MEN'S BASKETBALL RALLIES TO DEFEAT CONCORDIA COLLEGE

Orangeburg, N.Y. (1/9/13) The Dominican College men's basketball team rallied from a ten-point deficit with 14:22 to play in the second half to defeat the visiting Clippers of Concordia College, 65-55, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center. With the win, DC extends their winning streak to 10 games and improves to 13-2 overall and 7-0 in the CACC.

MEN'S BASKETBALL RALLIES TO DEFEAT CONCORDIA COLLEGE

Team Stats

January 9, 2013

Orangeburg, N.Y. (1/9/13)  The Dominican College men's basketball team rallied from a ten-point deficit with 14:22 to play in the second half to defeat the visiting Clippers of Concordia College, 65-55, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.  With the win, DC extends their winning streak to 10 games and improves to 13-2 overall and 7-0 in the CACC.

Trailing 42-32 with 14:22 to go, the Chargers went on a 15-4 run, spanning a period of almost six minutes, to pull ahead 47-46.  The Clippers re-tied the score at 51-51 (the eighth tie score of the contest), but senior guard Leon Porter II (Laurel, Md.) scored the next five points with a trey and a jump shot in the paint to give DC a 56-51 lead with 4:51 to play.

CC cut the lead to 58-55 with 3:30 on the clock, but a jump shot by A.J. Burton (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and another jumper in the paint by Porter made the score 62-55 with under two minutes left.  Porter followed with two free throws and Johnathan Brown (Central Islip, N.Y.) ended the scoring with a free throw for the 65-55 victory.

Porter led all scorers with 19 points (7-13 from the floor and 4-4 from the charity stripe) and had a team high three assists.

Burton came off the bench to score 11 points (4-6 from the floor), three rebounds and two steals.  Brown finished with nine points (3-5 from the floor) and eight caroms.

Seniors Cory Quimby* (Otisville, N.Y.) and Daniel Woods (Upper Marlboro, Md.) each tallied seven points in the win, with Quimby adding seven rebounds.

DC will travel to Bloomfield College next Tuesday evening in a 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.