Box Score ORANGEBURG, N.Y. – Despite 22 points and seven rebounds from junior guard B.J. Saliba (Hackensack, N.J.), the Felician University men's basketball team went down to a 73-62 defeat to host Dominican (N.Y.) College in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference action on Saturday afternoon on the Hennessy Center's Coach Baxter Court. Dominican (3-2, 3-2 CACC) is ranked No. 24 in the most recent national NCAA Division II media poll and second in the East Region.
Saliba, a transfer from Fairleigh Dickinson University, was 8 for 12 from the floor and scored the most points by a Golden Falcon this season. But only one other Felician scorer reached double figures, as junior Etnik Peci (Pristina, Kosovo) came off the bench to net 12 points.
The Golden Falcons (2-1, 2-1) were forced to play from behind early. Dominican, which never trailed, jumped out to a 20-10 lead following a Joshua Serrano (Amityville, N.Y.) three-point field goal with ten minutes, five seconds, showing on the first-half game clock. Ahead, 41-34, at the 5:54 mark, the Chargers scored the game's next eight points, and went into halftime with a 45-32 edge.
Dominican extended to a 58-38 bulge with 13:20 left in regulation time. The visitors never crept closer than a 10-point deficit the rest of the way. Sophomore Tedrick Wilcox (Pawtucket, R.I.) led the hosts with 16 points.
Playing on his 21st birthday, Felician junior forward Dee-End McRae (Newark, N.J.) registered nine points and nine rebounds.
Felician is back on the road on Tuesday to meet CACC foe Bloomfield College for the second time this season. Spectators are not allowed to attend CACC games in person this season and are encouraged to follow conference basketball action via webstream at www.caccnetwork.com.
