PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team's season ended at Pace University on Friday with a 76-64 loss in the first round of the Northeast-10 Conference Championship at the Goldstein Health, Fitness & Recreation Center. The Purple Knights were the seventh seed from the NE10 Northeast Division, while the Setters hold the second seed from the NE10 Southwest Division. Pace also received votes toward this week's D2SIDA National Media Poll and stands fifth in the latest NCAA East Region rankings.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-21), Pace (21-6)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Nicole Anderson (Kittery Point, Maine/Marianapolis Prep), 14 points, 4 rebounds, 6-for-14 field goals
• Senior Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), 14 points, 3 steals, 5-for-10 field goals, 4-for-5 free throws
• First-year Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 5-for-11 field goals
• Junior Kelly Laggis (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 8 points, 4-for-6 field goals
• Sophomore Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 7 points, 3-for-4 field goals
• Junior Anika Kapral (Dummerston, Vt./Vermont Academy), 5 points, 4 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds
• Sophomore Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 4 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Lauren Schetter, 25 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists
• Sophomore Katumina Mansaray, 17 points
• Graduate student Naya Rivera, 8 points, 11 rebounds, 5 offensive rebounds

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's returned to the postseason for the first time since 2014-15, with its 38th all-time meeting against Pace the programs' first during postseason play.
• The Purple Knights were only outshot 48.2%-46.6%, but were outscored 21-7 on free throws.
• Anderson buried her 50th three-pointer of the season, joining Brigid Hegarty '06 as the lone Purple Knights to make 50 threes in three different seasons.
• Anderson finished her career 14th in program history in career points (1,080), six shy of Erica Kensey '04 for 13th. She is fourth in triples (194), four away from Jes Hambley '03, and tied for sixth in three-point percentage (33.3%).

THE ACTION

• Kapral and Brophy made back-to-back baskets to give Saint Michael's a 4-0 lead by 8:57 of the first quarter before Schetter's bucket at 7:33 forced the first tie.
• Anderson knocked down a go-ahead jumper 27 seconds later, and graduate student Jasmine White's tying jumper was matched by Brophy's lay-in at 5:49, giving the Purple Knights an 8-6 edge.
• The next 12 points came from Pace, with Schetter netting eight, and the Setters capped the run at 25-4 on Mansaray's lay-up at 8:27 of the second period. The hosts led 31-12.
• Brophy knocked down a pair of three-pointers in a 13-0 response, which Kapral ended with a lay-up at 4:08, bringing Saint Michael's within six.
• Pace pushed its lead back to 10, but the visitors scored the final six points of the stanza, coming within 35-31 at halftime on Laggis' lay-up with 39 seconds to go.
• The Setters began the second half on a 10-2 run, with Schetter scoring six of the points, before Saint Michael's trimmed the margin to 47-39 on Blake's three-point play at 4:26.
• Around another Blake bucket, Pace compiled an 11-2 run to nab a 58-41 lead by 50 seconds.
• Blake dropped home a lay-up at 21 seconds before Anderson beat the buzzer with a three-pointer, and the Purple and Gold trailed 58-46 heading into the fourth quarter.
• Brophy's lay-up produced a 10-point gap at 8:09 of the final stanza (58-48), but the Setters maintained the double-digit for the duration of the frame, extending their lead to as many as 15 points.