Women's Basketball Fends Off Army, 50-40
11/24/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - An 18-4 run in the second half helped the Seton Hall women's basketball team to a 50-40 win over Army on Tuesday night at Walsh Gymnasium. The Pirates (3-2) take on Boston College on Friday in the opening round of the Junkanoo Jam in Freeport, Bahamas.
Junior Jasmine Crew (Camden, N.J.) led all scorers with 16 points, while freshman Ka-Deidre Simmons (Newark, N.J.) added 12 points and four rebounds. Nalini Hawkins paced the Black Knights (1-3) with 10 points.
The Pirates led 6-0 less than a minute and a half into the contest on four points from junior Kandice Green (Baltimore, Md.) and two from Crew. Army cut it to 6-5 with 14:03 left on jump hook from Erin Anthony, but Crew stuck a three that pushed the lead back to four for the Pirates.
Simmons drained a three from the top of the key for a 12-8 Seton Hall lead with 9:45 to go, and a short jumper from junior Whitney Wood (Santa Margarita, Calif.) stretched the advantage to six. Later, Crew buried a pull-up to make it 18-9, and she kept it at nine moments later with another short bucket from the right wing. Army would rally, however, cutting it to 22-20 on a three-pointer by Nalini Hawkins with 2:03 left, the final score of the half.
Molly Yardley connected from deep a minute into the second half to give the Black Knights their first lead of the night, 23-22. Crew later tied it at 24, but Jessica Waggoner scored on the other end to put Army back in front. Later, a transition bucket by freshman Jazzmine Johnson (Glen Dale, Md.) with 13:36 left cut the Hall's deficit to one at 29-28, and she put the Pirates back in front with a three-footer a minute later.
With the score tied at 31, Wood put the Pirates back in front with a strong move inside as the clock moved under 10 minutes, and Simmons pushed it to four with a driving bucket at the 8:20 mark. A steal and score from Johnson made it 37-32, and Simmons buried a three with six minutes left for an eight-point lead. Less than a minute later, Simmons hit from the corner in transition as the Hall grabbed a 42-32 edge.
Army got to within 44-38 on a layup by Hawkins with just under 90 seconds to play, but the Black Knights would get no closer.
Seton Hall scored 24 points off 27 Army turnovers while limiting the Black Knights to just 38 field goal attempts. The Pirates finished with a 40-29 edge on the glass.
