BENTLEY SHOOTS DOWN PACE 83-55
WOODS SCORES 18 IN LOSS

 
PLEASTANTVILLE, NY - The Pace University men's basketball team was defeated by the Falcons of Bentley University 83-55. Pace falls to 6-9 on the season with a 4-6 record in the Northeast-10 Conference, while Bentley will improve to 14-4 overall with a 8-3 record in conference action. With the loss, the men fall to 4-5 in home games this season.

Bentley jumped on Pace early as they used their hot shooting to take a 14 point lead at 22-8 with 9:11 left in the first half. Bentley continued to build on their lead late in the fist half as they continued to get whatever they wanted on the offensive end to make the score 37-18 with 3:52 left in the half. Pace went on an 8-3 run to end the half which put the Falcons lead at only 14 going into the locker room. The Setters stayed within striking distance thanks to the play of Ryan Woods (Staten Island, NY/St. Peters Boys) (Staten Island, NY/St. Peters Boys) who had 11 points in the first half on 4-of-8 shooting. Pace shot 36 percent from the field in the first half, while the Falcons shot 44 percent. Bentley also won the battle from the perimeter in the first half as they went 7-for18 from deep, while Pace was only 1-for-11.

Pace got as close as 13 in the second half after a layup by Laurence McGhee (Linden, NJ/Linden) (Linden, NJ/Linden) which made the score 43-30 with 17:48 left in the game. Bentley responded with a back-breaking 17-5 run of their own to make the score 60-35 with 11:50 left in the game. From this point in the game Bentley caught fire from three-point land as they shot 70 percent from long-distance in the second half to help put the Setters away.

The Falcons were lead by their all-conference guard Jason Westrol as he finished with 18 points, eight assists, and six rebounds. Bentley also moved the ball very well on the offensive end as they ended up with 23 assists on 32 made baskets.

Pace was led by Woods who finished with a team-high 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field. The Setters also got a strong inside effort from Randy Wilson (Peekskill, NY/Peekskill) (Peekskill, NY/Peekskill) as he finished with four points, a team-high nine rebounds, and two assists.

The men will be back on the hardwood as they host NE-10 rival Stonehill College on Tuesday, January 20. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.