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Seton Hall vs Rutgers Women

Nice win. Don’t know how good Rutgers are this season. One thing this year’s team must do is focus on every single game without any major blemishes that hurt them at Selection time.
 
Nice win. Don’t know how good Rutgers are this season. One thing this year’s team must do is focus on every single game without any major blemishes that hurt them at Selection time.
If you go on their board you would think that there was no game played last night. Very few comments .
 

Cooks, Pirates Throttle Rutgers on Road, 75-57​



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Seton Hall Logo

75
Seton Hall 2-0,0-0 Big East
Rutgers Logo

57
Rutgers 1-1,0-0 Big Ten

Score By Periods
Team1234F
Seton Hall1628112075
Rutgers1714111557

Sidney Cooks goes off for 29 points and 11 rebounds as the Pirates improve to 2-0 on the season.​


PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Graduate Sidney Cooks (Kenosha, Wis.) had a game-high 29 points and senior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) added 18 more as the Seton Hall women's basketball team routed Rutgers, 75-57, at Jersey Mike's Arena on Friday.

After a slow start, the Pirates used an 18-2 run in the second quarter to pull away from the Scarlet Knights and improve to 2-0 on the young season.

Cooks erupted for 29 points on 12-for-19 shooting, including 3-for-7 from three-point range. She also had 11 rebounds for her second consecutive double-double. Park-Lane had 18 points, on the strength of four made three-pointers, to go with a game-high eight assists.

Senior Sha'Lynn Hagans (Manassas, Va.) finished with 12 points, while freshman Shailyn Pinkney (East Hartford, Conn.) had 10 points, eight rebounds and three assists.

THE STORY:
Each team started out woeful offensively with both making just one of their first 10 shots. A three-pointer by Cooks gave The Hall a 14-10 advantage, but Rutgers closed the first quarter with seven of the final nine points to take a 17-16 lead after 10 minutes.

The second quarter, however, was all Seton Hall. The Pirates shot 68.8% in the second stanza and were 6-for-8 from three-point range, four of which came from Park-Lane. Trailing 19-18, The Hall went on a game-changing 18-2 run, and a layup by Mya Bembry (West Orange, N.J.) gave the Pirates a commanding 36-21 advantage with 5:31 left before halftime. The Pirates eventually took a 44-31 lead into the break.

Trailing 55-34, Rutgers closed out the third quarter with an 8-0 run, keeping The Hall scoreless over the final 4:53. The Pirates, however, started the fourth quarter with a 12-1 burst, and a jumper by Cooks boosted their lead back to 67-45 with 6:42 remaining in the game. From there, the Scarlet Knights couldn't get closer than a 17-point deficit.

THE NUMBERS:
  • Seton Hall was 28-for-67 (41.8%) from the floor for the game, while Rutgers was 20-for-64 (31.3%). The Hall was 11-for-30 (36.7%) from three-point range, while the Scarlet Knights were just 2-for-15 (13.3%).
  • Cooks finished with 29 points on 12-for-19 shooting to go with 11 rebounds and a game-high three steals.
  • The Hall edged Rutgers in rebounding, 46-to-45, but the Scarlet Knights had a 17-to-14 edge on the offensive glass and a 19-to-9 advantage in second-chance points.
  • Park-Lane had 18 points on the strength of four made three-pointers to go with eight assists and two steals.
  • Seton Hall was 8-for-13 (61.5%) from the free-throw line, while Rutgers was 15-for-23 (65.2%) after starting 11-for-11.
  • Hagans had 12 points on 5-for-9 shooting to go with three assists.
  • Seton Hall forced 13 turnovers, while Rutgers forced 10. The Hall had a 14-to-8 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
  • Pinkney finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
  • Bembry grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds and had two assists and two blocks.
THE NOTES:
  • Seton Hall improves to 2-0 on the young season, while Rutgers falls to 1-1.
  • The Pirates are now 11-37 all-time against Rutgers.
  • With eight assists tonight, Park-Lane becomes only the third player in Seton Hall history to record 500 for her career.
  • Cooks' double-double is her second of the year and the 14th of her career, which leads all active Pirates.
  • Cooks has now reached double-figures in scoring in 20 consecutive games dating back to last season.
  • With 29 points tonight, Cooks surpassed the 1,300-points mark for her career.
  • Hagans has now opened her Seton Hall career with back-to-back double-digit scoring games.
UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Monday, November 14 when it hosts Ivy League champion Princeton. Tip-time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. The contest will be streamed live by the Pirate Sports Network and available to FloHoops subscribers. WSOU FM will also carry the game on the radio.
 
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