SIX CHARGERS NET DOUBLE FIGURES IN WIN OVER COUGARS

SIX CHARGERS NET DOUBLE FIGURES IN WIN OVER COUGARS

Team Stats

January 29, 2024

Caldwell, N.J. (1/29/24)  The Dominican University New York men's basketball team downed host, Caldwell University, 92-77, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division game played in the Newman Center.

With the win Dominican improves to 13-6 overall and 5-3 in CACC play, while the Cougars fall to 8-9 overall and 4-4 in conference play.

The Chargers had six different players reach double figures to help lead the team to victory.

Forward Seth Sharif-Brown (Hackensack, N.J.) led all scorers with 23 points and five rebounds.

Javel Cherry (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) and Jaden Honis (Bridgewater, N.J.) each scored 16 points with Cherry adding five boards and Honis delivering three assists.

Sophomore Isaiah Honis (Bridgewater, N.J.) tallied 12 points, three rebounds and three assists, while Sam Parris (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) and Joshua Serrano (Amityville, N.Y.) contributed 10 points and three caroms a piece in the victory.

Guard Joshuel White (Paterson, N.J.) dished out a career high 12 assists.

Caldwell opened the game on a 6-5 run when the Chargers countered with eight straight points, including back-to-back three-point buckets from Cherry and Parris.  A 19-9 run later by DUNY increased the lead to 12 points with six and a half minutes left and a layup from Emmanuel Smith (Brooklyn, N.Y.) with 1:35 left before the break gave the team their biggest advantage in the game, 54-28.

Dominican never trailed in the second frame and with Brown netting 11 second half points (5-7 from the floor) in cruising to the win.  The Chargers held a 39-32 advantage on the glass and collected 24 total assists.

The Chargers return to play on Wednesday evening when they travel to the University of Bridgeport.

 

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.