WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PICKS UP THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY OVER CLIPPERS

Bronxville, N.Y. (1/15/20) The Dominican College women's basketball team won their third straight game this evening after besting host, Concordia College, 59-55, in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PICKS UP THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY OVER CLIPPERS

Team Stats

January 15, 2020

Bronxville, N.Y. (1/15/20) The Dominican College women's basketball team won their third straight game this evening after besting host, Concordia College, 59-55, in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action.

With the win, Dominican improves to 7-9 overall and 5-2 in conference play.

Concordia held the slight 20-19 edge at the end of one quarter of play and used a 16-5 run in the second to jump ahead 36-24 at the intermission.

Heading into the final quarter, the Clippers led 47-41 but the Lady Chargers opened with a 12-4 run to pull in front 53-52.  A Taylor Tomlinson (Middletown, N.Y.) layup put DC ahead for good, 55-54, with a little over a minute to play and they held on for the 59-55 win.

Junior Khay'la Latimer (Teaneck, N.J.) led four Lady Chargers in double figures with 13 points.

Tomlinson finished with a career high 19 rebounds, four blocks, two steals and 11 points.  Junior Korina Guerra (White Plains, N.Y.) also netted 11 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three blocks, while Ashley Merritt (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) had 11 points and four assists.

Dominican returns to action on Saturday afternoon when they host Thomas Jefferson University in the 10th Annual Sue Heller Memorial Game.  The game will also be streamed nationall on the NCAA Division 2 Facebook and Twitter pages.

 

 

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.