Pirates Open BIG EAST Play with 74-55 Win at Xavier

Friday, December 2

Cincinnati, Ohio / Cintas Center

7:00 PM

Seton Hall University

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Pirates Open BIG EAST Play with 74-55 Win at Xavier

12/2/2022 9:35:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score BOX SCORE - XU (.pdf)

Park-Lane goes for 24 points and Sidney Cooks collected a double-double.

CINCINNATI – Senior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) had a game-high 24 points and Sidney Cooks (Kenosha, Wis.) notched a double-double as the Seton Hall women's basketball team downed Xavier, 74-55, in its first BIG EAST contest of the 2022-23 season.

In all, five Pirates scored at least eight points in a balanced offensive affair. Park-Lane finished with 24 points on 8-for-19 shooting with six assists. Cooks tallied 15 points and a team-best 10 rebounds along with four assists and four steals.

Kae Satterfield (New York, N.Y.), making her return to Cincinnati since transferring from Xavier in the offseason, had 13 points on 5-for-7 shooting to go with seven rebounds. Sha'Lynn Hagans (Manassas, Va.) had nine points and three steals, while Mya Bembry (West Orange, N.J.) had eight points and five rebounds.

THE STORY:
The opening quarter was an offensive showcase with both teams shooting better than 52% from the floor. Seton Hall forced seven Xavier turnovers, but the Musketeers were 4-for-6 from three-point range to remain in striking distance. The Pirates kept up the pressure in the second quarter, but again Xavier's shooting from long distance often halted any significant Seton Hall runs. Although The Hall never trailed in the second quarter, its lead was twice trimmed to one point. Leading 34-32, Park-Lane connected on The Hall's first trifecta of the game with 1:50 left in the half. A bucket by Satterfield sent The Hall into the locker room with a 39-32 lead.

The Hall had a three-possession lead at the break despite shooting 1-for-10 from downtown in the opening half, compared to 7-for-12 for the Musketeers.

The Pirates opened the second half with a 10-3 run, holding Xavier to just one field goal over the first 5:47 of the third quarter. A pair of made free-throws by Park-Lane gave The Hall a commanding 49-35 lead with 5:26 left in the quarter. In the fourth, a steal and uncontested score by Hagans with 5:38 left in the game extended the Pirates' lead to 64-46. From there, Xavier never cut The Hall's lead to single digits.

Pretty look at Sha'Lynn Hagan's steal and score!!#HALLin @marchmadnesswbb pic.twitter.com/oXHjguqu8X
— Seton Hall Women's Basketball (@SHUWBB) December 3, 2022

THE NUMBERS:

Seton Hall was 29-for-66 (43.9%) from the floor for the game, while Xavier was 20-for-56 (35.7%). The Hall was 2-for-15 (13.3%) from three-point range, while the Musketeers were 10-for-23 (43.5%).
Park-Lane had a game-high 24 points on 8-for-19 shooting to go with six assists and three rebounds.
The Hall out-rebounded Xavier, 41-to-33, including a 14-to-10 edge on the offensive glass and an 13-to-5 advantage in second-chance points.
Cooks had 15 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and four blocks.
Seton Hall was 14-for-17 (82.4%) from the free-throw line, while Xavier was 5-for-12 (41.7%).
Hagans had nine points and three steals.
Seton Hall forced 21 turnovers, while Xavier forced 13.
Bembry had eight points on 4-for-6 shooting to go with five rebounds.

THE NOTES:

Seton Hall improves to 5-3 overall and wins its BIG EAST opener, while Xavier falls to 6-2 overall and 0-2 in conference play.
Seton Hall is now 17-3 all-time against Xavier and has won the last seven meetings.
With six assists tonight, Park-Lane surpassed Kathy O'Reilly into second place on Seton Hall's career list. She needs only 26 more to become The Hall's all-time leader.
Seton Hall improves to 5-0 this season when leading at the half and 4-0 this season when out-rebounding its opponent.
With 24 points tonight, Park-Lane moved past former Pirate Leslie Chavis into ninth place on Seton Hall's career scoring list. She now has 1,359 career points.
With nine points tonight, Hagans surpassed the 600-points mark for her career.
With 15 points tonight, Cooks surpassed the 1,400-points mark for her career.
Cooks' double-double is her third of the year and the 15^th of her career, which leads all active Pirates.
It's the 27^th time Park-Lane has reached at least 20 points in a single-game, which leads all active Pirates.
Seton Hall forced at least 20 turnovers in a game for the fourth time this season.
The Hall has now won its last four games at the Cintas Center by an average margin of victory of +26.3 points per game.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Sunday, December 4 when it continues BIG EAST play against Marquette in Walsh Gymnasium. Tip is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET. The contest will be streamed live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloHoops subscribers.