PREVIEW: Women’s Basketball Looks to Split Season Series with Dominican on Wednesday

FINAL	1	2	T
Dominican (N.Y.) (7-6, 7-1 CACC)	32	36	68
Concordia (N.Y.) (5-12, 4-6 CACC)	25	34	59
Bronxville, NY (Meyer Athletic Center)

Dominican (N.Y.)	Concordia (N.Y.)
Pts: LOPEZ, Lindsey - 21	Pts: Sade Jones - 19
Reb: 3 Players (#15, #20, #23 - 8)	Reb: Chanessa Blakemore - 17
Ast: HATHORNE, Lashonda - 7	Ast: 2 Players (#03, #04 - 4)

Team Statistics	Dominican (N.Y.)	Concordia (N.Y.)
Field Goal %	34.0% (18-53 )	34.4% (22-64 )
Rebounds	43	41
Assists	12	11
Turnovers	14	14
Pts off Turnovers	17	19
2nd Chance Pts	3	8
Bench Pts	27	11

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BRONXVILLE, NY – Concordia will be hosting Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) rival Dominican College on Wednesday evening as the two teams will meet for the second time this season. Tip-off at the Meyer Athletic Center in Bronxville, NY is set for 5pm. The Chargers lead the all-time series 14-4 versus the Clippers since the 1976-77 season.

CONCORDIA VS. DOMINICAN

Concordia won their first meeting on Feb. 7, 1977 in Bronxville, NY.
Since joining the CACC in 2009, the Clippers are 0-5 in conference games against the Chargers.
The last time Concordia and Dominican met (Dec. 3, 2011), the Chargers won 72-65 in Orangeburg, NY. Krystina Agard (Queens, NY) led the Clippers with 26 points including shooting 11-of-15 from the foul line while adding five rebounds and four assists. Junior Sade Jones (Patterson, NJ) added 11 points as she shot 4-of-13 from the field. Dominican's bench outscored Concordia's bench 31-11 in the game.

All-Time Series Results:

Feb. 7, 1977:	Concordia	1997-98 Season:	Concordia, 83-78
Feb. 10, 1978:	Dominican	1999-00 Season:	Dominican, 95-64
Feb. 12, 1979:	Dominican, 58-52	Nov. 18, 2001:	Dominican, 71-69
Feb. 6, 1984:	Concordia, 71-53	Nov. 18, 2006:	Dominican, 84-46
Feb. 7, 1985:	Concordia, 79-62	Dec. 10, 2009:	Dominican, 65-56
Feb. 3, 1987:	Dominican, 66-64	Jan. 28, 2010:	Dominican, 73-62
Dec. 10, 1994:	Dominican, 75-72	Dec. 9, 2010:	Dominican, 76-69
Jan. 11, 1996:	Dominican, 74-64	Jan. 25, 2011:	Dominican, 61-57
1996-97 Season:	Dominican, 64-57	Dec. 3, 2011:	Dominican, 72-65

THE CONCORDIA COLLEGE CLIPPERS (5-11, 4-5 CACC)

Picked to finish 6th in CACC North Division preseason poll.
Concordia previously fell to Bloomfield College, 71-51, on Thursday evening. Chanessa Blakemore (Albany, NY) led the Clippers with 14 points and 12 rebounds for her ninth double-double of the season. She also added five steals, two blocks and a steal in 39 minutes of action. Tara-Ann Rock (Queens, NY) added 12 points off the bench and chipped in with two rebounds and two assists.
Agard leads the team in points per game (17.8), assists per game (3.4) and steals per game (2.6).
Blakemore is currently 5th in NCAA Division II with an average of 12.4 rebounds per game, 10th in blocked shots per game (2.8) and 5th with 9 double-doubles according to the national statistics that were released on Jan. 12th.
As a team, the Clippers are 11th in Division II with 5.4 blocks per game.
In the CACC, Concordia leads the conference in blocks (5.4) while Blakemore is 1st in rebounds per game (12.4) and Agard is 5th in points per game (17.8).

THE DOMINICAN COLLEGE CHARGERS (6-6, 6-1 CACC)

Picked to finish 4th in CACC North Division preseason poll.
Dominican previously defeated Bloomfield College, 66-62 in OT, on Tuesday evening. Lindsey Lopez led the Chargers with 28 points off the bench including a 6-of-8 performance from behind the three-point arc. The bench for Dominican outscored Bloomfield's bench 41-23 in the game.
Lopez leads the team averaging 11.5 points per game as she is the only player to average in double figures for the Chargers.
Lopez is ranked 10th in 3-Pt. field goal percentage (46.9%) and 22nd in 3-Pt field goals per game (2.7) according to the NCAA Division II national statistics released on Jan. 12th.
In the CACC, the Chargers are ranked 2nd best in 3-Pt. field goal percentage (35.7%), last in rebounds per game (34.3) and last in blocks per game (0.9).