Pirates Record Long-Distance Shooting Leads to Butler Rout

Saturday, March 7

Chicago, Ill. / Wintrust Arena

3:30 p.m.

Seton Hall University

19-11,11-7Big East

Butler

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Butler

Seton Hall

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Pirates Record Long-Distance Shooting Leads to Butler Rout

3/7/2020 7:33:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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CHICAGO – The Seton Hall women's basketball team drained 16 three-pointers, a single-game program record, in route to a comfortable 83-57 rout of fifth-seeded Butler in the quarterfinals of the 2020 BIG EAST Championship Saturday at Wintrust Arena.

For a second straight game against Butler, Seton Hall never trailed, draining six three-pointers in the opening quarter to set the tone early. For the game, the Pirates' 16 made trifectas is one shy of tying the tournament record.

Senior Alexis Lewis (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) scored a game-high 20 points and matched her season-high with six made three-pointers. Freshman Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) erupted for a career-high 17 points to go with a game-high seven assists.

Senior Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) finished with a double-double with 17 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. Freshman Mya Jackson (Wilmington, Ohio) was a fourth Pirate to reach double-figures in scoring, totaling 13 on the strength of three made three-pointers.

The Story:
Seton Hall started the game on fire from the field, three-pointers by Samuels, Lewis and Park-Lane enabled the Pirates to start the game with a 12-0 run. Butler didn't score until the 4:50 mark of the first quarter. Lewis' third made trifecta of the quarter extended The Hall's game-opening run to 18-2 with 2:58 left in the frame.

A late Butler run cut their deficit to just nine at the end of the first quarter, but the second quarter belonged to the Pirates. Leading 36-25, The Hall closed out the first half with a 9-0 run, keeping Butler off the scoreboard for the final 4:08. A third Park-Lane three-pointer with only 38 seconds left before halftime gave the Pirates a commanding 48-25 advantage at the break.

Park-Lane matched her career-high with 15 points in the first half alone, and the Pirates connected on eight of 14 three-point attempts, while turning Butler over 12 times to build the big lead.

While the Pirate lead never got less than 19 points during the third quarter, Samuels' three-pointer to open the fourth gave The Hall its largest lead of the game, 67-40, with 9:29 left to play. The Pirates rolled to the victory from there.

Pirates Make a 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧. @SHUWBB is on to the #BEtourney Semifinals after a quarterfinal rout!

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— BIG EAST WBB (@BIGEASTWBB) March 7, 2020

Inside the Numbers:

Seton Hall was 30-for-59 (50.8%) from the floor for the game, while Butler was 20-for-53 (37.7%). The Hall was 16-for-32 (50.0%) from three-point range, while the Bulldogs were 6-for-18 (33.3%).
Lewis scored a game-high 20 points on the strength of 6-for-10 shooting from three-point range. She also had four rebounds and three assists.
The Hall out-rebounded Butler, 36-to-31, although the Bulldogs had more offensive boards, 14-to-12, and a 12-to-11 edge in second-chance points.
Park-Lane had a career-high 17 points to go with a game-high seven rebounds and only four turnovers in her first career BIG EAST Tournament game.
Seton Hall was 7-for-10 (70.0%) from the free-throw line, while Butler was 11-for-21 (52.4%).
Samuels had a double-double with 17 points to go with a game-high 14 rebounds.
Seton Hall forced 20 turnovers, while Butler forced 16. The Pirates had a 23-to-16 edge in points-off-turnovers.
Jackson finished with 13 points on the strength of a trio of three-pointers.

News & Notes:

Seton Hall improves to 19-11 overall, while Butler falls to 19-11. The victory eliminates Butler from the BIG EAST Championship and gives the Pirates a three-game sweep of the Bulldogs during the 2019-20 season.
Seton Hall's victory is its 19^th overall this season, it's most since 2015-16 season.
The Hall has now won at least one game in the BIG EAST Tournament for the seventh time in the last eight years.
The Pirates set a new program record with 16 made three-pointers in a single-game. It was just one shy of the BIG EAST Tournament record.
With 17 points today, Samuels passed former Pirate Kelley Moore into 12^th place on Seton Hall's all-time scoring list. She now has 1,257 career points.
Lewis reached 20 points in a game for the fourth straight game and the eighth time this season, which leads the Pirates.
Seton Hall forced 20 turnovers today. It's the 14^th time this season that the Pirates have forced at least 20 in a game. The Pirates are a perfect 14-0 in those games. Conversely, The Hall has committed 20 turnovers only three times.
The Pirates have not trailed in their last 88 minutes and 54 seconds of game action. That goes back to the opening seconds of the second half against Xavier on Feb. 28.

Up Next:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it continues play at the 2020 BIG EAST Championship with a semifinal contest against top-seeded DePaul at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Tip time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. ET. The game will be televised nationally on FS1, and of course will be available via 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net.