Pirates Open BIG EAST Tournament vs. St. John's, Saturday

SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2026
2026 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT, presented by Jeep
#3 SETON HALL (18-11, 12-8) vs. #6 ST. JOHN'S (22-10, 11-9)
UNCASVILLE, CONN. – Mohegan Sun Arena
9:30 p.m. ET

LIVE VIDEO: Peacock / NBCSN
(Adam Giardino & Meg Culmo)
LIVE AUDIO: 89.5 FM WSOU or WSOU.net
(Ryan Nelke & Ryder Nuesell)
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GAME NOTES: SETON HALL | ST. JOHN'S

THE GAME
Seton Hall will open the 2025-26 postseason on Saturday, March 7 when it faces St. John's in the quarterfinals of the 2026 BIG EAST Tournament. Tip time is scheduled for 9:30 p.m.

MEDIA
The game will be streamed on Peacock and simulcast on NBCSN with Adam Giardino and Meg Culmo on the call. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net. Ryan Nelke and Ryder Nuesell 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.

LAST GAME
Senior Jordana Codio (Winter Garden, Fla.) erupted for a career-high 27 points, but the injury-depleted Seton Hall women's basketball team fell to Butler, 62-55, in the regular season finale on Sunday.

Seton Hall's bad-luck, injury-plagued season continued on Sunday as All-BIG EAST guard Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) took a shot to the face late in the first quarter and didn't return.

Codio nearly willed The Hall to victory, scoring 20 of her game-high 27 points in the second half. For the game, she was 12-for-22 from the floor and pulled down a game-high nine rebounds. Mariana Valenzuela (Mazatlan, Mexico) was the only other Pirate to reach double-figures in scoring. She had 13 points and five rebounds.

Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Red Storm: St. John's leads, 52-41
Earlier This Year:
St. John's 59, Seton Hall 56 (F) – Feb. 22, 2026 (Walsh Gymnasium)
St. John's 67, Seton Hall 61 (F) – Feb. 7, 2025 (Carnesecca Arena)

AGAINST ST. JOHN'S
Seton Hall and St. John's will meet for the third time in 28 days this season with the Pirates looking to avenge a regular season by the Red Storm. St. John's has a 52-41 all-time series lead, but The Hall has won six of the last nine games in the series. This will be the 10^th time these two original BIG EAST schools have met in the BIG EAST Tournament with St. John's owning a commanding 7-2 lead in the prior nine meetings. Their last meeting was a 76-51 rout by the Red Storm in the opening round of the 2019 event at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

EARLIER THIS YEAR AGAINST ST. JOHN'S
For the first time since the 2020 season, St. John's swept Seton Hall in the regular season series. Senior Jordana Codio (Winter Garden, Fla.) had a game-high 14 points, but the Pirates were outlasted by St. John's, 59-56, on Senior Day in Walsh Gymnasium on Feb. 22. After a solid-shooting first quarter, the Pirates shot only 26.5 percent from the floor and were just 2-fo-13 from three-point range over the final three quarters.

In their first game this year, on Feb. 7, graduate student Mariana Valenzuela (Mazatlan, Mexico) had a team-high 17 points, but The Hall fell to St. John's, 67-61, in Queens. After a most-even first half, St. John's shot 60 percent from the floor in the second half, which included 6-for-9 shooting from three-point range. Seton Hall was able to turn the Red Storm over 23 times, but was beaten badly on the glass, 42-23.

The Hall has averaged only 58.5 points per game in two losses to the Red Storm this season.

SCOUTING ST. JOHN'S
St. John's was picked to finish sixth according to the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll and that's exactly where they finished. The Red Storm completed the regular season with a 21-10 overall record and an 11-9 mark in BIG EAST play, which included a sweep of the Pirates. Their numbers aren't gaudy, but they get production from up and down the lineup with six players averaging at least 6.2 points per game. Brooke Moore enters the postseason with a team-best 12.0 points per game. The Red Storm was the third-best defensive team in the league, allowing only 60.8 points per game.

UP NEXT
With a victory over St. John's, Seton Hall will continue play at the 2026 BIG EAST Tournament, advancing to the semifinals against either No. 2 seed Villanova or No. 7 seed Providence. The contest will be tipped at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 8 and streamed live on Peacock. 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the game.