Waterbury, Conn. - Junior Tyshon Rogers (Waterbury, Conn.) led three Eagles in double figures with 17 points, but the Post University men's basketball team dropped an 84-74 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game to Dominican on Saturday afternoon at the Drubner Center.

Classmates D.J. Jarrett (Waterbury, Conn.) finished with 16 points and Marcus Johnson (Evanston, Ill.) added ten points for the Eagles, who now sit at 9-17 overall and 6-11 in the CACC.

The Eagles held a brief 4-3 lead early on as Rogers hit a jumper with 18:13 remaining. It was their only lead of the half.

Post trailed by as much as 17 at 45-28 in the first half, but they closed out with a 16-4 run to cut the deficit to 49-44 at the break. Jarrett hit both of his three pointers during the stretch and senior Levy Gillespie (Meriden, Conn.) and Rogers closed out the half with back-to-back threes.

Rogers scored 11 of his 17 points in the first half. Jarrett had 12 in the first half. Dominican started out hitting seven of their first ten threes in the half, including five from Tavon Ginyard, who scored 17 of his team high 22 points in the first half off of the bench.

The Chargers opened opened up the second half with a 22-9 run, taking an 18 point lead at 71-53 with 10:14 left. They'd extend their lead to as much as 20 and held off any late run by the Easgles.

Gillespie finished with seven points off the bench. Freshman Abdul-Basit Ajia (Pawtucket, R.I.) had nine to lead all bench scorers for the Eagles. He hit four of his five field goal attempts.

Ian Gardener finished with a double-double for Dominican (18-7, 13-4) with 19 points and ten rebounds.

Up next, the Eagles take on Bloomfield on February 27 at 7:30 p.m. in a CACC home game.