CHARGERS BASKETBALL FALL IN NON-CONFERENCE ACTION

Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne
Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne

Team Stats

January 25, 2024

Orangeburg, N.Y. (1/25/24)  The Dominican University New York men's basketball team fell to the visiting Rams of Thomas Jefferson University, 93-74, this evening in a non-conference game played on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

Dominican drops to 11-6 overall while the Rams improve to 12-7.

Forward Seth Sharif-Brown (Hackensack, N.J.) led three Chargers in double figures with 17 poins (6-10 from the floor, 4-5 from the foul line), five assists and four rebounds.

Joseph Merrill (Derry, N.H.) netted 14 points (5-9 from the floor, 4-7 from the three-point arc) and five rebounds.

Sophomore Isaiah Honis (Bridgewater, N.J.) scored 13 points (5-10 from the floor) and pulled down a team best six rebounds.

Hakim Byrd led the Rams with 25 points.

Thomas Jefferson shot well from the floor (57.6%; 24-59) and scored 75 points off 14 Dominican turnovers.  The Rams also held the advantage on the glass, outrebounding the Chargers 35-26.

Dominican opened the contest with the first five points and used a trey from Merrill with 5:12 left in the first half to take their biggest lead, 32-26.  TJU closed out the period on a 15-6 run to pull in front 41-37.

A 10-2 run by the Chargers to start the second half regained a 47-43 advantage, but the Rams rallied with a 17-7 spurt to retake a nine point lead (67-58) and never looked back.

The Chargers return to action on Saturday afternoon when they host Chestnut Hill College in the 35th Annual Bobby Mulligan Memorial Game.

 

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.