Pirates Fall At No. 14 Marquette

Friday, January 18

Milwaukee, Wisc.

12:30 p.m.

Seton Hall University

Marquette

Seton Hall

Marquette

1/18/2019 2:20:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score BOX (PDF)

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Seton Hall women's basketball team (11-6, 3-3 BIG EAST) ran into a hot-shooting team on its home floor, falling at No. 14 Marquette by a score of 96-60 Friday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center.

The Golden Eagles opened the game on an 8-0 run, but back-to-back 3-pointers from Victoria Cardaci (Holmdel, N.J.) later in the first frame got The Hall within a basket at 13-10. MU answered the Pirate push with another big run, out-scoring the Pirates 17-2 over the next four minutes to push its lead out to 30-12. The Golden Eagles would go on to hit 11 shots from 3-point range in the first half and take a 56-31 lead after two quarters.

The Hall would play a tighter third quarter, but the early deficit was too much to overcome. Cardaci led the Pirates with 16 points in the setback, followed closely by Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) with 15. Selena Philoxy (Queens, N.Y.) finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Pirates to record her first career double-double. For MU, Natisha Hiedeman led four in double-figures with 28 points.

Inside The Numbers

Marquette finished the 35-of-68 (51.5 percent) from the floor and 12-of-29 (41.4) from 3-point range, while The Hall shot 26-of-82 (31.7) from the field and 6-of-30 (20.0) from deep
The Pirates finished with 17 assists, led by six from Kaela Hilaire (Queens, N.Y>)
MU held a commanding 55-34 edge on the glass
The Pirates finished +6 in turnover margin and notched 15 steals, led by four from Philoxy

News and Notes

The Pirates fall to 7-14 all-time against Marquette and 0-10 against MU in Milwaukee
The Golden Eagles are the second ranked foe the Pirates have faced this season, also dropping a contest at then-No. 1 UConn on Dec. 8
The double-digit scoring effort for Cardaci was her fifth as a Pirate
Philoxy became the second Pirate to record a double-double this season
The Hall has posted 10 or more steals in a game six times this season
Philoxy has snagged double-digit rebounds in four of six conference games

What's Ahead
The Pirates continue their road swing on Sunday when they head to Chicago to square off with No. 24 DePaul. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. (ET) on the BIG EAST Digital Network and FOX Sports app.