UCONN HUSKIES SETON HALL
16-2 (7-0) 13-4 (5-1)
Date: Sunday
January 19th, 2025
Gample Pavilion
Storrs, Ct.
Time: 1:00
TV: SNY
Internet: Foxsports.com/Live
SETON HALL | UCONN
UCONN LEADS 59-10
H: 28-4 | A: 27-4 | N: 4-2
Last 10 Games
12/08/18 #1 UConn 99, SHU 61 Hartford, Conn.
12/05/19 #2 UConn 92, SHU 78 South Orange, N.J.
12/15/20 #3 UConn 92, SHU 65 South Orange, N.J.
02/10/21 #2 UConn 70, SHU 49 Storrs, Conn.
12/03/21 #2 UConn 74, SHU 49 Storrs, Conn.
01/21/22 #9 UConn 71, SHU 38 South Orange, N.J.
12/21/22 #9 UConn 98, SHU 73 Hartford, Conn.
01/17/23 #5 UConn 103, SHU 58 South Orange, N.J.
01/17/24 #9 UConn 83, SHU 59 South Orange, N.J.
02/07/24 #11 UConn 67, SHU 34 Hartford, Conn.
Seton Hall Season to Date
Seton Hall has had a terrific season to date. Their OOC had some good teams. And some bad ones.
The bad ones first. All wins. The Pirates beat Wagner 84-40, Fordham 67-44, Bryant 55-39, and Cincinnati 69-68 in a nail biter.
Another four game winning streak beating San Francisco 59-53, Howard 87-63, Sacred Heart 67-46 and LeMoyne 68-41 in the weakest part of their schedule.
Another speed bump, losing to then No. 5 LSU 91-64.
The Pirates entered the Big East schedule after going 8-3 in their OOC schedule.
One more four game winning streak with Seton Hall beating conference foes Providence 51-40, Butler 69-49, Villanova 56-55 and Georgetown 74-71 in overtime.
Creighton was the victor in Seton Halls only conference loss beating the Pirates 72-64 in a close game that was only a two point margin with 2:30 left in the game.
In their last outing before playing the Huskies the Hall beat Marquette 58-52.
There were several Big East opponents that both teams played if you are into score comparisons.
Georgetown - SHU +3, UConn +18
Marquette - SHU +6, UConn +32
Villanova - SHU +1, UConn +31
Providence - SHU +11, UConn +26
Comparative Team Statistics
(leader in bold)
UConn Seton Hall
78.9 PPG 65.8
51.7 Defensive PPG 58.0
27.2 Scoring Margin 7.8
50.5 Field Goal % 39.8
35.6 Defensive FG% 41.0
35.6 Three Point % 28.8
31.7 Defensive 3PT% 33.4
71.2 Free Throw % 77.7
36.1 Rebounds/game 34.4
4.7 Rebounding Margin -0.4
21.5 Assists per game 14.5
10.6 Turnover per game 14.3
2.0 Assists/TO ratio 1.0
11.1 Steals per game 10.9
3.4 Blocks per game 2.6
UCONN
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UConn Starters
UConn Injuries
Seton Hall Starters
Seton Hall Bench
Game Analysis
Similar to last year, this is basically an entirely new team this season. Only one starter is back, one bench player that moved into the starting lineup and another returning bench player with limited experience.
At this point last season the team was 11-6 overall and 3-3 in the Big East. This year they are 13-4 and 5-1 in the Big East. Kudos to Coach Bozzella for getting good players in the transfer portal and a good freshman class. And molding them into a winning team so far.
Starters
The only returning starter is Amari Wright. She is point guard on the team and does a nice job controling the action. Her issue is that she can't shoot a lick (8-37) 21.8% on threes. She does a nice job distributing the ball averaging 4.5 APG. The 5'9" senior averages only 4.3 PPG but she does have 77 assists and 44 turnovers. Decent ratio. She also leads the team in steals with 37.
Another returning player l'yanna Lops, a 6'3" grad student transfer from St. Bonaventure two years ago. She is using her Covid exemption this year. She is the biggest player on the team. Last season she came off the bench and this year has moved into the starting lineup. Lops is averaging 9.5 PPG and 5 RPG. She leads the team in blocks with 25. Not a great shooting percentage for a big at 44.8% and she does like to take three pointers. She takes over 4 per game but her problem is accuracy. She only makes 23.3% of them. A great free throw shooter at 89% but only takes 1 per game.
New to the team is Faith Masonius, a Grad Student transfer from Maryland. She is a 6'1" forward. Faith has jumped right into the starting lineup and leads the team in scoring at 17.4 PPG. She has a great all around game averaging 5.4 RPG and 3 APG. Second on the team in assists as well. Masonius won't see much time on the bench in this game. Geno will be looking to shut her down.
Another newcomer is Jada Eade, a 5'7" Freshman Guard. She was offense off the bench and now as a starter averaging 14.5 PPG, second on the team. She takes the most three pointers taking over 7 per game and shoots them at 37.8%. Unusual, she shoots worse overall at 37.6%. Half of her shots are three pointers.
The final starter is Messiah Hunter, a 6'2" Junior transfer from West Virginia. Last season for WVU she played in 21 games, all off the bench. She averaged 1.6 points and 1.3 rebounds in 6.9 minutes per game. Clearly she was looking for more playing time and found it at Seton Hall. She is playing 16 MPG and is getting the starts with Catalon on the bench with the ankle injury. She is averaging 1.6 PPG and 2.5 RPG.
Bench
Joniyah Bland-Fitzpatrich a 5'10" sophomore forward. The only other returning player she played in 15 games last years and averaged 1.1 points and 0.5 rebounds in 4.0 minutes per game. Not much of an improvement from last year. From New London, Connecticut, this season she is averaging 2.7 PPG and 3.1 RPG in 16 MPG. Don't expect many contributions from her in this game.
Kayden Lawson is another new player to the roster. The 6' Guard/forward Grad Student is a transfer from Virginia. She is averaging 5.9 PPG and 4.6 RPG. Another terrific foul shooter going 14-15 on the season. But a terrible shooter otherwise shooting 35% from the field and 20.7% on threes.
5'9" Freshman Guard Ja'Kahia Craft rounds out the current rotation. Sad to say more poor shooting from another Seton Hall player. She only averages 10.5 MPG. Her contributions are minimal, averaging 2.4 PPG and 2.3 RPG. She shoots 21.6% from the field 6-36 on threes. She'd be better off not shooting.
Savannah Catalon is a 5'8" sophomore from Texas. She has been injured the previous seven games after starting the first ten games. She is a very good shooter and overall player. They have managed to go 5-2 without her but will really miss her against UConn.
Prediction
Similarly to St. John's, Seton Hall is a totally different team than last year. Unlike St. John's, the Pirates do not play great defense. UConn should be able to fly past the 80 point mark.
If, like SJU in the last UConn game, Seton Hall can hit some threes they could make it interesting early. Look for someone that never hits threes to make a couple.
Bottom line, the Huskies finally have their starting lineup and rotation in place. Once he makes his first subs, I'm sure like last game Geno will mix and match for much of the game. The starters look comfortable together. And the early subs of KK and Shade are seamless. As the 3rd and 4th groups on the floor get more comfortable with each other, the game lulls will be limited.
Starters and first rotation open up a big lead. It's a sell out crowd at Gample so the ladies will want to pour it on. I don't see another 6 minute field goal drought in this one.
Big question for these games? Will see finally see Aubrey Griffin!!! Maybe this one? It won't be long.
UConn by 45+.
