SHIELDS GAME-HIGH 23 POINTS NOT ENOUGH AS
GOLDEN KNIGHTS DOWN SETTERS 68-52

ALBANY, NY- The Setters, ranked #8 in the latest NCAA Division II Northeast Regional poll, dropped a Northeast-10 game to the Golden Knights of Saint Rose 68-52 in Northeast-10 Conference action at the Nolan Gymnasium today. The Setters drop their overall record to 12-7 and 9-6 in the NE-10, while the Golden Knights improve to 13-7 and 8-7 in conference play.

Saint Rose took advantage of poor first half shooting by the Setters, building a 20-7 lead midway through the opening period. The Golden Knights would push their lead to ad much as 16 at 28-12 with just over five minutes left in the half, taking a 36-22 lead into the break. The Setters shot 5-for-22 (22.7%) compared to the Golden Knights 12-for-32 (37.5%) in the opening half.

Pace hung tough in the second half, trimming their deficit to 10 points as Brittany Shields (Cold Spring, NY/Haldane) scored the Setters' first six points of the final period. Brittany Huggins' (Windsor, CT/Windsor) (Windsor, CT/Windsor) jumper with just over 15 minutes left in the game cut the game down to 40-30 in favor of the Golden Knights. Pace would get the game to as few as seven with 7:33 left in the game before the Golden Knights quickly pushed their lead back to 13 points. The Setters would only get as close as nine points the rest of the way as the Golden Knights would close out the final three and half minutes of play on 9-2 run and win going away  by 16 points.

For Pace, Shields led the way with 23 points and six rebounds, while shooting 7-for-10 from the field and 9-for-10 from the charity stripe. Huggins grabbed a team-best seven rebounds, while Carol Johnson (New City, NY/Cardinal Spellman) (New City, NY/Cardinal Spellman) came off the bench to chip in 11 points on 8-for-8 shooting from the foul line. The Setters shot 14-for-41 (34.1%) from the field, while the Golden Knight shot 23-of-61 (37.7%) for the game.

For Saint Rose, Lauren Revesz led the Golden Knights with 17 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Suzana Sormaz came off the bench to contribute 16 points, while Dana Brown and Elizabeth Buckely each chipped in 10 points. Ashley Anderson led Saint Rose with a game-high nine boards.

Pace returns to action on Wednesday, February 4, when the Setters travel to Syracuse, NY to take on the Dolphins of Le Moyne College in a Northeast-10 match-up scheduled for a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.