The Dominican University women's basketball team scored a season-high 75 points but came up just short in an 80-75 loss to the Rockford University Regents on the road Tuesday night.  Shamia Clark (Rock Island, Ill.) paced four in double-figures for the Stars, pouring in a career-high 25 points in the loss.
 
"I'm really excited to keep plugging away with this group," said Gabby Johnson, the Stars' third-year head coach, when asked about her team's performance.  "They are competing and starting to figure things out.  Our next step, as a team, is to minimize the mental mistakes and learn how to win these close games that come down to the wire."
 
Dominican trailed by as many as 16 along the way but used a 9-0 run that spanned 2:13 and was capped by a Clark three-pointer with 12:34 to play to pull the Stars within 48-41.
 
The Stars kept it close the rest of the way but Rockford's offense was able to keep pace with the Stars, shooting 55-percent from the field during the second half.
 
Clark shot 9-for-16 from the field, including 4-for-5 from three, as Dominican knocked down a season-high 13 three's.  Allie Tapanes (Winfield, Ill.) knocked down four threes of her own, chipping in 12 points while Jasmyn Hardin (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Claudia DeNigris (Addison, Ill.) both came off the bench to score 17 and 12 respectively.
 
For the game, Dominican shot a season-high 43.5 percent from the field (27-62), going 20-for-32 from the field in the second half.
 
Rockford was led by Amanda Davis who scored 22 points on 8-for-12 shooting in 32 minutes of work.
 
The Stars, now 1-16 on the season and 0-12 in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC), return to the court on Saturday, hosting the Edgewood College Eagles for a 2:00 p.m. tipoff in the Igini Sports Forum.