Khaleef Allicott led a furious but futile Knights rally in their 2007-2008 swan song, a 70-65 loss to Dowling in Fitzgerald Gymnasium. Queens rallied from a 21 point deficit to close to within one on a Lawrence Young three pointer with 14.5 seconds left but could get no closer.
Allicott scored 12 in the first half to help QC take a 28-27 lead into the second half. The Golden Lions thought they had blown the game wide open by outscoring the Knights 34-12 to open up a 61-40 lead but Allicott scored 13 points in a minute and 30 seconds to help Queens to pull within three with 25 seconds remaining. After David Seagers of DC converted on one of two free throws, Lawrence Young made a three to make the score Dowling 66, QC 65, with 14.5 left on the clock. The Knights then sent Genc Semini of Dowling to the line where he made two free throws to give his team a three point advantage. QC had a chance to tie but Lamont Lans, who was facing his brother, a junior at Dowling, missed a long ball with five seconds left. Semini then iced the game with two more from the charity stripe to complete the scoring.
Allicott finished with 32 points, six rebounds, four steals, four assists and six long balls and was the only Knight to score in double digits.
2/27/08
The Knights were outscored 32-19 in the second half of a 65-49 loss at the hands of Concordia College on Wednesday night in Westchester. Khaleef Allicott led the QC attack with 17 points.
Lamont Lans opened the second half with a three point play to bring the Knights even with Concordia, 33-30. What ensued was a 14-0 run by Concordia, capped by a Dan Cunningham basket with 13:01 left in the contest that put the game out of reach.
Terrell Simmons added 12 points for Queens College, who wrap up the season at home on Saturday night against Dowling College.
2/23/08
Bryant Lassiter connected twice from three point range late in the second half to power NYIT past Queens College, 69-55. Khaleef Allicott came off of the bench to lead the Knights in scoring with 15 points in a losing effort.
Neither team could buy a basket in the first half as Queens hit on 26.5% and Tech connected on 25% from the field. Allicott and Mike Liander had seven each for QC as they held a 26-23 edge after 20 minutes.
With Queens clinging to a 44-43 lead, Lassiter made a three pointer to put NYIT ahead by two at the 7:02 mark. Liander answered with a bucket to tie the score but Lassiter made another three with 6:27 left to start a 8-0 Tech run.
Liander finished with 12 points and Terrell Simmons grabbed 14 boards for the home team while Miguel Pierre Fanfan had 12 points and 12 rebounds for NYIT.
2/20/08
Adelphi University jumped on the Knights early in their 82-45 win in Flushing on Wednesday night. Lamont Lans led Queens College with 14 points and six rebounds while Richard Byrd had a game high 26 for AU.
Three pointers from Byrd, Alvin Vivican III and Chris Diasparra spurred Adelphi to a 15-2 advantage after 5:03. Adelphi wound up connecting on their first five three point attempts in building a 21-4 lead. QC cut the lead to nine on a Lamont Lans basket with 9:20 left in the half but Adelphi answered with a 17-0 run to blow the game open.
Diasparra finished with 16 points and seven assists for Adelphi while Mike Liander added nine points and seven rebounds for the Knights.
2/16/08
The Knights shooters were ice cold in a 79-51 loss to the University of Bridgeport Purple Knights on Saturday in Connecticut. QC connected on 17 of 63 attempts on the day, a 27.0% conversion rate.
With the Knights trailing 12-10, the Purple Knights rattled off 20 of the next 21 points to open up an 21 point lead after 14 minutes of play. Bridgeport held Queens College to eight of thirty from the field in the first half, opening up a 38-22 lead after 20 minutes.
Khaleef Allicott led Knights scorers with 14 points while teammate Lamont Lans added 13 in the loss, QC's second of the year to UB. QC was beaten by Bridgeport, 93-75, back on January 9th in Flushing.
