Seton Hall Women done
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They were playing well, but fell apart at end. Outscored 15-1 in last 5 min of game.
Portland first team to win 29 games and not make ncaa.
They blew out Princeton and pirates lost to Princeton so you knew they would be tough..
They blew out Princeton and pirates lost to Princeton so you knew they would be tough..
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Pirates' Season Ends as Portland Rallies Late, 61-55 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Freshman Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) collected her second straight double-double, but the Seton Hall women's basketball team fell to Portland, 61-55, in the se...
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Pirates' Season Ends as Portland Rallies Late, 61-55 - Seton Hall University Athletics
Freshman Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) collected her second straight double-double, but the Seton Hall women's basketball team fell to Portland, 61-55, in the se...
Pirates' Season Ends as Portland Rallies Late, 61-55
33. Portland 61, Seton Hall 55 (F) WBB Box Score - Seton Hall University Athletics
33. Portland 61, Seton Hall 55 (F) WBB Box Score
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Freshman Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) collected her second straight double-double, but the Seton Hall women's basketball team fell to Portland, 61-55, in the second round of the WBIT on Sunday.
Seton Hall led for almost 32 minutes of the contest, and had an eight-point advantage with 5:02 left in the game, but the Pilots closed the contest with a 15-1 run to stun the historic Walsh Gymnasium crowd.
Eads finished with a game-high 18 points to go with 10 rebounds and two steals. Yaya Lops (Samford, Conn.) tallied 13 points, including eight in the first quarter. Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) was a third Pirate to reach double-figures in scoring with 10 points, four rebounds and two steals.
Seton Hall's memorable season ends with a 23-10 final record.
THE STORY:
Seton Hall's offense started hot and hit six of its first eight shots, including a pair of three-pointers by Lops to give the Pirates an early 14-7 lead with 6:49 left in the opening quarter. Despite The Hall shooting 53 percent from the field in the first 10 minutes, Portland was able to close to within 19-15 at the end of the first quarter.
While both teams cooled their shooting a bit in the second, it remained close throughout. The Pirates out-rebounded, out-shot and forced more turnovers than Portland in the first half, but led by only five points, 30-25, at the break.
Eads hit a pair of free-throws to extend The Hall's lead to 32-25 out of the break, but then the Pirates went scoreless for the next 4:16, which allowed Portland to tie the game with a 7-0 run. With the score tied at 34, The Hall went on a 7-2 burst, with five points and two steals from Catalon, to extend its lead to 41-36 with 1:56 left in the third.
A three-pointer by Kaydan Lawson (Cleveland, Ohio) gave Seton Hall its largest lead of the game, 48-40, with 8:33 left in the game. A free-throw by Lops put The Hall back up by eight, 54-46, with 5:02 left, but Portland closed the game with a 15-1 run to steal the contest from the Pirates. The Hall was 0-for-7 from the field in the final five minutes as it seemingly ran out of gas. Both Catalon and Faith Masonius (Spring Lake, N.J.) fouled out down the stretch.
THE NUMBERS:
- Seton Hall was 22-for-60 (36.7%) from the floor for the game, while Portland was 21-for-50 (42.0%). The Hall was 6-for-25 (24.0%) from three-point range, while the Pilots were 6-for-23 (26.1%).
- Eads had a double-double with 18 points on 7-for-19 shooting from the floor with 10 rebounds and two steals.
- The Hall out-rebounded Portland, 33-to-31, which included a 12-to-8 edge on the offensive glass and a 12-to-8 advantage in second-chance points.
- Lops had 13 points, five rebounds and a block.
- Seton Hall was 5-for-8 (62.5%) from the free-throw line, while Portland was 13-for-17 (76.5%).
- Catalon had 10 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals.
- Seton Hall forced 16 turnovers, while the Pilots forced 13. The Hall had a 14-to-10 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
- Masonius tallied seven points, four rebounds and two assists.
- Seton Hall's season comes to a close with a final record of 23-10, while Portland advances to the WBIT National Quarterfinals and improves to 31-4.
- This was the first-ever game between Seton Hall and Portland.
- The Pirates are now 140-53 in Walsh Gym during the Bozzella era. Furthermore, the Pirates are now 72-14 against non-conference opponents at home.
- This is the first time this season that Seton Hall has lost despite making more field goals than their opponent (18-1). It's also only the second time its lost when out-rebounding its opponent (2-14).
- It's the 27th time in 33 games that the Pirates have forced more turnovers than their opponent.
- Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) closes out her career with a Seton Hall career record 142 games played. It's 12 games more than the second-place Pirate.
- With a block today, Lops reached 200 blocks for her career.
- Eads led the Pirates in scoring for the ninth time this season. They're 6-3 in those games.
- Catalon broke Seton Hall's single-season record for free-throw percentage with a minimum of 50 attempts. She was 95-for-104 from the line in 2024-25 for 91.3 percent.
- Eads finished the season with a 13.8 points per game average, which is the third-highest by a freshman in Seton Hall history. Only Robin Cunningham's 15.4 and Marcia Foster's 13.9 were higher.
- Despite playing only two years at Seton Hall, Lops finishes her career ranked 14th on the Pirates' career blocks list with 73.
- Wright closes out her collegiate career ranked sixth on both Seton Hall's career lists for assists with 411 and steals with 215.
Up 8 with 5 minutes to go . Horrible coaching job down the stretch trying to milk the lead. Also tired of hearing him complaining about missing the NCAAs. Win a big game 1st . Very good season but not a NCCCA worthy team at all .
Did not see this one, but I hear they just collapsed in those last several minutes. For the most part they showed improvement as a Program this season. However, same issues as in the past which are scoring droughts, inability to defend the three at crunch time and players unfortunately sidelined with injuries. Also, Faith this year somewhat like Lauren in the past are worn out by the end of the season and the efficiency goes way down. Its going to be hard for Tony's teams to reach the NCAA's because of SHU's resources and the difficult task of putting 5 legit quality starters out on the floor. They have to find a way to become a 40-60 program instead of a 60-80 program. Walsh is an excellent place to play, but they need more talent moving forward.
Tell me you didn't watch the game without telling me you didn't watch the game.
Lops went 1 of 2 from line to push lead to 8 with 5:02 left. 8 sec later, Portland hit a 3 to cut to 5. Lazy pass turns into a TO and Eads fouls the layup attempt.FT turns it into another 3 pt play, lead cut to 2. All in a about 40 seconds.
There was no attempt to milk the lead. Prior to this, lead was jumping around from 4 - 7 and looked in hand. 6 pt run turned the tide.
Team's weakness all season was offensive execution. Too many late shot clock attempts hitting front iron. Faith having a stinker and fouling out didn't help. Savanah having a bad shooting night didn't help.
Horrible take. If I was a betting man, and I am, I’d bet a lot on silk being there, like he is for just about all of their games.
I was there .
You just said TOO MANY LATE shot attempts hitting the iron . That is milking the clock . Our one big advantage was speed and pushing the ball down court which we did not do in the end of the game .
The team has had issues with ineffective offense (men did too at many occasions). If you think Tony's milking the clock with a 2 point lead, I don't know what to tell you.
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