Fountain Shines In Homecoming, Pirates Win At BC

Sunday, December 10

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

1 p.m.

Seton Hall University

7-2

Boston College

4-6

Seton Hall

Boston College

12/10/2017 3:43:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Donnaizha Fountain (Roxbury, Mass.) put on a show in front of her hometown crowd to lead the Seton Hall women's basketball team (7-2) to a 73-53 victory at Boston College (4-6) on Sunday afternoon at Conte Forum. Playing in the greater Boston area for the first time in her collegiate career, Fountain went for 21 points and 10 rebounds to pace The Hall to its second road win over an ACC foe this season.

The Pirates led wire-to-wire in the triumph, out-scoring the Eagles in all four quarters of a balanced win. In support of Fountain, JaQuan Jackson (Killeen, Texas) poured in 15 points on 4-of-6 shooting from deep. Kaela Hilaire (Queens, N.Y.) stuffed the stat sheet with six points, four rebounds, two steals and a season-high eight assists in her first start of the season.

Turning Point
The Pirates took a fast lead but suffered a sluggish stretch towards the end of the first quarter before a Jackson 3-pointer at the end of the frame made it 14-11 after one. The Hall then burst out of the gates in the second quarter, opening the period on an 11-0 run to go up by double-digits. The Pirates were able to keep that double-digit advantage nearly the rest of the way.

Inside The Numbers

The Pirates 29-of-62 (46.8 percent) from the floor and 7-for-17 (41.2 percent) from 3-point range
Conversely, The Hall held BC to 31.3 percent from the field and 2-for-22 from distance
The Pirates held a slim 42-41 edge on the glass, led by 10 from Fountain and six from Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.)
The Pirates recorded a season-high nine blocked shots, getting three from Jayla Jones-Pack (Amityville, N.Y.) and a pair from Samuels

News and Notes

The Hall improves to 15-27 all-time against Boston College and 2-1 as non-league foes
The Pirates are now 2-1 this season versus teams from "Football Five" conference
The 20-point effort was Fountain's fourth as a Pirate
Fountain's double-double was the first "20-10" game for a Pirate since Tiffany Jones had 29 points and 18 rebounds on March 6, 2016 against Marquette
Jackson missed her first free throw of the season in the second quarter – she was 20-for-20 to open the 2017-18 campaign before the miss
The Hall held BC's top scorer Milan Bolden-Morris (13.6 ppg) to five points on 2-of-13 shooting

What's Next
The Pirates have a week off for finals before returning to Walsh Gym on Sunday, Dec. 17. The Hall will welco`me a top-10 foe in No. 7 UCLA for a 1 p.m. tip.