They faced Essex County College (24-5) from Newark, New Jersey and came out of the gate early, opening up a 21-11 lead in the first half. Essex came roaring back, using their dominant size to take a 6-point lead at the half. In the second half, Essex was able to extend its lead to twelve with ten minutes to go before Dean made its move. Behind its tenacious defense and clutch 3-point shooting, Dean took an 82-81 lead with 41 seconds left in the game. Essex forced a turnover and Chris Compas, who led Essex with 21 points, was fouled with 34 seconds remaining in the game. He made both free throws which gave them a 83-82 lead and the Dean Bulldogs played for the last shot. Charles Correa's outside shot attempt was wide with five seconds and Dean was forced to foul, which led to the final score.

Keyon Armstrong led the Dean Bulldogs with 21 points, with five three-pointers and a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line. Jamal Reuben and Jalen Myrie chipped in with 14 and 13 points, respectively.

Dean will now face St. Louis Community College at 9:00 a.m. CST on Thursday morning for the right to advance in the sixteen-team tournament. St. Louis was a 75-64 loser to Danville Area Community College in their opening game. A free live stream video of the game will be broadcasted. Click here to learn more about the path the team took to get to this point. Go Bulldogs!

The Dean College Leadership Institute is pleased to welcome Bianca de la Garza, renowned Boston newscaster, for the Executive Lecture Series on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Bianca de la Garza is an integral part of NewsCenter 5's "EyeOpener" newscast, but recently announced that she plans to leave the station for her "dream job," which is opening her own production company, Lucky Gal Productions. She is known for her investigation into environmental terrorism in New England, which earned her a New England Emmy nomination. De la Garza has reported on everything from breaking news to Hollywood red carpet affairs. A graduate of Emerson College, de la Garza spends her free time volunteering for children's organizations, such as the Girl Scouts of America and St. Jude's Hospital.

The speaking program will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Guidrey Center at Dean College.  The event is FREE and open to the public. Click here to register TODAY, as seating is limited.

The Dean College Bulldogs (21-4) battled to the final buzzer, but fell short, 85-82, in their bid to win their opening game at the NJCAA Division II national tournament.  They faced Essex County College (24-5) from Newark, New Jersey and came out of the gate early, opening up a 21-11 lead in the first half.  Essex came roaring back, using their dominant size to take a 6-point lead at the half.

In the second half, Essex was able to extend its lead to twelve with ten minutes to go before Dean made its move.  Behind its tenacious defense and clutch 3-point shooting, Dean took an 82-81 lead with 41 seconds left in the game.  Essex forced a turnover and Chris Compas, who led Essex with 21 points, was fouled with 34 seconds.  He made both free throws which gave them a 83-82 lead and the Dean Bulldogs played for the last shot.  Charles Correa's outside shot attempt was wide with five seconds and Dean was forced to foul, which led to the final score.

Keyon  Armstrong led the Dean Bulldogs with 21 points, with five three-pointers and a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line.  Jamal Reuben and Jalen Myrie chipped in with 14 and 13 points, respectively.

Dean will now face  St. Louis Community College at 9:00 a.m. CST on Thursday morning for the right to advance in the sixteen-team tournament.  St. Louis was a 75-64 loser to Danville Area Community College in their opening game.

Box Score

VISITOR: Dean College ( )
                          TOT-FG  3-PT           REBOUNDS  
NO PLAYER               P FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP  A TO BK  S MIN
 3 Correa, Charles      *  3   6  3   5  0   1   0   2   2  3  9  3  6  0  4  32-
 4 Seymour, David       *  1   2  0   0  0   0   3   5   8  5  2  3  1  0  1  19+
24 Reuben, Jamal        *  3   6  1   3  7   8   1   2   3  5 14  2  5  0  0  34+
30 Pires, Antonio       *  0   2  0   1  0   0   0   0   0  2  0  1  2  1  0  15+
34 March, William       *  3   4  0   0  2   6   3   1   4  5  8  0  0  0  0  20-
 2 Myrie, Jalen            5  12  1   3  2   3   1   2   3  2 13  1  2  0  0  18-
 5 Thomas, Aaron           0   0  0   0  1   3   0   2   2  0  1  1  0  0  1   7+
11 Clarke, Joe             2   9  1   4  2   7   0   4   4  1  7  1  1  0  1  24-
20 Coakley, Sidney         0   2  0   0  0   0   1   0   1  0  0  0  0  0  0   0 
21 Marshall, Brandon       0   1  0   1  0   0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0 
22 Stallings, Devin        0   0  0   0  0   0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0  0   9-
23 Armstrong, Keyon        5   8  5   8  6   6   0   1   1  5 21  1  5  0  2  12+
40 Hendricks, Nakia        1   1  0   0  5   6   1   1   2  3  7  0  1  0  0  10-
TEAM REBOUNDS                                    0   0   0           1          
Team Totals               23  53 11  25 25  40  10  20  30 31 82 13 24  1  9 200