2/13/08
Mike Liander connected as time expired to give the Knights a 70-68 win over Molloy College in Rockville Centre, New York, on Wednesday night. Khaleef Allicott led all scorers with 27 points in the victory.
QC rallied from a 59-52 deficit with 7:39 left to tie things up at 64 on a Lawrence Young layup with 4:21 remaining in the game. Allicott made two free throws with 80 seconds left to give the Knights their first lead of the second half, 68-66. After Glen Murray tied it for Molloy with 26 left on the scoreboard clock, Liander beat the buzzer off of an assist from Greg Tull to win the game for QC.
Liander finished with 13 points for Queens College. Lawrence Young and Gerald Eugene also had 11 each for the Knights, who won for the second time in three games.
2/9/08
A second half surge enabled C.W. Post to beat Queens College, 72-52, on Saturday night in Flushing, New York. The visitors used a 23-7 run midway through the second half to open up a 58-41 lead en route to their victory.
After the two teams exchanged basket to open the match, Post ran off nine straight to open up a 11-2 lead. The Knights clawed back, taking a 22-21 lead with 13:42 in on a Lamont Lans three pointer. The lead changed hands four times before Jonathan Schmidt beat the buzzer with a three to put Post ahead at the break, 29-28.
The undermanned Knights stayed close, trailing 35-34 before Post pulled away with a 23-7 surge. Mike Liander led QC with 16 points while Wesley Matthews had 16 and Schmidt added 15 for C.W. Post.
2/6/08
Khaleef Allicott had 27 points as the Knights beat New Haven, 73-63, on Wednesday night in Fitzgerald Gymnasium. The win was the first of the season for Queens College in conference play.
QC only trailed twice, 4-2 and 19-17, in forging a 27-23 lead after 20 minutes. Allicott, who scored 12 in the half on four of six from long range, gave the Knights the lead for good with a long ball that made the score 20-19 with 7:40 left in the half. The key moment of the game came in the second half when, with QC clinging to a 38-34 advantage, UNH's Marcus White was called for a personal foul and a technical foul. This resulted in four shots from the charity stripe for Lamont Lans and he made good on each and every one of them. The Knights would go on to build a 15 point lead with 3:10 left when Lawrence Young converted on a drive to the basket as they held on for the victory.
Mike Liander (14), Lans (12) and Young (10) all scored in double figures for QC in the win. Cassius Chaney led New Haven with 23 while Tetrick Stonar added 20 more for the visitors in a losing effort.
2/2/08
The Knights were beaten at St. Thomas Aquinas College 68-52 on Saturday afternoon. The loss was the ninth straight for QC, who were led by Mike Liander's 14 points and seven rebounds.
The Knights forged a 14-14 tie after a basket by Terrell Simmons with 10:54 elapsed in the game. STAC responded with a 20-9 spurt to take a 34-23 lead and control of the match.
Khaleef Allicott netted 13 and Lawrence Young added 10 for Queens College, who shot only 34.7% from the field while turning the ball over 21 times.
1/28/08
The University of New Haven led from start to finish in a 73-56 East Coast Conference victory over the Knights on Monday night in Connecticut. QC gets another crack at beating UNH in nine days in Flushing.
The Chargers put together a 15-3 run to open up a commanding 19-5 lead just eight minutes into the match. Queens College was held to just 30.8% from the field in the first half while New Haven connected on half of their attempts in opening up a 38-21 lead after 20 minutes.
Mike Liander led the Knights attack with 13 points and seven rebounds while Lamont Lans and Khaleef Allicott each had 10 points and six boards.
1/26/08
Mercy College completed a sweep of the season series with a 65-59 win over the Knights in Westchester on Saturday afternoon. QC had been beaten by Mercy 79-73 back on Novermber 28th. Khaleef Allicott led Queens College with 20 points, six rebounds and four assists.
The Knights, who led 28-27 at half, tied the game at 49 on a three pointer by Mike Liander with 4:39 left in the game. Mercy answered with a 11-3 run, capped by Paul Flowers' two free throws, to open up a 60-52 lead with just 32 seconds remaining.
