SUAREZ AND MILLS COMBINE FOR 37 POINTS IN WIN OVER ST. ROSE

Albany, N.Y. (12/18/22) The Dominican University New York women’s basketball team bounced back to defeat the College of Saint Rose by a score of 74-65.

SUAREZ AND MILLS COMBINE FOR 37 POINTS IN WIN OVER ST. ROSE

Team Stats

December 18, 2022

Albany, N.Y. (12/18/22) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team bounced back to defeat the College of Saint Rose by a score of 74-65.

The Lady Chargers improve to 7-5 overall after the win. 

Tanasha Mills (New City, N.Y.) and Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) combined for 37 points to help lead Dominican to victory. Suarez finished with team-highs in points with 19 and assists with eight. Suarez went 3-5 from three-point range and added a perfect 6-6 from the charity stripe.

Mills scored 18 points including a 5-9 mark from the field and 8-10 from the free-throw line. Mills also picked up five boards and two assists in the win. 

Cayla Howard (Naugatuck, Conn.) and Olivia Levy (Stony Point, N.Y.) each added nine points. Howard also recorded six rebounds and three steals. Chidinma Ndukauba (Brooklyn, N.Y.) finished with eight points and three rebounds while Angelina DiMarsico (Stony Point, N.Y.) added five points and four rebounds.

Both teams played an even first half. The largest lead for Dominican in the first half was six points and held a three point lead by halftime 36-33.

The Golden Knights jumped out to a slim lead in the third quarter but the Lady Chargers finished the quarter on a 16-4 run. 

Dominican extended to a double digit lead in the fourth quarter on their way to a victory. 

The Golden Knights were led by Kaileigh Hunt who scored 11 points and added eight rebounds and six assists. Makaela Johnson finished with 10 points. Ryley Blasetti and Aniya McDonald-Perry each finished with nine points. 

The Lady Chargers return home and return to conference play when they host Caldwell University on Thursday, December 29th. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 PM.  

 

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.