DOMINICAN DOWNS QUEENS COLLEGE

Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne
Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne

Team Stats

November 22, 2023

Orangeburg, N.Y. (11/22/23) The Dominican University New York men's basketball team downed the Knights of Queens College this afternoon in non-conference action on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

The regionally ranked Chargers defeated the Knights to improve to 5-0 overall on the season. The Knights fall to 3-2 overall on the season. 

The Chargers opened the game on a 9-0 run and later extended to their largest lead of the first half which was 16 points. 

The Knights cut the deficit to single digits after a 15-6 run down the stretch of the first half but the Chargers still held a 44-33 lead at halftime. 

The Knights began the second half by cutting the DU lead to six points. The Chargers used a big 29-0 run to extend their lead. Dominican cruised down the stretch extending to their largest lead of the game which was 39 and completed the 95-63 win.

Joseph Merrill (Derry, N.H.) finished with a team-high 19 points and went 8-13 from the field and 3-5 from three-point range. Javel Cherry (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) scored 14 points including a team-high four three-pointers.

Joshua Serrano (Amityville, N.Y.) also scored 14 points and went 7-10 from the field while Jaden Honis (Bridgewater, N.J.) provided 14 points off the bench and recorded four boards. 

Seth Sharif-Brown (Hackensack, N.J.) scored 10 points and recorded a team-high seven rebounds off the bench. Joshuel White (Paterson, N.J.) recorded a team-high seven assists. 

The Chargers shot 52.8% from the field and 44.4% from three-point range. The Chargers finished the game with 19 second chance points and outscored the Knights 46-28 in the paint. 

The Chargers return to action this Sunday when they host the University of New Haven at 1:00 PM in the Hennessy Center. 

 

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.