in action on Sunday, February 1 when it returns to historic Walsh Gymnasium to host BIG EAST rival Creighton. Tip time is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. ET.

MEDIA
The game will be nationally televised on truTV with Cindy Brunson, Aja Ellison and Chelsea Sherrod on the call. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net. Jacob Glick and Jake Marcial 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.

PROMOTION
It's National Girls & Women in Sports Day (NGWSD)!! It's also our Black Fives Game and the Pirates will be wearing shooting shirts of the Black Fives team, the New Jersey Girls. Lastly, Seton Hall will be signing autographs post-game, presented by Zebra Pen!!

LAST GAME
Mariana Valenzuela (Mazatlan, Mexico) had a game-high 19 points as the Seton Hall women's basketball team rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit to outlast Georgetown, 58-52, on Thursday.

Seton Hall trailed entering the third quarter, but held the Hoyas scoreless for the first 6:12 of the fourth to grab the lead for good. The Pirates improve to 9-3 in the BIG EAST and claim their fourth conference road victory of the season. Today's victory is a quad two win for The Hall.

Valenzuela had 19 points on the strength of 3-for-6 from three-point range with four rebounds. Junior Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) finished with 17 points, four rebounds and three steals She was also 9-for-10 from the free-throw line. Sophomore Ja'Kahla Craft (Elk River, Minn.) gave The Hall a huge boost off the bench, finishing with eight points, three rebounds and two steals in a career-high 26 minutes.

Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Bluejays: Creighton leads, 23-7
Earlier This Year:
Seton Hall 88, Creighton 79 (F) – Dec. 22, 2025 (D.J. Sokol Arena)

AGAINST CREIGHTON
Seton Hall and Creighton will meet for the second time this season with the Pirates looking for their first season sweep in the series since the 2015-16 season. The Bluejays have a 23-7 all-time series lead, but earlier this year, The Hall snapped a nine-game losing streak against them. These teams have played each other the last five years in a row in the BIG EAST Tournament.

EARLIER THIS YEAR AGAINST CREIGHTON
Mariana Valenzuela (Mazatlan, Mexico) and Shailyn Pinkney (East Hartford, Conn.) both topped 20 points as the Pirates held off Creighton, 88-79, on Dec. 22 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.

SCOUTING CREIGHTON
Creighton enters Sunday's contest with a 9-12 overall record and a 5-7 mark in BIG EAST play. Since last playing The Hall in Omaha, the Bluejays have won three of their nine games with victories over Butler, Xavier, and most recently, St. John's. Creighton throttled the Red Storm, 81-51, on Wednesday. The Bluejays get scoring up and down their roster with seven players averaging at least 7.2 points per game. Freshman Ava Zediker currently leads the team with 13.6 points per game. Grace Boffeli is averaging 8.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per contest.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 7 when it makes the short trip to Queens to face local BIG EAST rival St. John's. Tip time is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. The contest will be streamed by ESPN+. 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the game.