Eads Shines, But Pirates Fall to Marquette, 68-61

Wednesday, February 12

South Orange, N.J.

7:00 PM

Seton Hall University

17-7,9-4Big East

Marquette

16-8,8-5Big East

Marquette

Seton Hall

2/12/2025 10:22:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Freshman Jada Eads (Orlando, Fla.) erupted for a game-high 26 points, but a depleted Seton Hall women's basketball team fell, 68-61, to Marquette in Walsh Gymnasium on Wednesday.

Seton Hall was down several players due to illness, most notably starter Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas).

The key to Seton Hall's victory over Marquette in Milwaukee on Jan. 15 was out-rebounding the Golden Eagles, which was leading the BIG EAST in rebounds at the time. Today, The Hall was out-rebounded, 41-to-28, including 10 of the first 12 rebounding going to Marquette.

Eads had 26 points on 10-for-21 shooting from the field. Graduate student Kaydan Lawson (Cleveland, Ohio), making her first start of the season, had 10 points and three rebounds.

THE STORY:
Marquette raced out to a 10-2 start against a flat Seton Hall group hampered by injuries. The Hall battled back thanks largely to the hot shooting of Eads, who poured in 12 of her 26 points in the first quarter and was 5-for-7 from the floor. Marquette out-rebounded Seton Hall, 13-to-4, in the first 10 minutes, but only led 16-14.

Trailing 21-14, The Hall went on a 7-0 spurt, and a jumper by Masonius tied the score at 21 with 7:03 to play before the break. Marquette counter-punched with a 6-0 burst to go back up by six, 27-21, but the Pirates clawed back, and Eads hit a deep three-pointer at the buzzer to send the teams into halftime tied at 30.

A free-throw by Lawson gave The Hall its first lead of the game, 33-32, only 1:30 into the second half. A minute later, Lawson drained a three-pointer to give the Pirates a four-point cushion. Marquette, however, answered with an 11-0 run to grab a 44-38 advantage 4:14 left in the third. Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Eads hit back-to-back three-pointers to tie the score at 44 with 2:03 to play in the third. Marquette, however, took off again, and a 10-0 run put the Golden Eagles in control entering the fourth quarter.

Mired in foul trouble and down 12, The Hall still managed to make a run late, and a three-pointer by Yaya Lops (Stamford, Conn.) with 1:39 left to play cut its deficit to 64-59. On the Pirates' next possession, Lawson had a chance to cut Seton Hall's deficit to two with a straightaway three-pointer, but it rimmed out. Instead, Marquette closed out the game on the free-throw line.

THE NUMBERS:

Seton Hall was 23-for-58 (39.7%) from the floor for the game, while Marquette was 25-for-53 (47.2%). The Hall was 8-for-24 (33.3%) from three-point range, while the Golden Eagles were 3-for-17 (17.6%).
Eads had a game-high 26 points on 10-for-21 shooting, including 4-for-11 from three-point range.
Marquette out-rebounded Seton Hall, 41-to-28, which included a 12-to-8 edge on the offensive glass and a 10-to-7 advantage in second-chance points.
Lawson had 10 points and three rebounds.
Seton Hall was 7-for-12 (58.3%) from the free-throw line, while Marquette was 15-for-24 (62.5%).
Seton Hall forced 15 turnovers, while the Golden Eagles forced 13. Marquette, however, had a 15-to-11 advantage in points-off-turnovers.

THE NOTES:

Seton Hall falls to 17-7 overall and 9-4 in BIG EAST play, while Marquette improves to 16-8 overall and 8-5 in conference play.
The Hall is now 12-21 all-time against the Golden Eagles. The teams split the 2024-25 home-and-home series with each team winning on the road.
It's the 20th time in 24 games that the Pirates have forced more turnovers than their opponent.
The Pirates collected at least 10 steals for the 16^th time this season.
With three assists today, Wright passed former Pirate Christine Koren into sixth place on Seton Hall's career list with 390.
With a steal today, Wright became only the eighth player in Seton Hall history to reach 200 for her career.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Sunday, February 16 when it travels to face BIG EAST rival Providence. Tip time is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloCollege subscribers. As always, 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the contest.