Women's Basketball Upsets No. 12 Notre Dame, 74-61

Junior Heta Korpivaara scored a game-high 18 points against Notre Dame on Saturday.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Seton Hall women’s basketball team upset the No. 12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 74-61, at the Joyce Center on Saturday. The Pirates were led by junior Heta Korpivaara, who had a game-high 18 points, 13 of which came in the second half. With the win, Seton Hall improves to 5-8 overall, 2-0 in the BIG EAST, and Notre Dame drops to 9-4 overall, 0-2 in BIG EAST play.

The victory was the first for Seton Hall against a ranked team since beating No. 23 Notre Dame 51-48 in South Orange on Feb. 8, 2004.

The Pirates trailed 32-27 after the first half of play, but shot 42.9 percent from the field in the second period, outscoring the Fighting Irish 47-29 in the second 20 minutes, to earn the win.

Korpivaara made a pair of free throws with 11:20 left to give the Pirates a 45-44 lead, then added another pair of free throws and a 17-foot jumper to make it 51-46. The Pirates extended the lead to 58-50 when freshman Shantel Brown made a 3-pointer and led by 10 when Monique Blake scored off her own miss.

The Pirates, who outrebounded the Irish 32-14 in the second half, 48-30 in the game, made 12 of 14 free throws during the final 1:50 to hold on for the victory.

Freshman Jadis Rhodin had 13 points and six rebounds for Seton Hall and sophomore Amber Harris and Brown had 12 points each. Harris also added 11 rebounds and the Pirates had 14 second-chance points compared to just five for the Irish.

Tulyah Gaines led Notre Dame with 12 points, Crystal Erwin had 11 points, despite going 1-for-7 from the free throw line, and Charel Allen added 10 points.

Seton Hall returns to action this Tuesday, Jan. 10, when it welcomes No. 7 Connecticut to Walsh Gym for a 7:00 p.m. contest.

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