Pirates Hold Off Marquette for First Win in Milwaukee - Seton Hall University Athletics
Freshman Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) had a game-high 20 points to lift the Seton Hall women's basketball team to a 58-52 victory at Marquette on Wednesday.
17. Seton Hall 58, Marquette 52 (F) WBB Box Score - Seton Hall University Athletics
17. Seton Hall 58, Marquette 52 (F) WBB Box Score
Seton Hall improves to a perfect 4-0 on the road and 5-1 in BIG EAST play.
MILWAUKEE, WIS. – Freshman Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) had a game-high 20 points to lift the Seton Hall women's basketball team to a 58-52 victory at Marquette on Wednesday.
The victory is the first ever for the program in Milwaukee, snapping an 0-14 record in road games at Marquette. The win improves The Hall to a perfect 4-0 on the road this season and 5-1 in BIG EAST Conference play.
Eads finished with a game-high 20 points to go with five rebounds and three steals. Graduate student Faith Masonius (Spring Lake, N.J.) tallied 14 points and eight rebounds, while Ja'Kahla Craft (Elk River, Minn.) collected a career-high 10 points to go with five rebounds and two steals.
THE STORY:
Lops scored the opening bucket of the game, but Marquette answered with a 9-0 run to grab a sizable early advantage. The Hall battled back, however, and closed the opening quarter with a 9-3 run. The Pirates trailed by only one despite shooting only 28.6 percent in the first 10 minutes.
The Pirates' upped their intensity to start the second quarter and held Marquette scoreless until the 5:51 mark. During the Golden Eagles' drought, the Pirates went on a 12-0 run, highlighted by three-pointers from Craft and Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.), to grab a 23-12 lead. The Hall continued its pressure, and a layup by Eads with 2:15 left in the first half gave the Pirates a commanding 30-15 advantage. The Pirates took a 34-21 lead into halftime after shooting 62.5 percent in the second quarter.
Masonius hit a jumper to extend The Hall's lead to 16 points, but Marquette responded with a 7-0 burst to cut Seton Hall's advantage to 39-30 with 6:23 left in the third quarter. The Pirates were only 3-for-17 in the third quarter as the Golden Eagles climbed back into the game. The Hall took a 43-36 lead into the fourth.
Marquette came out bombing from three-point range in the fourth quarter, connecting on their first four attempts from beyond the arc to cut their deficit to just three points, 55-52, with 2:33 left to play. Kaydan Lawson (Cleveland, Ohio) cleaned up a broken play and scored with a putback to extend The Hall's lead to five with 2:02 left, and that was the last field goal of the game.
THE NUMBERS:
- Seton Hall was 24-for-63 (38.1%) from the floor for the game, while Marquette was 19-for-54 (35.2%). The Hall was 5-for-17 (29.4%) from three-point range, while the Golden Eagles were 7-for-22 (31.8%).
- Eads had a game-high 20 points and was 3-for-5 from three-point range. She also had five rebounds and three steals.
- The Hall out-rebounded Marquette, 38-to-36, which included a 14-to-11 edge on the offensive glass and a 7-to-6 advantage in second-chance points.
- Masonius had 14 points, a season-high eight rebounds and three assists.
- Seton Hall was 5-for-10 (50.0%) from the free-throw line, while Marquette was 7-for-8 (87.5%).
- Craft had a career-high 10 points on 4-for-6 shooting with five rebounds and two steals.
- Seton Hall forced 19 turnovers, while the Golden Eagles forced 13. The Hall had a 18-to-10 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
- Wright tallied four points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals.
- The Pirates had 32 points in the paint, compared to 18 for Marquette.
- Seton Hall improves to 13-4 overall and 5-1 in BIG EAST play, while Marquette drops to 11-6 overall and 3-3 in conference play.
- The Pirates' victory is their first in program history at Marquette (1-14).
- The Hall is now 12-20 all-time against the Golden Eagles and has lost four in a row in the series.
- It's the 14th time in 17 games that the Pirates have forced more turnovers than their opponent.
- The Pirates collected at least 10 steals for the 13th time this season.
- Eads reached 20 points for the fifth time this season.
Seton Hall will return to action on Sunday, January 19 when it travels to Storrs, Conn. to face defending BIG EAST champion Connecticut. Tip time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The game will be televised on SNY. As always, 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the contest.
