DEACONS SNAP CHARGERS WINNING STREAK

Bloomfield, NJ (1/6/11) The Dominican College men's basketball team had their six game winning streak snapped this evening by host, Bloomfield College, 71-65, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division contest held at the Deacon Den.

DEACONS SNAP CHARGERS WINNING STREAK

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January 6, 2011

Bloomfield, NJ (1/6/11)  The Dominican College men's basketball team had their six-game winning streak snapped by host, Bloomfield College, 71-65, in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division contest held at the Deacon Den this evening. 

A layup from sophomore forward Daniel Woods (Upper Marlboro, MD) gave Dominican a 10-5 lead with 15:13 left in the first half, but a 7-0 run by the Deacons put them ahead 12-10 with just over ten minutes to go.  DC put together a 5-0 run on a trey from freshman guard Khaleev Ginyard (Brentwood, NY) and a basket from sophomore Preston Smith (Mays Landing, NJ) to regain a 15-12 advantage.

Bloomfield went on to score the next 17 of 21 points over the next five minutes to gain their biggest lead of the game at 26-18.  Leading 28-20 with 2:58 on the clock before the intermission, Dominican closed out the half with seven consecutive points, capped off by a dunk from freshman Nick Smith (Middletown, NY) to cut the deficit toe 28-27 at the break.

Forward Cory Quimby (Otisville, NY) started things off in the second stanza with a layup and Dominican went on to score the next nine points on with five of those points from guard Leon Porter (Laurel, MD) to build up a ten point lead (38-28) with 16:21 to go in the game.

With Dominican up 48-35 and 11:26 left on the clock, the Deacons went on 16-2 run to re-take the lead at 53-47 with just over seven minutes on the clock.  BC would extend their lead to as many as 11 points (66-55) with 1:58 to go, but Dominican closed out the game, outscoring Bloomfield 10-5 and ended the game with a dunk from senior center Almin Hodzic (Budd Lake, NJ) for the final 71-65 score.

Hodzic led two Chargers in double figures with his second straight double-double of 18 points (8-16 from the field) and 12 rebounds, to go along with a team leading six assists.  Porter finished with 16 points, shooting 5-11 from the floor, while Quimby added eight points, 11 caroms and a team leading four blocks.

With the loss Dominican now stands at 6-8 overall and 2-2 in the CACC.

Dominican travels to Holy Family University this coming Saturday for a 3pm CACC contest.

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.