Pirates Win Chicago Shootout; Down DePaul, 86-77

Saturday, January 17

Wintrust Arena / Chicago, Ill.

3:00 PM

Seton Hall University

13-5,7-2Big East

DePaul

4-16,1-8Big East

Seton Hall

DePaul

1/17/2026 5:50:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score BOX SCORE (.pdf)

CHICAGO – Three Pirates scored at least 20 points and the Seton Hall women's basketball team outlasted a pesky DePaul squad, 86-77, on the road on Saturday.

The game was a shootout from the start with both teams finishing the game shooting better than 47 percent from the floor. Ultimately, the Pirates were able to outlast the Blue Demons, shooting 50 percent in the second half to pull away. The Pirates had to play the majority of the game without point guard Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) who was lost just 2:42 into the game with an injury.

Junior Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) finished with a game-high 24 points with four rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Jordana Codio (Winter Garden, Fla.) and Zahara Bishop (Minneapolis, Minn.) each poured in a career-high in scoring. Codio had 22 points to go with six rebounds, five assists, two blocks and two steals, while Bishop finished with 21 points on an efficient 8-for-10 shooting.

THE STORY:
Neither team grabbed a lead of greater than four points in the first quarter and the Pirates trailed, 20-18, after the first 10 minutes. Down 34-30 in the second quarter, The Hall went on a 9-2 run and a made three-pointer by Mariana Valenzuela (Mazatlan, Mexico) with 2:47 left in the first half gave it a 39-36 advantage. After five straight points by DePaul, the Pirates closed the half with an 8-1 burst to take a 47-42 lead into the break.

Seton Hall led by five at the half despite allowing DePaul to shoot 55 percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes.

Trailing 51-50, The Hall went on a 12-0 run and a made jumper by Codio gave the Pirates a 62-51 lead with 2:58 left in the third quarter. Codio was responsible for eight of the Pirates' 12 points during the run. The Hall got its lead up to 13 points, 66-53, with 1:02 left in the third, but DePaul closed the quarter with back-to-back three-pointers.

The Hall opened the fourth quarter with seven of the first nine points and a pair of made free-throws by Catalon put it on top, 73-61, with 7:36 left to play. The Seton Hall lead remained in double figures until a DePaul three-point play with 10 seconds left cut it to nine.

Zahara Bishop with the dagger!!#HALLin 🏀🏴‍☠️🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/fzRs9j51Ik
— Seton Hall Women's Basketball (@SHUWBB) January 17, 2026

THE NUMBERS:

Seton Hall was 26-for-55 (47.3%) from the floor for the game, while DePaul was 30-for-63 (47.6%). The Hall was 10-for-26 (38.5%) from three-point range, while the Blue Demons were 10-for-27 (37.0%).
Catalon had a game-high 24 points on the strength of 4-for-9 shooting from three-point range and 10-for-10 from the free-throw line. She also had four rebounds, three assists, two steals and drew nine fouls.
The Hall out-rebounded DePaul, 34-to-26, which included a 13-to-11 edge on the offensive.
Codio had a career-high 22 points on 6-for-13 shooting from the field and 9-for-12 from the free-throw line. She also had six rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks.
Seton Hall was 24-for-28 (85.7%) from the free-throw line, while DePaul was 7-for-11 (63.6%).
Bishop had a career-high 21 points on an efficient 8-for-10 shooting from the floor and 3-for-4 shooting from three-point range.
Seton Hall forced 15 turnovers, while the Blue Demons forced 14. DePaul had a massive 22-to-5 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
Valenzuela had seven points, a team-high seven rebounds and a career-high five assists.

The Pirates were out-shot in the first half, but fortunately, the three-pointers were falling for them...#HALLin 🏀🏴‍☠️🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/rv0gqW0i6n
— Seton Hall Women's Basketball (@SHUWBB) January 17, 2026

THE NOTES:

Seton Hall improves to 13-5 overall and 7-2 in the BIG EAST, while DePaul drops to 5-15 overall and 1-8 in conference play.
The Pirates are now 12-24 all-time against DePaul and have now won the last five games and seven of the last eight games in the series.
Catalon, Codio and Bishop all scored at least 20 points. It's the first time since Feb. 4, 2021 at Xavier that The Hall has had three 20-point scorers.
Today's game is Anthony Bozzella's 400^th as Seton Hall head coach.
Seton Hall wore its gray uniforms for the second time this season and is averaging a win margin of +27.0 in them.
This was Catalon's sixth career game with a perfect free-throw percentage on at least 10 attempts. Only two other players in Seton Hall history have accomplished the feat once.
With 24 points today, Catalon has surpassed the 800-points milestone for her career. (needs 17)
Catalon reached 20 points in a single game for the fourth time this season and the 11^th time in her career.
It's the 10^th time this season that The Hall has out-rebounded its opponent, improving to 9-1 in those games.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will be back in action on Tuesday, January 20 when it returns to historic Walsh Gymnasium to take on BIG EAST foe, Providence. Tip-time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.