CHARGERS EDGED BY STAC IN FINAL GAME OF THE 7TH ANNUAL DAN SULLIVAN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

Orangeburg, N.Y. (11/18/18) The Dominican College men’s basketball team was edged by the Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas College on Sunday by a score of 63-61.

CHARGERS EDGED BY STAC IN FINAL GAME OF THE 7TH ANNUAL DAN SULLIVAN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

Team Stats

November 18, 2018

Orangeburg, N.Y. (11/18/18) The Dominican College men's basketball team was edged by the Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas College on Sunday by a score of 63-61. The game was the final contest of the 7th Annual Dan Sullivan Memorial Tournament.

The Spartans had a strong first half by scoring 35 points and holding the Chargers to 24 points. The Spartans shot 45.5% from three-point range and 85.7% from the free throw line. Zachary Rzewnicki led the team with 9 points in the first half. Demetre Roberts added 8 points in the first half. The Spartans outrebounded DC 22-15.

Daraja Rodwell (Baldwin, N.Y.) led the Chargers I the first half with 8 points while Sayon Charles (Staten Island, N.Y.) added 6 points. The Chargers shot 85.7% from the free throw line and 34.6% from the field in the first half.

The Spartans led the Chargers by as many as 15 points in the second half. The Chargers came storming back to tie the game at 61-61 with 45 seconds remaining in the game. The Spartans took a 63-61 lead with 24 seconds to go. STAC held onto the lead to secure their fifth win of the season to improve to 5-0 overall.

Jason Copman (Cumberland, Md.) led the Chargers in their second half come back with 12 points and 8 rebounds. Copman finished the game with 14 points and 12 rebounds for a double-double. Rodwell led the Chargers with 15 points in the loss while Ian Gardener (Norwalk, Conn.) added 11 points and 4 rebounds. Daniel Grant (Middletown, N.Y.) finished with 7 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists for the Chargers.

Roberts led the Spartans with 16 points in the win and Sekou Cisse added 12 points in the win. Kevin Lynch and Zachary Rzewnicki each finished the game with 9 points while Louis Griffith and Osbell Caraballo scored 8 points.

The Chargers will be back in action on Sunday, November 25th when they host the University of Bridgeport at 2:00 PM.

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.