RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Felician University men's basketball team erased a five-point deficit with one minute, 57 seconds, remaining in regulation time, but could not hold on and was defeated, 71-70, by host Dominican (N.Y.) College in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference action on Monday night on the Hennessy Center's Coach Baxter Court.

Dominican junior center Gerrel Irvin (Bay Shore, N.Y.) converted what was ultimately the game-winning lay-up with 0:12.5 remaining. Irvin finished the night with 14 points and eight rebounds as the Chargers earned a sweep of their two-game regular-season series over Felician.. Sophomore forward Terrell Spaulding (Paterson, N.J.) paced four Golden Falcon double-figure scorers with 16 points and nine rebounds.

The game's second half contained five ties and four lead changes, although Felician (7-12, 4-7 CACC) was never ahead by more than a single point. With Dominican in front, 65-64, and 5:26 on the clock, both offenses went cold. That score held until the 2:29 mark, when the Chargers' Daraja Rodwell (Baldwin, N.Y.) made one of two foul shots. When Travis Cook (Middletown, N.Y.) drained a three-point field goal, the hosts led, 69-64 with 1:57 to play.

On Felician's next possession, Spaulding converted a conventional three-point play. Dominican misfired on the other end of the court, and out of a timeout, Spaulding drained a go-ahead three-point field goal with 0:49 showing on the game clock.

Dominican ran the shot clock down, and Daniel Grant grabbed his own rebound after failing to connect on a three. The Chargers called timeout. In-bounding under his own basket, Grant found Irvin for the eventual game-winner. Felician dribbled past half-court and opted for a timeout with just over eight ticks left. Afterward, a contested fallaway jumper by Bryant Webb (Parlin, N.J.) from the right baseline rimmed out, and the ball was knocked out of bounds as time expired

Sophomore E.J. Smith (Nyack, N.Y.) came off the bench to top Dominican (11-8, 6-4) with 16 points. Smith netted 13 first-half points as the Chargers built as much as a 12-point edge before entering halftime ahead, 37-31. Felician received 13 points off the bench from freshman Debon Bright (Woodland Park, N.J.), and Webb amassed 12 points, nine rebounds and four assists.

With a pair of three-pointers on the night, Felician senior guard Tim Massado (Wilmington, Del.) became the ninth player in Felician history to reach 100 career threes. His total of 101 is tied for eighth on the Golden Falcons' all-time list.

The Golden Falcons are idle until traveling to Bloomfield College on Jan. 24.