Pirates Fall To Creighton In Overtime

Sunday, January 22

South Orange, N.J.

11 a.m.

Seton Hall University

9-11, 2-7BE

Creighton

14-5, 8-1BE

OT 1

Creighton

Seton Hall

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FG%

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.379

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.500

.444

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.545

.706

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1/22/2017 2:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's basketball team (9-11, 2-7 BIG EAST) pushed the BIG EAST preseason co-favorite to the brink, falling against Creighton in overtime by a score of 70-60. The Sunday morning contest at Walsh Gym featured 10 lead changes and seven ties in a tight, back-and-forth affair.

The Pirates led by five at the half but were down two with less than two minutes remaining before a pair of clutch baskets from JaQuan Jackson (Killeen, Texas) put The Hall back ahead. Creighton got a game-tying 3-pointer from Lauren Works with 11.8 seconds remaining to send the contest to overtime, where the experienced Bluejays out-scored The Hall 13-3 to stave off the upset.

Jackson led the Pirates with 14 points, while Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) added 12 and a team-high seven rebounds. For Creighton it was Sydney Lamberty with a game-high 16 and Marissa Janning adding 13 with seven assists and six boards.

Turning Point
Creighton took a 52-50 lead with 4:17 to play on a Brianna Rollerson jumper, and the teams traded stops until a Jackson jumper with 1:46 to go pulled the contest back even at 52-all. After the Pirates got yet another stop they went right back to Jackson for a floater that allowed The Hall to re-take the lead with 1:00 remaining.

The Hall held onto its lead into the final seconds of regulation, making 3-of-4 from the line in the final minute to stay up 57-54 before Works drilled a 3-pointer with 11.8 to play to level the contest. The Hall had a look in the final moments, but a lay-up rimmed out to send the contest to overtime.

Inside The Numbers

The Pirates were held to 37.9 percent shooting, going 27.7 percent in the second half and overtime after a 50.0 percent mark in the first half
Conversely, Creighton started 5-for-16 (31.3 percent) in the first quarter but shot 52.2 percent (23-44) the rest of the way to finish the game at 46.7 percent
The Bluejays won the rebounding battle, 43-30, led by a game-high 10 from Works
The Pirates turned it over only nine times while forcing 19 CU turnovers and out-scoring Creighton 13-8 off turnovers
The Hall finished with a 32-20 edge in points in the paint
Seton Hall held a 6-1 advantage in steals and a 7-5 edge in blocked shots
- Jayla Jones-Pack (Amityville, N.Y.) led all players with three blocks
- Gordon and Deja Winters (Richmond Heights, Ohio) each nabbed two steals
Creighton used 14 offensive rebounds to out-score The Hall 13-8 in second chance points

News and Notes

The Hall falls to 3-5 all-time against Creighton and 1-3 against the Bluejays at Walsh Gym – CU is one of only two teams to defeat the Pirates at home three times under Anthony Bozzella
Thanks in a large part to the defensive effort from Claire Lundberg (Andover, Minn.), The Hall held CU's leading scorer Audrey Faber to two points on 1-of-6 shooting
- Faber came into the contest averaging 13.6 points per game
- Lundberg finished with eight points, five rebounds, two blocks and a steal
Jackson scored in double-figures for the 15^th time in her 17 games and led The Hall in scoring for the 10^th time
LaTecia Smith (Gardena, Calif.) finished with a team-high five assists, her most in a game since Dec. 7
For the sixth time in her freshman season Jones-Pack notched at least three blocked shots
The Hall falls to 1-1 on the year in overtime, previously topping CCSU on Nov. 26

Up Next
The Pirates continue their season-long four-game homestand on Friday, Jan. 27 to host Xavier at Walsh Gym. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. on the BEDN.