WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHARGES PAST FELICIAN GOLDEN FALCONS
Rutherford, N.J. (2/13/21) The Dominican College women's basketball team charged past host, Felician University, 80-55, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played in Job Gymnasium.
Rutherford, N.J. (2/13/21) The Dominican College women's basketball team charged past host, Felician University, 80-55, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played in Job Gymnasium.
With the win, Dominican improves to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in conference play.
Khay'la Latimer (Teaneck, N.J.) paced three players in double figures with 13 points, four rebounds and three assists.
Forward Jasmine Gee (Englewood, N.J.) added 12 points, four boards and four steals, while Taylor Tomlinson (Middletown, N.Y.) grabbed a team best eight caroms and 10 points.
Olivia Levy (Stony Point, N.Y.), Korina Guerra (White Plains, N.Y.) and Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) netted nine points a-piece in the win, with Levy adding four rebounds, four assists and three steals.
Tiara Mahorn and Damia Jordan led Felician with nine points each, while Uzor Uchidiuno had a game best 10 rebounds.
Dominican opened with contest with the first three buckets and used a three-point basket from Latimer to increase the lead to 10-2 with 6:22 left in the first quarter. A trey from Elle Nittinger (Waverly, N.Y.) increased the lead from 13-4 with under two minutes to play, but a 6-0 closing run by the Golden Falcons made the score 13-10.
The game was tied at 15-all with 7:04 left before the intermission when the Lady Chargers used a 10-3 run to jump ahead 25-18 and cruised into the break with a 30-20 advantage.
DC outscored Felician 28-16 in the third quarter to increase their lead to 58-36 and took their biggest lead of the contest with 2:13 left in regulation on a free throw from freshman Tanasha Mills (New City, N.Y.) to make the score 79-52 en route to the 80-55 win.
The Lady Chargers are scheduled to return to action on Tuesday evening when they host Georgian Court University in a 6pm contest on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.