Lawrence Young had a season high 13 points and Lamont Lans added 12 for the Knights in another case of close by no cigar.
1/23/08
Time ran out on a late Knights' rally in a 66-60 loss to Dowling College in Oakdale, New York on Wednesday night. A lay up by Lamont Lans capped a 19-6 outburst to whittle down a 17 point Dowling lead but only four seconds remained when he scored.
Lans' three pointer 12 and a half minutes in gave the Knights a 29-22 lead but Dowling used a 14-1 run to take a 36-30 lead into the second half. DC's Keith Nadin hit a three to give his team their largest lead, 58-41, with 9:01 to go. Mike Liander then proceeded to score nine points in QC's 19-6 rally, but their comeback ran out of time.
Liander led Queens College with 17 points and eight rebounds. Khaleef Allicott added 14 and Lans had 13 for QC in the loss.
1/19/08
Concordia College capped a big second half rally by edging the Knights in overtime, 71-70. Kenny Gaskins III took an inbounds pass and dribbled 92 feet to lay in the winning basket with 3.9 seconds left in extra time. Khaleef Allicott's three rimmed out as time expired, wasting a great first half by the Knights.
Allicott made two consecutive three pointers and Terrell Simmons followed with a bucked 12 minutes in to put QC ahead 29-14. Six and a half minutes later Greg Tull gave the Knights a 21 point lead with two baskets, a lead they would take onto the court to start the second half.
Concordia roared back, outscoring their hosts 28-6 over a 12 minute span to take a 52-51 lead on a Richard Fields two pointer. Maalik Oliver made one of two from the free throw line to tie the game at 60 with 1:22. Neither team could connect in regulation, sending the game to overtime.
Lamont Wilson gave Concordia what seemed to be an insurmountable 69-64 lead late in overtime but Oliver made six straight free throws, the last two with 8.7 second remaining to put the Knights ahead, 70-69. Oliver had stolen the ball 20 seconds earlier to give QC possession. Gaskins then went coast to coast with the inbounds pass to give Concordia a come from behind victory.
Oliver led Queens College with 16 points while Simmons and Allicott added 12 each. Fields scored a game high 22 points for Concordia before fouling out in overtime.
1/16/08
The Knights were beaten by New York Tech, 73-63, on Wednesday night despite 16 points and 13 rebounds from junior forward Mike Liander. Tech made five more field goals while attempting 12 less shots than Queens College in securing the victory on their home court.
NYIT scored seven straight points early in the first half to open up a 17-9 lead. Maalik Oliver completed an and one with 8:10 left in the first half to get the Knights within four at 21-17 but that is as close as they would get the rest of the evening.
Greg Tull had 14 points and seven boards and Lamont Lans added seven points and seven rebounds in a losing effort for QC.
1/12/08
Adelphi University defeated Queens College, 54-39, in a Saturday matinee played in Garden City, New York. The Knights were held to 25% from the field in the loss.
Khaleef Allicott connected on a three pointer to give Queens a 18-16 lead with 8:04 in the first half. It would be the last time QC would lead as AU scored six straight points on their way to a 23-20 advantage after 20 minutes. Adelphi outscored the Knights 13-4 over the first 7:29 of the second half to open up a double digit lead, 36-24. The home team led by as many as 20 points, 53-33, with 5:16 remaining on their way to a 15 point win.
Freshman Maalik Oliver led QC with 14 points while Mike Liander added 10 points and nine rebounds in the loss.
1/9/08
The Knights stayed close early but lost, 93-75, to the University of Bridgeport on Wednesday night in Fitzgerald Gymnasium. Khaleef Allicott had 23 points and Lamont Lans added 20 in a East Coast Conference loss.
