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WOLVES HANG ON TO DEFEAT CHARGERS BASKETBALL
November 19, 2010

WOLVES HANG ON TO DEFEAT CHARGERS BASKETBALL

Monmouth, OR (11/19/10) The Dominican College men's basketball team rallied from a ten point deficit to trail by one with 1:02 left in regulation, but the Western Oregon Wolves held on for the 76-72 victory this evening in the final game of day one of the 2010 WOU/Phoenix Inn D2 Shootout being held at the New PE Building.

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Monmouth, OR (11/19/10)  The Dominican College men's basketball team rallied from a ten point deficit to trail by one with 1:02 left in regulation, but the Western Oregon Wolves held on for the 76-72 victory this evening in the final game of day one of the 2010 WOU/Phoenix Inn D2 Shootout being held at the New PE Building.

Tied 16-16 with 10:42 remaining before the intermission, DC used a 7-2 spurt on a three point bucket from Ginyard and two layups from senior center Almin Hodzic (Budd Lake, NJ) to take a 23-19 lead with advantage with 7:40 on the clock.

WOU closed out the first half outscoring the Chargers, 12-8 for a 35-31 advantage at the break.

The Chargers tralied 57-50 with 8:50 in the second half when sophomore guard Leon Porter (Laurel, MD) scored five consecutive points to cut the lead to 57-50 with just under eight minutes to go. The Wolves responded by going on an 11-1 run over the next three plus minutes to rebuild a 68-56 lead.

Trailing 70-60 with 3:40 remaining, the Chargers went on a 9-0 run, capped off by a key three point basket from freshman guard Khaleev Ginyard (Brentwood, NY) with 1:02 on the clock to cut the lead to 70-69.  Forced to foul, the Wolves went 6-6 from the charity stripe to take a 76-69 lead and Ginyard closed out the game with a three point shot with 0:03 left in the game for the 76-72 final score.

Sophomore Gerald Hill (Gwynn Oak, MD) led five players in double figures with 16 points and added five rebounds.  Junior Michael Calzonetti (Gloucester, NJ) tallied 14 points and a game leading nine rebounds, while Ginyard finished with 13 points, with 12 of those points coming from beyond the three point arc.

Hozdic netted 12 points, shooting 6-10 from the floor and Porter scored 10 points and had a game leading 10 assists.

With the loss Dominican falls to 0-3 on the season.

DC takes on Saint  Martn's University tomorrow at 4pm at the WOU/Phoenix Inn D2 Shootout.

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.