CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College men's basketball team saw its four-game winning streak come to an end with a 63-59 loss at Dominican College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game Thursday night at the Hennessy Center. The defeat is also the Cougars' first in conference play, dropping Caldwell to 2-1 in the league and 5-2 overall. The Chargers are now 3-3 on the season and 3-1 in the CACC.

The Cougars started slow, trailing by as many as 12 points while shooting just 7-of-22 (31.8 percent) from the field in the first half. A lay-up by Shelton Gibbs at the buzzer gave Dominican a 29-21 lead at halftime. The Chargers maintained the lead into the second half and took its largest lead of the game, 43-28 at the 13-minute mark. The Cougars made a late charge, out-scoring Dominican 8-2 in the last 23 seconds of the game. But it was too little, too late for Caldwell, which lost for the first time since Nov. 18 to the Colorado School of Mines.

Senior guard Jean Georges (Vauxhal, NJ/Spotswood) notched 13 of his 19 points in the second half to lead the Cougars. Junior forward B.J. Suchy (Ronkonkoma, NY/Our Savior) added 11 points and seven rebounds, while freshman forward Sam Cricelli (Brighton, England/Culham), pictured, grabbed a team-high eight boards to go with eight points. Prince Jackson scored 18 points for Dominican, with Ron Wyatt contributing 11 points and 11 rebounds in the victory.

Caldwell returns to the court on Saturday, Dec. 9, when they play at the University of Sciences in CACC action. The game is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. in Philadelphia, Pa.