Park-Lane, Pirates Win Seventh Straight; Down Fordham

Saturday, December 17

Bronx, N.Y. / Rose Hill Gym

2:00 PM

Seton Hall University

9-3,2-0Big East

Fordham

7-5,0-0Atlantic

Seton Hall

Fordham

Park-Lane, Pirates Win Seventh Straight; Down Fordham

12/17/2022 4:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BRONX, N.Y. – Senior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) erupted for a game-high 35 points and the Seton Hall women's basketball team upended Fordham, 78-72, for its seventh straight win on Saturday.

Park-Lane was brilliant when the Pirates needed her most, scoring 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting in the fourth quarter alone. As a team, The Hall was 7-for-10 in the final 10 minutes and connected on 13 free-throws to pull away late.

Park-Lane also had five assists, which leaves her one shy of Ka-Deidre Simmons' career record.

Senior Sha'Lynn Hagans (Manassas, Va.) was the lone other Pirate to reach double-figures in scoring. She had 10 points and was perfect shooting today, going 3-for-3 from the field and 4-for-4 from the line.

THE STORY:
Fordham scored the first five points of the game, but The Hall bounced back with a 16-3 run, capped by a steal and score by Hagans that sent Fordham to an early timeout. Down 20-12, the Rams closed out the first quarter with an 8-0 run, holding The Hall scoreless for the final 3:15 and tying the score at 20.

The teams played a nearly identical second quarter with the Pirates taking a 36-33 lead into the break. The Hall shot 47.1% from the field in the first 20 minutes, but allowed too many easy Fordham buckets.

In the fourth quarter, Park-Lane took over. With the score tied at 53 in the fourth quarter, she scored on a floater, and on the next possession, had a three-point play to boost The Hall to a 58-53 advantage with 7:00 left to play. With 4:19 left to play, Park-Lane hit a dagger three-pointer to boost the Pirates to a 66-56 lead. Down 70-60, Fordham went on a frenzied 7-0 run to cut it to a one-possession game with 1:04 left, but Park-Lane found Alexia Allesch (Basking Ridge, N.J.) under the basked for an easy two up The Hall's lead back to five, 72-67, with 42 seconds left. Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) then stole the ball and was fouled.

Sha'Lynn Hagans always alert!!#HALLin pic.twitter.com/PE6WHr8Yet
— Seton Hall Women's Basketball (@SHUWBB) December 17, 2022

THE NUMBERS:

Seton Hall was 28-for-62 (45.2%) from the floor for the game, while Fordham was 29-for-73 (39.7%). The Hall was 4-for-12 (33.3%) from three-point range, while the Rams were 6-for-25 (24.0%).
Park-Lane had 35 points on 12-for-26 shooting and was 3-for-6 from three-point range and 8-for-11 from the free-throw line. She also had five assists.
Both teams had 40 total rebounds and 11 offensive boards.
Hagans had 10 points and was perfect from the field, going 3-for-3 from the field and 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. She also pulled down nine rebounds and had two steals.
Seton Hall was 18-for-27 (66.7%) from the free-throw line, while Fordham was 8-for-10 (80.0%).
Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) finished with nine points and eight rebounds
Seton Hall forced 16 turnovers, while Fordham forced 18. The Pirates had a 24-to-16 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
Wright had four more steals to lead The Hall.

THE NOTES:

Seton Hall improves to 9-3 overall and has now won seven straight games, while Fordham falls to 7-5.
The Pirates are now 8-5 all-time against the Rams.
The Hall has now won seven straight games, which is its longest streak since the 2015-16 season.
Seton Hall improves to 9-0 this season when leading at the half.
With five assists today, Park-Lane now only needs two more to pass Pirate legend Ka-Deidre Simmons and become Seton Hall's all-time leader in career assists. She now has a remarkable 561 assists in only 99 career games.
Seton Hall has yet to lose this season when wearing its blue uniforms. They're now a perfect 6-0.
The Pirates have out-shot their opponent in 11 of their 12 games. They're 9-2 in those games.
Alexia Allesch (Basking Ridge, N.J.) played in her 100^th career game today.
With four rebounds today, Allesch surpassed the 400-rebounds mark for her career.
With three points tonight, Jala Jordan (Philadelphia, Pa.) reached the 400-points mark for her career.
It's the 30^th time Park-Lane has reached at least 20 points in a single-game, which leads all active Pirates. It's her eighth career 30-point game.
This is the 10^th time this season that the Pirates have shot better than 40.0% from the field. The Hall is 8-2 in those games.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Wednesday, December 21 when it resumes BIG EAST Conference play against No. 9 Connecticut in Hartford. Tip is scheduled for Noon ET. The contest will be televised by SNY and heard at 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net.