WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOPS CALDWELL UNIVERSITY

Orangeburg, N.Y. (1/10/15) The Dominican College women's basketball team won a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division contest against the visiting Cougars of Caldwell University, 82-64, this afternoon in a game played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center. With the win, Dominican improves to 6-9 overall and 4-2 in conference play, while the Cougars fall to 9-8 overall and 6-2 in the conference.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOPS CALDWELL UNIVERSITY

Team Stats

January 10, 2015

Orangeburg, N.Y. (1/10/15)  The Dominican College women's basketball team won a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division contest against the visiting Cougars of Caldwell University, 82-64, this afternoon in a game played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.  With the win, Dominican improves to 6-9 overall and 4-2 in conference play, while the Cougars fall to 9-8 overall and 6-2 in the conference.

Dominican led 14-8 with 10:46 remaining in the first stanza when the Cougars countered with a 12-2 run to pull ahead 20-16.  The Lady Chargers retaliated by scoring the next 17 of 18 points, with freshman guard Rebecca Rabeiro (Midland Park, N.J.) scoring seven of the points, to reclaim a 33-21 lead.  A jumper in the paint by Deja Gabbidon (Teaneck, N.J.) gave DC a 35-26 advantage at the intermission.

The Lady Chargers never relinquished the lead in the second half and led by as many as 20 points behind a 19-34 (55.9%) performance from the floor.  Gabbidon ended the game with a layup for the 82-64 win and securing the Lady Chargers fourth consecutive win against the Cougars on Coach Baxter Court.

Forward Lisa Bouffard (Wallkill, N.Y.) led all scorers and five Lady Chargers in double figures with 17 points and had eight rebounds.

Lashonda Hathorne* (Queens, N.Y.) netted 14 points, grabbed a team co-best nine rebounds and had five assists, while guard Shannon McGill (Staten Island, N.Y.) went 4-5 from the three point arc en route to 14 points as well.   

Gabbidon came off the bench to score 14 points an nine rebounds.  Rabeiro finished with 10 points. 

Dominican returns to action on Tuesday evening when they host CACC North Division foe, Bloomfield College.  Game time is 5:30 pm on Coach Baxter Court.

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.