STRONG SECOND HALF LEADS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TO VICTORY OVER POST UNIVERSITY

Waterbury, Conn. (1/23/13) The Dominican College women's basketball team rallied from a ten-point at halftime to defeat host, Post University, 65-61 this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) match-up played at the Drubner Center. Following the win, DC improves to 11-6 overall and 8-2 in conference play, while Post falls to 9-10 overall and 7-5 in the CACC.

STRONG SECOND HALF LEADS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TO VICTORY OVER POST UNIVERSITY

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January 23, 2013

Waterbury, Conn. (1/23/13)  The Dominican College women's basketball team rallied from a ten-point at halftime to defeat host, Post University, 65-61 this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) match-up played at the Drubner Center.  Following the win, DC improves to 11-6 overall and 8-2 in conference play, while Post falls to 9-10 overall and 7-5 in the CACC.

Tied at 8-all with 13:08 left in the first half, the Lady Chargers went on a 7-1 run to gain a 15-9 advantage.  The Eagles would rally and with the score tied at 22-22, the fifth tie score of the half, closed out the half with a 13-3 tear to go ahead 35-25 at the intermission.

Senior Bianca Harris* (Teaneck, N.J.) paced Dominican with nine points in the first half.

Post maintained a lead for the first seven plus minutes of the second stanza, but a trey from senior guard Shannon Lavelle* (Floral Park, N.Y.) later re-tied the score at 46-46 with 12:55 on the clock.  The Eagles regained a four-point lead (59-55) with 5:21 remaining, but Dominican charged back with an 8-1 run with five of those points coming from junior forward KC Jentzen (Pearl River, N.Y.) and a three point basket from Lindsey Lopez* (Elmwood Park, N.J.) to go ahead 63-60 with under two minutes to play.  A post free throw cut the lead to two points, but DC used a 2-4 performance from the charity stripe from Lopez and Jentzen to secure the 65-61 victory.

Jentzen had a career high 24 points, a night best four steals and nine rebounds in the victory.

Harris finished with the game's only double-double of 20 points (7-14 from the floor) and 11 rebounds.  Lopez scored 13 points.

DC outscored Post 40-28 in the second half.

Dominican shot slightly better from the floor, 39.7% to Post's 39.3%, for the game and held a slim 42-41 advantage in rebounding.

The Lady Chargers will host the 12th Annual Suel Heller Memorial Basketball Game this Saturday at the Hennessy Center.  Tip-off is set for 2pm against CACC opponent, Chestnut Hill College.

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.