Pirates Take Down Boston College On Banner Night

Thursday, November 17

South Orange, N.J.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

3-0

Boston College

1-2

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FG%

.421

.462

3FG%

.333

.423

FT%

.786

.800

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11/17/2016 10:32:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's basketball team improved to 3-0 on the young season with a big 71-66 victory over Boston College (1-2) on Thursday night at Walsh Gymnasium. Prior to the contest, The Hall raised a banner to commemorate their 2016 NCAA Tournament appearance.

The Pirates got a game-high 17 points from both Kaela Hilaire (Floral Park, N.Y.) and Claire Lundberg (Andover, Minn.) in the triumph, with both setting new career-highs. Hilaire dished out a game-best eight assists and snatched four steals, while Lundberg tied for the game-high with eight rebounds. Deja Winters (Richmond Heights, Ohio) was the third Pirate in double figures, pouring in a career-high 16 points along with six rebounds and three steals.

The Pirates railed from a halftime deficit for the second-straight contest, falling behind by three at the break and as many as nine in the third quarter. Overall in the second half The Hall out-scored BC 34-26, with Lundberg leading the way with 11 in the third and fourth quarters.

Turning Point
Boston College led 40-37 at halftime, and came out strong in the fourth quarter by rattling off the first six points to stretch their lead to nine. The Pirates answered emphatically with an 8-0 run thanks to 3-pointers from Lundberg and Kaity Healy (Freehold, N.J.) before a Winters lay-in. The Hall would pull even for the first time in the second half with 5:24 remaining in the third when Lundberg drilled another triple to level the score at 48-48.

The Hall was able to stretch its lead to as many as seven early in the fourth, but BC rallied back to tie the contest at 65 with 3:09 to play in regulation. Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) answered for the Pirates with a lay-in before sinking a pair of free throws in the final 90 seconds to make it 69-65. The Eagles pulled back within in a possession with 12 seconds to play, but Hilaire came up with a huge steal before sinking two from the line to ice the win.

Inside The Numbers

The Hall shot 46.2 from the floor and knocked down a season-high 11 shots from 3-point range
Rebounds finished tied at 33-33, with Lundberg snatching a career-high eight including three on the offensive glass
The Hall has recorded double-digit steals in every contest, finishing with 12 on Thursday
In her first game action of the year Gordon finished with eight points, seven rebounds and two blocks
The Pirate bench has recorded at least 25 points in every contest this season and out-scored the Eagle reserves by a margin of 28-9

News and Notes

The Hall improves to 14-27 all-time against Boston College after the first meeting since 2010
Seton Hall is 26-0 in home non-conference games under head coach Anthony Bozzella
Overall at Walsh Gym, the Pirates are 45-9 (.833) in three-plus season under Bozzella
Hilaire's eight assists mark the most for a Pirate this season – through three games during her freshman campaign she is averaging 14.3 points, 6.0 assists and 4.3 steals
Lundberg has scored in double-figures in the last two contests – the first two such outings of the junior's career

Up Next
The Pirates head back out on the road on Sunday afternoon when they travel to Minneapolis to take on Minnesota from the Big Ten. The contest is set for a 3 p.m. (ET) tip on Big Ten Network Plus and WSOU, 89.5 FM.