PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost at Pace University, 59-51, on Saturday during Northeast-10 Conference action in the Goldstein Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-5, 1-4 NE10), Pace (4-6, 2-2 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Brianna Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School/Cal State Fullerton), 14 points, 6 rebounds, 5-for-11 field goals, 2-for-5 three-pointers
• Senior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 14 points, 5-for-9 field goals, 4-for-4 free throws
• Sophomore Jayla Tyler (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central/Saint Rose), 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds, 3-for-6 field goals, 5-for-7 free throws

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Arianna Stockinger, 25 points, 6 rebounds
• Junior Ciara Collins, 13 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals

GAME NOTES

• The Purple Knights had leads in rebounding (35-32), bench scoring (23-3), paint points (22-18), shooting (36.6%-36.2%) and made free throws (19-10), shooting 19-of-23 from the charity stripe to the hosts' 10-for-12 effort.

THE ACTION

• Collins and Stockinger both netted three points in helping Pace to an 11-2 start by 6:38 of the opening quarter.
• The Purple Knights trimmed the deficit to five points twice before Collins scored the final five points of the stanza en route to the Setters leading 25-12 by 9:08 of the second period.
• Blake's four points keyed a 12-4 run that made it 29-24 with 1:50 to go.
• Pace scored the next six points in a stretch that spanned halftime, but a pair of Blake baskets created six-point margins, and sophomore Ashlee Talbot's (Dracut, Mass./Dracut) free throw with 30 seconds left in the third period created a 40-35 tally.
• Furch brought Saint Michael's within 42-40 on a stepback jumper at 7:45 of the fourth quarter, but Collins drilled a three 15 seconds later.
• The visitors twice cut the hole to three points from there, but the hosts scored on their final five possessions to build upon a five-point contest and pull away.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Dec. 19 at Division I Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1 p.m.