Oliver's basket with 2:18 remaining in the opening session pulled QC to within six at 39-33. Bridgeport then proceeded to close out the half with 11 unanswered points, capped by a steal and a basket by T-Ron Christy, to take a 50-33 lead and control of the match. Teairez Stennis had 14 of his game high 24 points and Christy added 10 points and six steals while his team forced 14 Knights' turnovers in the first 20 minutes.
ECC Rookie of the Week Maalii Oliver chipped in with 17 and Mike Liander had 13 points and eight boards in the loss for QC.
1/2/08, 1/3/08
Upon their return from the holiday hiatus the Queens College Knights came out on the opposite end of a pair of two point games in the 2nd Annual Jim Clancy Tournament, hosted by Dominican College. In the first game on January 2nd, Queens defeated Dominican, 74-72 before falling to Caldwell College, 69-67, the very next day.
Trailing 62-50 with 8:11 left to play, the Knights put together a 19-6 run, capped by a Mike Liander jumper with 2:06 remaining, to take a 69-68 lead. That lead lasted all of 21 seconds as Brandon Brock's basket put Dominican ahead, 70-69. Maalik Oliver answered with two points with the clock showing 1:25 left to give QC the lead for good, 71-70. Gerald Eugene's two from the charity stripe gave QC a three point cushion with 61 seconds left but Damien Davis got Dominican back to within one just 14 seconds later. Oliver rounded out the scoring for the day with a free throw with 38 seconds remaining before Dominican failed on the final three shots of the game.
Khaleef Allicott led the Knights with 22 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals while Eugene added 17 points, 12 boards and two blocks and Oliver scored 18 in a winning effort.
Allicott and Oliver each scored 17 the next day but it wasn't enough in a two point loss to Caldwell. Terrell Simmons made two free throws with 57 seconds remaining to give Queens College a 67-65 lead but Caldwell made four of six from the charity stripe down the stretch to post the victory.
12/20/07
Assumption College used a 14-0 run in the final moments to defeat the Knights, 78-68, in Flushing on Thursday night. Mike Liander led all scorers with 29 in a valiant but ultimately losing effort.
Assumption shot the ball well early, hitting five of their first seven from three point range to open up a 26-14 lead. Queens fought back to tie the game at 33 on two free throws from Gerald Eugene with 1:50 left in the opening half but the Greyhounds closed the half with an 8-2 run to go into the half up 41-35. Liander finished with 17 points in the first 20 minutes for the Knights.
Assumption held the lead until 7:13 left in the game when Khaleef Allicott (12 points) hit two from the charity stripe to put QC up, 60-58. After Pat Shea tied it for Assumption, a Liander bucket gave Queens their last of the night with 5:50 remaining. Mike Balderelli then connected on two from beyond the arc to ignite a 14-0 run that put his team ahead, 74-62, with under just two minutes to go in the contest.
Greg Twomey led the Greyhounds with 17 points while four other teammates topped double figures - Courtland Bluford (15), Balderelli (13), Mike Foti (12) and Pat Shea (10). Terrell Simmons scored all 10 of his points in the second half for the Knights.
12/12/07
Lamont Lans led the Knights with 16 points while grabbing nine boards in a 87-62 loss at C.W. Post on Wednesday evening. Mike Liander had 12 points and 12 rebounds for his third double-double of the season in a losing effort.
The game was decided early when Post responded to a 5-0 deficit by rattling off 20 of the contest's next 23 points to take command. Maalik Oliver contributed 14 points and Khaleef Allicott added 13 for Queens.
12/8/07
ESU defeated Queens College, 89-55, on Saturday night in the championship game of the East Stroudsburg Tournament. Khaleef Allicott and Mike Liander were named to the all-Tournament team.
Liander (11 points, 8 rebounds) scored the first basket of the game for the Knights but that would be their only lead of the game as East Stroudsburg took control early. Allicott and Lamont Lans each scored 14 for Queens in the loss.
