SU Escapes With 70-66 Win At Seton Hall

Sunday, January 22

South Orange, N.J.

2 p.m.

Syracuse University

Seton Hall

1/22/2012 2:57:34 PM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Syracuse women's basketball team (13-7, 2-4) scored the final eight points of the game, and withstood a 17-0 Seton Hall (7-13, 0-6) run midway through the second half to escape with a 70-66 win on Sunday at Walsh Gymnasium. Kayla Alexander led three Orange in double-figures with 23 points, while Elashier Hall added 14 points and a game-high six assists.

Alexander scored 14 points of her points in the first half on 6-of-7 shooting as SU led by three at halftime. Neither side led by more than five and they traded leads seven times in a back-and-forth opening 20 minutes of play.

Jasmine Crew scored 19 points (17 in the first half), shooting 4-of-9 from 3-point range as Seton Hall shot 38% (9-of-24) from beyond the arc.

The Orange shot 38 percent (24-of-63) from the field for the game and controlled play inside with a 47-38 rebounding advantage.

Both teams were without a key starter for an extended portion of the first half after picking up three fouls. Carmen Tyson-Thomas sat the final 12:48 with her third, while SHU's Tajay Ashmeade missed the final 8:16 with her third.

The Orange opened the second half on a 10-2 run, capped by a layup from Phylesha Bullard. Later in the half with SU up ten, the Pirates responded with 17 straight points, including back-to-back three pointers from Terry Good prompting a Syracuse timeout.

Syracuse was held without a field goal for 9:22, and stayed in the game with the free throw shooting of Iasia Hemingway (18 points) and Alexander. Alexander would then make it 64-62 Pirates with a layup with less than four minutes left in regulation.

With Seton Hall leading 64-62, Crew hit a layup to give the Pirates a four-point lead before Tyson-Thomas cut the deficit to one with a three pointer off a feed from Hall.

After a Seton Hall foul with less than 30 seconds left in regulation, Hall would level the score at 66-66 with a free throw before Hemingway scored three of the game's final four points.

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