Final Stats

VILLANOVA, PA. - In women's basketball action on Friday afternoon, the Villanova Wildcats connected on 14 three-point field goals en route to a 69-52 win over the visiting Seton Hall Pirates. With the victory, Villanova improves to 7-9 overall and 3-3 in Big East Conference play, while the Pirates fall to 8-9 overall and 1-5 in conference action.

Villanova led 11-7 at the 3:26 mark of the opening quarter when the Wildcats closed the quarter on an 8-4 run to take a 19-11 advantage at the end of one. Sophomore guard Adrianna Hahn led the Villanova spurt with two three-point fields and an assist on a Jordan Dillard lay-up off a two on one break.

Hahn struck again on Villanova's first possession of the second quarter when she drained a deep three to increase the Wildcat lead to 22-11. Following a three-ball by Seton Hall guard Kaity Healy that pulled the Pirates within seven at 25-18 with 4:14 left in the first half, the Wildcats finished the quarter on a 7-2 run to grab a 32-20 halftime lead. Senior forward Samantha Wilkes recorded three free throws in the run, while Hahn had a triple and one foul shot.

After Seton Hall's LaTecia Smith opened the second half scoring by draining a three from the right corner, Villanova freshman guard Kelly Jekot connected on a three of her own to put Villanova back up double digits at 35-23. Following a lay-up by Seton Hall center Lubirdia Gordon that made it a 35-25 game, Hahn drained her sixth three of the game and Jekot buried a 15-foot jumper and the Wildcats led 40-25 midway through the third stanza.

Trailing 45-31 late in the third quarter, Seton Hall scored seven straight points to get back in the game at 45-38. Pirate guard Kaela Hilaire had a three and a lay-up, while Gordon added two free throws to account for the seven Seton Hall points. Freshman forward Mary Gedaka ended the Pirate spurt when she scored the final points of the third quarter with two free throws. The Gedaka foul shots gave Villanova a 47-38 advantage at the end of threes.

A lay-up by Gordon at the 6:23 mark of the fourth quarter pulled the Pirates within seven at 52-45. On the game's next possession, the Wildcats worked the ball around before junior guard Alex Louin was fouled on a drive to the basket. Louin made both free throws to give her team a 54-45 lead.

Seton Hall came right back and scored 12 seconds later on a Gordon lay-up to slice the Villanova advantage to 54-47. Following two defensive stops, Louin gave the Wildcats a 57-47 lead with 4:45 remaining by making one of two from the stripe and a reverse lay-up in the lane.

The Pirates made one last charge and cut the Villanova lead to 57-50 with 3:27 to play on a three by JaQuan Jackson. On the Wildcats next possession, Jekot missed on a three, but Wilkes came up with a big offensive rebound. Villanova turned the extra possession into a 60-50 lead on a three by Hahn. Hilaire answered for Seton Hall and got the game to single digits at 60-52 on a running lay-up with 2:50 left on the clock. Villanova would put the game away and take a 63-52 lead at the 2:32 mark when Jekot drained a three form the left wing.

In the win, Hahn scored a game-high 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting from three-point range and a 1-of-2 effort from the foul line. Hahn also added five assists, three steals, three rebounds and no turnovers in 40 minutes of action. Louin recorded 20 points and seven rebounds, while Jekot scored a career-high 17 points and six rebounds in her first career start. She finished 4-of-9 from three-point range. Wilkes led the Wildcats on the glass with eight rebounds.

Seton Hall was paced Gordon who was 8-of-9 from the field and 4-of-5 from the foul line for 20 points. Hilaire chipped in with 15 points.

For the game, Villanova was 20-of-58 from the field (34.5%), 14-of-37 from three-point range (37.8%) and 15-of-22 from the foul line (68.2%), while the Pirates shot 37.5 percent from the floor (21-of-56), 26.7 percent from behind the arc (4-of-15) and 75.0 percent from the charity stripe (6-of-8). The Wildcats owned a 45-26 advantage on the backboards.

Villanova returns to action on Sunday, Jan. 15, when the Wildcats host St. John's. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.

NOTES: Villanova leads the all-time series with Seton Hall by a 38-22 margin and have won seven of the last 11 versus the Piratesââ'¬Â¦There were over 1,400 students from local schools in attendance today for Villanova's annual Education Dayââ'¬Â¦Adrianna Hahn has scored 20 points or more in three of the last four games and has six 20-point games to her credit this seasonââ'¬Â¦Adrianna Hahn is 32-of-62 (.516) from three-point range in the last seven gamesââ'¬Â¦Villanova was credited with an assist on 15 of its 20 made field goalsââ'¬Â¦Adrianna Hahn and Alex Louin combined to play 78 of a possible 80 minutes (Hahn - 40; Louin 38)ââ'¬Â¦Today was the seventh time this year that Villanova has made double digits three-point field goals.