March Madness Reminder: Rutgers Plays Seton Hall Saturday

March Madness Reminder: Rutgers will face off against Seton Hall Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

The game, part of the first round of the 2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship tournament, will air on ESPN2.

Eighth-seeded Rutgers will play ninth-seeded Seton Hall in Storrs, Conn.

It is the 24th NCAA appearance for the Rutgers women’s basketball team, and the first since 2012, according to a Rutgers news release. It is the first NCAA Tournament for most of the team, except seniors Betnijah Laney, Syessence Davis and Christa Evans. They were freshmen when Rutgers played in the tournament in 2012, the news release said.

The Rutgers roster includes three Jersey Shore residents: Davis, a graduate of Neptune High School, Evans, a graduate of Jackson Memorial High School, and sophomore Alex Alfano, an Atlantic Highlands resident and graduate of Red Bank Catholic.

Davis is the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.

Meanwhile, two Jersey Shore residents are on the Seton Hall roster: Kathleen Egan, an Aberdeen resident and graduate of St. John Vianney High School, and Tara Inman, a Holmdel High School graduate. Both are sophomores.

The winner of the Rutgers-Seton Hall game will play on March 23, against the winner of Saturday night’s Connecticut-St. Francis Brooklyn game.

Photo: Rutgers website