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Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus
November 15, 2025

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WRAPS UP ADELPHI CONFERENCE CHALLENGE WITH LOSS TO PANTHERS

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Garden City, N.Y. (11/15/25) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team wrapped up opening weekend at the Adelphi University Conference Challenge with a loss to host school Adelphi University.

The Lady Chargers fell to the Panthers this afternoon by a score of 68-56 as they drop to 0-2 early on this season. The Panthers improve to 2-1 after the win. 

The Lady Chargers finished the game with a FG% of 37.5% and went 20-34 from the charity stripe. 

Senior Cayla Howard and freshman Sky Priester shared a team-high 12 points. Howard picked up a team-high nine boards. 

Freshman Ketura Rutty provided eight points and six boards off the bench on 4-7 from the field. Junior Tamia Nunes scored seven points and pulled down six boards while adding two steals. Senior forward Dalana Taylor picked up seven boards. 

Both teams played an evenly matched first half as the Panthers held a 34-29 halftime lead. The Lady Chargers put up 17 points in the third quarter and held AU to 12 points as they held a late lead but entered the fourth quarter tied at 46-46.

The Panthers had their best offensive quarter as they scored 22 points and held DU to 10 points on their way to the 68-56 victory. 

The Lady Chargers return to action on Wednesday when they host cross town rival St. Thomas Aquinas College in their home opener at 6:00 PM.

 

 

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.