Total FG%  - 1st:  9/25  0.360  2nd:  14/28 0.500  Game:  0.434         Deadball
3-PT FG%   - 1st:  2/8   0.250  2nd:  9/17  0.529  Game:  0.440         Rebounds
Total FT%  - 1st: 11/21  0.524  2nd:  14/19 0.737  Game:  0.625           (7,0) 

HOME: Essex ( )
                          TOT-FG  3-PT           REBOUNDS  
NO PLAYER               P FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP  A TO BK  S MIN
 2 Rogers, Dion         *  7  12  3   4  2   2   1   1   2  3 19  0  3  0  1  38+
 3 Mclean, Sean         *  2   6  0   2  1   2   2   0   2  4  5  6  2  0  1  26-
10 Compas, Christopher  *  5   8  0   0 11  17   5   8  13  3 21  1  3  0  0  27-
23 Akano, Samson        *  7  15  1   6  5   8   1   3   4  2 20  2  2  0  1  39-
32 Wineglass, Malik     *  4   8  0   1  1   2   0   6   6  5  9  0  1  1  0  27-
11 Compas, Jordan          0   1  0   1  0   0   0   2   2  1  0  0  2  0  0  10-
12 Yekel, Abel             1   1  0   0  0   0   0   3   3  2  2  0  0  1  1  10+
21 McNeil, Rashad          2   3  0   0  0   0   0   2   2  2  4  1  5  0  3  10-
31 Christian, Denzel       0   1  0   0  1   2   1   1   2  2  1  0  1  0  0   4-
41 Davila, Craig           0   1  0   0  4   5   0   1   1  5  4  1  2  0  1  10-
TEAM REBOUNDS                                    0   0   0           0          
Team Totals               28  56  4  14 25  38  10  27  37 29 85 11 21  2  8 200

Total FG%  - 1st: 15/30  0.500  2nd:  13/26 0.500  Game:  0.500         Deadball
3-PT FG%   - 1st:  2/6   0.333  2nd:   2/8  0.250  Game:  0.286         Rebounds
Total FT%  - 1st:  5/11  0.455  2nd:  20/27 0.741  Game:  0.658          (11,1) 

In less than one week, the Dean College men’s basketball team will play its first-ever game at the NJCAA Division II National Tournament.

The Bulldogs defeated Monroe Community College this past Saturday, 99-89, to capture their first NJCAA District II Championship. Dean will face Essex County College (Newark, NJ) in game four of the tournament at 3:00 p.m. CST on March 18 at Danville Area Community College in Illinois. The tournament committee seeded the top eight teams, and a blind draw with the remaining eight teams was used to determine the first-round matchups.

All games from the tournament will be streamed live for free at www.njcaatv.com.
 
For additional information on the National Tournament, visit www.dacc.edu/njcaa.

NJCAA Division II Tournament 1st-Round Pairings
Tuesday, March 18
9 a.m. — (2) Wayne County (Mich.) vs. Carl Sandburg
11 a.m. — (7) Wake Tech (N.C.) vs. Potomac State (W.V.)
1 p.m. — (3) Des Moines (Iowa) Area vs. St. Louis
3 p.m. — (6) Essex County (N.J.) vs. Dean (Mass.)
6:30 p.m. — (1) Cincinnati State vs. Garrett (Md.)
8:30 p.m. — (8) Central-Columbus (Neb.) vs. John Wood
Wednesday, March 19
11 a.m. — (4) South Suburban vs. Fort Scott (Kan.)
1 p.m. — (5) Phoenix vs. Lake Michigan

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