The Dominican University men's basketball team slipped to 0-2 on the season, falling to the Colby College Mules 83-62 at the Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz, California, on Saturday evening.
 
"At times we defended really well against a very good offensive team," commented Mark White, the Stars' head men's basketball coach. "Unfortunately, we did a lot of things to beat ourselves. Poor shot selection, unforced turnovers and needless fouling negated a lot of our really nice hustle plays."
 
The Stars trailed by as little as three in the final three minutes of the first half before Colby went on a 9-1 run to close out the half, opening a 32-21 lead at the break that Dominican could not overcome.
 
Arrin Westbrook scored a career-high ten points in the loss to lead Dominican.  The sophomore shot 4-for-8 from the field in 15 minutes of action.  Jackson Smith added nine and Domenic Aiello chipped in eight as 11 different players cracked the scoring column for Dominican.
 
For the Mules, Sam Jefferson led four in double-figures with a game-high 20 points on 6-for-10 shooting, including 4-for-7 from three.
 
Dominican will look to pick up its first win of the season on Sunday, closing out their West Coast swing with University of La Verne at 10:00 a.m. PT.  The Stars then return home to open Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) play on Tuesday, hosting the Concordia University Wisconsin Falcons.