Traditionally whenever the BIG EAST Conference tournament looms, the Seton Hall Women’s Basketball team regularly is playing to their full potential. On a snowy night outside of Walsh Gym, the ladies were not running their plays and fell to a No. 11 Villanova by a score of 83-56.
It would have been interesting to see how other Seton Hall Women’s Basketball teams would have responded to the challenge of this year’s Villanova squad, as the Wildcats have one of the best College Women’s Basketball players in the Country on their team.
Maddy Siegrist, who has been shooting the lights out in most of the gyms that she enters in, has been helping to lead Villanova to a 26-5 overall record and a 17-3 BIG EAST Conference mark.
Seton Hall (17-13, 10-10 BIG EAST), however has been able to play some great basketball, showing glimpses of why they are also amongst the ranks of the great College Women’s Basketball teams. As of late though they have not shown that form.
It is thanks to that play that after the loss to Villanova the journalist sat in front of a frustrated Head Coach Anthony Bozzella stood in front of the media and had this to say after the team’s tough loss, “We let them shoot 54% in the First Quarter, 55 % in the Second Quarter and 55 in the third quarter and that is not really good defense.”
Seton Hall Women’s Basketball fans are encouraged to check out the following photo gallery from the game vs Villanova. Photos by: Stacy Podelski/1495Sports
There were glimpses of great play during the course of the game, as Senior Azana Baines had a team-high 22 points. Baines was able to have a 10-for-18 shooting performance from the floor, as well as being able to grab five rebounds.
Sidney Cooks, who was honored prior to the start of the game for now having over 1,7000 points in her time with Seton Hall, was able to add on to that total by adding nine points.
Lauren Park-Lane contributed with her five points and five assists. Park-Lane has been one of the players to watch for during the course of The Hall’s season, as she has been able to set the single-game scoring record on February 13. In addition, the Senior Guard is the Colleges all-time assists leader, while also holding the school’s career, single and single game-marks.
1495 Sports is proud to bring the following Post Game Press Conference Video. Featuring Seton Hall Women’s Basketball Coach Anthony Bozzella. Thanks to the Seton Hall Athletics Department
The duo of Cooks and Park-Lane have also been honored by the BIG EAST Conference at the start of the season, when they were named to the All BIG-EAST Team.
Rounding out the scoring was Mya Bembry who had four points, including some beautiful jump shots as the game progressed.
Here are some interesting notes and stats from the game compliments of the Seton Hall Athletics Department:
*Seton Hall was 24-for-60 (40.0%) from the floor for the game, while Villanova was 29-for-58 (50.0%). The Hall was 4-for-13 (30.8%) from three-point range, while the Wildcats were 6-for-20 (30.0%).
*Baines had a team-high 22 points on 10-for-18 shooting from the floor. She also had five rebounds.
*Villanova out-rebounded The Hall, 38-to-28, including an 11-to-10 edge on the offensive glass and a 14-to-5 advantage in second-chance points.
*Seton Hall was 4-for-10 (40.0%) from the free-throw line, while Villanova was 19-for-20 (95.0%).
*Seton Hall forced 10 turnovers, while Villanova forced 12. The Wildcats had a 17-to-8 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
*Seton Hall finishes the 2022-23 regular season with a 17-13 overall record and 10-10 final mark in the BIG EAST, while
*Villanova improves to 26-5 overall and 17-3 in conference play.
*The Hall drops to 25-49 all-time against Villanova.
*With five assists tonight, Park-Lane moved past West Virginia’s Yolanda Paige for fourth place on the BIG EAST’s career assists list. She now has 436 for her career in BIG EAST games.
*With five rebounds tonight, Baines reached the 500-rebounds mark for her career.
*Baines’ 20-point game is her third of the season.
It will be interesting to see how this year’s edition of Seton Hall Women’s Basketball will fare as the next stop will be the BIG EAST Conference Tournament that will be held at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The Pirates who earned the No 6 seed due to their play will take on No 11 Xavier on March 3, with the tip for that game slated for 4:00 p.m. Fans wanting to catch the action for that game can do so by checking out the SNY network.
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