LADY CHARGERS UPEND PENMEN 88-84 IN OVERTIME AT SAINT ANSELM OPENER

Manchester, N.H. (11/12/22) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team began the 2022-23 season with an 88-84 overtime victory over Southern New Hampshire University tonight at the Saint Anselm Opener.

LADY CHARGERS UPEND PENMEN 88-84 IN OVERTIME AT SAINT ANSELM OPENER

Team Stats

November 12, 2022

Manchester, N.H. (11/12/22) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team began the 2022-23 season with an 88-84 overtime victory over Southern New Hampshire University tonight at the Saint Anselm Opener.

Redshirt sophomore Tanasha Mills (New City, N.Y.) posted career highs of 25 points and eight assists, in addition to pulling down four rebounds.

Freshman Cayla Howard (Naugatuck, Conn) delivered 17 points in her collegiate debut, while Chidinma Ndukauba (Brooklyn, N.Y.) produced the double-double of 15 points and 12 caroms in the win.

Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) recorded the double-double of 11 points and 10 assists.

Dominican led 23-20 after one quarter of play and used a 13-4 run late in the second to take a 45-33 lead at the break.

Howard tallied 11 points in the first half, while Suarez acquired seven assists.

The fourth quarter saw Dominican holding a 73-64 advantage with a minute and a half left in regulation when the Penmen scored 12 consecutive points to claim a 76-73 lead with four seconds to go.  Following a 30 second time out by the Lady Chargers, graduate student Kristin Teklits (New Fairfield, Conn.) hit the game-tying trey to force overtime.

The score was tied at 82-all in overtime when the Lady Chargers went on a 6-2 spurt with Mills hitting consecutive free throws to make the score 88-84 with 14 seconds on the clock.  The Penmen got a shot off in the final 10 seconds but a team defensive board by Dominican secured the win.

The Lady Chargers return to action tomorrow as they take on Saint Anselm College at 1pm.

 

 

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.