River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Women’s Basketball opens up their three-game homestand against conference rivals Concordia University of Chicago. 

Series History vs Concordia Chicago:

First Contest: Dominican 56 @ Concordia Chicago 80 (1/3/2008)

All-Time Record / Streak: Dominican 10-20 / Dominican L6

Last 10 Matchups 4-6 

The last time the Stars defeated the Cougars was on February 26, 2021, inside the Igini Sports Forum. The final score was 69-65. 

-This is the first and only matchup of the 2024-2025 season. 

DU in Review:

-The 2024-25 season is Head Coach Tethnie Carrillo's first with Dominican. 

-DU holds a 1-7 record in conference, with their win coming against Alverno on Saturday, January 11th by a final of 74-53. 

-The Stars hold a record of 2-6 inside the Igini Sports Forum. 

-DU looks to get their first conference win on their home court this season.

-Dominican's five wins on the season is already the most since 2021-22, when they had six.

Last Time Out:

-The Stars lost on the road at Marian 76-33.

- Freshman Chenoa Moss was the leading point scorer for the Stars with 10 points. 

- Sophomore Kaitlyn Milison collected 6 points.

Star Gazing:

-The Stars offense has been led by Graduate Student Melissa Gomez. Gomez averages 10.4 points per game on the season and has been in double figures in 9 of the last 11 games.    

- Sophomore Lia Saunders has been all over the court for the Stars consistently this season. Saunders has recorded a stat in points, rebounds, and assists in every single game this season aside from two where she did not pick up an assist or score a point.

-Freshman Danielle Washington is a player to always look out for if she catches fire from downtown. Washington is shooting 27.5% from behind the arc but has multiple games where she has knocked down 5 threes. Washington leads the team with 18 made threes. 

-Junior Kamila Gajkowska has the second most rebounds on the team with 68 total rebounds and averages 4 boards per game. 
 

Scouting Report:

-Concordia Chicago is 1-16 overall and 0-8 in the conference.   

-The Cougars are 0-7 away from CUC. 

-Concordia Chicago averages 49.3 points per game while their opponents average 72.6. 

-The Cougars will enter this game on a 13-game losing streak.

-Concordia Chicago loan win on the year, is a 56-51 win over Hartford.