12/7/07
Khaleef Allicott scored 26 points and Mike Liander added 25 as the Knights defeated the University of the District of Columbia, 77-75, in the opening round of the East Stroudsburg University Tournament on Friday afternoon. Queens will face the winner of the East Stroudsburg vs. Wilberforce contest in the championship game tomorrow at 8 pm.
Allicott scored the Knights' first 20 points of the game but they trailed until a Liander lay-up 14 minutes in gave them a 31-30 lead. Queens held the lead the rest of the way but not without UDC threatening to overtake them in the second hal. Willie Shaw hit a three pointer with 3:24 left to pull his team within one point at 70-69 but Maalik Oliver responded with a long ball of his own 19 seconds later to restore the Knights' four point cushion. Frank Peterson brought UDC back to within a point at 76-75 with a three bomb with 17 ticks left on the clock but Lawrence Young made one of two free throws for QC to seal the victory, the Knights' first of the season.
Oliver finished with 14 points for QC while Allicott was five of six from beyond the arc with three steals as well. Liander also had 12 boards and three assists to go along with his 25 points.
12/5/07
Willis Kettrell srtuck the big blow for STAC as the visitors defeated the Knights, 53-48, on Wednesday night in Fitzgerald Gym. Kettrell hit a three pointer to break a 44-44 tie with 2:05 to give St. Thomas Aquinas the lead for good.
STAC led by as much as 12 in the first half before taking a 33-23 lead after 20 minutes. Queens clawed back in the second half and when Khaleef Allicott converted on a running one hander with 3:21 remaining they found themselves all tied at 44. This set the stage for Kettrell, who broke the tie with a three pointer a minute later. Gerald Eugene answered with a basket for QC with 83 seconds remaining but Ra Chase countered 13 seconds later to restore STAC's three point lead. Allicott made two from the charity stripe with 36.6 ticks on the clock but that would be it for Queens as Robert Payne would score the final four points of the game to give his team a 53-48 victory.
Allicott led all scorers with 19 points on the evening while Payne paced St. Thomas Aquinas with 14.
11/28/07
Three point shooting abandoned the Knights in a 79-73 loss to conference rival Mercy College in Flushing on Wednesday night. Queens connected on only seven of 34 attempts in the loss. Mike Liander led the home team with 20 points and 13 boards while Lamont Lans and Khaleef Allicott added 18 each for Queens.
The Knights led most of the first half until Michael Marin hit a three pointer with 2:38 remaining to give Mercy a 29-26 lead. QC went into the locker room down 31-28 after 20 minutes, in part due to 12 turnovers and a three point field goal success rate of 15.4 %.
QC hung tough to start the second half, taking a 44-43 lead seven minutes in on an Allicott basket and free throw. Jimmy Gunville answered with a bucket and Marin added a three to put Mercy ahead 48-44. QC managed to get within a point at 51-50 but Chanze Wellington hit a big three pointer with 9:06 left and Mercy never looked back.
11/25/07
The Knights' 2007-2008 opener was ruined by the visiting Lions of Molloy College, 79-68, in an East Coast Conference tilt on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Khaleef Allicott led all scorers with 21 points for Queens. Vincent Falzone came off of the bench to lead Molloy with 17 points and 12 rebounds to help is team improve to 3-1.
Molloy scored the last 10 points of the first half to take a 36-29 lead into the break after trailing for the majority of the half. Lamont Lans connected from three point range to pull Queens within two at 42-40 with 16:39 left in the game but that was as close as they would get.
Mike Liander and Lamont Lans each added 18 for the Knights in the loss. Mark Pierre produced a double-double (12 points, 12 rebounds) for Molloy.
11/17/07
Bloomfield College defeated the Knights, 99-83, in day 2 of the NYIT Tip-Off Tournament in Old Westbury. Khaleef Allicott just missed out on a double-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as Queens dropped to 0-2 in the early going of the new season.
