Pesky Defense Leads The Hall To Win At Xavier

Wednesday, January 10

Cincinnati, Ohio

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

10-7 (2-4)

Xavier

8-8 (1-4)

Seton Hall

Xavier

1/10/2018 9:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Seton Hall women's basketball team (10-7, 2-4 BIG EAST) used a tenacious defensive effort to notch a 62-51 win at Xavier (8-8, 1-4) on Wednesday night at the Cintas Center. The Pirates forced 25 turnovers in the win and totaled 16 steals.

Donnaizha Fountain (Roxbury, Mass.) led The Hall on the offensive end in the win with 17 points and tied for the game-high with seven rebounds. Fountain was one of three Pirates in double-figures, joined by Taylor Brown (Paterson, N.J.) and JaQuan Jackson (Killeen, Texas) who each scored 10.

The Pirates led for more than 35 minutes in the contest, but didn't open up a double-digit lead until late in the fourth quarter. The Hall took a three-point lead to the halftime break and was up five after three quarters.

Turning Point
The Musketeers pulled within four early in the fourth quarter, cutting the Seton Hall lead to 51-47 with a 3-pointer at the 7:18 mark of the final frame. The Hall answered emphatically, getting a 3-pointer from Nicole Jimenez (Miami, Fla.) and back-to-back buckets from Fountain and Selena Philoxy (Queens, N.Y.) to rattle off a 7-0 run and go up 58-47 with 4:53 to play. The Hall was able to maintain that lead through the rest of regulation, holding Xavier to nine points in the decisive fourth quarter.

Inside The Numbers

The Pirates shot 47.3 percent from the floor, connecting on 26-of-55 field goals in the triumph
Conversely, The Hall held the Musketeers to 37.0 percent (17-46) shooting
The Pirates won the turnover battle 25-18 and out-scored XU 22-14 off turnovers
Inja Butina (Zagreb, Croatia) had four of SHU's 16 steals, while Jackson added three
The Hall out-scored Xavier 30-20 in the paint and 6-2 in fast break points
Jimenez led SHU with six assists and Butina had five

News and Notes

The Pirates improve to 8-1 all-time against Xavier and 4-1 on the road in the series
The Hall notched double-digit steals for the eighth time this season
The 16 steals were the most in a BIG EAST game for The Hall this season
In both of SHU's BIG EAST wins, they have held their opponent to 56 points or fewer
Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) tied for the team-high with seven rebounds and two blocks

What's Ahead
The Pirates are back in action at home on Friday night when they play host to Villanova for a 7 p.m. tip at Walsh Gym.