Seton Hall Spoils Homecoming for Kelly Hughes

Thursday, November 17

South Orange, N.J.

7:00 PM

Boston College

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Seton Hall

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Boston College

Seton Hall

Photo by: John Quackenbos

Seton Hall Spoils Homecoming for Kelly Hughes

November 17, 2016 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Final Statistics (PDF) VIDEO: Johnson Speaks Postgame

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Seton Hall 71, Boston College 66
Records: Boston College (1-1), Seton Hall (3-0)
Location: Walsh Gymnasium, So. Orange, New Jersey
BC Starters: Hughes (G), Pineau (G), Awobajo (F), Guy (F), Fasoula (C )
Seton Hall Starters: Samuels (F), Lundberg (F), Jones-Pack ( ) Hilaire (G), Healy (G).

BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Freshman Georgia Pineau finished with 18 points seven boards and eight assists.
- Senior Kelly Hughes chipped in with 17 points and seven rebounds.
- Boston College had 19 assists on 24 field goals in the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Despite five turnovers in the first quarter, BC held an 18-17 lead. Hughes hit two three's while Fasoula opened the quarter with four straight points.
- The Eagles went on a 7-0 run early in the second quarter to take a 27-22 lead behind another three by Hughes and four points from rookie Emma Guy (eight points, four rebounds).
- BC's largest lead in the half came at 4:17 in the quarter as Hughes hit her fourth three for a, 36-30, lead. BC led 40-37 at the half after a layup by Guy.
- The Eagles opened up on a 7-0 run in the second half to go up, 46-37. BC then turned the ball over and Seton Hall hit two three's and a layup to cut the Eagles lead to one point, 46-45, at 5:43 in the third.
- The Pirates forward Claire Lundberg hit three three's in the quarter to take a 55-52 lead after three quarters.
- The fourth quarter Ella Awobajo put together her own four point run and BC was down one point. Seton Hall's Kaela Hilaire hit two layups and a jumper by Deja Winter pushed the Pirates lead to 63-56. BC cut the lead to two points behind a jumper by Pineau and a three from Hughes with 5:15 to play but Seton Hall continued to respond and held a
- Eagles senior Emilee Daley hit a three-pointer to tie the game, 65-65 with 2:57 to play. Seton Hall scored inside and after a miss by Mariella Fasoula, Lubirdia Gordon hit two free throws for a 69-65 Seton Hall lead with 1:20 to play.
- BC was still alive as Hughes stole the inbounds at half court and BC called a timeout with 16.4 to play.
- Hilaire then deflected the ball out of bounds off a BC player and Seton Hall had the ball with less than 12 seconds to play. She was fouled and sealed the game with two free throws.

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Points: Georgia Pineau, 18
Rebounds: Mariella Fasoula 8
Assists: Georgia Pineau, 8

Seton Hall
Points: Kaela Hilaire, Claire Lundberg 17
Rebounds: Claire Lundberg, 8
Assists: Kaela Hilaire, 8

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Ties: 6
Lead Changes: 13
Largest Lead: BC by 9 3^rd – 7:13; Shall 7 4^th at 7:09
BC led for: 17:38
Seton Hall led for: 16:40
Game was tied for: 5:38
BC shot 53.6 percent from the floor in the first half; Seton Hall shot 50 percent.
BC shot 31 percent from the floor in the second half; Seton Hall shot 42.9 percent.

UP NEXT
- Boston College will host St. Mary's (Calif.) on Sunday at 4 p.m.