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Photo of #12 Elijah Peters playing defense Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne
Photo of #12 Elijah Peters playing defense Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne
December 3, 2025

MEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS TO MILLERSVILLE IN THE 9th ANNUAL MIKE COFFEY MEMORIAL GAME

Box Score

Orangeburg, N.Y. (12/3/25) The Dominican University New York men's basketball team fell in a high scoring affair to the Marauders of Millersville University in the 9th Annual Mike Coffey Memorial Game. 

Dominican, #20 in the NABC DII Men's Basketball Poll, falls to 5-1 overall on the season. Millersville improves to 4-2 overall. 

An evenly matched first half saw the Marauders hold a two-point lead over the Chargers. Millersville went 20-27 (74.1%) from the field as a team including four three-pointers. Day Waters had 17 first half points while Saraj Ali added 12 points.

The Chargers shot 53.1% from the field in the first half with Koi D. Kirk, Jr. leading the way with 10 points. 

The Marauders got off to a fast start in the second half as they used a 14-6 run over the first five minutes to take a double digit lead. 

The Chargers continued to battle their way back into the game and after a big four-point play by Elijah Peters, the Chargers got within two points at 78-76 with 7:35 left to play. 

Millersville continued to extend their lead but a three-pointer by Key'Sean Maynard cut the Marauder's lead to 90-87 with under four minutes to play. 

Millersville never lost the lead as they used a 10-2 run to extend their lead and later extended to their largest lead of the game which was 13 points. 

Kirk led the Chargers in scoring with 20 points on 7-9 shooting from the field and added six free-throws. Peters finished the game with 18 points on 5-7 from the field and 7-9 from the charity stripe. 

Maynard finished with 14 points while Javel Cherry and Chance Morrish each finished with 10 points. Kirk and Maynard each recorded a team-high three steals while Reginald Dillard added a team-high four assists.

Millersville was led by Day Waters who led all scorers with 31 points. Saraj Ali finished with 20 points and a team-high seven boards. 

Dominican returns to action and returns to conference play next Tuesday when they visit Caldwell University.

 

 

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.