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Jan 14, 2012
NYIT Women's Basketball Falls 75-53 to Dowling

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (Jan. 14, 2012) - Despite double-digit performances from Demitra Apergis (Littleton, Colo.) and Rebecca Lynch (Hillsdale, N.J.), the NYIT women's basketball team faced a hard-fought 75-53 loss to Dowling at Recreation Hall Saturday afternoon.

Apergis led the Bears (9-6, 3-2 ECC) with 12 points and a game-high three steals. Lynch added 11 points. For the Golden Lions, Sarah Schicher had a game-high 18 points and Connie Simmons posted a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. 

After battling to a 30-30 stalemate in the first half, Dowling quickly jumped to an 11 point lead 45-34 with a 15-3 run to open the second half. The Golden Lions continued to hold a double-figure edge over the Bears in the second half and claimed their largest lead of 22 points, 73-51, with a three-pointer by Hannah Krueger with 1:27 to play. 

The Bears return to action on Wednesday, Jan. 18 on the road against the Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas. Tip-off is scheduled for 5 p.m. in Sparkill, N.Y.

About NYIT
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in more than 90 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A non-profit independent, private institution of higher education, NYIT has more than 14,000 students attending campuses on Long Island and Manhattan, online, and at its global campuses. NYIT sponsors 11 NCAA Division II programs and one Division I team.
 
Led by President Edward Guiliano, NYIT is guided by its mission to provide career-oriented professional education, offer access to opportunity to all qualified students, and support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger world. To date, 89,000 graduates have received degrees from NYIT. For more information, visit nyit.edu.
 
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