WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BEATS POST UNIVERSITY

Waterbury, Conn. (1/28/15) The Dominican College women's basketball team won their second straight game after defeating host, Post University, 85-77, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division game played at the Drubner Center. Following the victory, the Lady Chargers improve to 9-11 overall and 7-4 in conference play.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BEATS POST UNIVERSITY

Team Stats

January 28, 2015

Waterbury, Conn. (1/28/15)  The Dominican College women's basketball team won their second straight game after defeating host, Post University, 85-77, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division game played at the Drubner Center.  Following the victory, the Lady Chargers improve to 9-11 overall and 7-4 in conference play.

The game was knotted at 33-all with 4:17 remaining in the first half, when the Lady Charger offense charged ahead with a 17-1 first half ending run, finished by an and-one play from sophomore guard Jacqueline Rywalt* (Pleasant Valley, N.Y.) for the 50-34 lead.

The Eagles would cut the deficit to five points (77-72) with under four minutes left to play, but a 7-2 DC run would regain the double-digit advantage (84-74) and the team would go on to the 85-77 victory.

Forward Lisa Bouffard (Wallkill, N.Y.) paced Dominican with 23 points, while adding five rebounds and four assists.

Senior Lashonda Hathorne* (Queens, N.Y.) added 21 points and five rebounds, while Deja Gabbidon (Teaneck, N.J.) came off the bench to score 12 points and complete the double-double with a night best 13 caroms.

Rywalt tied her career high with 10 points, a team leading six assists and five rebounds.

Dominican will host the Chestnut Hill College this coming Saturday at 2pm at the Hennessy Center in the 14th Annual Sue Heller Memorial Game.

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.