PLESANTVILLE, N.Y.- Keon Williams (Hackensack, NJ/Hackensack/Iona College) (Hackensack, NJ/Hackensack/Iona College) recorded his sixth double-double of the season but the Setters fell to the Chargers of the University of New Haven in Northeast-10 Conference play 62-52. Pace falls to 9-12 overall and 6-11 in the NE-10, while the Chargers improve to 14-7 and 11-6 in conference play.

The Chargers led from the start and pulled ahead 19-8 midway through the opening half. The Setters rallied with a 10-2 run backed by eight points from Williams and capped off by a Jaylen Mann (Youngstown, OH/Liberty) (Youngstown, OH/Liberty) triple to close to within three points at 21-18 with 4:41 left in the half. New Haven pushed back as they held a 30-23 lead at the break.

New Haven extended their lead early in the second half as they built a 35-25 lead in the first three minutes of play. The Setters battled back as they kept the score between five and nine points over the next eight minutes of play. Pace rallied once again as Denzel Primus-Devonish (Riverdale, MD/St. John's College) (Riverdale, MD/St. John's College) had five points in a stretch, including a key three-point play at the 8:43 mark, while Williams connected on a lay-up with 7:03 left in the contest to pull the Setters to within three point at 49-46.

The Chargers pushed the score back to eight points at 56-48 with 4:54 to play but the Setters rallied again as Williams trimmed the score to six points with under a minute to play. New Haven hit all four free throws in the final 18 seconds of the game to hold off a Setter rally.

For the Setters, Williams led the way with his sixth double-double of the season, while Jonathan Merceus (Union, NJ/Union) tallied 12 points and four rebounds. Primus-Devonish dished out five assists in the game.

The Setters return to action on Tuesday, February 12 as they travel to New Haven, CT to take on the Owls of Southern Connecticut State University for an NE-10 contest at 7:30 pm.