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PORTER NETS CAREER HIGH AS CHARGERS CHARGE PAST POST UNIVERSITY
February 1, 2012

PORTER NETS CAREER HIGH AS CHARGERS CHARGE PAST POST UNIVERSITY

Orangeburg, NY (2/1/12) Dominican College guard, Leon Porter, scored a career high 40 points in leading the men's basketball team to a 64-47 victory over the visiting Eagles of Post University this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest held on Coach Baxter Court. With the win Dominican improves to 12-7 overall and 5-6 in the CACC, while Post falls to 8-13 overall and 6-6 in the conference.

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Orangeburg, NY (2/1/12)  Dominican College guard, Leon Porter II* (Laurel, MD), scored a career high 40 points in leading the men's basketball team to a 64-47 victory over the visiting Eagles of Post University this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest held on Coach Baxter Court.  With the win Dominican improves to 12-7 overall and 5-6 in the CACC, while Post falls to 8-13 overall and 6-6 in the conference.

Dominican jumped out to an 14-4 lead and lead 20-8 with just over ten minutes to go in the first half.  Post cut the deficit to 25-24 with 4:37 on the clock, but DC scored back-to-back layups by Corey Quimby* (Otisville, NY) and Tyler Stradford (Staten Island, NY) rebuilt a five point lead with the score being 31-26 at the break.

Post lead 35-33 in the second stanza when the Charger's offense exploded with a 21-7 run to regain the lead at 54-42 and never looked back en route to the 64-47 victory.

Porter led all scorers with 40 points, shooting 15-29 from the floor and 8-12 from the three point arc, and had six rebounds.

Michael Calzonetti (Gloucester, NJ) grabbed a team leading eight caroms in the win, while Quimby finished with six points and seven boards. 

The Chargers are back in action on Saturday when they travel to the University of the Sciences for a 3pm CACC contest.

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.