Columbia Rallies Late to Stun Pirates, 54-53

Tuesday, December 9

South Orange, N.J.

6:00 PM

Seton Hall University

5-3,1-0Big East

Columbia

7-4,0-0Ivy League

Columbia

Seton Hall

12/9/2025 9:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – For a second straight game, the Seton Hall women's basketball team's offense fell cold in the fourth quarter and the Pirates fell on a last-second layup by Columbia, 54-53, in Walsh Gym on Tuesday.

Leading by one with 8.7 seconds left in the game and four fouls to give, the Pirates inexplicably did not foul, and Columbia's Perri Page wheeled out of a double team and scored a on a layup with 0.7 seconds left to give the Tigers the improbable victory.

The Pirates were just 2-for-16 from the field in the fourth quarter, putting them at 4-for-30 over the last two fourth quarters when including the NC State game on Sunday. Seton Hall suffered its third loss in four games over the last eight days.

Junior Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) had a team-high 16 points to go with five rebounds and five steals. Sophomore Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) had 15 points, nine rebounds and her first career block. Both Mariana Valenzuela (Mazatlan, Mexico) and Jordana Codio (Winter Garden, Fla.) pulled down 10 rebounds apiece.

THE STORY:
Columbia scored the first bucket of the evening, but the Pirates responded with an 13-2 run, highlighted by a fast-break three-pointer by Eads. A reverse-layup by Messiah Hunter (Hopewell, Va.) with 2:46 left in the first quarter gave The Hall a 17-6 lead, but the Lions closed out the quarter with a 10-0 run to close their deficit to only one point after 10 minutes.

The Lions took a 21-19 lead, but The Hall answered with an 8-3 burst, and a layup by Eads gave The Hall a 27-24 lead with 2:37 to play before halftime. Catalon hit a three-pointer with 49 seconds left and Seton Hall took a 30-26 lead into the break. The Pirates held Ivy League leading scorer Riley Weiss scoreless in the first 20 minutes, but only led by four at halftime. She went on to score only 10 for the game.

Columbia scored first out of the break, but Seton Hall answered with an 8-0 run, and a made jumper by Codio gave it a 38-28 lead with 6:07 left in the third quarter. The Lions, however, stuck around and methodically cut into the Pirates' lead with a 12-5 run that cut The Hall's lead to just two at the end of three quarters.

In the fourth, a jumper by Valenzuela extended The Hall's lead to 51-48 with 5:40 remaining. Columbia cut their lead again to one point, but a pair of made free-throws by Catalon with 1:39 left again extended the Pirates' advantage to three. On the next trip down the floor another Lions' layup again cut their deficit to one setting up Page's dramatics on the final possession.

Jada Eads is 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾!!#HALLin 🏀🏴‍☠️🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/uUhAG834oo
— Seton Hall Women's Basketball (@SHUWBB) December 10, 2025

THE NUMBERS:

Seton Hall was 20-for-61 (32.8%) from the floor for the game, while Columbia was 24-for-61 (39.3%). The Hall was 3-for-13 (23.1%) from three-point range, while the Lions were 5-for-28 (17.9%).
Catalon finished with 16 points, five rebounds and five steals.
The Hall out-rebounded Columbia, 45-to-36, which included a 16-to-10 edge on the offensive glass, but the Lions had a 10-to-4 advantage in second-chance points.
Eads finished with 15 points to go with nine rebounds and her first career block.
Seton Hall was 10-for-12 (83.3%) from the free-throw line, while Columbia was 1-for-4 (25.0%).
Codio had eight points, 10 rebounds and two blocks.
Seton Hall forced 16 turnovers, while the Lions forced 15. The Hall had a 19-to-13 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
Valenzuela recorded six points and 10 rebounds.

THE NOTES:

Seton Hall falls to 5-3 overall, while Columbia improves to 7-4.
The Pirates are now 3-3 all-time against the Lions and have dropped three straight in the series.
With 15 points today, Eads becomes the 72^nd player in Seton Hall history to reach 500 career points.
Catalon has now collected at least three steals in all eight games so far this season.
Seton Hall has had a lead at the half in all eight games this season.
With five rebounds today, Catalon reached the 200-rebounds milestone for her career.
Codio collected double-digit rebounds for the first time in her career, while Valenzuela did so for the second time.
In Seton Hall's three losses, the Pirates' opponents, Princeton, NC State and Columbia, have only led the game for a combined 22:27.
Today was Catalon's 21^st birthday.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Sunday, Dec. 14 when it hosts non-conference foe Auburn in historic Walsh Gymnasium. Tip-time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.