GABBIDON LEADS LADY CHARGERS OVER NYACK WARRIORS

Orangeburg, N.Y. (1/28/16) Senior forward Déja Gabbidon (Teaneck, N.J.) netted a career high 30 points and grabbed a night best 19 rebounds in leading the Dominican College women's basketball team to a 71-53 victory this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division battle played on Coach Baxter Court.

GABBIDON LEADS LADY CHARGERS OVER NYACK WARRIORS

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January 28, 2016

Orangeburg, N.Y. (1/28/16)  Senior forward Déja Gabbidon (Teaneck, N.J.) netted a career high 30 points and grabbed a night best 19 rebounds in leading the Dominican College women's basketball team to a 71-53 victory this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division battle played on Coach Baxter Court.

With the win, Dominican improves to 10-10 overall and 6-5 in conference play.

The contest was knotted at 8-all with just under five and a half minutes remaining in the first quarter when the Lady Chargers charged ahead with a 13-2 tear to pull infront 21-10 and ended the first frame with a 24-15 lead.

The Warriors cut the lead to seven points at the beginning of the second quarter, but DC quickly went back up by double figures and ended the half on a jumper from Gabbidon to put them up 34-21.

Gabbidon netted 17 first half points and completed the double-double with 13 of her 19 rebounds.

Dominican held their biggest lead of the game with 2:55 left in the final stanza as Gabbidon converted two free throw opportunities to extend their lead to 16 points (62-46).

Shooter Shannon McGill (Staten Island, N.Y.) came off the bench to net 12 points, nine of them coming from the three point arc.

Stefani Alston (West Orange, N.J.) finished with eight points and five rebounds, while Jacqueline Rywalt* (Pleasant Valley, N.Y.) had a night best seven assists and six caroms.

DC will host Wilmington University 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.