Pirates Roll Past UMass Lowell on Tuesday Night

Tuesday, November 27

South Orange, N.J.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

UMass Lowell

Seton Hall

11/27/2018 9:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's basketball team (6-1) roared out to an early start and never looked back in a 90-57 victory over UMass Lowell (2-4) n Tuesday night at Walsh Gym. Victoria Cardaci (Holmdel, N.J.) and Kaela Hilaire (Queens, N.Y.) tied for the game-high with 18 points in the win.

The Hall burst out to a huge advantage after a quarter, with Cardaci knocking down four 3-pointers in the opening frame including a deep triple with time expiring that gave the Pirates a 30-10 lead after one. The Pirates kept up their strong start with 28 more points in the second quarter to take a 58-27 lead to the half. The Hall would swell its lead to as many as 44 in the second half as it cruised to the win.

Cardaci's 18 points came on a 6-of-10 day from 3-point range and was her first double-digit scoring effort since The Hall's opening contest. Hilaire added nine assists to her 18 points, narrowly missing her first career double-double and tying her career-high for assists. For the River Hawks, Oda Shackelford led three players in double-digits with 13 points.

Inside The Numbers

The Hall seemingly couldn't miss in the first half, shooting 74.2 percent (23-31) from the floor and 64.2 percent (9-14) from 3-point range
For the game the Pirates finished with a 54.2 percent mark from the floor and a 44.0 percent clip from 3-point range, holding Lowell to 33.3 percent and 22.7 percent marks
The Pirates used 19 steals to force 25 UMass Lowell turnovers, led by a career-high eight swipes from Nicole Jimenez (Miami, Fla.)
Seton Hall finished with 21 assists on 32 field goals, led by nine from Hilaire and four from Kaity Healy (Freehold, N.J.)
The Pirates were +6 on the glass and out-scored UML 36-18 in the paint
The Hall finished with a 26-4 edge in fast break points

News and Notes

The Hall improves to 2-0 all-time against UMass Lowell
The eight steals for Jimenez were the fourth-most in a game in school history
The Pirates have hit double-digit 3-pointers in four of seven games this season
Hilaire recorded nine assists for the second-straight game
- In that span she has committed only four turnovers
- On the year, Hilaire is averaging 6.4 assists per game and has a 3.2 assist:turnover ratio
Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.) finished with 11 points and eight rebounds in 18 minutes, falling two rebounds shy of her fourth-straight double-double
Danielle Robinson (Newark, N.J.) knocked down three field goals and set a new career-high with seven points