PLEASANTVILLE, NY – The Pace University women's basketball team made a furious comeback, but came up just shy of the Southern Connecticut State Owls 66-58 in a Northeast-10 Conference game on Tuesday night.

Junior guard Margo Hackett (Pawling, NY/Pawling) (Pawling, NY/Pawling) led the Setters with 19 points, shooting 6-for-8 from the field including draining a trio of three-pointers. Junior guard/forward Shanice Maynard (Camden, NJ/Woodrow Wilson / Coppin State) (Camden, NJ/Woodrow Wilson) and sophomore forward Yuni Sher (Poughkeepsie, NY/Long Island Lutheran) had 12 points each with Sher contributing seven rebounds.

Pace (0-6, 0-2 NE-10) led for the majority of the first half before the Owls went on a 31-9 run that carried into the second half, putting Southern Connecticut State (4-2, 1-1 NE-10) on top 39-24 at the 15:09 mark. From there, Pace started to chip away, responding with an extended run of their own. The Setters scored 31 of the next 49 points capped by a Hackett triple along with a pair of free throws by the junior to make it 57-55 with 1:54 remaining. The Owls subsequently answered, tallying nine of the final 12 points in the contest.

Pace now heads out on the road as they take on the Dominican Chargers in a non-conference contest on Tuesday, December 3 at 7:00 pm in Orangeburg, NY.