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MEN'S BASKETBALL COMPLETES REGULAR SEASON WITH VICTORY
February 21, 2012

MEN'S BASKETBALL COMPLETES REGULAR SEASON WITH VICTORY

Orangeburg, NY (2/21/12) The Dominican College men's basketball team completed regular season play with an 89-53 victory over the visiting Golden Falcons of Felician College this evening on Senior Night at the Hennessy Center. The victory allows the Chargers to improve to 18-8 overall and finish the regular season with a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference record of 11-7.

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Orangeburg, NY (2/21/12)   The Dominican College men's basketball team completed regular season play with an 89-53 victory over the visiting Golden Falcons of Felician College this evening on Senior Night at the Hennessy Center.  The victory allows the Chargers to improve to 18-8 overall and finish the regular season with a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference record of 11-7.

The Chargers never trailed in the game as they netted the contest's first 10 points and led 33-18 with under six minutes left in the first stanza.  DC closed out first half play with a 7-2 spurt to hold a 43-28 lead.

Felician opened the second half with the first seven points to cut the defict to 43-36, but Dominican responded with an 17-4 tear, capped off by seven straight DC points from guard Leon Porter II* (Laurel, MD) build a 20 point (60-40) lead.  The Chargers led by as many as 30 points twice during the remaining 10 minutes of action en route to the 89-53 win.

Porter led all scorers and four Chargers in double figures with 34 points as he went 9-13 from the three point arc.  Center and CACC Player of the Week, Cory Quimby* (Otisville, NY) recorded his 17th double-double of the season with 20 points and 13 rebounds.

Daniel Woods (Upper Marlboro, MD) and A.J. Burton (New Rochelle, NY) came off the bench to net 10 points a-piece, while Gerald Hill (Baltimore, MD) grabbed six caroms.

Before the game, the Chargers honored senior Michael Calzonetti* (Gloucester, NJ).

DC will open CACC playoff action this Saturday with a home game against the No. 3 seed from the CACC South Division.  Game time will be 7pm 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.