Stephen Pellegrino

Box Score

Holy Family HFU 14-13

Dominican College NY DOMIN-M 21-7

Holy Family HFU

14-13

Final

Mar. 05, 2019

Dominican College NY DOMIN-M

21-7

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Holy Family HFU	32	27	59
Dominican College NY DOMIN-M	40	31	71

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 3/5/2019 12:00:00 AM

Tigers’ Season Comes to an End After Falling to Chargers in CACC Quarterfinals

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Orangeburg, N.Y. - The third-seeded Holy Family University men's basketball team saw its season come to an end after suffering a 71-59 loss at second-seeded Dominican College in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) quarterfinals on Tuesday evening at the Hennessy Center.

Score: Dominican 71, Holy Family 59
Records: Holy Family (14-13) | Dominican (21-7)
Location: Orangeburg, N.Y. (Hennessy Center)

Statistical Leaders
Points: B. Aughburns (16) | D. Rodwell (19)
Rebounds: B. Aughburns & D. Montague (6) | J. Copman & J. Garcia (7)
Assists: D. Montague (5) | J. Garcia (5)

How It Happened

* Dominican recorded the first big run of the game to grab a nine-point advantage by the 11:00 minute. Leading 9-7, the Chargers used a 9-2 run to make the score 18-9 lead but Holy Family responded with its own rally. The Tigers eclipsed seven straight points to cut the deficit down to 18-16 with 9:36 to play in the half.

* Holy Family eventually grabbed the lead since the opening minute when freshman Dymir Montague (Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann-Goretti) knocked down a jumper to make the score 30-29 in favor of the Tigers with 2:24 on the clock. However, Dominican scored eight straight points and 11 of the final 13 points scored of the half to take a 40-32 lead into the locker rooms at halftime.

* In the second half the Chargers maintained their lead the entire way despite the Tigers cutting the lead down to three-points after a Montague three-pointer made the score 40-37 at the 17:51 mark. From there the Chargers used a 28-6 run over the next 12 minutes to pull away from the Tigers. Ian Gardener capped the run with Dominican's largest lead of the game at 68-44 with 5:50 to play in regulation.

* The Tigers trimmed the lead the best they could in the final five minutes coming within 11 points thanks to a 15-2 run but time was not on their side to cut into the lead any further. Junior Vincenzo Dalessandro (Levittown, Pa./Conwell Egan (Pace Univ.)) scored the game's final three points with a deep range shot.

News and Notes

* Holy Family had three players score in double-figures, including junior Branden Aughburns (Queens, N.Y./The Canterbury School (Hampton Univ.)) who finished with a team-high 16 points to go along with six rebounds and three blocked shots.

* Dalessandro added 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field to go along with five rebounds.

* Patrick Robinson III (Chesterfield, N.J./Conwell Egan) contributed 12 points, five rebounds, three assists and four steals on defense.

* Dominican's Daraja Rodwell led all scorers with 19 points. Gardener also scored in double-figures for the Chargers as he added 13 points.

Rookie of the Year
Earlier in the day the CACC announced its annual All-Conference teams and major award winners. Robinson was among those honored as he was named the CACC Rookie of the Year. He's the second player to earn the award and first since Justin Swidowski earned the honor in 2008-09. Robinson was also selected to the All-CACC second team.

All-Time Series
This evening marked the 23^rd meeting between Holy Family and Dominican since the start of the Tigers' Division II era in 2003-04. The Tigers are now 9-14 versus the Chargers in that span with Dominican winning the previous four match ups. It also marked the third ever meeting in the CACC Tournament between the two schools with Dominican holding a 2-1 advantage.

Holy Family in the CACC Tournament
The Tigers were appearing in their 11^th CACC Tournament in program history since joining Division II. The Tigers are now 12-10 in the conference tournament in that span with a championship title in 2016.

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