Pirates Grind Out Win Over Providence On Friday

Friday, January 20

South Orange, N.J.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

9-10, 2-6BE

Providence

9-10, 1-7BE

Providence

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.353

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1/20/2017 11:05:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's basketball team (9-10, 2-6 BIG EAST) got back on track on Friday night, snapping a six-game skid with a 55-43 victory over Providence (9-10, 1-7 BIG EAST) at Walsh Gymnasium. Deja Winters (Richmond Heights, Ohio) scored a career-high 18 points and The Hall turned in its best defensive effort of the season in the triumph.

The Hall led by six after a quiet first half, using a big run in the fourth quarter to finally pull ahead by double-digits and put the contest away. In addition to Winters offensively, JaQuan Jackson (Killeen, Texas) finished in double-figures with 12 points and Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) nearly missed a double-double with eight points and eight rebounds. For the Friars, Yoyo Nogic finished with 12 points and Clara Che notched 11.

Turning Points
After a back-and-forth start, The Hall opened the second quarter on an 8-0 run to turn a one-point deficit into a seven-point lead at 18-11. That spurt, which featured baskets from four different scorers, helped The Hall take a 24-18 lead into the half.

Up 37-32 going into the fourth quarter, The Hall again opened a frame strong and scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter capped by a Winters 3-pointer that pushed the lead to 44-32 with 7:22 to play. The Friars answered with a triple of their own to cut the lead back to single-digits, but a Jackson 3-pointer with 5:31 to play stretched the lead back to 13 and The Hall cruised to the double-digit win.

Inside The Numbers

The Hall shot 42.9 percent from the floor and 35.3 percent from 3-point range
Conversely, the Pirates held Providence to 30.0 shooting from the floor and a 31.3 percent mark from distance
- Entering the contest, PC was shooting 43.9 percent from the floor and 38.0 from three
The Friars finished with a slight 39-33 edge on the glass, as Gordon and Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) topped The Hall with eight caroms each
The Pirates finished with a 6-1 edge in blocked shots, getting two each from Gordon and Winters
The career-high 18 points for Winters came on a 6-of-9 shooting effort, including a 3-for-5 mark from 3-point range
The Pirates out-scored the Friars 24-16 in the paint and 20-2 in bench points

News and Notes

The Pirates kept Providence, which leads the BIG EAST in free throw percentage, off the line until their first and only free throws attempts of the game with 4:18 to play in the fourth quarter
The Hall held an opponent under 50 points for the first time this season, allowing the fewest points in a game since a 67-40 victory over Providence on Feb. 6, 2015
The 55 points for the Pirates marked the lowest point total in a win since a 51-42 triumph over Savannah State on Nov. 29, 2013
The defensive effort was the seventh time under fourth-year head coach Anthony Bozzella that The Hall has surrendered less than 50 in a contest and first since Nov. 27, 2015 vs. Northern Iowa
The Pirates improve to 34-28 all-time against the Friars and have won nine in a row in the series
At Walsh Gym this season the Pirates are now 8-3, improving to 51-12 under Bozzella at home
Winters led The Hall in scoring for the third time this season and recorded her sixth double-digit scoring effort when coming off the bench – including in both of The Hall's BIG EAST wins

Up Next
The Pirates continue a four-game homestand on Sunday morning when they welcome Creighton to Walsh Gymnasium. Tip-off is set for 11 a.m. on the BIG EAST Digital Network.