ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – Behind a career-high 23 points from
Jaden Kealey, the Pace University men's basketball took down Molloy University, 67-53, Saturday night.
Pace improves to 2-0 and looks forward to the 2023-2024 home opener on Wednesday against Felician University.
In the back half of the fist half, Molloy rattled off a quick seven points behind a pair of triples from Bobby Connors to open up a small 21-14 lead. The lead was immediately brought down to run behind six points in the paint, four from Kealey and two from
Jamaal Waters. Kealey beat the first half buzzer off a
Tray Alexander feed to send back into the locker room with a two-point lead, 23-21.
The Setters grabbed the lead early on in the second half and held it just under 11:30 left, when a pair of Molloy free throws shifted the lead to the home team, 42-41. Two trips down the floor later, Kealey swung the lead back to Pace for good, 43-42. With just under five minutes left,
Bryan Powell got the lead to double digits with a jumper and it didn't fall back below double digits again for any meaningful time.
Alexander finished with eight points and 11 assists while Powell registered a double-double, contributing 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Sean Bresnan also added 13 points.
Pace once again shot over 40 percent from the field, finishing at 47 percent tonight. 38 points this evening came from the paint.
