The Hall Knocks Off Xavier On Friday Night

Friday, January 27

South Orange, N.J.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

10-11, 3-7BE

Xavier

10-11, 2-8BE

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Team Stats

SHU

FG%

.382

.456

3FG%

.308

.600

FT%

.727

.722

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1/27/2017 10:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's basketball team (10-11, 3-7 BIG EAST) grabbed a BIG EAST conference victory with a 71-62 triumph over Xavier (10-11, 2-8) on Friday night at Walsh Gymnasium. Kaela Hilaire (Floral Park, N.Y.) paced the Pirates with 16 points and five assists as The Hall led for all but 4:33 in the nine-point win.

The Pirates took a four-point lead after a quarter and led by six at the half, but Xavier battled back and took a one-point lead early in the third quarter. The Hall answered, pushing their lead back to four after three quarters before a 17-12 edge in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.

In support of Hilaire, LaTecia Smith (Gardena, Calif.) also scored in double-figures with 11 points and added a pair of steals. The Hall's center duo of Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) and Jayla Jones-Pack (Amityville, N.Y.) each grabbed nine rebounds, with Gordon just missing a double-double before fouling out with nine points. For Xavier, Maddison Blackwell led four players in double-figures with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Head Coach Anthony Bozzella On The Result:
"I'm really proud of the girls tonight, we played hard against a very veteran team in Xavier. We made a couple big plays when we needed to, I thought KK [Hilaire] played one of her best games of the year. If I had to pick a star of the game I really think Jayla [Jones-Pack] started to show the player that we know she can be."

Turning Point
The Hall opened the third quarter cold, allowing Xavier to use a 7-0 run to pull ahead for the first time since the opening minute at 39-38 with 7:01 to play in the frame. Back-to-back buckets for Jones-Pack had The Hall back ahead at 42-40, before XU came back and tied it again on the next possession. In a 44-second span following the tie, Hilaire scored five-straight points to put the Pirates back ahead at 47-42. The Pirates didn't trail the rest of the way following that spurt.

Inside The Numbers

The Hall shot 45.6 percent from the floor and 60.0 percent (6-for-10) from 3-point range
Conversely, SHU held XU to 38.2 percent from the field and 30.8 percent (4-for-13) from three
- In the second half, The Hall shot 48.3 percent and held XU to 32.1 percent
- Thanks in part to the defense of Smith, The Hall held Xavier leading scorer Raeshaun Gaffney to 10 points on 3-of-12 shooting – Gaffney scored 33 in the teams' last meeting
The Pirates won the turnover battle, 12-9, leading to a 17-8 edge in points off turnovers
The Hall notched a 30-16 scoring advantage in the paint despite a 40-33 edge on the glass for XU
Blocked shots finished 8-1 in favor of The Hall, with three each from Jones-Pack and Deja Winters (Richmond Heights, Ohio)
The Pirate reserves out-scored the Musketeers 21-4, including eight points from Jones-Pack
- JaQuan Jackson (Killeen, Texas) did not start due to illness limiting practice time during the week and finished with nine points on 3-of-5 shooting off the bench
The Pirates finished with an 11-9 edge in assists, led by five from Hilaire

News and Notes

The Hall improves to 7-1 all-time against Xavier, avenging their only loss in the series earlier this month
Inside Walsh Gym the Pirates move to 9-4 on the year and 53-13 in four years under Bozzella
Over its last eight contests, The Hall has out-scored opponents by 64 in the paint
Gordon went 4-for-5 to improve her BIG EAST-leading field goal percentage to 60.8 percent on the year and 67.3 percent in conference play
The Pirates are now shooting 36.6 percent from 3-point range in 10 BIG EAST games, tops in the conference
The Hall recorded a season-low nine turnovers for the second-straight game
- The Pirates are averaging 13.3 turnovers per game over their last six contests after averaging 20.0 in the first 15 games
Hilaire scored in double-figures for the 12^th time and led The Hall in scoring for the sixth time
Jones-Pack set a career-high with nine rebounds, while Winters tied her career-best with three blocks
Claire Lundberg (Andover, Minn.) knocked down two 3-pointers and has hit multiple triples in a game on 11 occasions this season

What's Next
The Pirates are back at home to close their four-game homestand on Sunday, Jan. 29, hosting Butler at Walsh Gym. Tip off is set for 2 p.m. on the BIG EAST Digital Network.