Bloomfield led by as much as 32 points before taking a 53-27 lead into the intermission. The Knights outscored Bloomfield 56-46 in the second half but that wasn't enough to offset BC's big opening half.
Mike Liander followed up his 24 point performance against Stonehill on Friday with 20 more points in today's game.
11/16/07
Mike Liander scored a game high 24 points in the Knights' 2007-2008 season opening loss to Stonehill College in the NYIT Tip-Off Tournament on Friday in Old Westbury. Queens College gets right back at it tomorrow at 3:00 pm against Bloomfield College.
Queens dug a hole for themselves in the first half, shooting just 35.5% from the field in falling behind 43-31 after 20 minutes. They improved in the second stanza, connecting on 20 of 41, but Stonehill countered by converting on a torrid 69% of their field goal attempts.
Liander shot 10 of 18 from the field in leading the pack in scoring while adding seven boards. Three other Knights scored in double figures - Khaleef Allicott with 17, Greg Tull with 11 and Gerald Eugene with 10.
2/28/07
Adelphi University defeated the Knights, 85-79, in an East Coast Conference Quarterfinal battle in Garden City, New York on Wednesday night. The loss ends QC's 2006-07 season. Bradd Wierzbicki led Queens with 20 points while Hassan Washington scored 17 and Lance Hazel posted a double-double (11 points, 11 rebounds) in their final appearances as Queens College Knights.
Queens trailed by as many as 12 in the second half before a Washington basket 9:23 into the half capped a 13-3 run to pull them within a basket at 60-58. Queens stayed close and when Liander connected with 57 seconds remaining, they found themselves down by only one, 78-77. Mike Mosby then came up big for Adelphi with a basket and the ensuing foul shot with half a minute to go to make the score 81-77 AU. Wierzbicki got QC back within two with a basket with 0:19 on the clock but a free throw each from Kimani Blaize and Donnell Cummings and two from Alvin Vivican provided the winning margin for the home team.
With his 20 points tonight, Bradd Wierzbicki finished his career with 1686 points, good for fourth place on the Knights all-time scoring list. Lance Hazel also made his mark on the record books, finishing with 1140 points (13th place), 565 rebounds (tie for 12th) and 293 assists. White Plains native Hassan Washington completed his career as the Knights all-time assist leader with 575 while scoring 916 points and grabbing 432 rebounds in 115 games for Queens College.
2/24/07
Hassan Washington led a quartet of upperclassmen with 20 points and seven assists to lead Queens College to a 72-61 victory over Mercy College on Senior Night in Flushing. Washington has now scored 20 or more points in three of his last four outings and is averaging exactly 20 points per game over his last five games.
With the win, QC finishes their regular season 14-13 overall and 11-9 in the ECC, good for a tie for fifth place with STAC. The two teams split the season series but Queens wins the tie breaker since they defeated each of the top three finishers in the ECC. This sets up a match between the Knights and Adelphi in the quarterfinals on Wednesday night in Garden City.
Poor shooting led to a low scoring first half in tonight's game, with Mercy connecting on only 22.9% of their attempts while QC posted a 38.9 shooting percentage. However, the shooting woes didn't affect Washington, who connected on five of eight and scored 12 points to help Queens take a 31-25 lead after 20 minutes.
The game remained tight with Mercy nosing in front 46-44 before Bradd Wierzbicki ignited a 10-0 Knights' run to take the lead for good. Wierzbicki, who finished with 16, scored eight of the points and assisted on the other basket and Queens found themselves ahead 54-46 with 10:15 remaining. Mike Liander was instrumental in the home team holding on to win as he scored all of 14 of his points, grabbed all of his nine boards and was a perfect seven of seven from the field in the second half.
2/21/07
Bradd Wierzbicki scored 25 points while Hassan Washington and Khaleef Allicott added 17 each as Queens defeated Dowling College, 97-77, on Wednesday night in Oakdale, New York. The Knights trailed by two at half but outscored the home team 55-33 in the second half to claim the much needed conference victory.
