PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.- The Setters held off the Pioneers of C.W. Post as Pace would take the win 65-62 in non-conference action. Pace improves to 7-1 on the season, while the Pioneers fall to 5-4.
Pace came out strong as they would build 27-16 lead midway through the opening half. The Pioneers rallied with a 9-0 run to cut the score to two points at 25-27. Kerri White (Flushing, NY/Archbishop Molloy) (Flushing, NY/Archbishop Molloy) connected on a triple as the Setters maintained their advantage to take a 41-36 lead into the break.
C.W. Post chipped away early in the second half as they tied the game at 44 and would eventually pull ahead with a five points lead at 49-44 with 11:13 left in the game. Carol Johnson (New City, NY/Cardinal Spellman) (New City, NY/Cardinal Spellman) kept the Setters in the game as she would convert a pair of lay-ups as Pace pulled even at 49.
The Pioneers jumped back into the lead as they would pull ahead by six points at 56-50 with 4:35 remaining in the game. The Setters rallied with a 7-0 burst as White converted a three-point play and Johnson drove to the basket for two points. Brianna Harris (Brentwood, NY/Mary Louis Academy) (Brentwood, NY/Mary Louis Academy) would get a steal on defense and went coast-to-coast for a lay-up as Pace retook the lead at 57-56 with 2:467 left in the game. C.W. Post answered with a lay-up but Johnson's lay-up for the Setters put Pace back in the lead for good. Following a Pioneer miss, Brittany Shields (Cold Spring, NY/Haldane) hit a pair of key free throws, while Allison Cleary (New Windsor, NY/Cornwall Central) (New Windsor, NY/Cornwall Central) hit a clutch baseline jumper with 21 seconds to hold off a late run by the Pioneers and give the Setters their second straight win.
For Pace, Shields totaled 13 points and nine rebounds, while Johnson finished with 12 points and four assists. Maral Javadifar (Flushing, NY/The Mary Louis Academy) tallied 14 points, four rebounds and five assists, while White went 3-for-3 from long range and finished with 12 points in the game.
The Setters will host Dowling on Sunday, December 11 at 1:30 pm in a non-conference match-up at the Goldstein Fitness Center.
