UCONN HUSKIES SETON HALL
14-3 (6-0) 11-7 (3-3)
Date: Wednesday
January 17th, 2024
Walsh Gymnasium
South Orange, New Jersey
Time: 8:30
TV: SNY
SETON HALL | UCONN
UCONN LEADS 57-10
H: 27-4 | A: 26-4 | N: 4-2
1
Last 10 Games
12/09/11 #2 UConn 70, SHU 37 South Orange, N.J.
02/23/13 #3 UConn 90, SHU 30 Storrs, Conn.
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.
Seton Hall Season to Date
It's been a pretty uneven for Seton Hall. They started the season 4-3 with easy wins over Iona 75-32, Bryant 73-45, Rutgers 82-63 and East Carolina 68-57. They lost to Columbia 72-61, at the time No. 8 USC 64-54 and to then ranked No. 23 Princeton 75-71 in double overtime. Well battled losses against two really good teams.
They didn't let the loss to Princeton get them down and went on a five game winning streak beating Maryland Eastern Shores 78-54, Central Connecticut 77-46, Fairleigh Dickenson 67-27, in a huge upset, hammered then No. 23 UNLV 84-54 and then beat Georgetown 57-49.
The last 5 games they are 2-3 with wins over the two weakest Big East team Butler 64-50 and Xavier in their last game 61-47. The three losses were to Providence 51-46, Villanova 50-45 and No. 23 Marquette 75-54.
Like I said, uneven.
Comparative Team Statistics
(leader in bold)
UConn Seton Hall
84.2 PPG 66.0
59.2 Defensive PPG 54.0
25.0 Scoring Margin 5.4
51.3 Field Goal % 40.1
36.3 Defensive FG% 38.0
37.8 Three Point % 33.2
29.4 Defensive 3PT% 30.9
73.2 Free Throw % 72.4
37.7 Rebounds/game 34.5
4.4 Rebounding Margin 1.3
20.2 Assists per game 13.6
13.1 Turnover per game 14.3
1.5 Assists/TO ratio 1.0
10.5 Steals per game 10.0
3.5 Blocks per game 2.3
UCONN
The player and coaches names for both teams
are clickable to see their Bios
are clickable to see their Bios
UConn Starters
UConn Injuries
Unknown Return
OUT FOR THE SEASON
ACL
Achilles Injury
Seton Hall Starters
'
Seton Hall Bench
Game Analysis
For the first time in a few years UConn will not be facing that mini-speed demon Lauren Park-Lane as she transferred to Mississippi State. She has had great games against UConn and bad games against the Huskies. The Pirates have no one on the roster with her skill level.
Sydney Cooks is also gone. At 6'4", she was the only real height on their team and did a great job in the middle. To continue the theme, Seton Hall has no one to replace her contiburtions to the team either.
Mya Bembrey is another starter that is not on the team this season. The 6'1" forward was the second leading rebounder on the team.
On to this seasons team -
Starters
Azana Baines, a 6'1" grad student forward is the leading scorer and rebounder at 15.5 PPG and 6.2 RPG. A decent three point shoot at 35%, she doesn't take many. But she does get to the free throw line often, around 4 times per game and shoots them well at 85%.
Micah Gray is a 5'8" sophomore guard. The second leading scorer on the team at 14.1 PPG. She's a very good three point shooter at 36.4% and takes around 8 per game.
Kae Sattterfield, a 6' grad student, is the third leading scorer on the team at 8.1 PPG. A wide body, she carves out space under the basket and is shooting 64% from the field. She is not an outside threat taking only one three pointer all season and missing that one.
A'ja Davis is a 6'1" grad student transfer from Northern Illinois. She was All-MAC for her last three years there. Davis started the first 16 games of the season but didn't start against Xavier and only played 2 mibnutes. I haven't been able to find info on why. If she's ok I would expect her to start again. She is averaging 6.1 PPG and 6.1 RPG. She is a really bad FT thooter at 38%. UGGY!
Amari Wright is the point guard on the team and does a nice job controling the action. She is no Park-Lane. She can't shoot a lick (2-14 on threes) but does a nice job distributing the ball. The 5'9" senior averages only 5.2 PPG but she does have 101 assists and 48 turnovers. Nice ratio. She also leads the team in steals with 40.
Bench
Sha'Lynn Hagans, a 5'6" Grad Student started last season was the only other double digit scorer on the team and she does return. Oddly she is coming off the bench this season. She is not even close to playing as well as last season averaging 2.9 PPG and shooting a horrible 31% from the field and 12.5% on 3's. She is only playing 12.3 MPG. I wonder if she is happy she came back.
Savannah Catalon is a 5'8" freshman from Texas. The best three point shooter on the team, she is shooting them at 48%. In her 19 MPG, she only has taken 27 threes. Catalon is avergaing 5.9 PPG and has a positive assist/turnover ratio of 22 assists and only 15 minutes.
l'yanna Lops, a 6'3" grad student transfer from St. Bonaventure, is the biggest player on the team that sees minutes. However, she is only playing 11.4 MPG. In those minutes she lead the team in blocks with 12.
Prediction
Similarly to St. John's, Seton Hall is a totally different team than last year. With Park-Lane and Sydney Cook gone, there was a ton of scoring and rebounding to make up. I'm not sure they did a very good job of that. They did bring in a few transfers but they haven't been able to transfer their skills to a higher level of basketball.
This is a pretty easy prediction, which means I will be way off. Based on the Pirates' prior results, UConn shoould have another big win.
UConn by 35+.
No comments:
Post a Comment