While the white out blanked the stands at Goldstein Fitness Center, the home team went home seeing red.
The Setters fell to the Skyhawks of Stonehill College 54-50 in overtime on a day where good shooting was hard to come by.
For the first 14 minutes of play neither team had a lead of more than six points during the first 14 minutes of play. Yet as the game wore on, Stonehill managed to get a six point lead at halftime thanks to the scoring of Tori Faieta and Paige Marshall.
Yet the second half belonged to the home team. Pace outscored the Skyhawks 27-21 in the second frame and actually led with less than a minute to play. Freshman biology major Yuni Sher hit a jump shot to give the Setters a 44-43 lead. Stonehill scored again and graduate political science major Brittany Shields got a layup with nine seconds to go.
The Skyhawks outscored the Setters in the extra frame 8-4 and walked away with a hard earned victory.
Offensively, neither team played up to its maximum potential. Both Pace and Stonehill failed to shoot above 33 percent throughout the course of the game. Still it was the Skyhawks who edged out the Setters 32 percent shooting to 28 in that category.
Still Pace was able to win some statistical battles. The Setters out rebounded the Skyhawks 49-46. Pace also had 24 points in the painted area compared to 22 from Stonehill. Also the Setters had 9 second chance points during the game compared to just 6 from the visiting team.
One thing coach Carrie Seymour will take pride in is how well the bench played against the team with the second best record in the Northeast-10. The Setters reserves put up 17 points compared to just six from the Skyhawks.
Sher led the way offensively with 14 points on the night. Sher went 6-14 during the game and led all Setters in scoring against Stonehill.
Pace also got offensive contributions from senior psychology major Allison Cleary and graduate media and communications major Jessica Scannell each contributed nine and six points respectively. Shields also put up ten points of her own against the touted front line of Stonehill.
With the loss Pace falls to 10-9 on the season and has a record of 8-7 in the NE-10. The Setters will hit the road on Wednesday to take on the Yellow Jackets of American International College.