LADY CHARGERS TURN BACK KNIGHTS

LADY CHARGERS TURN BACK KNIGHTS

Team Stats

November 26, 2023

Rutherford, N.J. (11/26/23)  The Dominican University New York women's basketball team defeated the Queens College Knights, 51-47, this afternoon in the finale of the Felician University Holiday Classic, hosted by the Golden Falcons in Job Gymnasium.

With the win Dominican improves to 2-4 overall, while the Knights fall to 2-5 on the season.

Sophomore guard Cayla Howard (Naugatuck, Conn.) led Dominican with 18 points (8-13 from the floor) and seven rebounds.

Chidinma Ndukauba (Brooklyn, N.Y.) pulled down a team best 11 rebounds to go along with nine points, while Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) dished out a game best seven assists, three steals and eight points.

The Lady Chargers led 32-23 at the break, but the Knights scored 17 points in the third quarter to pull in front 40-39.  Queens continued the run with the first point of the fourth frame for the 41-39 advantage, but Dominican countered with an 8-2 run to retake a 47-43 lead with a little over a minute remaining in regulation and went on to the 51-47 victory.

Dominican scored 17 points off 22 Knight turnovers and outscored the Knights in the paint, 28-18.  DUNY would lead by as many as 12 points (32-20) with 37 seconds left in the second quarter.

The Lady Chargers return to action on Wednesday evening when they host the University of Bridgeport on Coach Baxter Court in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC).

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.