MEN'S BASKETBALL LOSE TO FELICIAN COLLEGE

Rutherford, NJ (2/7/11) The Dominican College men's basketball team fell to Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division opponent, Felician College, 70-61, this evening in a game held at Job Gymnasium. With the loss Dominican falls to 13-10 overall and 9-4 in conference play.

MEN'S BASKETBALL LOSE TO FELICIAN COLLEGE

Team Stats

February 7, 2011

Rutherford, NJ (2/7/11)  The Dominican College men's basketball team fell to Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division opponent, Felician College, 70-61, this evening in a game held at Job Gymnasium.  With the loss Dominican falls to 13-10 overall and 9-4 in conference play.

The Chargers scored the first points of the game on a Almin Hodzic (Budd Lake, NJ) jumper for the early 2-0 lead, but the Golden Falcons answered back with a 22-5 run to go up 22-7 with 9:45 on the clock before the intermission and went into halftime with a 34-22 lead.

DC cut the lead to seven points (43-46) as sophomore Cory Quimby (Otisville, NY) scored a layup with 12:45 remaining, but that would be as close as they would get as Felician came away with the 70-61 victory.

Hodzic led four Chargers in double figures with 12 points, nine rebounds and a game leading six blocks in the loss.  Sophomore Preston Smith (Mays Landing, NJ) came off the bench to score 11 points (shooting 4-6 from the floor), while guards Khaleev Ginyard (Brentwood, NY) and Leon Porter (Laurel, MD) each netted 10 points a-piece, with Porter getting a game leading four steals.

Quimby finished with seven points and five rebounds.  As a team the Chargers shot just 36.4% from the floor (20-55) and were 5-19 (26.3%) from three point land.

Dominican returns to action on Wednesday night when they host Caldwell College in a CACC North Division game to be played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.  Tip-off is scheduled for 8pm.

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.