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CHARGERS RALLY TO DEFEAT PANTHERS
December 11, 2021

CHARGERS RALLY TO DEFEAT PANTHERS

Garden City, N.Y. (12/11/21) The Dominican College men's basketball team used a second half rally to defeat the Adelphi University Panthers, 84-76, this afternoon in a non-conference game played in the Center for Recreation and Sport.

Box Score

Garden City, N.Y. (12/11/21) The Dominican College men's basketball team used a second half rally to defeat the Adelphi University Panthers, 84-76, this afternoon in a non-conference game played in the Center for Recreation and Sport.

Dominican improves to 9-1 overall on the season, while the Panthers drop to 6-3 overall.

The Panthers led by as many as 12 points (32-20) with 7:03 left in the first half when DC charged back into the game by going on a 14-3 run to cut the deficit to 35-34 with a little over three minutes left in the period.  Junior Justin Copman (Cumberland, Md.) began the run with the first eight points.  Joshuel White (Paterson, N.J.) closed out the half with a jumper to once again bring Dominican within a point, 42-41, at the intermission.

A White jumper with 9:39 on the clock tied the contest at 62-all and began an 8-2 spurt which put the Chargers ahead 68-64 with 7:11 on the clock.  Adelphi would cut the lead to two points at the 1:36 mark, but DC closed out the game on a 6-0 run to claim the win.

White led the Chargers with 17 points, four assists and three steals off the bench. 

Forward Copman just missed the double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds, while rookie Joseph Merrill (Derry, N.H.) recorded a career high 16 points and six boards.

Joshua Serrano (Amityville, N.Y.) came off the bench to score 10 points and Brandt Roundtree (Plainfield, N.J.) pulled down seven rebounds in the win.

Adelphi was led by Adonis Williams and Ronnie Silva who netted 18 points a-piece.

The Chargers return home to take on Assumption University on December 17th at 7pm on Coach Baxter Court.

 

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.