TIGERS TRIP UP LADY CHARGERS

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

December 16, 2023

Orangeburg, N.Y. (12/16/23)  The Dominican University New York women's basketball team fell in non-conference action to the visitng Tigers of Holy Family University, 75-57, this afternoon in a game played on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

Following the contest, the Lady Chargers now sit at 2-8 on the season, while the Tigers improve to 10-1.

Guard Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) led three players in double figures with 18 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Freshman guard Isabella Javier (Bergenfield, N.J.) scored a career high 15 points, going 6-10 from the floor and  3-5 from the three-point arc.

Chidinma Ndukauba (Brooklyn, N.Y.) netted 12 points, pulled down a team best seven rebounds, three blocks and two steals.  Ashley Schmitt (Staten Island, N.Y.) chipped in seven points and three steals in the loss.

First quarter action was a seesaw battle with the Lady Chargers holding the biggest advantage, 6-2, on back-to-back layups from Suarez and Ndukauba with 8:01 left.  Ndukauba would net the final basket of the frame to knot the score at 15-15.

The second quarter belonged to the Tigers as they scored 29 points to Dominican's nine to take a 44-24 lead into the locker room at the intermission.

Holy Family would hold their biggest advantage, 53-27, with 3:29 left in the third quarter and went to the victory.  The Lady Chargers put 20 points on the board in the final quarter with Suarez netting eight points.

Dominican returns to action on December 30th when they host Southern Connecticut State University in non-conference action.

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.