Shields and Clearly lead Setters to victory: Daily Sports Digest, Jan. 13, 2012

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Setters Cruise to Win over Saint Anselm

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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.- Brittany Shields (Cold Spring, NY/Haldane) and Allison Clearly (New Windsor, NY/Cornwall Central)  both put up 17 points as they led the Setters to their 11th win of the season over St. Anselm, 61-43 Jan. 11. 

The Setters advance to 11-3 overall and 8-2 in the NE-10, while the St. Anselm Hawks drop to 9-7 overall and 3-7 in the conference. Pace came out very strong to start the game and held the Hawks scoreless over the three minutes of play.  The Setters played tough defense and continued to play well on offense as they built 23-4 lead with 8:41 left in the half. 

The Setters led by as many as 25 points and took a 35-13 lead into the break.

Pace took their largest lead of the game five minutes into the second half as they pulled ahead by 27 points on a layup from Maral Javadifar (Flushing, NY/Mary Louis Academy).  The Hawks used a 12-0 run to pull within 15 points at 46-31 with 7:14 left in the game. Kerri White (Flushing, NY/Archbishop Molloy) hit a three-point field goal to end the dry-spell and the Setters would push their lead to 23 points with just under five minutes to play.

The Setters cruised the rest of the way and post their fourth straight win in the process.

Megan Howard led the Hawks with a double-double in 14 points and 11 rebounds.  Curran Leighton scored ten points and seven rebounds while Briana Jones finished with eight points and four assists. 

For Pace, Shields led on the boards for the Setters with eight to go along with her 17 points, while Cleary finished with 17 points, five assists and four rebounds.  Javadifar and White both finished with nine points each, while Margo Hackett (Pawling, NY/Pawling) added five rebounds.

The Setters will travel to University of Massachusetts-Lowell to take on the River Hawks on Saturday, January 17 at 2:00 pm. 

Setters Fall to Saint Anselm

PLEASANTVILLE, NY- The Setters came up short to the Hawks of Saint Anselm College 77-66 in Northeast-10 Conference action Jan. 11. Pace falls to 8-6 overall and 6-4 in the NE-10, while the Hawks improve to 6-8 and 4-6 in conference play.

The Hawks came on strong to start the game as they built an early 7-0 lead over the Setters. Pace answered to tie the score at nine. Denzel Primus-Devonish (Riverdale, MD/St. John’s College)scored five points, while Delroy Daley (Bronx, NY/St. Raymond) converted a pair of lay-up to bring the Setters back. The Hawks held a slim lead, eventually taking a seven point lead at 24-17 with 6:09 left in the half.

The Setters rallied as triples by Kai Smith (Upper Marlboro, MD/St. Mary’s Ryken)and Justin Alston (Bronx, NY/St. Raymond) put the Setters in the lead at 25-24 with 4:40 remaining in the half. Saint Anselm rallied and took a 34-28 lead into the break.

Saint Anselm built an 11-point lead in the first two minutes of the second half but the Setters rallied with a 9-0 run to pull back to within two points at 40-38. Pace took a one-point lead at 46-45 on a three-point play by Jonathan Merceus (Union, NJ/Union) with 13:06 left in the game. The Setters added to their lead, eventually building a five-point advantage at 57-52 with 8:42 remaining in the game.

The Hawks used a 21-6 run to take the lead, pulling ahead by 10 points with one minute to play. The Hawks converted 5-of-6 at the line in the final minute as the Setters saw their two-game winning streak end.

For Pace, Primus-Devonish led the Setters with 21 points, three rebounds and three assists, while Daley totaled 14 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Smith shot 3-for-5 from three-point range as he finished with 13 points and three rebounds. Merceus tallied 11 points and six boards for Pace.

The Setters return to action on Saturday, January 17 as Pace travels to Lowell, MA for Northeast-10 Conference game against UMass Lowell at 4:00 pm. 

Junior ice-hockey programs

One of the great debates in the sport of high school ice hockey is the place of junior programs.

To get a detailed read on it, see Mike Dougherty's well thought out piece on the LoHud Hockey Blog.

On tap today:

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Source: http://sportspakdb.lhric.org

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