MEN'S BASKETBALL WIN ON NIGHT ONE OF DANIEL SULLIVAN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

November 17, 2012

MEN'S BASKETBALL WIN ON NIGHT ONE OF DANIEL SULLIVAN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

Orangeburg, N.Y. (11/17/12) The Dominican College men's basketball team improved to 3-1 overall after defeating the University of Bridgeport, 72-64, this evening on night one of the 1st Annual Daniel Sullivan Memorial Basketball Tournament hosted by Dominican College. In the earlier game, Assumption College beat Caldwell College, 75-59.

University of Bridgeport

2-2

Dominican University New York

3-1

Final

University of Bridgeport 2-2

Dominican University New York 3-1

Orangeburg, N.Y. (11/17/12) The Dominican College men's basketball team improved to 3-1 overall after defeating the University of Bridgeport, 72-64, this evening on night one of the 1st Annual Daniel Sullivan Memorial Basketball Tournament hosted by Dominican College. In the earlier game, Assumption College beat Caldwell College, 75-59.

The game was tied at 18-18 with 8:24 to go in the first half when the Chargers charged ahead with a 10-2 run to take a 27-21 lead and cruised into the break with a 36-27 advantage.

DC opened the second half with a 14-6 run to extend their lead to 17 points (50-33) and were ahead 64-54 with 2:14 on the clock. Bridgeport came back to outscore DC 10-4 over the next 14 points to cut the deficit to 68-64 with 13 ticks left on the clock. Dominican closed out the game going 4-4 from the charity stripe fo rhte 72-64 victory.

Senior center Cory Quimby (Otisville, N.Y.) led all scorers with 23 points and grabbed a team leading eight rebounds.

Leon Porter (Laurel, Md.) finished with 16 points (10-11 from the foul line) and a game leading five assists.

A.J. Burton (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and Daniel Woods (Upper Marlboro, Md.) came off the bench to score eight points a-piece in the victory.

With the win Dominican improves to 3-1 overall, while the Purple Knights fall to 2-2 on the season.

In action tomorrow, Bridgeport will take on Caldwell College at 2pm and Dominican will face Assumption College in the finale at 4pm.

Team Stats

Game Leaders

University of Bridgeport

Pts: Darian David - 14

Reb: Omari Howard - 9

Ast: Darian David - 4

Dominican University New York

Pts: Cory Quimby - 23

Reb: Cory Quimby - 8

Ast: Leon Porter - 5

Team Stats

University of Bridgeport

Dominican University New York

Field Goals

(21-59)

(23-57)

Field Goal %

35.6%

40.4%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

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.