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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE TOPS LADY CHARGERS BASKETBALL
November 11, 2012

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE TOPS LADY CHARGERS BASKETBALL

Springfield, Mass. (11/11/12) The Dominican College women's basketball team fell to American International College, 59-44, this afternoon in the third game of the AIC Tip-Off Classic played at the Butova Gymnasium. With the loss, Dominican falls to 1-1 on the season while the Yellow Jackets improve to 2-0.

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Springfield, Mass. (11/11/12)  The Dominican College women's basketball team fell to American International College, 59-44, this afternoon in the third game of the AIC Tip-Off Classic played at the Butova Gymnasium.  With the loss, Dominican falls to 1-1 on the season while the Yellow Jackets improve to 2-0.

Sophomore guard LaShonda Hathorne (Queens, N.Y.) led the Lady Chargers with nine points.

Freshman Deja Gabbidon (Teaneck, N.J.) came off the bench to score eight points, while senior Bianca Harris (Teaneck, N.J.) led the team with seven rebounds and six points.

KC Jentzen (Pearl River, N.Y.) also scored six points in the loss.

In the first half, AIC took a nne point led (20-11) with just over seven minutes left in the first half.  DC charged back with seven unanswered points to cut the deficit to 20-18, but the Yellow Jackets outscored the Lady Chargers, 7-4 over the final five minutes to hold a 27-22 lead at the break.

AIC quickly extended their lead to 10 points (35-25) early in the second half and led by as many as 25 points.  The Lady Chargers trailed 59-39 with just under three minutes left in the contest, but closed out the game with five consecutive points for the final 59-44 score.

Dominican struggled from the floor, shooting just 25% (13-52) and were 4-16 from the three point arc.

The Lady Chargers open up Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play on Wednesday evening when they travel to Concordia College.

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.