The Seton Hall Pirates earned their first conference victory after defeating the Villanova Wildcats on Saturday afternoon, 53-49.
Prior to the game, Seton Hall and Villanova were the last two winless teams in the Big East.
The Pirates broke a nine game losing streak and moved to 1-8 in conference play, 9-13 overall, while the Wildcats fell to 11-9 on the season.
Junior Ebonie Williams broke the Seton Hall single-season trey record after making two from behind the arc, with 11 points on the game.
Sophomore Kandice Green recorded her ninth double-double by posting 20 point and 12 rebounds.
The Pirates held a four point lead heading into halftime, 25-21.
Seton Hall lost the lead early in the second half and trailed the Wildcats until Williams hit a short jumper with less than two minutes left in the game.
Green hit three foul shots in the final 45 seconds to give the Pirates the 51-47 lead, proving to be enough for the Hall to earn the first conference win.
Freshman Terry Green also added a career high 11 points for Seton Hall.
The Pirates shot 45 percent from the floor while Villanova's poor second half shooting dropped their total to 36.5 percent.
Matthew Bryant can be reached at matthew.bryant@student.shu.edu.
