Pirates Fall to No. 9 Connecticut on Friday

Friday, January 21

Storrs, Conn. / Gampel Pavilion

7:00 PM

Seton Hall University

8-8,3-5Big East

Connecticut

10-4,5-0Big East

Seton Hall

UConn

Photo by: Drew Miller

1/21/2022 10:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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STORRS, CONN. – The Seton Hall women's basketball team fell victim to a 9-0 run early in the first quarter and never recovered, falling to No. 9 Connecticut, 71-38, in Gampel Pavilion on Friday.

Despite trailing, The Hall fought hard to hold their deficit to just 16 at the half, but the Husky defense proved formidable in the third quarter, and UConn pulled away further. Connecticut held the Pirates to just 26.4% shooting for the game and out-rebounded the Pirates, 53-to-25.

Senior Sidney Cooks (Kenosha, Wis.) led The Hall with 10 points. Junior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) finished with five points, four assists and matched her career-high with six rebounds.

The Story:
A three-pointer by Espinoza-Hunter tied the game at five early, but the Huskies responded with a 9-0 run to take a 14-5 advantage with 5:46 left in the first quarter, and they never looked back.

Park-Lane found Sidney Cooks with a nice kick-out for a baseline jumper to cut UConn's lead to 28-17, but the Huskies scored the next six points to grab a commanding 34-17 lead with 3:02 left in the first half. A layup by Curtessia Dean (Monroe, La.) with five seconds left sent the Pirates into halftime down, 37-21. The Husky defense held The Hall to just 28.6% in the first half and 1-for-9 shooting from three-point range.

Connecticut opened the second half with a 9-2 run to grab a 46-23 lead with 6:18 left in the third quarter. A three-pointer by Park-Lane paused the Huskies' spurt, but UConn immediately started a new run, 10-2, and Seton Hall wasn't able to significantly cut into their deficit thereafter.

Inside the Numbers:

Seton Hall was 14-for-53 (26.4%) from the floor for the game, while Connecticut was 28-for-68 (41.2%). The Hall was 3-for-14 (21.4%) from three-point range, while the Huskies were 6-for-30 (20.0%).
Cooks led Seton Hall with 10 points to go with three rebounds.
UConn out-rebounded the Pirates, 53-to-25, which included a 17-to-2 advantage on the offensive glass and a 21-to-2 lead in second-chance points.
Park-Lane had five points, four rebounds and a career-high-tying six rebounds.
Seton Hall was 7-for-8 (87.5%) from the free-throw line, while UConn was 9-for-13 (69.2%).
Dean finished with six points and five rebounds.
Seton Hall forced 10 turnovers, while Connecticut forced 14.

News & Notes:

Seton Hall falls to 8-8 overall and 3-5 in BIG EAST games, while Connecticut improves to 10-4 overall and 5-0 in conference play.
Seton Hall drops to 10-55 all-time against Connecticut and has now lost 35 straight games in the series.
With four assists today, Park-Lane moved past former Pirate Kimya Lee into seventh place all-time with 338 career assists.
With 10 points today, Cooks reached the 900-point milestone for her career.

Up Next:
Seton Hall will return to action on Wednesday, January 26 when it travels to Milwaukee, Wis. for a game at Marquette. Game time is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET. The contest will be streamed live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloSports subscribers.