Box Score

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Senior guard Allen Aragbaye (Corona, Calif.) and sophomore guard Ricky Hudson (Sewell, N.J.) each scored over 20 points to lead the American International College men's basketball team to an 84-81 Northeast-10 victory at Pace University Tuesday night.

The Yellow Jackets improved to 7-2 overall and 5-1 in the Northeast-10 with their fourth consecutive win, while the Setters fell to 6-4 overall and 2-4 in conference play.

Aragbaye scored a team-best 27 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead AIC, while Hudson netted 21 points with five rebounds and two assists. He was 7-for-11 from the field and 7-of-8 at the line.

Senior guard Byron Richards (Adelphia, Md.) scored 13 points and grabbed three boards off the bench, while senior forward Anthony Thomas (Baltimore, Md.) added 12 points with five rebounds.

Freshman guard Denzel Primus-Devonish (Riverdale, Md.) scored a game-high 28 points with seven assists to lead Pace. He went 11-of-19 from the field with a trio of three-pointers.

Sophomore forward Keon Williams (Hackensack, N.J.) recorded double-double with 17 points and 11 boards. Freshman guard Kai Smith (Upper Marlboro, Md.) also poured in 17 points.

Smith opened the game with back-to-back threes to give Pace an early 6-0 lead, which was also the spread after Primus-Devonish's layup made it 27-21 in favor of the Setters with seven minutes remaining in the first half.

AIC then went on an 11-2 run to take a 32-29 lead with 2:03 left in the opening frame. Thomas gave the Yellow Jackets their first lead of the game when he laid one in on the fast break and Aragbaye capped the run when he knocked down a jumper two possessions later.

AIC led 32-31 at the half and were up just three, 55-52, after Williams' bucker with 7:47 on the clock in the second half before going on a 12-2 run to open a 67-54 advantage with 3:36 to go in the game. The lead was nine after senior forward Denzel Jackson's () threw down a two-handed slam to make it a 71-62 game.

Pace nearly came all the way back as it put AIC at the line after that and nearly pulled out the improbably comeback, outscoring the Yellow Jackets 19-13 in the final minute.

Smith drained a three with four seconds left and Aragbaye was immediately fouled before any time could run off the clock. He sank both free throws at the other end and Primus-Devonish drained a three as time expired for the 84-81 final.

AIC shot 51 percent (28-55) from the floor and 33-percent (7-21) from three, while the Setters shot just 39 percent (32-82) from the field and 36 percent (9-25) from three. The Yellow Jackets went 21-of-36 from the free throw line, while Pace was just 8-for-18.

AIC will next head to Felician College Saturday for a 3 p.m. non-conference contest.