A lay-up by Lance Hazel with 12:26 left in the game capped a 14-2 QC run over a three minute span that put them ahead 64-53. Dowling closed to within nine points (69-60) before the Knights scored 10 straight points to put the game out of reach with 7:09 remaining.
Freshman Gerald Eugene had a fine outing for Queens as he connected on six of seven from the field in scoring 12 points while grabbing nine rebounds as well. Washington also had seven rebounds, six assists and three blocks to go along with his 17 points. With his 25, Wierzbicki now has 1650 career points, leaving him only 20 points behind John Sikiric, who is fourth on the Queens College Men's Basketball all-time scoring list.
2/17/07
The Knights made an early game surge hold up as they defeated Concordia College 88-74 in Flushing on Saturday night. Senior Hassan Washington led the way for Queens with 20 points and 10 assists as they jockeyed for post season position.
QC held the Clippers scoreless for eight minutes and 21 seconds while pouring in 19 points during that span to forge a 30-12 lead with 6:56 left in the first half. After Mike Liander beat the buzzer with a three pointer, the Knights found themselves ahead 46-24.
The home team's lead grew as large as 25 before Concordia mounted a comeback that got them to within nine points at 71-62. Khaleef Allicott responded with a bucket and Washington connected from long range and from the charity stripe twice to restore QC's lead to 16 en route to their 88-72 victory.
Bradd Wierzbicki added 18 for Queens (15 in the opening stanza) while Allicott scored all 16 of his points in the second half. Richard Fields of Concordia led all scorers with 26 points.
2/15/07
Hassan Washington had 27 and Bradd Wierzbicki added 25 but NYIT beat the Knights, 96-87 in Old Westbury on Thursday night. Queens had one the first meeting between the two clubs, 73-71, in overtime on January 17th.
Lance Hazel (17 points) put the Knights up 42-41 with 17:08 remaining in the game but NYIT outscored Queens 34-10 over the next 10 minutes to take a commanding 75-52 lead. Brian Lassiter led the Bears attack with a game high 33 points.
Washington also had seven assists and seven rebounds for QC, who lost for the fifth time in their last six games. With his 25 points, Wierzbicki leap frogged Kyrk Liddelow and Greg Whitehurst and into fifth place on the Knights' all-time scoring list with 1607 points. Hazel also moved up the charts, passing Edgar Moore for 16th place while moving within one point of Willie Davis for 15th (1081).
2/13/07
For the second consecutive game Lance Hazel came through with a double-double but Adelphi still beat Queens, 96-84, in an uncharacteristically high scoring affair in Garden City on Tuesday night. Hazel had 25 points and 13 boards, good for his sixth double-double of the 2006-07 season.
Adelphi put together a 21-2 run over a six and a half minute span starting with 16:19 left in the game to open up a commanding 70-52 lead. The Panthers shot 67.7% from the field in outscoring QC 58-43 in the half.
Bradd Wierzbicki and Hassan Washington added 21 and 16 respectively for the Knights who are now 5-5 over their last 10 games.
2/10/07
Senior Lance Hazel produced his sixth double-double of the season to help power the Knights past Bridgeport, 86-72, on Saturday in Flushing. Hazel finished with 20 points, 12 boards and seven assists as Queens snapped a three game losing skid.
Good shooting from QC enabled them take a 41-31 halftime lead. The Knights shot 50% from the field while making 11 of 14 from the charity stripe while UB shot only 31.4% from the field. Hazel had 11 and Bradd Wierzbicki scored 10 of his 20 points in the half.
Bridgeport played catch-up the rest of the way as QC's lead fluctuated between five and 14 the rest of the way. Mike Liander was 10 of 10 from the free throw line and scored 17 for Queens while Japhet McNeil had 20 for Bridgeport.
2/8/07
Lance Hazel and Bradd Wierzbicki each had 23 points but it wasn't enough as Queens dropped a 103-94 decision to ECC rival in Flushing on Thursday night. Glenn Martin led all scorers with 30 points for the victors.
