Rutgers Women’s Basketball Drops Clash with Seton Hall
Big nights on the glass by Awa Sidibe (11 points, 10 board) and Chyna Cornwell (10 points, 10 boards) was not enough as Seton Hall used a 28-point second quarter…
Rutgers Women’s Basketball fell short against Seton Hall. Photo: Rutgers Athletics.
Big nights on the glass by Awa Sidibe (11 points, 10 board) and Chyna Cornwell (10 points, 10 boards) was not enough as Seton Hall used a 28-point second quarter to run away with the battle of New Jersey DI programs 75-57 at Jersey Mike's Arena on Friday night.
Sidibe and Cornwell registered the first double-doubles of the season for Rutgers, and were key cogs in Rutgers jumping out to a 17-16 lead in the first quarter. Both players had four points in the opening frame, with Corwell hitting a couple of free-throws to help Rutgers build a 17-14 lead late in the quarter.
A three-pointer by Abby Streeter gave Rutgers a 15-14 lead with 1:52 to go in the first quarter.
However, a 17-2 run by Seton Hall to open the second quarter expanded the Pirates lead to 15 points, 36-21 with 5:31 to go before halftime. The Pirates connected on four three-pointers during the run, with Lauren Park-Lane accounting for three of them from downtown.
Lane would hit one more three with :53 seconds to go in the first half that blew the game open at 43-29. Seton would never look back.
Lane finished the night with 18 points on 6-of-15 shooting. Sidney Cooks led all scorers for Seton Hall with 29 points on 12-of-19 shooting.
Rutgers was led Kassondra Brown who had 13 points on the night, followed by Sidibe and Cornwell's double-double.
Rutgers hosts NJIT on Sunday.
