Box Score SETTERS CRUISE TO SEASON
OPENING VICTORY OVER ADELPHI 67-45
SOPHOMORE JAVADIFAR NETS 22 POINTS IN WIN
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.- Maral Javadifar (Flushing, NY/The Mary Louis Academy) (Flushing, NY/The
Mary Louis Academy) scored a career-high 22 points, while
grabbing seven rebounds in the Setters' 67-45 season opening
victory over the Panthers of Adelphi University. The Setters open
the season at 1-0 overall and 1-0 in the Northeast-10, while the
Panthers fall to 0-2 and 0-1 in conference play.
The Panthers would jump out to an early lead in the game, taking
a five point lead midway through the opening period. The Setters
would rally with a 9-0 run with a trifecta from Lisa
Welsome (Staten Island, NY/St. Peter's) putting Pace in
the lead for good. The Setters would add to their lead late in the
half, taking a 32-23 lead into the break.
Adelphi would slice the Setter lead five points at the sixteen
minute mark of the second half but Pace would answer with an 11-2
run as they would connect on three triples in the rally to push
their lead to 14 points at 47-33 and led by double figures the rest
of the game. Brittany Huggins (Windsor, CT/Windsor) (Windsor,
CT/Windsor) and Kristin Connolly (Staten Island, NY/St. Peter's) (Staten Island,
NY/St. Peter's) drained a pair of three-pointer with the
rally capped by a triple from Taylor Losey (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern) (Bristol,
CT/Bristol Eastern) to stretch the Setters' lead.
For Pace, Javadifar led the way with 22 point and seven boards,
while Brittany Shields (Cold Spring, NY/Haldane)
grabbed a game-high eight rebounds along with six points. Huggins
finished with 12 points, while Losey totaled 10 points, five caroms
and four assists.
Pace returns to action on Saturday, November 21 when the Setters
will host Dowling College in a non-conference game at 1:30 pm at
the Goldstein Fitness Center on Pace's Pleasantville campus.
For pictures from today's game, please go to http://www.csi-photo.net/gallery.html