WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS TO SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSTIY

Orangeburg, N.Y. (12/31/12) The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team rallied from a three point deficit in the final four minutes of the game to defeat the Dominican College Lady Chargers, 59-57, this afternoon in a non-conference game played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center. With the loss, Dominican falls to 6-5 on the season, while the Owls improve to 4-5 overall.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS TO SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSTIY

Team Stats

December 31, 2012

Orangeburg, N.Y. (12/31/12)  The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team rallied from a three point deficit in the final four minutes of the game to defeat the Dominican College Lady Chargers, 59-57, this afternoon in a non-conference game played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.  With the loss, Dominican falls to 6-5 on the season, while the Owls improve to 4-5 overall.

DC trailed 47-40 with just over 14 minutes to play in the second stanza but the team charged back and took the lead 51-49 on a layup from junior forward KC Jentzen (Pearl River, N.Y.) with 10:08 on the clock.

Dominican held a 57-56 advantage with 1:33 to go, but a SCSU layup and later a free throw lifted them to the 59-57 victory.

Jentzen led three Lady Chargers in double figures with 17 points and added seven rebounds in four steals.

Bianca Harris* (Teaneck, N.J.) tallied 13 points, while Lindsey Lopez* (Elmwood Park, N.J.) netted 12 points and a game leading five assists in the loss.

LaShonda Hathorne (Queens, N.Y.) had a game leading nine rebounds.

The Lady Chargers return to action on January 5th as they travel to Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) foe, Wilmington 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.