Pirates Roll Past Marist, 85-60, On Thursday Night

Thursday, November 30

South Orange, N.J.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

5-1

Marist

1-6

Marist

Seton Hall

11/30/2017 9:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – An explosive second quarter helped the Seton Hall women's basketball team (5-1) to a dominant 85-60 victory over Marist (1-6) on Thursday night at historic Walsh Gymnasium. Taylor Brown (Paterson, N.J.) led five Pirates in double-figures with 16 points in the triumph.

The two sides traded leads in a tight first quarter, but the second frame was all Pirates. The Hall out-scored the Red Foxes 28-7 in the second frame, including a 16-2 run to end the quarter and give the Pirates a 47-22 lead at the half. The Hall led by at least 20 the rest of the way, going up by as many as 33 in the fourth quarter.

The Pirates continued their season-long trend of defensive pressure in the win, forcing 27 Marist turnovers and out-scoring the Red Foxes 32-15 off turnovers. Joining Brown atop the scoring column for The Hall was Inja Butina (Zagreb, Croatia) with a career-high 13 points and JaQuan Jackson (Killeen, Texas) with 12.

Head Coach Anthony Bozzella on the result
"I don't want to single any one player out because I thought top-to-bottom everyone played really well and helped us get this win. Defensively we played a terrific first half and our energy was really the difference."

Inside The Numbers

The Pirates finished with a commanding 46-27 lead on the glass, led by seven rebounds from Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) and six each from Brown and Jayla Jones-Pack
The Hall recorded 20 assists on 29 field goals
The Pirates finished with 19 steals, as Kaela Hilaire (Queens, N.Y.) led the way with five swipes and Brown and Jackson each added three
Butina and Hilaire combined for seven assists and no turnovers from the point guard spot
The Pirates finished 12-of-31 from 3-point range, marking a new season-high in triples

News and Notes

The Hall improves to 8-1 all-time against Marist
After failing to defeat Marist in his 11 seasons as a conference rival at Iona, Bozzella has won his last two outings against the Red Foxes at The Hall
Brown has scored in double-figures in each of her six games as a Pirate
Samuels was the only starter not to finish in double-figures, but grabbed seven rebounds and set a new career-high with six assists
Through six games, Hilaire holds a 4.8 assist-to-turnover ratio
In her last three outings Jackson is 11-for-22 from 3-point range

What's Next
The Pirates are back in action on Saturday, Dec. 2 when they host St. Francis Brooklyn for a 1 p.m. tip inside Walsh Gym.