Pirates Rally, But Fall to Creighton, 72-64

Saturday, January 11

South Orange, N.J.

12:00 PM

Seton Hall University

12-4,4-1Big East

Creighton

14-3,6-0Big East

Creighton

Seton Hall

1/11/2025 3:27:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score BOX SCORE (.pdf)

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Graduate student Faith Masonius (Spring Lake, N.J.) had a team-high 18 points, but the Seton Hall women's basketball team couldn't complete its comeback in a 72-64 loss to Creighton on Saturday in Walsh Gymnasium.

Down by as many as 17 points in the second half, the Pirates cut their deficit to only two points, 64-62, with 2:29 remaining in the game, but ultimately, they couldn't find the equalizer. Creighton closed out the game with an 8-2 run, with all eight coming from All-BIG EAST forward Morgan Maly.

Masonius had 18 points on 8-for-13 shooting with six rebounds and five assists. Freshman Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) had 11 points, five rebounds and four assists, while Yaya Lops (Stamford, Conn.) collected 10 points, six rebounds and two steals.

THE STORY:
After a mostly even first quarter, Creighton found momentum in the second. Messiah Hunter (Hopewell, Va.) pulled down an offensive rebound and scored to tie the score at 17, but Creighton answered with a 9-2 run to grab a 26-19 advantage and force a Seton Hall timeout. A three-point play by Kaydan Lawson (Cleveland, Ohio) cut Creighton's lead to 31-27, but the Bluejays closed the half with an 8-0 run to take a 39-27 lead into halftime.

Creighton scored the first five points of the third quarter to take their largest lead of the game, but the Pirates didn't fade. Down 52-38 with 3:24 left in the third quarter, The Hall closed the quarter with an 11-3 run to cut their deficit to 55-49 entering the final 10 minutes.

Down 62-52, The Hall went on a 7-0 run, and a layup by Lops off a steal by Eads cut The Hall's deficit to just three points, 62-59, with 6:30 left to play. Four minutes later, Masonius found Joniyah Bland-Fitzpatrick (New London, Conn.) underneath for a bucket to bring The Hall to within 64-62. Creighton, however, responded in a big way as Morgan Maly hit deep three-pointers on back-to-back possessions to push their lead back to eight with only 1:11 remaining.

Jada Eads spinning around defenders!!#HALLin 🏀🏴‍☠️🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/c8O4OQGuGV
— Seton Hall Women's Basketball (@SHUWBB) January 11, 2025

THE NUMBERS:

Seton Hall was 24-for-63 (38.1%) from the floor for the game, while Creighton was 28-for-60 (46.7%). The Hall was 3-for-20 (15.0%) from three-point range, while the Bluejays were 8-for-22 (36.4%).
Masonius had 18 points on 8-for-13 shooting with six rebounds and five assists.
The Hall out-rebounded Creighton, 39-to-34, which included a 13-to-7 edge on the offensive glass and an 11-to-10 advantage in second-chance points.
Eads had 11 points, five rebounds and four assists.
Seton Hall was 13-for-15 (86.7%) from the free-throw line, while Creighton was 8-for-11 (72.7%).
Lops tallied 10 points, six rebounds and two steals.
Seton Hall forced 11 turnovers, while the Bluejays forced 12. Creighton had a 14-to-9 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
Lawson had eight points and six rebounds.
Bland-Fitzpatrick had six points and five rebounds.

Here's another look at the feed from Faith Masonius to Messiah Hunter...#HALLin 🏀🏴‍☠️🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/LBxaQy4NmY
— Seton Hall Women's Basketball (@SHUWBB) January 11, 2025

THE NOTES:

Seton Hall drops to 12-4 overall and 4-1 in BIG EAST play, while Creighton improves to 14-3 overall and 6-0 in conference play.
The Hall is now 6-21 all-time against the Bluejays and has lost seven in a row in the series.
The final scores of the last two games against Creighton were 72-65. Today, the Pirates fell, 72-64.
With 18 points today, Masonius surpassed the 1,100 points mark for her career.
With seven points today, Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) surpassed the 400-points mark for her career.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Wednesday, January 15 when it travels to Milwaukee, Wis. to face BIG EAST rival Marquette. Tip time is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. ET. The game will be nationally televised on FS1. As always, 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the contest.