Seton Hall Falls at Top-Ranked UConn

Saturday, January 3

PeoplesBank Arena / Hartford, Conn.

12:00 PM

Seton Hall University

10-5,4-2Big East

#1 Connecticut

15-0,6-0Big East

Seton Hall

UConn

1/3/2026 2:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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HARTFORD, CONN. – Junior Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) finished with 11 points and seven rebounds, but the Seton Hall women's basketball team fell at No. 1 Connecticut, 84-48, at PeoplesBank Arena on Saturday.

Seton Hall showed fight in the first quarter, but wore down as Connecticut's full-court press took its toll. Without point guard Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.), who missed the game and is day-to-day, the Pirates committed 20 turnovers in the first half while navigating the Huskies' pressure.

Senior Jordana Codio (Winter Garden, Fla.) finished with a team-high 12 points. Catalon had 11 points and team-highs of seven rebounds and four steals. Mariana Valenzuela (Mazatlan, Mexico) added eight points and four rebounds.

THE STORY:
Neither team started hot shooting from the field, but Connecticut was able to build an 11-2 lead to start the game before Valenzuela three-pointer made it 11-5 with 5:48 left in the first quarter. The Hall extended its run to 9-0 when Ja'Kahla Craft (Elk River, Minn.) hit a layup to tie the game at 11 with 1:42 left in the first. UConn closed the quarter with a 8-0 burst to take a 19-11 lead into the second. The Pirates held the Huskies to only 32 percent shooting, but committed 10 turnovers.

The Hall didn't score until the 5:35 mark of the second period, extending its drought to 7:17 dating back to the end of the first quarter. In that time, Connecticut went on a 15-0 run, to take a commanding 26-11 lead. Craft and Shailyn Pinkney (East Hartford, Conn.) scored on back-to-back possessions to cut Seton Hall's deficit to 11 points, but UConn answered with a 12-0 run to go up 38-15 with 1:29 left in the half.

Seton Hall committed 20 turnovers in the first half and trailed 38-18 at the break.

Codio made baskets on back-to-back possessions early in the third quarter to cut Seton Hall's deficit to 43-22, but Connecticut took off again, this time on a 20-0 run to put the game out of reach with a 63-22 advantage with 1:39 left in the third.

THE NUMBERS:

Seton Hall was 19-for-50 (38.0%) from the floor for the game, while Connecticut was 31-for-67 (46.3%). The Hall was 5-for-20 (25.0%) from three-point range, while the Huskies were 13-for-30 (43.3%).
Catalon had 11 points to go with team highs of seven rebounds and four steals.
UConn out-rebounded The Hall, 35-to-32, which included a 13-to-7 edge on the offensive glass and a 5-to-2 advantage in second-chance points.
Codio finished with a team-high 12 points with two rebounds, but also had 10 turnovers.
Seton Hall was 5-for-5 (100.0%) from the free-throw line, while Connecticut was 9-for-12 (75.0%).
Valenzuela finished with eight points, four rebounds and two steals.
Seton Hall forced 17 turnovers, while the Huskies forced 32. The Huskies had a 35-to-16 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
Craft had six points, three rebounds and three steals.

THE NOTES:

Seton Hall drops to 10-5 overall and 4-2 in the BIG EAST, while Connecticut improves to 15-0 overall and 6-0 in conference play.
The Pirates fall to 10-62 all-time against UConn and have now lost 42 consecutive games in the all-time series.
Catalon has now collected at least three steals in 13 of 15 games so far this season.
With four steals today, Catalon moves past former Pirate Sandy Mitchell into 17^th on Seton Hall's career list with 165.
Seton Hall's 32 turnovers are its most since committing 33 against UMass Lowell on Dec. 7, 2013.
Connecticut's 36-point victory is tied for its smallest this season in BIG EAST play.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will be back in action on Thursday, January 7 when it heads to fellow original BIG EAST foe, Providence. Tip-time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.