Saturday, November 26
South Orange, N.J.
2:30 p.m.
Seton Hall University
4-1
78
vs
70
Central Connecticut State
1-4
1
2
3
4
OT 1
F
Central Connecticut
13
15
16
19
7
70
Seton Hall
19
15
14
15
15
78
Team Stats
CCSU
SHU
FG%
.323
.349
3FG%
.276
.292
FT%
.625
.458
RB
52
62
TO
18
14
STL
7
13
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
24
FGM
8
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
C
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballG/F
/ Women's Basketball
Pirates Hold Off CCSU In Overtime On Saturday
11/26/2016 6:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's basketball team (4-1) held off Central Connecticut State (1-4) in overtime, 78-70, on Saturday afternoon at Walsh Gym. The contest was the second semifinal of the 2016 SHU Thanksgiving Classic, with the Pirates advancing to face UT-Arlington in the championship game on Sunday.
The Pirates led for the majority of the contest, falling behind only briefly early in the fourth quarter before responding with a big run to jump back ahead. The Blue Devils pulled back within a possession the final minute before drilling a half-court shot as time expired to force in overtime. In the extra frame, The Hall out-scored the Blue Devils 15-7 to hang on for the victory.
Kaela Hilaire (Floral Park, N.Y.) led all scorers with a career-high 24 points, the first 20-point outing of the freshman's career. The Pirates also got double-doubles from both Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) who had 13 points and 15 rebounds and LaTecia Smith (Gardenia, Calif.) who finished with 13 and 10 along with six assists. Claire Lundberg (Andover, Minn.) was the fourth Pirate in double-figures with 16 points, knocking down four 3-pointers and tying a career-high with eight rebounds.
Turning Points
After leading throughout regulation, the Pirates saw themselves down for the first time since the opening minutes after CCSU's Aleah Epps (19 points) hit a pair from the stripe to make it 51-50 with 7:06 to play. The Hall answered in a big way, reeling off a 9-0 run sparked by five-straight from Hilaire to swell the lead back to eight with 4:06 to play.
CCSU would answer, battling back with a 7-0 run of its own to pull within one and keep it a one-possession game through the remainder of regulation. With under five seconds to play Smith hit 1-of-2 from the line to make it 63-60, before Kiana Patterson launched one from near midcourt that hit nothing but net as time expired to force overtime.
In the extra period, both sides traded points before a Smith lay-in with 2:49 to play gave SHU a 69-67 advantage. The basket sparked a 10-0 run for the Pirates over 2:30 of game action, including five points from Hilaire and three from Gordon that put the contest out of reach.
Inside The Numbers
- The Hall held CCSU to 32.3 percent from the floor, while the Pirates shot 34.9 percent from the field and 29.2 percent from 3-point range
- Seton Hall held a 62-52 edge in rebounding, tied for the fourth-most rebounds in a game in program history
- The Pirates notched 13 steals and seven blocks and have recorded double-dgit steals in every game this season
- The Hall notched a 44-20 edge in the paint and a 14-6 advantage in fast-break points
- SHU recorded only 14 turnovers compared to 18 for CCSU and out-scored the Blue Devils 22-18 off turnovers
- Hilaire's 24 points marked the most for a Pirate this season, as did Gordon's 15 rebounds
- Smith recorded six assists and four steals without a turnover; in three games this season she is averaging 4.3 steals per game which would lead the BIG EAST
- The Hall improves to 2-0 all-time against CCSU and 7-0 in holiday tournament play under fourth-year head coach Anthony Bozzella
- The Pirates have won 28-consecutive home non-conference games, including all 27 under Bozzella
- Gordon's double-double was the second of her career, while Smith notched her first with a career-best 10 rebounds
- The Pirates had two players record double-doubles in a contest for the first time since March 8, 2015 against Marquette in the BIG EAST Tournament
The Pirates take on UT-Arlington in the SHU Thanksgiving Classic Championship game on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
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