PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – A late run for the visiting College of Saint Rose lifted the Golden Knights over the Pace University men's basketball team Tuesday evening in Northeast-10 Conference action at the Goldstein Fitness Center.
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF
- Pace came out firing to open the game on Tuesday, as sophomore
Luke McLaughlin (Blauvelt, NY/Tappan Zee) immediately got the Setters on the board with a jumper in the paint to take a quick 2-0 lead.
- Sophomore
Ryan Peterson (Wethersfield, CT/St. Thomas More) followed that up after a turnover with a three to make it 5-0 Setters in the first 51 seconds.
- Four free throws by Damon Coleman got the Golden Knights back within one, but junior
Victor Jusino (Morris Plains, NJ/St. Peter's Prep) dropped a layup through contact to earn a three-point play and put the Setters back up by four.
- A three by Coleman at the 12:46 mark made it a 12-11 game in favor of the Setters, but another three for Peterson, followed up a layup by junior
Bryan Rivers (West Windsor, NJ/Peddie School) after a turnover made it a six-point game.
- A scoring drought of over two minutes for both teams was halted at the 9:33 mark when senior
Austin Mofunanya (Englewood, NJ/Dwight Morrow / Lincoln College of NE) drained a long ball, the big man's first three as a Setters, to make it a 20-11 lead for Pace.
- Saint Rose's Jack Jones responded with a three from the right corner, but 60 seconds later, graduate student
Christian White (Rochester, NY/Aquinas Institute / Syracuse University) sank a three of his own to put Pace up, 23-14.
- Jones then did it again, hitting a three from the corner the next time down the court to get Saint Rose back within six.
- Pace's lead fell to two after yet another three by Jones with 2 minutes to play in the half, but freshman
Jack McGuire (Brielle, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) then drained a trey to make it a five-point advantage for Pace.
- Saint Rose's Tyler Sayre hit a jumper with 1:10 to go in the half to get the Golden Knights within two.
- Jamal Greenwood made 1-of-2 from the line with 48 seconds to go, and Anthony Russell did the same with seven ticks on the clock, tying the game for Saint Rose at 32-32 heading into the break.
HALFTIME LEADERS
- Mofunanya led the Setters with seven points and three boards, and hit one of Pace's five threes in the first frame.
- Jones led the floor with 11 points after going 3-of-3 from long distance for the Golden Knights.
SECOND HALF
- Saint Rose managed to take a five-point lead less than three minutes into the new period.
- A three by redshirt sophomore
Mike Demello (Mohegan Lake, NY/White Plains) cut the deficit to two, and a layup the next time down the court by freshman
Peyton Wejnert (Point Pleasant, NJ/Southern Regional) tied the game at the 16:09 mark.
- White then hit another long three to take the lead back for Pace, but Sayre responded with a layup to get Saint Rose back within a point.
- Wejnert came right back down the court and sank a layup to once again make it a three-point advantage for the home team.
- Another trey by White at the 13:03 mark put the Setters on top by four, but back-to-back jumpers for Saint Rose tied the game with 11:49 to play.
- Three free throws by Jones put the Golden Knights up, 52-49, with just over 10 minutes left, but Jusino subbed back in and immediately drained a layup to close the gap.
- Trailing by three again with under seven to go, Jusino scored again on a jumper to make it a 54-53 game.
- Jones then hit a three, sparking a 7-0 run for Saint Rose to push its lead to 61-53 with just 1:42 to play.
- Jusino hit another layup to make it 61-55, but Jones then drew a foul attempting a three, and made all three chances from the charity stripe to make it a nine-point game.
- Mical-Ryan Boyd made 1-of-2 from the line with just 31 seconds left, giving the Golden Knights the 10-point victory.
SETTER STATS
- White finished with a team-high 13 points and dished out three assists in the game. He went 3-of-7 from beyond the arc.
- Jusino added nine points and three assists, and matched Wejnert with a team-best five rebounds.
- Demello passed out a game-high four assists and tallied seven points.
GOLDEN KNIGHT LEADERS
- Jones scored 20 points after going 4-of-4 from three-point range and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line.
- Boyd added 12 points and a game-high seven boards.
- Coleman scored 11 and picked up four steals.
RECORDS
- Pace: 2-3 (0-2 NE-10)
- Saint Rose: 5-0 (3-0 NE-10)
UP NEXT
- The Setters stay at home to take on Post University in a non-conference matchup at the Goldstein Fitness Center on Sunday, Nov. 27. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m.
- Pace will then host American International College at Pace's New York City campus on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Tip-off in Wednesday's NE-10 contest at the Civic Center Gym is set for 7:30 p.m.
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www.PaceUAthletics.com and follow Pace men's basketball on Twitter (
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