PORTER LEADS CHARGERS OVER BENTLEY UNIVERSITY

Waltham, Mass. (11/10/12) Senior guard, Leon Porter (Laurel, Md.) netted 14 of his 24 points in the second half to lead the Dominican College men's basketball team to a 63-58 victory over host, Bentley University, in the finale of the Bentley Tip-Off Classic played at the Dana Center. With the win, Dominican improves to 1-1 overall, while Bentley falls to 1-1 on the season.

PORTER LEADS CHARGERS OVER BENTLEY UNIVERSITY

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November 10, 2012

Waltham, Mass. (11/10/12)  Senior guard, Leon Porter* (Laurel, Md.) netted 14 of his 24 points in the second half to lead the Dominican College men's basketball team to a 63-58 victory over host, Bentley University, in the finale of the Bentley Tip-Off Classic played at the Dana Center.  With the win, Dominican improves to 1-1 overall, while Bentley falls to 1-1 on the season.

Bentley opened the game with the first four points, but the Chargers went on a 13-3 run to claim a 13-7 lead with 13:11 left in the first stanza.  The Falcons countered with a 16-6 run over the next four and a half minutes to regain a 23-19 advantage.

An 8-2 charge by Dominican, led by Porter who netted six of the eight points gave DC a 27-25 lead with 3:11 to go in the half and senior Cory Quimby* (Otisville, N.Y.) ended the half with a layup to tie the game at 29-29.

In the first half both team shot 40% from the floor as DC went 10-25 and Bentley went 12-30.  The half saw four lead changes and four ties.

The second half was a different story as the Chargers shot 48% from the floor, including going 4-9 (44.4%) from the three point arc, to the Falcons 38.5% and a 1-10 peformance from beyond the arc.

A 7-2 Charger spurt started things off in the second half as Khaleev Ginyard (Brentwood, N.Y.) and Porter connected for three point buckets and Quimby went 1-2 from the charity stripe put Dominican ahead for good at 36-31.  The spurt grew into a 23-13 run that extend the Dominican lead to 10 points (52-42) with a little over seven-and-a-half minutes remaining in the contest.

The Falcons battled back to cut the lead to two points (54-52) with 2:51 on the clock, but Porter answered with an eight-foot jumper.  Bentley came back with a basket to once again bring them within two points.  Junior Johnathan Brown (Central Islip, N.Y.) came up big with a driving layup with 47 ticks left on the clock to stretch the Charger lead to four points (58-54).

Dominican went 5-6 from the free throw line the final 30 seconds, including four from Porter to secure the 63-58 victory.

Porter finished shooting 7-11 from the floor and 7-8 from the line in his season high 24 points.

Quimby finished with his first double-double of the season with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

The Chargers out shot Bentley 44% to 39% and out rebounded them 34-29.

Dominican is back in action on Wednesday as they travel to Concordia College.

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.