2017–18 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team represented Seton Hall University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by fifth year head coach Anthony Bozzella, played their home games in South Orange, New Jersey at the Walsh Gymnasium as members of the Big East Conference.^[1][2][3] They finished the season 16–16, 7–11 in Big East play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large berth in the WNIT where they lost to Saint Joseph's in the first round.

2017–18 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball
SHU Thanksgiving Classic Champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	16–16 (7–11 Big East)
Head coach	Anthony Bozzella (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Lauren DeFalco Marissa Flagg Nick DiPillo
Home arena	Walsh Gymnasium
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
DePaul †	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
Marquette	15	–	3		.833			24	–	10		.706
Villanova	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Creighton	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
St. John's	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
Georgetown	9	–	9		.500			16	–	16		.500
Seton Hall	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Butler	6	–	12		.333			15	–	17		.469
Xavier	3	–	15		.167			10	–	20		.333
Providence	3	–	15		.167			10	–	21		.323
† 2018 Big East tournament winner As of 25 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

They finished the season 12–19, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advance to the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to DePaul.

Roster

2017–18 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 JaQuan Jackson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Harker Heights Louisiana Tech Killeen, TX G 1 Kaela Hilaire 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Floral Park Floral Park, NY G 4 Kaity Healy 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS So Colts Neck Colts Neck, NJ G 5 Inja Butina 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Gimnazija Zagreb Hutchinson CC Zagreb, Croatia G/F 15 Deja Winters 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Richmond Heights Richmond Heights, OH C 20 Kimi Evans 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr St. John Vianney Jackson, NJ G 21 Nicole Jimenez 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) Jr Florida Christian Broward College Miami, FL F 23 Taylor Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Eastside Western Kentucky Paterson, NJ G/F 24 Shadeen Samuels 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Ossining Ossining, NY F/C 31 Jayla Jones-Pack 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So St. Anthony's Amityville, NY F 34 Selena Philoxy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr South Shore Queens, NY G Victoria Cardaci   5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Holmdel Clemson Holmdel, NJ	Head coach Anthony Bozzella (Seton Hall) Assistant coach(es) Lauren DeFalco (Iona) Marissa Flagg (Iona) Nick DiPillo (Fairleigh Dickinson) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 23, 2018

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017* 12:00 pm		Jefferson	W 89–61		Walsh Gymnasium  South Orange, NJ
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 1:00 pm, PSN		Saint Peter's	W 91–49	1–0	Walsh Gymnasium (726) South Orange, NJ
11/12/2017* 2:00 pm		at Wake Forest	W 67–57	2–0	LJVM Coliseum (497) Winston–Salem, NC
11/16/2017* 7:00 pm, PSN		Princeton	L 83–85	2–1	Walsh Gymnasium (716) South Orange, NJ
11/25/2017* 12:00 pm, PSN		Rider SHU Thanksgiving Classic semifinals	W 85–49	3–1	Walsh Gymnasium (848) South Orange, NJ
11/25/2017* 2:30 pm, PSN		Jacksonville State SHU Thanksgiving Classic championship	W 73–54	4–1	Walsh Gymnasium (885) South Orange, NJ
11/30/2017* 7:00 pm, PSN		Marist	W 85–60	5–1	Walsh Gymnasium (895) South Orange, NJ
12/02/2017* 1:00 pm, PSN		St. Francis Brooklyn	W 84–50	6–1	Walsh Gymnasium (890) South Orange, NJ
12/08/2017* 2:00 pm		at Rutgers	L 45–70	6–2	Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,235) Piscataway, NJ
12/10/2017* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Boston College	W 73–53	7–2	Conte Forum (1,249) Chestnut Hill, MA
12/17/2017* 1:00 pm, PSN		No. 11 UCLA	L 68–77	7–3	Walsh Gymnasium (1,165) South Orange, NJ
12/21/2017* 11:00 am, PSN		Fairfield	W 80–61	8–3	Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) South Orange, NJ
Big East regular season
12/28/2017 8:00 pm, BEDN		at DePaul	L 66–89	8–4 (0–1)	Phillips-McGrath Arena (1,832) Chicago, IL
12/30/2017 8:30 pm, BEDN		at Marquette	L 72–74	8–5 (0–2)	Al McGuire Center (1,392) Milwaukee, WI
01/02/2018 7:00 pm, FS2		Creighton	L 51–68	8–6 (0–3)	Walsh Gymnasium (625) South Orange, NJ
01/05/2018 7:00 pm, FS2		Providence	W 65–56	9–6 (1–3)	Walsh Gymnasium (686) South Orange, NJ
01/07/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		at Butler	L 48–66	9–7 (1–4)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (543) Indianapolis, IN
01/10/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		at Xavier	W 62–51	10–7 (2–4)	Cintas Center (597) Cincinnati, OH
01/12/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		Villanova	L 59–67	10–8 (2–5)	Walsh Gymnasium (881) South Orange, NJ
01/14/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		Georgetown	W 70–65	11–8 (3–5)	Walsh Gymnasium (895) South Orange, NJ
01/21/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		St. John's	W 62–57	12–8 (4–5)	Walsh Gymnasium (967) South Orange, NJ
01/26/2018 11:30 am, BEDN		at Providence	W 65–56	13–8 (5–5)	Alumni Hall (1,270) Providence, RI
01/28/2018 2:00 pm, BEDN		at Creighton	L 39–53	13–9 (5–6)	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,015) Omaha, NE
02/02/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		Xavier	W 58–53	14–9 (6–6)	Walsh Gymnasium (787) South Orange, NJ
02/04/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		Butler	W 75–64	15–9 (7–6)	Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) South Orange, NJ
02/09/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		at Georgetown	L 52–71	15–10 (7–7)	McDonough Gymnasium (229) Washington, D.C.
02/11/2018 2:00 pm, FS2		at Villanova	L 53–59	15–11 (7–8)	Jake Nevin Field House (1,003) Villanova, PA
02/16/2018 7:00 pm, FS2		at St. John's	L 56–75	15–12 (7–9)	Carnesecca Arena (755) Queens, NY
02/23/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		Marquette	L 54–81	15–13 (7–10)	Walsh Gymnasium (1,074) South Orange, NJ
02/25/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		DePaul	L 68–72	15–14 (7–11)	Walsh Gymnasium (1,013) South Orange, NJ
Big East Women's Tournament
03/03/2018 7:30 pm, BEDN	(7)	vs. (10) Xavier First Round	W 66–42	16–14	Wintrust Arena (1,950) Chicago, IL
03/04/2018 7:00 pm, FS2	(7)	vs. (1) DePaul Quarterfinals	L 52–78	16–15	Wintrust Arena  Chicago, IL
WNIT
03/14/2018* 7:00 pm		Saint Joseph's First Round	L 57–75	16–16	Walsh Gymnasium (281) South Orange, NJ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2017–18 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team

References

1. "2017 18 WBB Record Book WEB - Seton Hall Athletics" (PDF). SHUPirates.com. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
2. "Seton Hall Pirates Women's Basketball - Pirates News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
3. Seton Hall Pirates. "Seton Hall Pirates on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
4. "2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule - Seton Hall Athletics". SHUPirates.com. Retrieved February 23, 2018.