COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team led 22nd-ranked Pace University with a little more than two minutes remaining on Saturday before losing a 65-57 Northeast-10 Conference decision in the Ross Sports Center. The Setters' ranking is according to the D2CSC national poll, and they are third in the East Region rankings.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-3, 0-3 NE10), Pace (7-0, 4-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 13 points, 5-for-6 free throws
• Junior Brianna Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School/Cal State Fullerton), 11 points, 2 steals, 2-for-4 field goals, 6-for-8 free throws
• Junior Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 8 points, 2-for-4 three-pointers
• First-year Amber Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School), 7 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals
• Senior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 6 points, 3 assists
• Senior Kelly Laggis (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 5 rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Ciara Collins, 18 points, 6-for-11 field goals, 6-for-6 free throws
• Senior Katumina Mansaray, 17 points, 5 rebounds, 8-for-9 field goals
• Junior Tower Lorde, 8 points, 6 rebounds, 4-for-6 field goals

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights shot 31.3% (5-for-16) from three-point range while holding Pace to 1-of-10 shooting from deep.
• Saint Michael's forced 14 turnovers against a team that was seventh in the nation in fewest giveaways per game.

THE ACTION

• Collins had a pair of baskets as the Setters led 8-0 by 6:59 of the opening quarter. Lorde's lay-up made it 17-4 with 2:01 to go.
• Amber Furch put home two buckets in the final 31 seconds, capping a 10-0 run that brought Saint Michael's within three points.
• Pace slowly built its lead back to 10 points in the second stanza before the hosts came as close as four points on three occasions in the third.
• First-year Ashlee Talbot's (Dracut, Mass./Dracut) three from the corner finished off a tying 7-0 run with 5:55 left in regulation before Mansaray's consecutive hoops pushed the Pace lead to 54-50 at 4:19.
• Three Purple Knight free throws were followed by Brophy's straight-on three with 2:40 remaining, which gave the hosts a 56-54 edge.
• The Setters responded with an 11-0 run, keyed by Collins' tying freebies at 2:23 and Mansaray's go-ahead jumper at 1:54. Collins scored eight of her team's points during the key stretch.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at The College of Saint Rose, 5:30 p.m.
• The Golden Knights received votes toward the latest D2CSC East Region poll.