While the Setters have been almost invulnerable at home, the road has been far less kind.
Pace’s women’s basketball team fell to the Panthers of Adelphi by a final of 74-54. The loss is Pace’s second in a row away from the friendly confides of Goldstein Gym.
The Panthers were able to utilize good ball movement and take advantage of mistakes to propel themselves to victory. Adelphi had 17 assists throughout the game, including 12 from Sade Jackson, compared to just 10 from the Setters. The Panthers were also able to score 12 points off of turnovers compared to Pace, who managed to put up only nine.
When Adelphi had their shots, most of them went right through the net. The Panthers hit 30 of their 60 shots on the evening to total 50 percent shooting on the night. In contrast, the Setters were only able to make 21 of their 51 shots for a shooting percentage of 41 percent.
A two-headed panther was the primary reason that Pace fell on the road. Adelphi got a huge game from Jessica Kitrys who had 28 points on the night and Kelly Mannix scored 19 points of her own. Although the Setters notched 19 bench points compared to just 14 from the Panthers, it did not matter. Kitrys and Mannix alone outscored all of Pace’s starters 47-35 throughout the game.
In addition to having more bench points, the Setters were also able to out-rebound the Panthers. Pace got a total of 35 rebounds on the evening compared to just 32 from Adelphi. However, Pace also had 15 turnovers on the night while the Panthers had just nine.
The Setters were able to get a big night from the low post once again. Graduate political science major Brittany Shields led Pace in both points and rebounds with 13 and seven, respectively. Pace was also able to get a solid lift from senior criminal justice major Kera Bretney who scored 10 points and grabbed four rebounds on the night.
With the loss Pace drops to 5-2 overall with a record of 4-2 in the Northeast-10 Conference.
As of that loss, the Setters rank number six in the NE-10 standings. The Setters fell once again on the road to Long Island University on Dec. 8, but since LIU is outside of the NE-10, it did not affect the NE-10 standing. Their record now stands at 5-3 overall.