FELICIAN COLLEGE TOPS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Orangeburg, NY (1/11/11) The visiting Golden Falcons of Felician College topped the Dominican College women's basketball team, 52-46, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest held on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center. The loss marks the Lady Chargers sixth straight setback to now stand at 4-9 overall and 2-4 in conference play.

FELICIAN COLLEGE TOPS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Team Stats

January 11, 2011

Orangeburg, NY (1/11/11)  The visiting Golden Falcons of Felician College topped the Dominican College women's basketball team, 52-46, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest held on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.  The loss marks the Lady Chargers sixth straight setback to now stand at 4-9 overall and 2-4 in conference play.

Tied 9-9 with 15:27 left in the first stanza, DC went on a 5-0 spurt on a three point bucket by guard Lindsey Lopez (Elmwood Park, NJ) and a layup from senior Shanice Scully (St. Albans, NY) to put them ahead 14-9.  Eight straight points from Felician gave them a 17-14 advantage and Dominican came back twice to cut the lead to a point (16-17 and 18-19) before a jump shot from freshman KC Jentzen (Pearl River, NY) regained a slight 20-19 lead.  The Golden Falcons went on to outscore the Lady Chargers 11-2 in the final 3:54 to head into halftime with a 30-22 lead.

Dominican started the scoring in the second half with the first nine points, with seven of them coming from sophomore guard Shannon Lavelle (Floral Park, NY) to re-take a 31-30 lead with just over 14 minutes to go.  With the score at 35-all Felician went on an 11-2 run to go up 46-37 with 6:15 left in regulation.

Seven straight Lady Charger points brought them to within two points (44-46) and were able to pull within a point (46-47) with 32 seconds left, but Felician pulled out the 56-42 win by going 5-5 from the charity stripe.

Lavelle led two Lady Chargers in double figures with 16 points.  Scully finished with 10 points, while Jentzen added six points and a team leading eight rebounds off the bench in the loss.

Destiny Barnette led the Golden Falcons with 12 points, while Quay Baskerville had the game's only double-double with 11 points and 10 caroms.

DC returns to action Saturday, January 22nd when they host Felician College in a CACC North Division clash on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.  Game time is slated for 2pm.

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.