PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - On senior day, Brittany Shields (Cold Spring, NY/Haldane) scored a game-high 19 points along with 13 rebounds and four assists to lead the Setters to a win over the Golden Knights of the College of St. Rose, 57-36. The two teams split wins for this season as the Setters remain in a tie for third place in the NE-10. Pace advances to 17-6 overall and 14-5 in the conference, while the Golden Knights stand at 15-8 overall and 12-7 in the NE-10
The Setters went on a 9-0 run to start the game and managed to go up 20-10 halfway through the first. Pace maintained a substantial lead throughout the first half and glided into halftime on top 34-17.
Shields opened the second half up with a layup to put the Setters up by nine. A layup by Carol Johnson (New City, NY/Cardinal Spellman) (New City, NY/Cardinal Spellman) yielded the largest lead of the game at 25 points with 13:50 left in the game. The Golden Knights managed to come within 19 points with 7:07 to go but that the closest they would get before the final buzzer.
St. Rose shot 25.5% from the field for the game, 18.8% from the three-point line and 46.7% from the foul line. Pace ended up shooting 43.4% from the field, 50% from three-point range and 77.8% from the line. Pace scored 30 points to St. Rose's 12 in the paint.
Ashley Rath scored in double digits for the Golden Knights with 11 points and also contributed two rebounds, one assist and one steal. Ali Johnson led the boards for St. Rose with eight and added nine points and a steal.
Shields finished with a double-double of 19 points and 13 rebounds while Johnson and Kerri White (Flushing, NY/Archbishop Molloy) (Flushing, NY/Archbishop Molloy) also scored in double figures for the Setters. White totaled 11 points while Johnson finished with 15 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals. Allison Cleary (New Windsor, NY/Cornwall Central) contributed five points, four rebounds and three steals.
The Setters visit Adelphi University on Tuesday February 14 for a 5:30 pm conference match up.
