WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOPS FELICIAN COLLEGE

Orangeburg, N.Y. (12/16/14) The Dominican College women's basketball team improved to 5-7 overall and 3-2 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play this evening after defeating the visiting Golden Falcons of Felician College, 67-50, in a game played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOPS FELICIAN COLLEGE

Team Stats

December 16, 2014

Orangeburg, N.Y. (12/16/14)  The Dominican College women's basketball team improved to 5-7 overall and 3-2 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play this evening after defeating the visiting Golden Falcons of Felician College, 67-50, in a game played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.

Sophomore guard Shannon McGill (Staten Island, N.Y.) paced the Lady Chargers with 12 points, all coming from the three-point arc where she accounted for four of the Lady  Chargers 10 buckets.

Forward Lisa Bouffard (Wallkill, N.Y.) netted 10 points, three blocks and three assists, while Stefani Alston (West Orange, N.J.) grabbed a night best 12 rebounds and seven points.  Senior Lashonda Hathorne (Queens, N.Y.) tallied eight points, eight caroms and a game leading four assists.

Felician was led by freshman Shyla Osmond (New Haven, Conn.) who recorded a season high 24 points, six rebounds, seven steals and three assists.  Senior forward Ashley Morris (West Orange, N.J.) netted 11 points and added eight rebounds.

The game was tied with just under 11 minutes remaining in the first half when DC went on a 13-3 run to gain a 23-15 lead.  The team would take a 14 point advantage (32-18) on a trey from Jacqueline Rywalt (Pleasant Valley, N.Y.) with 2:08 left in the half and went into the break with a 36-25 lead.

The Lady Chargers shot 50.0% (14-28) from the floor in the first half.

Felician cut the deficit to 12 with 14:45 left in the contest, but the Lady Chargers scored the next 16 out of 21 points to increase their lead to 62-39 with 7:13 to go as they went on to the 67-50 win.

Dominican will travel to non-conference opponent, University of New Haven, this coming Saturday.

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.