MEN'S BASKETBALL LOSE TO POST UNIVERSITY

Orangeburg, NY (12/1/10) The Dominican College men's basketball team lost their opening game of the 2010 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) season as they fell to the visiting Eagles of Post University, 69-60, this evening on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.

MEN'S BASKETBALL LOSE TO POST UNIVERSITY

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December 1, 2010

Orangeburg, NY (12/1/10)  The Dominican College men's basketball team lost their opening game of the 2010 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) season as they fell to the visiting Eagles of Post University, 69-60, this evening on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.

Post never trailed in the game as they took a 34-25 lead into the intermission.  The Chargers cut the deficit to five points (36-41) with 15:50 to go in regulation, but could get no closer than that as the Eagles came away with the 69-60 win.

Senior center Almin Hodzic (Budd Lake, NJ) led the Chargers with 18 points and a game leading nine rebounds, while guard Leon Porter (Laurel, MD) added 10 points and six caroms.  Sophomore Cory Quimby (Otisville, NY) came off the bench to grab seven rebounds in the loss.

With the loss Dominican falls to 0-5 overall and 0-1 in the CACC.

DC returns to action on Friday when they take part in the Nyack College Tournament where they will face Slippery Rock University at 5pm.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.