DOMINICAN DEFEATS GOLDEN FALCONS IN CACC NORTH DIVISION CLASH

DOMINICAN DEFEATS GOLDEN FALCONS IN CACC NORTH DIVISION CLASH

Team Stats

January 17, 2024

Orangeburg, N.Y. (1/17/24)  The Dominican University New York women's basketball team topped the visiting Golden Falcons of Felician University, 66-54, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division contest played on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

With the win the Lady Chargers improve to 6-9 overall and 3-3 in conference, while the Golden Falcons falls to 5-11 overall and 5-2 in the CACC.

Forward Chidinma Ndukauba (Brooklyn, N.Y.) led three Lady Chargers in double figures with 12 points, seven rebounds, five assists and two blocks.

Cayla Howard (Nagatuck, Conn.) recorded 11 points, seven rebounds and two steals, while freshman Tamia Nunes (Worcester, Mass.) posted a career high 10 points, four rebounds and two assists in the win.

Guard Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) tallied nine points, six rebounds, two steals and dished out a game best seven assists. Isabella Javier (Bergenfield, N.J.) netted eight points.

For the Golden Falcons Mar Vidal led the way with 13 points, while Ane Valle scored 12 points and 14 boards.  Aisha Traroe netted 19 points and 14 caroms.

Felician led 8-2 with 6:52 remaining in the first quarter, but the Lady Chargers rallied with an 16-8 closing quarter run, ended by a trey from Nunes, to pull infront 18-16.

Dominican outscored their counterparts, 13-8, in the second frame to extend their lead to 31-24 at the break.

The Lady Chargers would never relinquish the lead in the final 20 minutes of action, leading by as many as 19 points (62-43) with 4:24 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Felician dominated the boards, outrebounding the Lady Chargers 60-39, but Dominican took advantage of 24 Golden Falcons turnovers in the victory.

Next up for the Lady Chargers will be a CACC contest against the Griffins of Chestnut Hill College slated for 2pm on Coach Baxter Court for the 23rd Annual Sue Heller Memorial Game.

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.