LATE RUN GIVES BENTLEY 67-60 WIN OVER PACE
PLEASANTVILLE, NY – The Pace University women’s
basketball team lost to Bentley College, 67-60, in a Northeast-10
Conference Tournament quarterfinal game in Pleasantville, NY.
Pace falls to 21-7 overall and will await to see the pairings for
the upcoming NCAA Division II Northeast Regional. Bentley
improves to 20-12 overall and advance to the NE-10 Conference
Tournament semifinal game on Friday, March 3, 2006.
The 20 wins give Bentley their 24th consecutive season
with 20-plus wins, a new NCAA Division II record. They also
advance to the Northeast-10 Conference semifinals for the
24th time in 25 years.
Bentley led at the half, 32-28, behind Lauren Moore’s (Bristol, NH/Alvirne) nine points in the first frame. Moore knocked down 3-of-5 from 3-point range in the first half. She would finish with 15 points and six rebounds on the night. Bentley’s Kate Kelley (Hull, MA/Notre Dame Academy) had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds while Carolyn Gottstein (Albany, NY/Boston College) had 12 points and five rebounds off the bench. Shannon Kirwan (Melrose, MA/Melrose) finished with 11 points, six rebounds and seven assists.
For Pace, Maria Brown (Frederick, MD/Frederick) had 13 points, five rebounds and four steals. Brown was 2-for-3 in the first half and 5-of-6 from the free throw line on her way to a nine point first half. Brown struggled to get open in the second half, shooting just 2-for-5 and failed to make it back to the free throw line. Hannah Sheppard (Norwich, CT/Norwich Free Academy) had nine points and 10 rebounds while Ashley Wallace (Oswego, NY/Oswego) had nine points and six rebounds.
Pace used an 8-0 run early in the second half to take a 1-point lead, 38-37, with 14:41 left in regulation. Pace would use another run, 10-to-3, to take a 50-44 lead with 8:08 on the clock. The Setters would push their lead to the biggest of the game, 58-51, with 5:08 left in the game. Pace would go scoreless until the two minute mark as the Falcons used a 16-2 run to close out the game, 67-60.
Bentley will square off against #1 seed Southern Connecticut State University on the Owls’ home court in New Haven, CT on Friday, March 3rd.
