LP, Baines Shine as The Hall Downs St. John's, 68-58

Tuesday, January 31

Queens, N.Y. / Carnesecca Arena

7:00 PM

Seton Hall University

14-8,7-5Big East

St. John's

17-4,8-4Big East

Seton Hall

St. John's (NY)

Lauren Park-Lane drives against St. John's on Jan. 31

LP, Baines Shine as The Hall Downs St. John's, 68-58

1/31/2023 10:05:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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The Hall gets back in the win column and secures a season sweep of local rival St. John's.

QUEENS, N.Y. – Senior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) erupted for a game-high 31 points and Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) had a double-double as the Seton Hall women's basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with an impressive 68-58 road victory at St. John's on Tuesday.

Seton Hall trailed for only 1:11 of the contest and earned a hard-fought sweep of the Red Storm during the season-series. This was St. John's first loss of the season at Carnesecca Arena (12-1).

Park-Lane poured in 25 of her game-high 31 points as the Pirates set the tone in the first half. Baines tallied her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Sidney Cooks (Kenosha, Wis.) also had 14 points to go with six rebounds.

Senior Mya Bembry (West Orange, N.J.) pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds and blocked two shots while playing all 40 minutes.

THE STORY:
The Hall charged out of the gate with one of its best stretches in the last two weeks. Park-Lane scored seven of the Pirates first nine points and The Hall claimed a 9-2 lead by the media break of the first quarter. The Hall held St. John's to just 2-for-8 shooting in the first 10 minutes and took a 13-9 lead into the second.

Both offenses woke up in the second quarter and St. John's rallied to take a 26-25 lead with 4:25 left before halftime. The Hall responded with an 8-0 run, and a three-pointer by Cooks gave it a 33-26 advantage with 2:19 to go before the break. St. John's Sitota Gines hit a three-pointer, but the Pirates finished the half with seven straight points to run its half-ending run to 15-3. Park-Lane hit a three-pointer at the halftime buzzer to give her 25 points through 20 minutes and send The Hall into halftime up, 40-29.

The Hall started the third quarter just 2-for-13 from the field, but because the Pirates defense remained stout, they were able to keep their lead. Up 49-43, Cooks hit a three-pointer and then drained a turnaround jumper at the third-quarter buzzer to send The Hall into the fourth up, 54-43.

A layup by Cooks with 8:58 left in the fourth gave The Hall its largest lead of the game, 58-43, but St. John's responded with a 6-0 run to cut its lead to nine. In the final four minutes, the Red Storm twice cut their deficit to just five points, but the Pirates went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line in the final minute to clinch the road victory.

Park-Lane drills the three-pointer at the buzzer and The Hall "storms" into halftime up BIG!!!#HALLin pic.twitter.com/WTYXxMxokg
— Seton Hall Women's Basketball (@SHUWBB) February 1, 2023

THE NUMBERS:

Seton Hall was 27-for-62 (43.5%) from the floor for the game, while St. John's was 21-for-52 (40.4%). The Hall was 4-for-16 (25.0%) from three-point range, while the Red Storm were 5-for-21 (23.8%).
Park-Lane had a game-high 31 points to go with three assists.
The Hall out-rebounded St. John's, 37-to-30, including a 14-to-9 edge on the offensive glass and an 16-to-5 advantage in second-chance points.
Baines had a double-double with 14 points on 6-for-11 shooting with 10 rebounds and two steals.
Seton Hall was 10-for-13 (76.9%) from the free-throw line, while St. John's was 11-for-14 (78.6%).
Cooks had 14 points on 6-for-10 shooting along with six rebounds and a block.
Seton Hall forced 13 turnovers, while St. John's forced 11. The Pirates had a 13-to-11 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
Bembry had a career-high 15 rebounds to go with two blocks.

THE NOTES:

Seton Hall improves to 14-8 overall and 7-5 in the BIG EAST, while St. John's falls to 17-4 overall and 8-4 in conference play.
The Hall is now 38-49 all-time against the Red Storm and sweeps the season series for the second time in the last three years.
With 31 points tonight, Park-Lane moved past former Pirate Debbie Hartnett into fifth place on Seton Hall's career scoring list. She now has 1,655 career points.
St. John's is the ninth opponent Seton Hall has held to 60 or fewer points this season. The Pirates have won all nine games.
With three assists tonight, Park-Lane moved past Boston College's Sue Fritsch into sixth place on the BIG EAST's career assists list. She now has 374 for her career.
It's the fourth time this season that Park-Lane has reached 30 points in a game and the ninth time of her career. Furthermore, it's the ninth time this season and the 33^rd time of her career that Park-Lane has reached at least 20 points in a single-game.
Seton Hall improves to 14-0 this season when leading at the half.
The Pirates improve to 14-2 this year when out-shooting their opponent and 13-2 when shooting better than 40.0% from the field.
This was St. John's first loss of the season at Carnesecca Arena (12-1).

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, February 4 when it returns to Walsh Gymnasium for a contest against Providence. Tip is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The contest will be streamed live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available to FloHoops subscribers. It'll also be available on 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net.