LADY CHARGERS DOWN LIGHTNING

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

February 3, 2024

Orangeburg, N.Y. (2/3/24) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team downed the visiting Lightning of Goldey-Beacom College, 66-49, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

With the win the Lady Chargers improve to 9-10 overall and 6-4 in CACC play, while the Lightning fall to 2-20 overall and 1-9 in conference play.

Freshman guard Isabella Javier (Bergenfield, N.J.) posted a career high 18 points, shooting 6-9 from the floor and 3-5 from the arc, and six rebounds.

Tamia Nunes (Worcester, Mass.) netted 13 points and a career best nine caroms, while Tanasha Mills (New City, N.Y.) scored 11 points.

Senior Chidinma Ndukauba (Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored 10 points and five boards in the win.

Dominican led 50-42 after three quarters of play but a 7-4 run in the fourth extended the lead to 57-46 with 3:14 left in regulation.  DUNY closed out the contest on a 7-0 run en route to the 66-49 win.

The Lady Chargers return to action on Tuesday evening when they host Post University in a crucial CACC North Division contest.  Tip-off is slated 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.