PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -  The Southern Connecticut State University men's basketball team fell to Pace, 95-77, in a Northeast 10 Conference matchup at the Ann and Alfred Goldstein Health, Fitness & Recreation Center. With the loss, the Owls fall to 4-10 overall and 2-7 in the NE10, while the Setters improve to 11-7 overall and 7-4 in the NE10.

C.J. Seaforth (Hamden, Conn.) scored a game-high 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting and made four of his seven three-point attempts. Lyron Bennett (Boston, Mass.) also added 20 points, and shot 6-of-13 from the field. Ulyen Coleman (Brockton, Mass.) grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds. Zack Penn (New Hartford, Conn.) and Isaiah Boissard (Walden, N.Y.) both scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds. 

How It Happened
First Half

• Pace started off the game with a 9-4 lead. Southern went on an 11-4 run to take a 15-13 lead, with Bennett scoring nine of the Owls 11 points during the run and 11 of Southern's first 15 points for the game. 
• The Setters immediately went on an 11-0 run to take a 24-15 lead with just under 10 minutes remaining. 
• Seaforth restarted Southern's offense, as the Owls went on a 13-4 run to tie the game at 28 with 4:31 left in the half. Seaforth scored 10 points during the four-and-a-half minute stretch, and made two three-pointers during the run. 
• Pace scored six straight points to retake the lead, but Southern cut the lead back down to one after a three-pointer by Boissard and a three-pointer and layup by Seaforth. Seaforth scored 11 points in a span of six minutes, but Pace took a 41-38 into halftime. 
• Seaforth shot 5-for-7 from the field and 3-for-5 from beyond the arc on his way to 13 points, while Bennett was 4-for-5 overall and also scored 13 points. 

Second Half

• Southern was able to tie the game at 45 to begin the second half, and trailed 51-49 after Boissard made a layup with 13:48 remaining. Pace then went on an 11-2 run to take a 62-51 lead with 12:17 left in the second half.
• After two free throws by Bennett, Pace went on a 19-8 run to extend their lead to 81-61. Southern outscored Pace, 16-14, to end the game, but Pace sealed a 95-77 win. 

Notes

• Seaforth scored a season-high 23 points, and equaled a Southern game-high for points in a game this season. It's the third consecutive game a Southern player has scored 23 points, as Bennett did so against Stonehill on Jan. 22 and Logan Bagshaw (Cumberland, Maine) did so against Assumption on Jan. 27. 
• This was Seaforth's 13th game with at least 20 points in his Southern career. 
• Bennett recorded his seventh career 20-point game, and his second in the last three games. 

Up Next
Southern returns to Moore Field House for a game against Saint Anselm on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Saint Anselm is currently ranked third in the D2SIDA Men's Basketball East Region Media Poll.