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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOPS SETTERS
November 9, 2024

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOPS SETTERS

Caldwell, N.J. (11/9/24)  The Dominican University New York women's basketball team topped the Pace University Setters, 61-58, this afternoon in their second game of the Caldwell University Conference Challenge at the Newman Center.

With the win, the Lady Chargers improve to 2-0 overall, while the Setters now stand at 0-2 on the season.

Graduate student Tanasha Mills led Dominican with 17 points (6-10 from the floor), six rebounds and three assists.

Cayla Howard added 12 points, while Tamia Nunes pulled down a game best 11 rebounds, scored nine points and two blocks. 

Angelina DiMarsico aslo scored nine points, five rebounds and five assists in the win.

A Howard layup with 4:32 left in regulation gave DUNY a 59-53 lead, but the Setters scored the next five points to cut the lead to 59-58 with just over two minutes to play.  A Pace fould with four seconds left sent Chidinma Ndukauba to the free throw line where she iced both attempts for the final 61-58 score.

The Lady Chargers led by as many as eight points (21-13) with 8:53 left in the second quarter on a jump shot by freshman Emma Gribben.

Dominican returns to action on Wednesday, November 13th when they travel to Thomas Jefferson University for a 6pm non-conference game.

 

 

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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 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.