Pleasantville, NY- Kerri White (Flushing, NY/Archbishop Molloy) (Flushing, NY/Archbishop Molloy) led the Setters in a come-from-behind win over the Ravens of Franklin Pierce. The Setters advance to 14-3 overall and 11-1 in the NE-10 while the Ravens drop to 11-6 overall and 8-5 in conference play.
The Setters started the game off strong taking the lead early and maintaining a slight lead through the first eight minutes of the game. The Ravens took their first, largest and only lead of the first half at 12:07 by one. The Setters went on a run to go up by six. A turnover by the Ravens with 5:35 in the game turned into a lay up by White and gave the Setters their largest lead of the day, by eight, before heading into halftime up, 32-28.
The second half didn't go as easily for the Setters as they lost the lead three minutes into it. Franklin Pierce went up by as much as 11 points on the Setters eight minutes into the half. Pace slowly chipped away at the point deficit and managed to tie it up at 55-55 on a triple by Margo Hackett (Pawling, NY/Pawling) (Pawling, NY/Pawling) with 3:55 left. The Setters would go down one more time before two layups by Carol Johnson (New City, NY/Cardinal Spellman) (New City, NY/Cardinal Spellman) put the Setters up by two points. Franklin Pierce was in the bonus and sent White to the line where she made both before Brittany Shields (Cold Spring, NY/Haldane) contributed the final point of the game on a foul shot to solidify the win.
Both Pace and Franklin Pierce scored 30 points in the paint and six points on fast breaks but Pace scored 21 points off of turnovers to Franklin Pierce's 15 and Pace's bench scored 14 points to their six.
The Ravens shot 39.% from the field, 35.3% from three point range and only 58.3% from the line. The Setters were a bit more consistent, shooting 40.4% from the field, 50% from deep range and 83.3% from the foul line.
Jewel White and Marielle Giroud both scored double-doubles for the Ravens with White contributing 15 points and 14 rebounds and two steals and Giroud with 11 points, ten rebounds and three assists. Amanda Saab put up 14 points, seven rebounds and two assists. Lekia Cown added eight points and three assists while Kate McDonald finished with four assists, three points and one steal.
White led the day in scoring with 17 points and also added eight rebounds, two assists and four steals. Johnson and Hackett both scored 14 points apiece and Allison Cleary (New Windsor, NY/Cornwall Central) (New Windsor, NY/Cornwall Central) led the day in assists with four. Shields finished with seven points, 11 rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal. Maral Javadifar (Flushing, NY/The Mary Louis Academy) contributed eight points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals.
The Setters return to play at home January 25 against the Warriors of Merrimack College at 5:30 pm.
