MEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS TO PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY

Philadelphia, Pa. (1/19/15) The Dominican College men's basketball team lost a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest to host, Philadelphia University, 62-80, this afternoon in a game played in the Gallagher Center.

MEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS TO PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY

Team Stats

January 19, 2015

Philadelphia, Pa. (1/19/15)  The Dominican College men's basketball team lost a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest to host, Philadelphia University, 62-80, this afternoon in a game played in the Gallagher Center.

Center Nick Smith* (Middletown, N.Y.) led the team with 16 points and six rebounds.

Senior Robert Hueston* (Middletown, N.Y.) added 12 points and six caroms, while Kristopher Hargraves (Teaneck, N.J.) came off the bench to score eight points.

Gerrel Irvin (Bay Shore, N.Y.) had seven points.

The first 13:32 of the contest saw a tight battle between the Rams and Chargers which featured six tied scores and five lead changes.  DC broke an 8-8 tie with four straight for the 12-8 advantage with 13:26 to go, but with the game later re-tied at 22-all, a 13-7 first half closing run by the Rams gave them the 35-29 lead at the break.

A Hueston jumper and a dunk from Smith started the scoring in the second half and brought Dominican within two points (35-33), but the Rams offense awoke with a 23-4 run to secure the 80-62 win.

With the loss, Dominican falls to 5-11 overall and 5-4 in CACC play.

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.