Pirates Upset #24 Marquette with Season's Best Effort

Sunday, December 4

South Orange, N.J.

1:00 PM

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Pirates Upset #24 Marquette with Season's Best Effort

12/4/2022 4:27:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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The Hall improves to 2-0 in BIG EAST play and has now won four straight games.

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Senior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) scored a game-high 31 points, and Sidney Cooks (Kenosha, Wis.) added 23 more as the Seton Hall women's basketball team upset No. 24 Marquette, 82-78, on Sunday.

The Hall has now won four straight and improves to 2-0 in BIG EAST play. It's their first win over a ranked opponent since defeating DePaul in Chicago, 84-73, on Jan. 20, 2019.

Seton Hall put together arguably its top all-around performance of the season, out-shooting, out-rebounding and forcing more turnovers than the ranked Golden Eagles.

Park-Lane erupted for 31 points on 9-for-22 shooting from the field and a 13-for-17 mark from the free-throw line. She also dished out a game-high seven assists against just one turnover. Cooks had a highly efficient 23 points on 10-for-14 shooting to go with five rebounds. A third Pirate reached double-figures in scoring, Kae Satterfield (New York, N.Y.), had 12 points and six rebounds, and played strong basketball down the stretch, chasing down loose balls and tying up Marquette offenders.

THE STORY:
Both teams came out of the gates on fire from the field, shooting over 60% from the field and combining to go 5-for-8 from three-point range by the media break of the first quarter.

Trailing 25-22, The Hall went on a 14-0 run, highlighted by a three-pointer from Jala Jordan (Philadelphia, Pa.) and capped by a floater from Park-Lane, to give it a 36-25 lead with 3:25 to play before halftime. The Pirates held the Golden Eagles scoreless for 4:56 of the second quarter. The Pirates took a 40-33 lead into the break.

Down 43-33, Marquette went on a 12-2 run to pull even at 45 with 4:39 left in the third quarter. With the score tied at 47, it was The Hall's turn to take off. The Pirates went on a 9-0 burst, and a pair of made free-throws by Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) with 1:04 left in the third gave them a 56-47 advantage.

In the fourth quarter, Marquette twice cut its deficit to as few as two points, but the Pirates had an answer each time to maintain the lead. Leading by only three with 3:12 left to play, The Hall went on an 8-1 run to boost its lead back to 75-65 with only 1:17 remaining. From there, the Pirates were able to ice the game on the free-throw line.

LP... 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/TrF3QGD37O
— Seton Hall Women's Basketball (@SHUWBB) December 4, 2022

THE NUMBERS:

Seton Hall was 28-for-61 (45.9%) from the floor for the game, while Marquette was 27-for-69 (39.1%). The Hall was 3-for-13 (23.1%) from three-point range, while the Golden Eagles were 5-for-18 (27.8%).
Park-Lane had a game-high 31 points on the strength of 13-for-17 from the free-throw line. She also had a game-high seven assists and only one turnover.
The Hall out-rebounded Marquette, 40-to-37, but the Golden Eagles had a 14-to-11 edge on the offensive glass and a 20-to-4 advantage in second-chance points.
Cooks finished with 23 points on an efficient 10-for-14 shooting from the floor to go with five rebounds.
Seton Hall was 23-for-29 (79.3%) from the free-throw line, while Marquette was 19-for-20 (95.0%).
Satterfield had 12 points and six rebounds.
Seton Hall forced 13 turnovers, while Marquette forced 11. The Pirates had a 16-to-14 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
Junior Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) brought her usual strong defense grabbing three steals including a crucial one with only 1:50 left in the game.

THE NOTES:

Seton Hall improves to 6-3 overall and 2-0 in BIG EAST games, while Marquette falls to 7-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play.
Seton Hall drops to 5-4 overall and 1-1 in BIG EAST games, while Marquette improves to 8-1 overall and 2-0 in conference play.
Seton Hall is now 11-17 all-time against the Golden Eagles and has now won the last four games against Marquette in Walsh Gym.
Today's win is the first for the Pirates over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 24 DePaul, 84-73, on Jan. 20, 2019.
Seton Hall improves to 6-0 this season when leading at the half and 5-0 this season when out-rebounding its opponent.
With 31 points tonight, Park-Lane moved past former Pirate Marcia Foster into eighth place on Seton Hall's career scoring list. She also became only the eighth player in Seton Hall history to record 1,400 career points in a Pirate uniform. Park-Lane now has 1,413 career points.
It's the 29^th time Park-Lane has reached at least 20 points in a single-game, which leads all active Pirates. She's now reached at least 20 points four games in a row.
The Hall improves to 108-42 in Walsh Gym during the Bozzella era.
With 23 points tonight, Cooks moved into Seton Hall's top-50 in career scoring. She now has 721 points in a Pirates' uniform.
This is the third time during the Anthony Bozzella era that the Pirates have begun BIG EAST play 2-0 and the fifth time they've defeated a ranked opponent.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, December 9 when it welcomes local non-conference foe Rider to Walsh Gymnasium. Tip is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. ET. The contest will be streamed live by the Pirate Sports Network and available for FloHoops subscribers.

Meghan Caffrey caught up with Lauren Park-Lane after she dropped 31 points on No. 24 Marquette today. 🎤🎥 pic.twitter.com/0IoIcjoszb
— Seton Hall Women's Basketball (@SHUWBB) December 4, 2022