Pirates Roll Past Quinnipiac in WBIT First Round, 57-40 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Sophomore Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) had a game-high 18 points and freshman Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) collected her first career double-double as th...
32. Seton Hall 57, Quinnipiac 40 (F) WBB Box Score - Seton Hall University Athletics
32. Seton Hall 57, Quinnipiac 40 (F) WBB Box Score
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Sophomore Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) had a game-high 18 points and freshman Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) collected her first career double-double as the Seton Hall women's basketball team defeated Quinnipiac, 57-40, in the opening round of the WBIT on Thursday.
The Hall outscored the Bobcats, 17-to-2, in a 9:16 stretch of the opening quarter to take the lead, and never looked back. The Pirates dominated Quinnipiac on the boards, 46-to-33, and held the Bobcats to under 30 percent shooting for the game.
Catalon had a game-high 18 points to go with five rebounds and two steals. She also hit a pair of dagger three-pointers in the fourth quarter to put the game away. Eads tallied 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds for her first career double-double.
THE STORY:
Quinnipiac hit a three-pointer to start the game, but the Pirates answered with vengeance, going on a 17-2 run over the next 9:16 to take a commanding 17-5 lead. The Hall forced six turnovers in the first 10 minutes and held Quinnipiac to just 2-for-14 shooting (.143) from the floor.
The Bobcats closed the first half with a 7-0 run to cut their deficit to 28-22 at the break. The Hall shot 41 percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes, but was only 1-for-9 from three-point range. Meanwhile, Quinnipiac hit four three-pointers to keep them in the game.
Seton Hall saw its lead trimmed to 28-24 with 7:38 left in the third quarter, but the Pirates answered with a 13-4 run, highlighted by an acrobatic bucket and the foul by Catalon, to boost its advantage back to 41-28.
The Pirates opened the fourth quarter with the first six points and a layup by Eads gave them their largest lead of the game, 47-30, with 7:44 left in the game. The Bobcats cut their deficit to 13 points, but couldn't get closer.
THE NUMBERS:
- Seton Hall was 26-for-66 (39.4%) from the floor for the game, while Quinnipiac was 17-for-57 (29.8%). The Hall was 3-for-21 (14.3%) from three-point range, while the Bobcats were 4-for-21 (19.0%).
- Catalon had 18 points, five rebounds and two steals.
- The Hall out-rebounded Quinnipiac, 46-to-33, which included a 16-to-10 edge on the offensive glass and a 12-to-9 advantage in second-chance points.
- Eads tallied her first career double-double with 10 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.
- Seton Hall was 2-for-3 (66.7%) from the free-throw line, while Quinnipiac was 2-for-2 (100.0%).
- Faith Masonius (Spring Lake, N.J.) had 12 points on 6-for-10 shooting with four rebounds and two assists.
- Seton Hall forced 13 turnovers, while the Bobcats forced nine. The Hall had a 12-to-6 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
- Yaya Lops (Stamford, Conn.) tallied eight points, five rebounds and four blocks.
- The Pirates had 12 fast-break points, compared to just 2 for Quinnipiac.
- Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) had four points, three assists, three steals and a career-high nine rebounds.
- Seton Hall improves to 23-9 and advances to the WBIT second round, while Quinnipiac sees their season come to a close with a fantastic final record of 28-5.
- The Pirates improve to a perfect 4-0 all-time against the Bobcats.
- The Pirates improve to 140-52 in Walsh Gym during the Bozzella era. Furthermore, the Pirates are now 72-13 against non-conference opponents at home.
- The Pirates improve to 18-0 when making more field goals than their opponent and 14-1 when they out-rebound their opponent.
- Quinnipiac is Seton Hall's 17th opponent held to 55 points or fewer this season. The Pirates are a perfect 17-0 in those games.
- It's the 26th time in 32 games that the Pirates have forced more turnovers than their opponent.
- Seton Hall has only recorded three double-doubles this season, and tonight, Eads became the third different Pirate to collect one.
Seton Hall will advance to the WBIT second round on Sunday and will face either Portland or No. 2 Stanford. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+. As always, 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the contest.
