CALDWELL, NJ – Pace women's basketball opened their 2024-25 campaign at the CACC/NE10 Conference Challenge, hosted by Caldwell University, late Friday afternoon.

The Setters were matched up with the host, Cougars, to ignite opening day and dropped after four quarters, 78-64.

Here's What Happened:

• Katumina Mansaray got the Setters started with the first blue and gold bucket of the season followed by Victoria Dieguez who went 1-2 from the charity stripe. Caldwell maintained the lead for the majority of the first half until Ciara Collins tallied a trey for the 8-7 Setter lead. A 16-9 Cougar run closed out the first half in favor of the hosts, 23-17.
• Ciara Mulleady, Mari Lee, and Dieguez kicked off the second quarter with points to put the squad within one, 25-24. As the Cougars maintained their rhythm, the game reached the halfway point with the Setters trailing 44-28.
• Pace battled through the third quarter and found themselves in a 14-point deficit, 47-34 but chipped away at the lead and ultimately slashed the Cougar advantage to 6, 57-51, after a Shanice Sinclair jumper.
• The first points of the final stanza for Pace came from a Mansaray layup, 61-54. With the Setters trailing by seven with eight minutes remaining, this would be the closest that the blue and gold would get to securing the victory. However, the squad dropped 78-64.

Box Score Insights:

• Sinclair led the charge in the afternoon with 15 points, shooting 57% from the field (4-7), six assists, five rebounds, and four steals.
• Mansaray finished with 12 points and Collins had 11 with two steals and four rebounds.
• The largest quarter for the blue and gold was featured in the third with 24 points where the Setters shot 67% (2-3) from behind the arch and 50% (7-14) from the field.

 
UP NEXT: DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY (N.Y.)
Pace Women's Basketball (0-1) will return to Caldwell on Saturday, Nov. 9, for day two of the conference tournament as they match up against Dominican (N.Y.) University at 2:00 pm.