WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ROLLS PAST WILDCATS FOR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

February 17, 2024

Newark, Del. (2/17/24) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team won their second straight game this afternoon over the Wildcats of Wilmington University at the WU Athletics Complex.

The Lady Chargers improve to 11-13 overall and 7-6 in the CACC after the win. 

Cayla Howard (Naugatuck, Conn.), Tanasha Mills (New City, N.Y.), and Angelina DiMarsico (Stony Point, N.Y.) each finished in double figures and all combined for 38 points. 

Howard scored a team-high 14 points and recorded six boards, two steals, and two blocks. Mills scored 13 points and added a team-high seven assists, four rebounds, and two steals. 

DiMarsico scored 11 points including 3-6 from three-point range and pulled down a team-high eight boards. Chidinma Ndukauba (Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored eight points and also added six boards, five assists, two steals, and two blocks. 

The game was tied at 10-10 after the first quarter and then the Lady Chargers pulled away in the second quarter outscoring WILMU 18-1 and held a 28-11 lead at halftime and remained in control the rest of the game. 

The Lady Chargers extended to their largest lead of the game which was 26 points in the third quarter. 

Dominican held the edge in assists, points off turnovers, points in the paint, and fastbreak points. 

The Lady Chargers return to action on Tuesday night when they visit the Bears of Bloomfield College of MSU for a north division match up at 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.