RINDGE, N.H. – Led by a game-high 22 points from Peyton Wejnert (Point Pleasant, N.J./Southern Regional), the fifth-seeded Pace University men's basketball team earned a 74-61 victory at Franklin Pierce on Friday night in the first round of the 2019 Northeast-10 Conference Championship Tournament.

The Setters will now advance to take on top-seeded Le Moyne College in Syracuse on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. Pace and the Dolphins split their season series this season.

Inside the Numbers
*Wejnert was dominant in his first postseason game, finishing the night with 22 points and 10 rebounds for his 10^th double-double of the year. He missed just four shots from the field (7-for-11), while going 8-of-10 from the free-throw line.

*Brandon Jacobs (Cambria Heights, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran) also put together a big night, registering 15 points, five assists and four rebounds. Jacobs finished 7-of-9 from the free-throw line.

*Greg Poleon (Brooklyn, N.Y./Abraham Lincoln / Coffeyville CC) and Austin Gilbertson (Etters, Pa./Trinity) chipped in 13-point and 12-point efforts of their own. They also combined for 14 rebounds, while Poleon notched a pair of blocked shots.

*Pace's defense forced 15 turnovers in the contest, while limiting Franklin Pierce to a 20-for-57 night from the field (35.1 percent). The Setters were especially stingy in the first half, forcing the Ravens to go 8-of-36 (30.8 percent) from the floor.

*One of Pace's important advantages came at the free-throw line where they went 21-of-29. The Setters' 21 makes marked their second-highest total of the season.

How it Happened
A huge first half from the Blue and Gold set the tone in their first playoff win since 2007. Pace opened the contest on a 13-5 run before extending that edge all the way to 17 at halftime.

The Setters closed out the first half with a 10-2 stretch to take a 39-22 advantage into the break.

Although the second half was more even, Pace never trailed by less than 12 points the rest of the way. An old-fashioned three-point play from Jacobs provided the Blue and Gold with their largest lead of the game of 65-46 with less than five minutes remaining in the game.