Pirates Open BIG EAST Tournament With Win Over PC

Saturday, March 4

Milwaukee, Wis.

7:30 p.m.

Seton Hall University

12-18

Providence

12-18

Providence

Seton Hall

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6 p.m.

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3/4/2017 11:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The No. 8 seed Seton Hall women's basketball team (12-18) advanced to the quarterfinal round of the BIG EAST Tournament presented by Jeep with a 73-60 victory over nine-seed Providence (12-18) on Saturday night at the Al McGuire Center. Guards Kaela Hilaire (Floral Park, N.Y.) and JaQuan Jackson (Killeen, Texas) combined for 35 points to power The Hall to the victory and a date with top-seed DePaul on Sunday evening.

The Pirates led wire-to-wire in their third meeting of the season with Providence, going up five at the half and out-scoring PC in all four quarters. The Hall shot a season-best 51.0 percent from the floor and out-rebounded the Friars 39-22, marking its best rebounding margin of the season.

Head Coach Anthony Bozzella on the win
"I am very proud of our girls. We've obviously struggled recently, but we've actually had two real good weeks. I didn't know how well we would play because a lot of our girls have never played in a Big East playoff game before, and they came through, and I'm proud of them."

Turning Points
The Hall led by six after a quarter, and in the second quarter reeled off a 7-0 run to stretch a four-point edge to a 27-16 lead with 6:05 to play and force a PC timeout. That run helped the Pirates take a 37-30 lead to the break, which was pushed back to double-digits with a Jackson 3-pointer to open the third quarter.

The Friars fought back in the third and pulled within a possession at 44-41 with 4:10 to play. The Hall once again responded with a 7-0 spurt that featured a Jackson 3-pointer and a an offensive put-back from Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) to go up 51-41 late in the third. That lead was able to hold, as PC could not pull within a single possession the rest of the way.

Inside The Numbers

The Pirates shot a season-best 51.0 percent from the field, converting on 26-of-51 attempts
Defensively The Hall held PC to 42.4 percent and a 3-for-16 (18.8 percent) mark from 3-point range
- Coming into the game, PC led the BIG EAST with a 38.0 percent mark from deep
- Thanks in part to the defense of Claire Lundberg (Andover, Minn.), the Pirates held PC's leading scoring Yoyo Nogic to 0-for-6 from 3-point range – Nogic entered the game at 42.3 percent
The Pirates finished +17 on the glass, led by a game-high 12 boards from Gordon
Jackson scored 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting, while Hilaire finished with 18 and was 7-for-14 from the floor
The Hall finished with a slight 3-1 edge in blocked shots while both teams notched five steals
- Jayla Jones-Pack (Amityville, N.Y.) swatted two shots and Gordon added one
- Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) recorded a pair of steals
The Pirates had 12 assists on 26 field goals, led by three each from Hilaire, Jackson and LaTecia Smith (Gardena, Calif.)
Despite a 16-10 deficit in turnovers, The Hall out-scored PC 15-12 off turnovers
The Hall notched a 10-4 edge in second-chance points

News and Notes

The Hall has won a postseason game in each of the last five seasons and improves to 5-3 in the BIG EAST Tournament under Bozzella
Seton Hall moves to 35-29 all-time against Providence and 4-0 against PC in the BIG EAST Tournament
Jackson finished three points shy of her third-straight 20 point game and is averaging 24.0 per game over that stretch
Hilaire recorded her 15^th double-digit scoring effort during her rookie season and led The Hall in scoring for the ninth time
With a game-high 12 rebounds, Gordon notched her fourth game this year with at least 10 caroms and the eighth of the senior's career
With three assists tonight Hilaire now has 126 this season, 10^th-most in a single-season in program history and most ever for a Seton Hall freshman
Lundberg has hit at least one three in 26-of-30 games this season and recorded her 14^th game this year with multiple trifectas

Up Next
The Hall faces No. 1 seed DePaul on Sunday at 7 p.m. (ET) in quarterfinal action. The contest will air on FS2 with Lisa Byington and LaChina Robinson on the call.