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MILLS AND HOWARD COMBINE FOR 41 POINTS AS LADY CHARGERS UPEND EAGLES IN CACC OPENER
December 3, 2024

MILLS AND HOWARD COMBINE FOR 41 POINTS AS LADY CHARGERS UPEND EAGLES IN CACC OPENER

Orangeburg, N.Y. (12/3/24) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team opened conference play with a win over north division rival Post University on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center. 

The Lady Chargers, #6 in the latest D2CSC East Region Poll, improve to 8-2 overall and 1-0 in the CACC. The Eagles fall to 0-6 overall and 0-1 in the CACC. 

Junior Cayla Howard and graduate student Tanasha Mills combined for 41 points to lead the Lady Chargers in scoring. 

Howard scored a team-high 21 points and picked up 14 boards for her second straight double-double. Howard went 9-21 from the field and also recorded four blocks. 

Mills finished the game with 20 points on 4-8 from the field and 11-13 from the charity stripe. Mills also finished with a team-high six assists and two steals. 

Chidinma Ndukauba scored seven points and recorded two rebounds and two blocks. Angelina DiMarsico and Tamia Nunes each finished with five points. 

Dominican led the Eagles by four points after the first quarter and extended to a double digit lead by halftime. 

Dominican extended to their largest lead of the game late in the third quarter which was 18 points. 

The Eagles used a 12-3 run to cut the DU to single digits with four minutes left to play. The Lady Chargers never lost the lead on their way to the 65-56 victory. 

Dominican finished shooting 39.3% from the field and went 17-21 from the free throw line as a team for 81.0%.

Post had 24 turnovers and Dominican cashed in for 20 points off of Post turnovers. 

The Lady Chargers return to action on the road this Saturday when they visit Felician University. 

 

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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.