Pleasantville, N.Y.- Allison Cleary (New Windsor, NY/Cornwall Central) (New Windsor, NY / Cornwall Central) netted a career-high 19 points as the Setters downed the Owls of Southern Connecticut State University in conference play, 65-51.  The Setters advance to 12-10 overall and 10-8 in the Northeast-10 Conference while the Owls drop to 6-15 overall and 3-15 in the conference.

To go along with double-digit points, Cleary also pulled down six rebounds while Margo Hackett (Pawling, NY/Pawling) (Pawling, NY / Pawling) contributed 13 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals.  Brittany Shields (Cold Spring, NY / Haldane) tallied 13 points and Yuni Sher (Poughkeepsie, NY/Long Island Lutheran) (Poughkeepsie, NY / Long Island Lutheran) finished with ten points and eight rebounds.  Jessica Scannell (Cork, Ireland / St. Vincents) added eight points, six assists and five rebounds for the Setters.

Moni Smith Ocran led the Owls with both 17 points and 17 rebounds while Jackie Beathea trailed with 16 points and ten rebounds. 

The Setters went 21-58 from the field, 7-19 from three-point range and 16-25 from the free-throw line while the Owls shot 24-59 from the field, 1-5 from the outside and 2-10 from the line.   SCSU out-rebounded the Setters 44-37 but Pace was able to convert 18 points on the Owls 22 turnovers throughout the game. 

The Setters fell early in the second half but gained momentum on a triple from Cleary that prompted a 16-3 run over the next nine minutes.   The two moments in the game where the Setters held their largest lead of 14 points were on converted baskets made by Sher with less than three minutes to go.  SCSU foul-trouble allowed the Setters to convert on 7-10 free-throws in the final 1:05 of the game and solidify the win. 

Hackett allowed the Setters to start the game on a 7-0 run in the first three minutes of the first half.  The Owls would respond with an 8-0 run before the Setters regained ground.  The teams would tie twice before the Owls took their largest lead of the game with 4:07 to go in half, 26-21.  A triple from Scannell and layup from Shields tied the score to go into half 26-26.

The Setters will travel to Saint Rose Saturday, February 16 for a conference matchup with tip-off at 1:30 pm.  The Setters won the first match-up against Saint Rose this season, 62-50 on December 1, 2012.