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ALBANY-The College of Saint Rose won its fourth straight and improved to 12-4 at home with tonight's 70-49 triumph versus Northeast-10 Conference rival Pace University. The Golden Knights (22-6/14-5 NE10), who are receiving votes in this week's D2SIDA national media poll, turned 20 Setters turnovers into 24 points and held them to 21.2 points below their season scoring average.
 
"Tonight's final score isn't indicative of the kind of game we played. Pace challenged us with trapping zones and it took us a while to figure them out. Once again our guys did the little things well and played very good defense holding Pace to just 49 points," said head coach Brian Beaury.
 
Senior forward Tyler Sayre led four Saint Rose players in double-figures with 18 points. Junior guard Mical-Ryan Boyd and junior forward Jack Jones tossed in 13 apiece, while senior forward Chris Dorgler filled up the box score with 11 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.
 
The Golden Knights walked in the locker room up 34-26 at the break and then scored the first 11 points of the second stanza to boost their advantage to 19, 45-26, in the opening 2:30 of the second period. Boyd sandwiched the spurt with a pair of 3-pointers.
 
Pace (7-19/4-14 NE10) eventually whittled its deficit to eight, 51-43, with 7:53 remaining after freshman forward Peyton Wejnert scored inside. However, Sayre finished a feed from junior guard Jamaal Greenwood to ignite a 9-0 run that put Saint Rose in control to stay behind a 59-43 advantage with 5:24 left.
 
Sophomore forward Ryan Peterson led the Setters with 16 points, while Wejnert and senior forward Austin Mofunanya finished with 11 and 10 respectively.
 
Looking ahead, both teams are back on the floor Saturday with 3:30 pm home contests. The Golden Knights will host American International for Senior Day, while the Setters will take on New Haven.

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Notes: 2016-17 marks the 14th, 22-win season in the 31-year tenure of head coach Brian Beaury…The Golden Knights put four players in double-figures scoring for the 16th time this winter…They are ranked #2 in the most recent D2SIDA East Region media poll…Saint Rose has now won 10 of its last 12…The Golden Knights lead the NE10 in FT% (78.8), are second in scoring defense (67.9) and steals (6.6), and are fourth in rebound margin (+2.4) and assists (16.0)…Eight players are seeing at least 12.0 minutes of playing time and six are producing between 7.9 and 12.9 points per game with Boyd leading the way.

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Academics and Athletics Achievement Night: Saint Rose student-athletes were honored at halftime of tonight's men's and women's games for outstanding academic and athletic achievement throughout the past year. The academic portion took place during the women's contest, while the athletic honorees were recognized during the men's game.

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