Baines Nets 1,000th Point in UConn Setback

Wednesday, February 7

Hartford, Conn. / XL Center

7:00 PM

Seton Hall University

13-10,5-7Big East

#11 Connecticut

20-4,12-0Big East

Seton Hall

UConn

Photo by: Justin DiPietro

2/7/2024 9:23:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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HARTFORD, CONN. – Graduate student Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) collected her 1,000^th career point, but the Seton Hall women's basketball team fell to No. 11 Connecticut, 67-34, at the XL Center on Wednesday.

For a second straight game, The Hall turned up its defense against the nationally-ranked Huskies, but it ran out of gas late.

I'yanna Lops (Stamford, Conn.) led the Pirates with nine points. Baines had four points along with a team-best six rebounds, two steals and two blocks.

THE STORY:
Lops hit a three-pointer in the first quarter, and Baines connected on a jumper for her 1,000^th point in the second, but that was it for Seton Hall's field goals in the first half. The Pirates shot just 2-for-22 (.091) in the first half, but held UConn to just 33.3 percent shooting. The Hall trailed, 29-12, at halftime. It's Connecticut's third-fewest points scored in a single half this season.

UConn's Paige Bueckers tallied a season-high 32 points against The Hall on Jan. 17, but had only two points at halftime tonight. A turnaround jumper by Lops cut The Hall's deficit to 33-20, but that's when Bueckers got hot. She scored UConn's next nine points in only two minutes and the Huskies jumped ahead, 42-25, with 2:28 left in the third. The Huskies closed the quarter with an 8-0 run and took a 48-25 lead into the fourth.

The Huskies extended their quarter-ending run to 12-0 to begin the fourth and didn't look back.

Congratulations to AZANA BAINES on reaching 1,000 points for her impressive career!! #HALLin 🏀🏴‍☠️🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/rrithiKYDy
— Seton Hall Women's Basketball (@SHUWBB) February 8, 2024

THE NUMBERS:

Seton Hall was 12-for-54 (22.2%) from the floor for the game, while Connecticut was 27-for-63 (42.9%). The Hall was 2-for-23 (8.7%) from three-point range, while the Huskies were 8-for-30 (26.7%).
Lops had a team-high nine points.
Connecticut out-rebounded The Hall, 45-to-35, which included a 14-to-11 edge on the offensive glass and a 14-to-7 advantage in second-chance points.
Baines had four points, a team-high six rebounds, two steals and two blocks.
Seton Hall was 8-for-11 (72.7%) from the free-throw line, while Connecticut was 5-for-7 (71.4%).
Seton Hall forced 10 turnovers, while the Huskies forced 15. UConn had a 12-to-6 advantage in points-off-turnovers.

THE NOTES:

Seton Hall drops to 13-10 overall and 5-7 in conference games, while Connecticut improves to 20-4 overall and 12-0 in the BIG EAST.
The Hall falls to 10-59 all-time against Connecticut and has now dropped the last 39 games in the series.
With four points today, Baines surpassed the impressive milestone of 1,000 career points. She currently ranks 61st on Seton Hall's career list with 585.
Seton Hall held No. 11 UConn to just 29 points in the first half, its third-lowest scoring half of the season.
The Pirates didn't have a player reach double-figures in scoring for the first time since Feb. 17 2017.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, February 10 when it hosts BIG EAST rival Xavier in historic Walsh Gymnasium. The contest will be streamed live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloHoops subscribers with Matt Ambrose and Isis Young on the call. Tip-time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET.