MEN'S BASKETBALL UPENDS PACE UNIVERSITY
November 12, 2011

MEN'S BASKETBALL UPENDS PACE UNIVERSITY

Pleasantville, NY (11/12/11) The Dominican College men's basketball team improved to 2-0 after defeating host, Pace University, 55-52 this evening in the finale of the 2011 Pace University Tip-Off Classic played at the Goldstein Fit Center. With the loss, the Setters fall to 1-1 on the season.

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Pleasantville, NY (11/12/11)  The Dominican College men's basketball team improved to 2-0 after defeating host, Pace University, 55-52 this evening in the finale of the 2011 Pace University Tip-Off Classic played at the Goldstein Fit Center.  With the loss, the Setters fall to 1-1 on the season.

DC trailed 17-13 with 4:30 remaining in the first half, but an 11-4 run by the Chargers to close out the half saw them take a 26-21 advantage.  Junior Cory Quimby* (Otisville, NY) ended the half with an and-one play.

Dominican's biggest lead of the game came early in the second half as they led 31-23.  Tied at 50-all with just under two and a half minutes remaining in regulation, the Chargers got back-to-back layups from Daniel Woods (Upper Marlboro, MD) and guard Leon Porter II* (Laurel, MD) put the team up 54-50.  A DC foul put the Setters on the charity stripe where they hit both to make the score 54-52 with 0:42 on the clock.  Porter closed out the game going 1-2 from the free throw line for the 55-52 victory.

Quimby led all scorers with this second double-double of the season with 22 points (8-11 from the floor, 10-12 from the free throw line) and a game leading 11 rebounds.

Porter finished with nine points and a team leading five assists, while Woods and Khaleev Ginyard (Brentwood, NY) each scored eight points a-piece in the win.

Dominican returns to action next Friday and Saturday when they host the Dominican College Tip-Off Classic.  DC will take on Molloy College Friday evening at 7:30pm and will face St. Thomas Aquinas College Saturday night at 7:30 pm.  All games will be played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.

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.