WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS TO HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY

Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne
Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne

Team Stats

February 10, 2024

Philadelphia, Pa. (2/10/14)  The Dominican University New York women's basketball team lost a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game to host, Holy Family University, 74-57, in a game played this afternoon in the Campus Center.

Following the contest, the Lady Chargers drop to 9-11 overall and 6-5 in conference play, while the Tigers improve to 19-5 overall and 9-3 in the CACC.

Dominican opened the game on a 6-2 run, but HFU rallied and would outscore DUNY by 11 points in both the first and second quarters to hold a 49-27 edge at the intermission.  The Lady Chargers cut the deficit to four points in the first quarter (10-14) but a 7-0 Tiger run to close the period built a 21-10 advantage and they would never relinquish the lead for the rest of the game.

Holy Family outrebounded the Lady Chargers 48-27, while DUNY recorded 14 turnovers to the Tigers 23.  Dominican also shot better from the charity stripe, going 9-12 (75%) to HFU's 9-15 (60%).

Sophomore Cayla Howard (Nagatuck, Conn.) led two players in double figures with 22 points, five rebounds and two steals.

Chidinma Ndukauba (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added 15 points and pulled down a team best nine boards, two assists and two blocks, while Tanasha Mills (New City, N.Y.) tallied eight points and five assists.

Graduate student Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) dished out a game best seven assists in the loss.

Up next for the Lady Chargers is a road non-conference game at Molloy University on Monday evening.

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.