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MEN'S BASKETBALL CHARGES PAST CALDWELL COLLEGE
February 16, 2012

MEN'S BASKETBALL CHARGES PAST CALDWELL COLLEGE

Caldwell, NJ (2/16/12) The Dominican College men's basketball team improved to 16-8 overall and 9-7 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play with a 79-57 victory over host, Caldwell College, this evening in a game played at the George R. Newman Center. The loss drops the Cougars to 13-12 overall and 8-10 in conference competition.

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Caldwell, NJ (2/16/12)  The Dominican College men's basketball team improved to 16-8 overall and 9-7 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play with a 79-57 victory over host, Caldwell College, this evening in a game played at the George R. Newman Center.  The loss drops the Cougars to 13-12 overall and 8-10 in conference competition.

Dominican opened the first stanza with 14 consecutive points, with 10 of those points coming from junior center Cory Quimby* (Otisville, NY).  The Chargers closed out the first half with a 5-0 run to take a commandin 40-20 lead at the intermission.

DC never lost a double-digit lead in the second half and led by as many as 27 points (66-39) with 9:55 remaining en route to the 22 points victory.

Quimby led all scorers with 22 points (7-9 from the floor) and finished with the game's only double-double as he tallied 12 rebounds.

Guard Leon Porter II* (Laurel, MD) netted 18 points, six assists and five rebounds in the victory, while Daniel Woods (Upper Marlboro, MD) came off the bench to score 12 points, shooting 5-7 from the floor.

The victory currently put the Chargers in tie with Post University for second place in the CACC North Division.  The top two teams in the North and South Division will earn first-round home games in the upcoming CACC Tournament.  Both teams still have two conference games to play, although Dominican would hold the tie-breaker over Post University as they had previously beaten them twice this season.

DC is back in action on Saturday as they host Holy Family University in a CACC contest scheduled for 3pm on Coach Baxter Court.

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.