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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TURNS BACK GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY
January 7, 2012

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TURNS BACK GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY

Orangeburg, NY (1/7/12) The Dominican College women's basketball team improved to 5-6 overall and 5-1 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after turning back the visiting Lions of Georgian Court University, 66-51, this afternoon in a game played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.

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Orangeburg, NY (1/7/12)  The Dominican College women's basketball team improved to 5-6 overall and 5-1 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after turning back the visiting Lions of Georgian Court University, 66-51, this afternoon in a game played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.

Dominican led by as many as seven points three separate times in the first stanza and took a 21-12 lead with 5:09 left before the break.  The Lions cam back to score the final six points of the first half to cut the deficit to 21-18 at the intermission.

GCU cut the lead to a single points (23-22) early in the second half, but the Lady Chargers charged back with a 7-0 run to regain an eight point advantage (30-22) with 15:46 to play.  A three point Lion basket once again cut the lead to one, 43-42, with just under eight minutes to go but DC answered back outscoring GCU 12-4 over the next four minutes to go up 55-46 and never looked back en route to the 66-51 victory.

Junior Bianca Harris (Teaneck, NJ) led four Lady Chargers in double figures with the double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds.  Shannon Lavelle* (Floral Park, NY) added 11 points and a team leading four assists, while Samantha Klunk (York, PA) scored 10 points.

LaShonda Hathorne (Queens, NY) came off the bench to net 10 points, while starter Marley Klunk (York, PA) added 11 caroms in the win.

DC returns to action Tuesday evening when they host CACC North Division opponent, Bloomfield College.  Tip-off is slated for 6pm 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.