1/9/2007
Clippers Fall to Flyers 70-55
White Plains, NY - Despite a season high 20 points from Dana Rommel (Staten Island, NY), the Clippers were defeated by the Flyers of Mercy College 70-55 last night at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY. Rommel shot a season high 62% (8 for 13) from the floor, including 75% (3 for 4) from 3-point range. The freshman forward also grabbed 6 rebounds and tied a season's best with 3 blocked shots. Freshman guard Danielle McLaughlin (Staten Island, NY) scored 14 points for the Clippers. Senior Vanuza Pereira-Bravo (Brussels, Belgium) added 7 points and a game high 11 rebounds and freshman guard Brittany Binnie (Middletown, NY) chipped in 5 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and a season high 6 assists.
For Mercy College, Jazmin Steele scored 18 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. Christina Baxter added 13 points and a game high 8 assists. Samantha DeVore and Jasmine Sistrunk both narrowly missed double-doubles. DeVore finished the game with 9 points and 15 rebounds and Sistrunk finished with 8 points and 10 rebounds.
The loss drops the clippers record to 0-12 overall and 0-5 in the East Coast Conference. The Flyers improve to 4-6 overall and 2-3 in the East Coast Conference.
Concordia will next travel to Old Westbury, NY to face the Bears
of The New York Institute of Technology on Wednesday, January 10th.
The game will begin at 5:00 PM.