The Dominican University women's basketball team led the conference-leading Benedictine University Eagles by as many as ten points in the second quarter but saw that lead evaporate in a 60-49 loss at the Igini Sports Forum on Tuesday night in Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) play.
 
Claudia DeNigris's three with 1:56 to play in the second quarter gave Dominican a 27-17 lead, equaling the Stars' largest lead of the night, as Dominican outscored Benedictine 21-9 in the second quarter to hold a 27-20 lead at the break.
 
After an Amari Stafford bucket for the Stars opened the second half, Benedictine used a 16-5 run that spanned more than seven and a half minutes to erase the Stars' advantage and take a 36-34 lead into the fourth quarter.
 
Benedictine built their lead up to as many as six over the first four and half minutes of the second half only to see Timiya Ray's layup with 3:06 to play pull Dominican within two at 49-47 only to see the Eagles outscore the Stars 11-2 down the stretch and spoil Dominican's upset bid.
 
The Stars shot 34-percent from the field while holding the Eagles to 32.7-percent shooting, including a 22-percent clip in the first half.
 
Shamia Clark led the Stars with 11 points in 22 minutes, shooting 4-for-10 from the field.  DeNigris added ten points and shared team-high honors with Ray with eight rebounds.
 
For the Eagles, Venita Parsons led four in double-figures with 13 points while D'Asia Williams and Andrea Foos added 11 points apiece.
 
The loss drops the Stars to 1-10 on the season and 0-7 in conference play.  Dominican will look to get back on track on Saturday, traveling to Lakeland University to take on the Muskies.  Tipoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.