SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's basketball team (16-16) saw its season end on Wednesday night in the first round of the WNIT, falling to Saint Joseph's (19-14) by a score of 75-57.
Selena Philoxy (Queens, N.Y.) led The Hall with 13 points off the bench, the third straight game in double-figures for the freshman to close her rookie campaign.
The Pirates could never find their footing in the setback, going to the half down 11 and pulling no closer than nine early in the third quarter. Chelsea Woods led the way for Saint Joseph's with 20 points and 11 rebounds while Amanda Fioravanti added 19 points.
Inside The Numbers
- SJU shot 45.6 percent from the floor compared to a 43.6 percent mark for The Hall, but the Pirates were just 1-of-14 from 3-point range
- The Hall lost the turnover battle, 23-16, and saw the Hawks finish with a 19-14 edge in points off miscues
- Saint Joseph's also held a 35-30 advantage on the glass and out-scored The Hall 16-9 in second chance points
- The Pirate bench out-scored the SJU reserves, 29-2, led by 13 from Philoxy and seven from Taylor Brown (Paterson, N.J.)
- The Hall held a 42-34 edge in points in the paint
- Seton Hall notched four blocks (two from Jayla Jones-Pack) and nine steals in the setback
News and Notes
- The Pirates fall to 8-5 all-time against Saint Joseph's and saw a four-game winning streak in the series snapped
- The Hall is now 4-5 all-time in the WNIT, failing to win a game in the tournament for only the second time in five appearances
- JaQuan Jackson (Killeen, Texas) scored five points to finish her career with 1,349 – including 784 in two seasons at Seton Hall
- Jackson finished her two years in South Orange with 116 made 3-pointers to make sixth all-time in SHU history
- Her 35.3 percent (116-329) mark from 3-point range is 10th all-time
- Jackson's 80.6 percent (100-124) career total from the free throw line is sixth in SHU history
- Kaela Hilaire (Queens, N.Y.) led The Hall with four assists and has 222 career helpers after her sophomore season – already ranking 19th in program history
- Philoxy scored in double-figures in each of SHU's last three games, averaging 12.3 points per game in that span versus a season average of 3.5 per game
- The Pirates finish the 2017-18 with a four-win improvement over the 2016-17 campaign
- The Hall reached its fourth postseason in the last five seasons, the most in a five-year span in modern program history