SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – In the final road contest of the regular season, the Pace women's basketball team (13-5 NE10, 19-6 overall) was defeated by American International College (7-10 NE10, 10-13 overall) by a score of 64-45 on Saturday.
 
The game was tied 15-15 at the end of the first quarter, after which the Yellow Jackets outscored the Setters 36-17 in the second and third quarters to put the game out of reach, eventually leading by as many as 25 points in the fourth quarter.
 
Pace came in as statistically the toughest defense in the NE10, allowing just 56.6 points per game. However, AIC was fueled by a boisterous Senior Day home-court advantage and was red-hot from the field all afternoon. The Yellow Jackets made 46.4% of their field-goal attempts, and 40.0% from three. 
 
The Setter defense did cause 19 turnovers, as well as record seven blocks and three steals.
 
Graduate student Lauren Schetter (Beacon, N.Y./Beacon High School) recorded team-highs of 16 points and eight rebounds to lead the Blue and Gold. The Beacon-native is averaging 20.0 points and 8.3 rebounds per game on the season. Schetter is one of only two players to rank in the top five of both NE10 categories.
 
Freshman Tower Lorde (Saint Michael, Barbados/The St. Michael School) chipped in six points and three rebounds.
 
The loss puts the Setters one game behind Le Moyne in the Southwest Division standings, with the two squads set to face off in Tuesday's Senior Day regular-season finale. The Setters head into the game as the only NE10 squad yet to lose on their home court.
 
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Pace hosts Le Moyne Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.