Bozzella Wins 400th, Pirates Top Georgetown

Sunday, January 14

South Orange, N.J.

1 p.m.

Seton Hall University

11-8, 3-5BE

Georgetown

7-10, 2-5BE

Georgetown

Seton Hall

1/14/2018 4:14:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's basketball team (11-8, 3-5 BIG EAST) got career days from Inja Butina (Zagreb, Croatia) and Kimi Evans (Jackson, N.J.) along with a Donnaizha Fountain (Roxbury, Mass.) double-double in a 70-65 win over Georgetown (7-10, 2-4 BIG EAST) on Sunday afternoon at Walsh Gymnasium. The victory marked the 400^th win in the career of head coach Anthony Bozzella.

Butina went for 17 points and eight assists in the win, both high-marks this season for the junior transfer. Evans also set a pair of career-highs with 12 points and seven rebounds and hit a pair of clutch free throws in the final moments of regulation. Fountain notched her second-straight double with team-highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds.

The Hall led by seven at the break and was up 13 heading into the fourth quarter before a furious Georgetown rally in the final minutes of the closing stanza.

Turning Points
A pair of Fountain free throws with 2:41 to play gave The Hall a 63-53 lead, which appeared comfortable until the Hoyas reeled off a 10-2 run in 90 seconds of game time to get within a possession at 65-63. With 44.7 seconds to play, Evans snared a huge offensive rebound and was fouled on the way back up. The freshman, who was 0-3 from the line to that point, stepped up and knocked down both free throws to push the lead back to four at 67-63. Fountain hit two more free throws 20 seconds later to get the lead back to four in the waning moments and seal the win.

Inside The Numbers

The Pirates shot 47.1 percent from the floor (24-51) and 46.2 percent (6-13) from 3-point range
Conversely, The Hall held the Hoyas to 36.1 percent from the floor and 18.8 percent from deep
The Pirates finished with a 39-32 edge on the glass led by the combined 17 rebounds rom Evans and Fountain
Both sides recorded nine steals, while The Hall held a 14-2 edge in fast break points
The Pirates finished with a 26-18 edge in points in the paint and an 11-6 advantage in bench scoring

News and Notes

Bozzella's 400^th victory came in his 26^th season as a head coach and his fifth year at The Hall. He is the third active coach in the BIG EAST to hit the career milestone, joining DePaul's Doug Bruno and Villanova's Harry Perretta
The Pirates improve to 36-27 all-time against Georgetown, snapping a three-game slide in the series
Fountain's double-double was her sixth of the year, most among BIG EAST guards
It was also her fourth "20-10" game of the season and eighth game with at least 20 points
In her last two outings Butina has 14 assists against only three turnovers
The Hall has notched at least nine steals in 15-of-19 games this season
Deja Winters (Cleveland, Ohio) notched her fifth double-digit scoring effort off the bench this season with 10 points