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CHARGERS TURN BACK RAMS
February 6, 2016

CHARGERS TURN BACK RAMS

Orangeburg, N.Y. (2/6/16) The Dominican College men's basketball team turned back the visiting Rams of Philadelphia University, 65-54, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center. Prior to the game, the team awarded the Bobby Mulligan Scholarship Award to junior guard Kristopher Hargraves* (Teaneck, N.J.)

Box Score

Orangeburg, N.Y. (2/6/16)  The Dominican College men's basketball team turned back the visiting Rams of Philadelphia University, 65-54, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.  Prior to the game, the team awarded the Bobby Mulligan Scholarship Award to junior guard Kristopher Hargraves* (Teaneck, N.J.)

With the win, Dominican improves to 8-14 overall and 7-6 in CACC play.

The first half was tied at 5-all when the Rams went on a 11-0 tear to pull infront 16-5 with 11:30 remaining in the stanza.  Trailing 24-17 with a little over five minutes to go, Dominican went on a 6-2 run to cut the lead to three points (26-23), but Philadelphia was able to regain a 32-27 advantage at the break.

Senior guard Joe Clinton* (Pearl River, N.Y.) had a team high nine points in the first half, going 2-4 from the three point arc.

Philadelphia led 40-33 with 15:32 left in regulation when the Charger offense awoke and went on a 14-2 run, including back-to-back treys from Clinton and fellow senior Glenn Scalia (River Vale, N.J.) to pull ahead 47-42.  The Rams would cut the lead to a point, 49-48, with 9:19 on the clock, but a 12-3 Dominican run would give them a double-digit lead (62-51) with under four minutes to play.

Clinton ended the scoring by going 1-2 from the free throw line to secure the 65-54 victory.

Hargraves led three Chargers in double-figures with 14 points, three steals and five assists.

Clinton contributed 13 points and five assists, while Gerrel Irvin (Bay Shore, N.Y.) also netted 13 points, six rebounds and two steals.

Altine King (Brooklyn, N.Y.) came off the bench to score eight points, grab a team leading seven rebounds and a game high five steals in the victory.

The Chargers will travel to conference opponent, Concordia College, this coming Tuesday evening.

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.