PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Making their season debut inside the Goldstein Fitness Center, the Pace University men's basketball team rattled off a 97-55 win over Concordia on Saturday afternoon. The victory moves the Setters' record to 3-0 for the first time since 2003.

Pace's 42-point margin of victory is the program's largest since 1992 when the Setters tallied a 72-30 win over Queens.
 
Taking a 10-point lead into halftime, Pace broke things open with a 17-4 run to open the second half. The Setters held at least a 21-point advantage over the game's final 12:19.

Pace put five players in double figures on Saturday, led by a game-high 18 points from both Brandon Jacobs (Cambria Heights, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran) and Peyton Wejnert (Point Pleasant, N.J./Southern Regional). Wejnert also added 11 rebounds to pick up his second double-double of the season.
 
Bryan Powell (Middletown, N.Y./Canterbury School) joined in with a double-double of his own, registering 15 points and 11 boards.
 
Chris Matthews (Newton, Mass./Newton North) and Austin Gilbertson (Etters, Pa./Trinity) also put together double-digit efforts, putting in 13 and 10 points respectively. Matthews chipped in a team-high four steals as well, leading a Setter team that tallied 12 takeaways in the game.
 
The Blue and Gold earned a 49-34 rebounding advantage over Concordia—a total that included 18 offensive boards.
 
Up Next
The Setters return to action next Wednesday night (Nov. 20), hosting Mercy College inside the Goldstein Fitness Center at 7 p.m.