CHARGERS COMPLETE SERIES SWEEP OF COUGARS

Photo by DUNY Sports Information
Photo by DUNY Sports Information

Team Stats

February 24, 2024

Orangeburg, N.Y. (2/24/24)  The Dominican University New York men's basketball team completed the series sweep of Caldwell University with an 89-85 victory this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played on Coach Baxter Court.

With the win Dominican improves to 18-9 overall and 9-6 in conference play, while the Cougars fall to 13-13 overall and 8-6 in the CACC.

Prior to the start of the game, the team honored senior: #1 Joshua Serrano (Amityville, N.Y.).

Caldwell led 16-12 with 12:59 left in the first half, but the Chargers would later rally with a 19-2 run to jump ahead, 40-24 with under five minutes left in the half.

Serrano closed out the half with two free throws for a 46-37 lead at the break.

The Cougars would cut the lead to 85-83 with 15 seconds to go, but Joseph Merrill (Derry, N.H.) iced two free throws to make the score 87-83.  CU would counter with two shots from the charity stripe to once again cut it to a one-possession lead at 87-85 with 12 seconds to go, however Serrano and Key'Sean Maynard (Queens, N.Y.) each hit a free throw in the final scored for the 89-85 win.

Guard Jaden Honis (Bridgewater, N.J.) paced three Chargers in double figures with 17 points, six assists and four rebounds.

Joshuel White (Paterson, N.J.) finished with 16 points, five rebounds and five steals, while Serrano netted 13 points.

Red-shirt sophomore Javel Cherry (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) scored nine points and Isaiah Honis (Bridgewater, N.J.) pulled down six rebounds and eight points in the win.

Dominican returns to action on Wednesday evening when they travel to Felician University.

 

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.