ORANGEBURG, N.Y. - A slow start following intermission by The College of Saint Rose was the difference in today's 64-53 loss to host Dominican at the Regina Rivera Memorial Tournament.
After a tight opening half, Dominican (2-2) commenced the third quarter on a 10-2 run en route to a double-digit advantage. Following the 2:31 stretch, the Golden Knights (2-1)Â cut the margin to six on multiple occasions, including at 52-46 with 6:56 remaining, but could not get any closer.
Junior forward
Nina Fedullo registered a double-double of ten points and ten rebounds to lead Saint Rose. Senior guard
Takora McIntyre also tallied ten points, while sophomore forward
Shamim Wambere registered seven points and nine rebounds. Â
Dominican sophomore guard Naabea-Janaa Assibey-Bonsu topped all players with 17 points. Senior forward Jasmime Gee added a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds, while junior forward Samantha McClutchy went a perfect 5-of-5 from the field en route to ten points.
On tomorrow's final day of Tournament action, Dominican will play Saint Michael's at 12:00 pm. Saint Rose will follow with a 2:00 pm contest against Felician.
Notes: Sophomore guard
Becca Townes and Fedullo made Monday's Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll…Townes began the week sixth in the NE10 in scoring at 18.0 ppg…She was third in the league with a 66.7 field goal percentage and fourth with a 70.0 three-point field goal percentage.        Â
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