WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DROP NON-CONFERENCE CONTEST TO OWLS

New Haven, Conn. (11/22/22) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team lost a non-conference game to host, Southern Connecticut State University, 68-60, this evening in a game played in the James Moore Fieldhouse.

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

November 22, 2022

New Haven, Conn. (11/22/22) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team lost a non-conference game to host, Southern Connecticut State University, 68-60, this evening in a game played in the James Moore Fieldhouse.

Following the loss the Lady Chargers are now 3-3 overall, while the Owls improve to 3-1.

Guard Tanasha Mills (New City, N.Y.) led all scorers with 18 points and had a team best four assists.

Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) contributed 10 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Freshman Cayla Howard (Naugatuck, Conn.) and Kristen Teklits (New Fairfield, Conn.) pulled down six rebounds a-piece and combined for 14 points.

For the Owls, Ashley Evans and Delaney Conners netted 15 points a-piece.

Dominican trailed 63-50 with 5:21 to play in regulation when the team went on a 10-2 run, capped off with a layup from Mills, to pull within five points (65-60) with under a minute to go.  The Owls were able to close out the game by going 2-3 from the charity stripe for the final 68-60 victory.

The Lady Chargers return to action on Saturday when they travel to Assumption University.

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.