The Hall Visits Marquette On Saturday Night

Saturday, December 30

Milwaukee, Wisc.

7:30 p.m.

Seton Hall University

Marquette

12/29/2017 4:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Seton Hall women's basketball team (8-4, 0-1 BIG EAST) continues its road swing to open confernence play with its final game of 2017, visiting Marquette (7-5, 1-0 BIG EAST) on Saturday night at the Al McGuire Center. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. (ET) on the BIG EAST Digital Network and FOX Sports GO app and over the air on WSOU, 89.5 FM and WSOU.net.

The Hall dropped its BIG EAST opener on Thursday night, running into a hot-shooting DePaul squad in a road setback. Marquette is coming off an overtime victory over St. John's to kick off its conference season at home, also on Thursday night. The Hall is looking to bounce back from a setback as it has all season, with a perfect 3-0 record in games after a loss this season.

SETON HALL TIP-INS >>

Donnaizha Fountain (Roxbury, Mass.) leads The Hall with 15.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game
The Pirates are 8-4 overall this year and 2-2 on the road
The Hall leads the BIG EAST with 12.8 steals per game and also top the conference with 14.1 offensive rebounds per game
The Pirates are the only team in the conference to rank in the top half of the league in both scoring offense and scoring defense.

GOLDEN EAGLE REPORT >>

Marquette hosts The Hall with a 7-5 overall record and a 1-0 mark in BIG EAST play
The Golden Eagles are unbeaten in five home contests this season
Allazia Blockton leads MU and is among the BIG EAST leaders with 18.4 points per game
Natisha Hiedeman is second on the squad with 14.9 points per game, while Erika Davenport averages 11.8 and a team-high 7.6 rebounds a night
MU is the defending BIG EAST Tournament Champion after claiming the crown on its home floor last season

MATCHING UP WITH MARQUETTE >>

The Hall is 7-11 all-time against Marquette, falling twice to the Golden Eagles last season
The Pirates are 7-3 in home or neutral games against MU, but are winless in eight all-time contests against the Golden Eagles at the Al McGuire Center
The Hall did manage to win a game in Marquette's home gym last season for the first time, defeating Providence in the BIG EAST Tournament First Round
On Jan. 10, 2017 at Walsh Gym the Pirates dropped a tight 83-77 decision to MU, then fell to the Golden Eagles by a score of 103-60 on Feb. 3 in Milwaukee
In the home setback Kaela Hilaire had 16 points and five assists while JaQuan Jackson added 17 points

DePAUL RECAP >>

In the conference opener on Thursday at DePaul, the Pirates fell to the perennial league favorites by a scoe of 89-66
The Blue Demons knocked down a program-record-tying 19 3-pointers in their triumph, including 11 in the first half to build an 18-point halftime lead
The Hall cut a 27-point third quarter deficit back into the mid-teens, but could never get back to single digits in the second half after the tough opening stanza
Donnaizha Fountain led all scorers with 23 points for The Hall, also snaring a team-high six rebounds
Joining her in double-figures was Deja Winters, who tied a career-high 16 points off the bench and knocked down a career-best five 3-pointers

WHAT'S AHEAD >>
The Pirates are back at home to kick off 2018 on Jan. 2 when they host Creighton at Walsh Gym. The contest will air on FS2 as the network's "All-Access" game with Bozzella and CU Coach Jim Flanery "mic'd up" throughout the commercial-free contest.