BUFFALO, N.Y. – The D'Youville University men's basketball team will officially start the 2023-24 season this weekend as they travel to New Jersey to play in the Caldwell University Conference Challenge against Dominican University and host Caldwell.
D'Youville vs. Dominican (N.Y.)
Friday, Nov. 10 – 5:00 p.m.
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D'Youville at Caldwell
Saturday, Nov. 11 – 3:00 p.m.
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Last Time Out
In their season opening exhibition game, the Saints traveled to Binghamton University, falling by a score of 88-56. DYU was led offensively by
Nasir Hammonds (Norfolk, Va.) and
Trayton Trice (Romeoville, Ill.) with eight points each while
Luke Theisen (Lake View, N.Y.) and
Chase Jenkins (Titusville, Fla.) each chipped in with seven points. Trice and Hammonds led the way on the glass as well, grabbing eight and five rebounds, respectively.
About the Chargers
- Dominican comes into the new season as the preseason ranked number two team in the north division of the CACC Preseason Coaches Poll.
- The Chargers are coming off a 21-9 record during the 2022-23 season and a trip to the NCAA DII East Regionals.
- Dominican returns their third leading scorer from a year ago in Javel Cherry who averaged 9.3 points per game.
- On the boards, the Chargers return their second leading rebounder in Seth Sharif-Brown who averaged 6.1 rebounds per game.
- This will be the team's first meeting.
About the Cougars
- Caldwell comes into the season as the preseason ranked number one team in the north division of the CACC Preseason Coaches Poll.
- The Cougars are coming off a 22-10 record during the 2022-23 season, winning the CACC Tournament.
- The Cougars also made a trip to the NCAA DII East Regional Semifinals.
- Caldwell returns their top three scorers from a year ago in Darnell Evans (18.8 ppg), Mark Heber (14.8 ppg), and Derrick Bueno (10.7 ppg).
- Bueno was also the team's second leading rebounder from last season, averaging 5.4 rebounds per game.
- This will be the team's first meeting.
