Garden City, N.Y.–The Panthers (18-6) suffered a tragic 87-83 loss to Pace University (17-9). Adelphi’s strong first half performance wasn’t enough to hold out Pace as they came out strong in the second half and pushed the game to overtime.
Overtime was quite the shootout in the first 2:30 minutes, each team going shot for shot. Until Pace’s Tyrone Cohen (8-15) put up a clutch three to put the Setters up by four with 1:30 left to play. Adelphi was then forced to foul intentionally to stop the clock allowing the setters to go to the line on 3 separate occasions. Foley would hit a three for adelphi but that would not be enough as pace won 87-83
The opposing team opened up the second half with a 14-6 run in the first five minutes. They were led by Peyton Wejnert with 31 points (11-24) and added 14 rebounds to complete his double double. Pace started off the game slowly finishing the first half with only two second chance points then finishing with 17.
The Setter’s offense not only outscored the Panthers but out boarded them too. Pace finished with 20 offensive rebounds. “We didn’t do a great job on the glass, and we turned the ball over,” said the Panthers head coach Dave Duke. Along with the 20 offensive rebounds given up by Adelphi they also had 21 turnovers and some in critical situations.
Adelphi’s leading scorer #14 Spencer Foley had himself a good night with 20 points (7-15), adding in three rebounds and going 3-3 from the line in 41:33 minutes. The panthers were also led by Austin Beech (4-9), Ronnie Silva (5-20) and Chris Coalmon (4-7) who all finished with 13 points. Silva and Beech finishing off their nights both with double doubles
Adelphi came out strong with a quick double digit lead in the first five minutes in the first half. They were on a 7-0 run in the closing minutes of the first half. Foley was fouled behind the arch allowing him to go to the line for three shots and making all. Putting Adelphi up by 15 at the half
I asked Coalmon what he and the guys have to do to stay motivated after a tough loss like this. “We got out toughed, if we remember these next few practices how we got out toughed tonight and use that we’ll be motivated and ready for New Haven,” Coalmon said. After this loss the Panthers still sit in second in their division with two regular season games left. Adelphi will travel to New Haven this Saturday to play the chargers for the second time this season.
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