SETTERS FALL TO OWLS, 57-35

PLEASANTVILLE, NY – The Southern Connecticut women's basketball team shot 65% (13-20) in the second half and outscored the Pace University women's team, 34-16, down the stretch to pull out an easy win, 57-35.  Pace drops to 10-4 overall and 5-4 in the Northeast-10 Conference while Southern Connecticut improves to 11-2 overall and 6-2 in NE-10 Conference play.

Southern Connecticut closed out the first half with a 23-19 lead.  Kate Lynch's (Rumford,
RI/LaSalle Academy ) seven points and Babette Noah's (Yaounde, Cameroon/Cameroon) seven
rebounds paced the Owls.  Both teams shot below 40% in the first half with the Setters hitting
7-of-19 (36.8%) of their shots from the floor to Southern Connecicut's 9-of-30 (30%) shooting.  The
Setters also led on the glass, 20-15, while Southern Connecticut turned the ball over six times to
Pace's 12.

It was more of the same in the second half as Southern Connecticut used a 15-5 run over an eight
minute period to take a 45-30 lead with Noah scoring 10 of the Owls' 15 points.  Southern
Connecticut would then use a 12-5 run over the final six minutes to close out the victory, 57-35.

The Setters did not have a double figure scorer in the game while Southern Connecticut's Noah
totaled 18 points and nine rebounds.  Lynch chipped in with 11 points while Anabel Perdomo
(Lawrence, MA/Gov. Dummer) finished with seven points and six assists.  Pace's Ashley Wallace (Oswego, NY/Oswego)
(Oswego, NY/Oswego) had nine points and two blocks while Stephanie Klingele (Staten Island, NY/St. John Villa) (Staten Island,
NY/St. John Villa) had nine points as well.

Overall, Pace was outrebounded (29-27), and turned the ball over 23 times while the Owls totaled 15
steals.  Pace also shot just 34.2% (13-38) for the game, while SCSU shot 44% (22-50) from the
floor. The Setters also hit just 2-of-14 from long range.

Pace returns to action on Saturday, January 14, 2006 when they host the Penmen of Southern New
Hampshire University at 1:30 p.m. at the Goldstein Health, Fitness & Recreation Center on the
Pleasantville campus of Pace University.