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CHARGERS TURN BACK EAGLES
December 4, 2018

CHARGERS TURN BACK EAGLES

Orangeburg, N.Y. (12/4/18) The Dominican College men's basketball squad improved to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after defeating the visiting Eagles of Post University, 79-68, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

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Orangeburg, N.Y. (12/4/18) The Dominican College men's basketball squad improved to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after defeating the visiting Eagles of Post University, 79-68, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

With the win, Dominican improves to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in the CACC.

The Chargers led 29-22 with three and a half minutes left in the half, but a 10-6 closing haf run by the Eagles cut the lead to 35-32 at the intermission.

Junior guard Daraja Rodwell (Baldwin, N.Y.) led all scorers in the half wth 15 points.

Dominican used a 21-5 tear in the second half to turn a 38-37 deficit into a 59-42 lead with 9:15 left in regulation as they cruised to the 79-68 victory.

DC outrebounded their opponents, 36-31, while Post reserves outscored Dominican's reserves, 34-28.

Rodwell led five players in double figures with 21 points, while grabbing eight rebounds and two blocks.

Tavon Ginyard (Brentwood, N.Y.) came off the bench to net 14 points, going 4-6 from the three-point arc, while Ian Gardener (Norwalk, Conn.), Jonathan Garcia (Springfield, Mass.) and Sayon Charles (Staten Island, N.Y.) netted 10 points a-piece in the win.  Garcia added seven rebounds, five assists and three steals.

Center Jason Copman (Cumberland, Md.) grabbed a night best 10 rebounds in the win.

The Chargers travel to CACC North Division foe, Nyack College, this coming Saturday.  Game time is scheduled for 3pm.

 

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.