Box Score River Forest, Ill. - The Dominican women's basketball team played on their home court for the first time on this young season.

Results:
North Park: 70
Dominican: 40

How it Happened:
-Dominican started off slow in the first quarter shooting 2-15 from the field and allowing 15 points to the Vikings 
-The Stars offense continued to struggle on the offensive side of the ball shooting 22% from the field in the second quarter. 
-Dominican went into halftime down 35-14, after Sophomore Payton Allen hits a buzzer beater three. 
-The Stars came out after halftime shooting better, hitting 50% of their shots in the third quarter. The main difference in this third quarter was North Park grabbing eight offensive rebounds compared to the Stars zero. 
-DU won the 4th quarter 15-12 and shot 41% from the field.
-Dominican only shot two free throws in the duration of the game. North Park shot 17. 


Shining Stars:
-Frshman Aya Deiri was tied with team high in points finishing with 8. Deiri also collected 7 rebounds for DU. 
-Sophomore Payton Allen had 8 points in her debut this season. Going 2-2 from behind the arc. 
-Sophomore Mariangely Velez was all over the glass collecting 9 total rebounds. 4 of them on the offensive side. 
-Sophomore Kameron Goodman collected 9 rebounds also, 8 of them on the defensive end. 

Leading the Way:
Points: Deiri and Allen (9)
Rebounds: Velez and Goodman (9)
Assists:Saunders (4) 
Steals: Saunders and Goodman (3)
Blocks: Milison  (2)
Minutes: Saunders (26)

What's Next:
Dominican University women's basketball team will be back in action Tuesday night when they host the Blue Jays of Elmhurst University. Tip-off will be at 7:00p.m.

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