MEN'S BASKETBALL TURNS BACK FIGHTING KNIGHTS

Boca Raton, Fla. (12/19/19) The #23 Dominican College men's basketball team turned back host, Lynn University, 76-60 this morning in a non-conference game played in the de Hoernle Sports & Cultural Center.

MEN'S BASKETBALL TURNS BACK FIGHTING KNIGHTS

Team Stats

December 19, 2019

Boca Raton, Fla. (12/19/19) The #23 Dominican College men's basketball team turned back host, Lynn University, 76-60 this morning in a non-conference game played in the de Hoernle Sports & Cultural Center.

With the win, Dominican improves to 9-1 on the season while the Fighting Knights drop to 5-4.

The Chargers used a trey from senior guard Daraja Rodwell (Baldwin, N.Y.) to take a 17-9 lead with 11:46 left in the first half, but Lynn rallied with a 14-3 run to push ahead 27-22 with 6:13 to play.  DC's offense counterd by closing out the first half on a 15-5, including a buzzer beating three-point bucket from sophomore Brandt Roundtree (Plainfield, N.J.) run to claim a 37-32 lead at the intermission.

The score was tied at 50-all with 12:24 left in regulation when Dominican charged ahead with a 21-7 run to rebuild a 71-57 advantage which turned into the 76-60 win.

Senior guard Tavon Ginyard (Brentwood, N.Y.) led all scorers with 19 points (8-14 from the floor) and five rebounds.

Rodwell finished with 12 points (3-6 from the three-point arc), while Jason Copman (Cumberland, Md.) grabbed seven rebounds and 12 points in the win.

Guard Jonathan Garcia (Springfield, Mass.) had 10 points, seven boards and a team best five assists.

Dominican will take on nationally ranked Nova Southeastern University on Saturday afternoon.

 

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.