Women's Basketball

RIVER HAWKS SOAR PAST SETTERS, 64-46

LOWELL, MA - The Pace University women's basketball team fell to the University of Massachusetts - Lowell River Hawks by the score of 64-46 in a Northeast-10 Conference match up at the Costello Athletic Center in Lowell, Mass. Pace falls to 4-10 on the season and 4-6 in the NE-10, while UMass - Lowell improves to 8-7 overall, 3-7 in conference play.

Sophomore Taylor Losey (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern) led Pace with a team-high 10 points, to go with five rebounds. Senior Stephanie Klingele (Staten Island, NY/St. John Villa) added nine points, while freshmen Kristin Connolly (Staten Island, NY/St. Peter's) and Brittany Huggins (Windsor, CT/Windsor) finished the afternoon with eight points apiece. Huggins and classmate Lisa Welsome (Staten Island, NY/St. Peter's) grabbed six rebounds each.

The River Hawks were led by Liron Asher's game-high 19 points, shooting 5-for-8 from the field, while going 9-for-11 from the free throw line. Megan Berry was also in double digits scoring 16 points on 6-for-13 shooting, including 4-for-9 from beyond the arc. Revital Carmon controlled the glass recording a game-high 11 rebounds, to go with five assists and seven points.

UMass - Lowell took the lead from the tip on a three-pointer by Berry and controlled the first half. A Welsome lay-up at the 7:58 mark gave Pace its first and only lead of the game, 21-20, but it would not last long as the River Hawks regained the advantage in their next possession on a three-pointer from Tamaria Menefee. UMass - Lowell would take a 10-point lead into halftime, 35-25, their largest of the first half, with the help of an 8-0 to close the first frame.

The Setters cut their deficit to nine on two occasions, but that's as close as the game would get as the River Hawks continued their control maintaining their double digit advantage. Leading by nine, 39-30, with 15:35 remaining in the game, UMass-Lowell would push their advantage to 17 using an 8-0 run. The River Hawks would lead by as many as 21 as Lowell cruised to the 64-46 win.

The Setters were held to just 28.8% (17-for-59) shooting from the field, including 25.0% (7-for-28) from three by the stingy Lowell defense. Pace went the free throw line just nine times, converting five (55.6%). UMass - Lowell shot 35.5% (22-for-62) from the field, but converted 42.9% (6-for-14) from beyond the arc and 70.0% (14-for-20) from the line. The River Hawks also out-rebounded the Setters 54-34.

Pace will be in action again on Wednesday, January 16^th, as the Setters will travel to Albany, NY to take on the Golden Knights of The College of Saint Rose in Northeast-10 Conference action. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Pace will look to even the season series as the Golden Knights defeated the Setters, 63-60, earlier this season on December 4^th in Pleasantville.