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Seton Hall picked up a 71-48 win over Butler on Wednesday night to improve to 15-5 on the year. The setback moves Butler to 12-11. Jocelyn Land scored a career-high 14 points for the Bulldogs and fellow freshman Lily Zeinstra set a new career-high rebound total with 11 against SHU.
The Pirates opened the game on a 6-0 run and another 6-0 SHU scoring run over the final 46 seconds of the first quarter would give the home team a 12-6 advantage.
Seton Hall took control of the action at the start of the second quarter. A 17-0 Pirate run moved the score to 29-6. Butler’s first points of the frame came courtesy of Jocelyn Land on the right block with under a minute to play in the first half.
BU was limited to just 11 first half points on 4-of-19 shooting. The Pirates also struggled from the field (10-33), but went 10-for-12 from the free throw line to help build their lead. SHU had 13 steals in the first half and 16 Bulldog turnovers would result in 21 Pirate points.
Savannah Catalon was the game’s leading scorer at the break. She had eight, Jada Eads had six and Faith Masonius had four.
Land started the second half and provided Butler with nearly all of their offense. She was responsible for 11 of the team’s first 13 points, pushing her game total to 14. During that stretch the true freshman made three 3-pointers and added a layup.
Once Land went to the bench for a rest, Riley Makalusky and Kilyn McGuff would hit 3-pointers for the Bulldogs making the game 54-30 heading to the fourth.
McGuff kept a hot hand and scored six points for BU over the first five minutes of the fourth. The Bulldogs outscored the Pirates by one in the fourth quarter taking the teams to the final score of 71-48.
Inside the Box Score
– Land scored a career-high 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting
– Land made three of her six 3-point attempts
– Lily Zeinstra grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds
– Zeinstra collected four of Butler’s eight total offensive rebounds
– 28 Bulldog turnovers resulted in 37 SHU points
– Butler shot 31 percent from the field
– SHU had 19 steals and 34 points in the paint
– Savannah Catalon led SHU with 15 points
– Jada Eads had 14 and Faith Masonius had 12
Up Next
The Bulldogs will face #6 UConn Sunday afternoon in Hartford at the XL Center. The 1 p.m. tip will air on SNY.
