NDUKAUBA SCORES CAREER HIGH IN VICTORY OVER LIONS

NDUKAUBA SCORES CAREER HIGH IN VICTORY OVER LIONS

Team Stats

November 25, 2023

Rutherford, N.J. (11/25/23) Center Chidinma Ndukauba (Brooklyn, N.Y.) netted a career high 27 points to lead the Dominican University New York women's basketball team to a 70-67 overtime victory over Molloy University in the first game of the Felician Holiday Classic, hosted by Felician University in Job Gymnasium.

The victory lifts the Lady Chargers to 1-4 overall, while the Lions fall to 1-3 on the season.

Molloy led 23-11 after the first quarter of play and outscored Dominican 13-11 in the second frame to take a 34-24 advantage at the break.

The Lady Chargers netted 17 points in the third quarter to the Lions 11 to cut the deficit to 45-41 at the end of three quarters of play.  In the fourth period, Dominican used a 7-0 spurt to put them ahead 50-49.  Both teams would trade points in the final three minutes with Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) scoring the final bucket of regulation to force the overtime period.

With the score tied at 58-all with 4:33 to play, the Lady Chargers went on a 7-0 run, capped off by a jumper from Ndukauba.  Ndukauba gave DUNY the 70-64 advantage on two free throws with three ticks left and the game concluded with a trey by the Lions for the 70-67 Dominican victory.

Ndukauba finished with 27 points and 14 rebounds to lead three Lady Chargers in double figures.

Suarez and Cayla Howard (Naugatuck, Conn.) scored 14 points a piece, with Suarez adding four steals and Howard pulling down 10 rebounds.

Guard Angelina DiMarsico (Stony Point, N.Y.) added four assists in the win.

Dominican returns to action tomorrow at the Felician Holiday Classic when they take on Queens College.

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.