Women's Basketball

February 9, 2008

WATERBURY, Conn.-Adele Laskowski, Althea Chambers, and Dana Rotio each had 17 points for Dominican College, in a 91-63 win over the Post University women's basketball team, Saturday afternoon, in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game at the Drubner Center.

With the win Dominican improves to 17-6 overall and 11-2 in the CACC, while the Eagles fall to 4-17 overall and 4-10 in conference play.

Junior Kendra Pitts (Detroit, Mich./Indiana Tech) led four Eagles in double figures with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting. Pitts recorded double digits for the second consecutive game in a row, after recording 12 points on Tuesday against Caldwell.

Junior Stephanie Goss (Manchester, Conn./Manchester) recorded her fourth consecutive double-double and sixth of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Goss, connected on 6-of-9 shooting, while dishing out a pair of assists and recording two steals.

Senior LaToya Coley (Brooklyn, N.Y./Mohawk Valley C.C.) and freshman Elizabeth Johnson (Manchester, Conn./N.F.A) each added 11 points. Coley had three three-pointers, while Johnson was 4-of-8 from the field and grabbed five rebounds.

Post shot 44 percent from the field in the game, connecting on 22-of-50 shots. In the first half, the Eagles connected on a 50 percent clip, knocking down 16-of-32 shots from the field. The Eagles shot 27.8 percent from three-point range, connecting on 5-of-18 from behind the arch. At the free throw line, Post sank 77.8 percent (14-18) of their charity stripe tosses.

Dominican shot 48.5 percent (33-68) from the field in the game, including 54.5 percent (18-33) in the second half. The Chargers scored 52 points in the second stanza, to pull away from a 39-39 tie at halftime. Dominican shot 35 percent (7-20) from three-point range, and 78.3 percent (18-23) from the free throw line.

The Chargers scored 29 points off of 25 Post turnovers, and controlled the inside holding a 38-24 points in the paint advantage and an 11-7 margin in second chance points. The Chargers out-rebounded the Eagles 35-33, and held a 10-6 edge on the offensive glass.

After Laskowski broke a 5-5 tie, in the early stages of the game, with a three-pointer, the Eagles went on 12-4 run capped by a pair of free throws by senior Jackie Sutton (Dryden, N.Y./Tompkins Cortland C.C.) to take a 20-12 lead with 10:19 left until halftime.

A bucket by Jasmine Schinella halted the Eagle run, but on the next trip down the court, the Eagles found Coley for a trey, giving them their largest lead of the half at 23-14 at the 9:45 mark.

But, a 9-4 run by Dominican cut Post's lead to 27-23, thanks to a three-pointer by Kristen Tracey at the 6:06 mark. A few minutes later with the Eagles leading 31-26, following a freshman Jamie Martingano (North Windham, Conn./Windham) lay-up, Dominican would score the next four points, cutting the lead to 31-30 with 2:41 left until halftime. Post received a basket from Johnson, and Dominican came down and got an ole fashion three-point play from Kayla MacDonald knotting the game at 33-33 with 1:49 left in the half.

After a Coley three, and a pair of free throws by Rachelle Sainten, Rotio was fouled on a loose ball rebound and knotted the game for the sixth time in the half. Dominican took a 39-36 lead with 54 seconds left, but Post got a free throw from Sutton and a lay-up by Pitts to knot the game at 39-39, heading into the halftime break.

Post scored seven of the first nine points of the second half to take a 46-41 lead, after a lay-up by Johnson at the 18:15 mark. Then with the Eagles leading 50-46 after a pair of charity stripe tosses by Johnson, Dominican went on a massive 27-2 run to take a 75-54 lead with 4:18 left in the contest. Rotio had 13 points for Dominican in that run.

The Eagles return to the hardwood on Wednesday, February 13 for a CACC match up with Bloomfield College. Tip-off is slated for 6 p.m. at the Drubner Center. The game is also "Think Pink" Night, as both the men's and women's basketball teams will help raise awareness for the fight against Breast Cancer. Fans wearing an article of pink clothing will receive free admission, and S.A.A.C. will be collecting donations for the American Cancer Society.