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61
AIC AICMBB 11-11, 6-8 NE10
66
Winner Pace PACE 7-16, 3-12 NE10
AIC AICMBB
11-11, 6-8 NE10
61
Final
66
Pace PACE
7-16, 3-12 NE10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
AIC AICMBB 22 39 61
Pace PACE 22 44 66

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's basketball late push not enough against Pace

PLEASANTVILLE, New York The American International College men's basketball team headed to New York to take on the Setters of Pace. Pace used a 12-0 second-half run and hit their free throws in the last two minutes to take the game, 66-61, on January 31 .

FAST FACTS:
Final Score:Pace 66, AIC 61
Location:Goldstein Fitness Center, Pleasantville, New York
Records:AIC falls to 11-11 and 6-8 in NE10 play; Pace improves to 7-16 and 3-12 in NE10 action.

STATS LEADERS:
AIC:
Adonis Williams: 16 points, nine rebounds
Jordan Vidal: 14 points, three rebounds
Tahlib Swan: 11 points, seven rebounds

Pace:
Payton Wejnert: 17 points, 13 rebounds
Austin Gilbertson: 16 points, three rebounds
Kevin Smith: 12 points, 10 rebounds four assists

HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Both teams struggled to score in the first 10 minutes of the game. Pace was first on the board with a layup nearly 40 seconds into the game. After an AIC missed three, the Setters scored again to make it 4-0. Jordan Vidal put the first Yellow Jacket points on the board over two minutes after the tip.
  • Pace continued to roll as they jumped out to a 10-2 lead and forced the Yellow Jackets to call a timeout with 14 left in the opening frame. The Yellow Jackets then went on a 5-0 run to make it a three-point game.
  • Just over halfway through the first half, the Setters held the 14-7 lead. In the last 10 minutes of the second half the Yellow Jackets chipped away at their deficit and by the five-minute mark, AIC had made it a three-point game, 19-16. Vidal made it a two-point game with 35 seconds left in the first half, 22-20. Williams put up the pass from Durant with six ticks left to tie the game at 22 at the break.
  • In the opening two minutes of the second half, the Yellow Jackets had taken the lead twice while the Setters had only tied the game. AIC went up by four, 27-23, at the 16:36 mark. Pace started to dig themselves out of the hole and took the 36-34 lead with 11 and a half to play.
  • The Setters were up 42-41 when they went on a 12-0 run in three minutes and made it a 54-41 game.
  • AIC then answered with an 11-3 run to bring the game back within two possessions with two minutes to play.
  • Down five, the Yellow Jackets had to attempt to extend the game. Over the final 1:15, the Setters went 9-of-12 at the line to seal the 66-61 win.

GAME NOTES:
  • The Yellow Jackets attempted a season-high 35 three-pointers. The last time the Yellow Jackets attempted 35+ threes was back on December 4, 2013, against Le Moyne, when they shot 36.
  • Vidal's 14 points is his second highest this season. The only game in which he scored more was against St. Anselm on January 12.
  • With the Yellow Jackets' five blocks tonight, it marks the 10th time this season AIC has blocked four or more shots in a game.

NEXT UP:
  • AIC will travel to #24 Le Moyne on Saturday, February 3at 3:30 p.m.

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