BEARS LEAVE WITH VICTORY OVER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Orangeburg, N.Y. (1/24/18) The Bloomfield College women’s basketball team completed the series sweep of the Dominican College Lady Chargers this evening after leaving the Hennessy Center with the 68-52 win in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division action played on Coach Baxter Court.

Junior guard Rebecca Rabeiro
Junior guard Rebecca Rabeiro

Team Stats

January 24, 2018

Orangeburg, N.Y. (1/24/18)  The Bloomfield College women's basketball team completed the series sweep of the Dominican College Lady Chargers this evening after leaving the Hennessy Center with the 68-52 win in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division action played on Coach Baxter Court.

With the win, Bloomfield improves to 9-9 and 9-2 in conference play, while the Lady Chargers fall to 6-12 overall and 5-5 in the CACC. 

Senior guard Rebecca Rabeiro (Midland Park, N.J.) led two Lady Chargers in double figures with 14 points, five assists and four steals.

Jasmine Gee (Englewood, N.J.) added 13 points.  Ciera Rivera (Pomona, N.Y.), Kyla Ramseur (Bloomfield, N.J.) and Taylor Tomlinson (Middletown, N.Y.) all grabbed four rebounds in the loss.

Dominican led 8-5 with 6:10 to play in the first quarter when the Bears clawed back with a 7-2 run to edge ahead, 12-10 with under four minutes to play in the period. DC closed out the quarter on a 10-6 spurt, ended with a Khay'la Latimer (Teaneck, N.J.) jumper to give the Lady Chargers the 20-18 advantage.

Bloomfield outscored  DC 11-8 in the second frame to head into the break with the 29-28 edge.  Zhane Robinson  led all scorers with 16 points in the half.  Rabeiro led Dominican in the half with nine points.

The Bloomfield offense continued  to dominate in the third quarter as they scored 21 points to DC's nine points to jump out to 50-37 lead heading into the final 10 minutes of play.

BC maintained the double-digit lead throughout the remainder of the contest, with their biggest lead being 18 points (68-50) with 1:40 to play, en route to the 68-52 victory.

The Lady Chargers will host Jefferson this coming Saturday afternoon in the 17th Annual Sue Heller Memorial Game.  Tip-off is scheduled for 2pm.

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.