Pirates Grind Out Road Win At Wake Forest

Sunday, November 12

Winston-Salem, N.C.

2 p.m.

Seton Hall University

2-0

Wake Forest

1-1

Seton Hall

Wake Forest

11/12/2017 4:48:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Behind a solid defensive effort and a double-double from Donnaizha Fountain (Roxbury, Mass.) the Seton Hall women's basketball team (2-0) picked up a win at Wake Forest (1-1) by a score of 67-57 on Sunday afternoon at the LJVM Coliseum. Fountain led all players with 18 points and 13 rebounds for her first double-double as a Pirate.

The Pirates did not trail in the second half and staved off a fourth quarter rally, holding the Demon Deacons to 21 points in the second half. Kaela Hilaire (Floral Park, N.Y.) made five clutch free throws down the stretch and finished with 11 points, five assists and three steals off the bench. Taylor Brown (Paterson, N.J.) was the third Pirate in double figures with 11 points, despite being limited to 18 minutes due to foul trouble.

Turning Point
With the Pirates seemingly in control early in the fourth quarter, Wake Forest rattled off six straight points to pull within a possession at 57-55 with 4:30 to play. After a Pirate timeout, Hilaire knocked down two from the line and Fountain hit another to push the lead back to five with 2:45 to play. After another stop, Fountain knocked down a pull-up jumper to push the lead back to three possessions. The Hall then put the clamps on defensively, keeping Wake Forest scoreless over the final 2:16 of regulation to secure the win.

Inside The Numbers

The Pirates shot 24-of-59 (40.7 percent) from the floor and held Wake Forest to a 22-of-41 (36.7 percent) mark from the field
- In the fourth quarter, The Hall limited Wake to 4-of-18 shooting
The Hall won the turnover battle, forcing 23 while committing 20
- That led to a 20-14 edge in points off turnovers
- The Pirates finished with 11 steals, led by three each from Inja Butina (Zagreb, Croatia) and Hilaire
The Pirate bench finished with a 27-11 scoring edge

News and Notes

The victory marked The Hall's first non-conference win in a true road game against a team from the "Football Five" conferences since a win at Penn State in 2014
Seton Hall is now 3-2 all-time against Wake Forest after their first road win in the series
The Pirates improve to 8-5 since 2014-15 against teams from those leagues, while Anthony Bozzella improves to 4-0 against ACC foes during his Seton Hall tenure
Both Brown and Fountain have scored in double-figures in each of their first two games as Pirates
Freshman Kimi Evans (Jackson, N.J.) had a solid performance in her second career contest, scoring eight points on 4-of-5 shooting and grabbing two offensive rebounds in 20 minutes
Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) set a new career-high with three blocked shots

What's Ahead
The Pirates are back at home on Thursday, kicking off a season-long five-game homestand. First up is regional rival Princeton with a 7 p.m. tip.