Two Khaleef Allicott free throws gave the Knights a 57-54 lead a little over eight minutes into the second half. Molloy then went on 12-3 run to take the lead for good. Six consecutive points from Wierzbicki whittled Molloy's 15 point lead down to nine with seven minutes to go but Queens couldn't get over the hump and dropped to 10-11 overall.
Vincent Falzone posted a double-double (22 points, 14 rebounds) and Keith Tilley added 21 for Molloy. Hassan Washington had 17 points and eight assists for Queens.
2/6/07
C.W. Post defeated the Knights, 83-74, on Tuesday night on Long Island despite 27 points from leading scorer Bradd Wierzbicki. Those 27 points enabled Bradd to reach the 1500 point plateau for his career at Queens College.
QC found themselves down 53-41 five minutes into the second half but rallied topull within a point at 57-56 just six minutes later. That 15-4 run was capped by a Wierzbicki three pointer. Post responded by building their lead back up to double digits before another Wierzbicki three with 5:30 remaining cut the home team’s lead to 69-66.
That’s as close as Queens would get as they saw their record drop to 10-10 overall and 7-6 in conference play. Freshman Khaleef Allicott has a fine game in a losing effort, scoring 15, dishing out five assists, making three steals and grabbing six rebounds.
2/3/07
UNH defeated the Knights, 73-65, in New Haven, Connecticut on Saturday. The loss evened the season series between the two clubs and snapped QC's three game winning streak.
Senior Lance Hazel led the Queens offense with 18 points and added seven rebounds and three assists.The Knights led 35-33 after the first 20 minutes but were outscored 24-10 over the first 11:13 of the final half in the loss.
Bradd Wierzbicki chipped in with 11 points for the visitors while Hassan Washington added 10 points, five boards and six assists.
1/31/07
Lance Hazel became the 23rd player in Knights history to score 1,000 career points in his team's 95-75 win over St. Thomas Aquinas College on Wednesday at Fitzgerald Gymnasium. Hazel reached the milestone when he converted on a free throw with 42 seconds remaining in the game. Bradd Wierzbicki led all players with 34 points as he connected on 10 of 14 from the field, including six of seven from three point range.
Marvin Lawrence's basket seven minutes in capped a 9-0 run that put Queens ahead to stay, 17-10. Their lead ballooned to 42-26 at the break on the stength of 16 points from Wierzbicki, 12 from Hazel and 10 from Gerald Eugene. STAC fought back on three long ball each from Willis Kettrell and Vincent Johnson to close to within seven at 67-60 but the Knights responded with a 16-2 explosion to salt away the victory.
Hassan Washington and Eugene each chipped in with 10 points for Queens, who improved to 10-8 overall and 7-4 in league play in avenging an early season loss at STAC.
1/25/07
Bradd Wierzbicki scored 30 points in his second game back after missing three games with back spasms to lead Queens to a 76-60 victory over Mercy on Thursday night at Westchester Community College. This marks the fourth time this season that Bradd has scored 30 or more points in a game.
Once again the Knights got out of the gate quickly, building up a 13-2 lead when Lance Hazel hit a three just 6:17 into the game. Hazel finished with 17 points, 14 rebounds and five assists, good for his fifth double-double of the year.
Queens continued to build on their lead and when Wierzbicki scored seven straight points they found themselves up 66-46 with 7:26 remaining in the game.
Hassan Washington added nine points and eight assists for Queens while Victor Sidberry led Mercy with 15. With the win, the Knights complete the first half of their ECC schedule with a record of 6 -4.
1/23/07
Hassan Washington dished out the 500th assist of his career as the Knights defeated Dowling College, 85-62, in East Coast Conference action on Tuesday night in Fitzgerald Gymnasium. The historic helper by the Knights all-time assist leader came on Bradd Wierzbicki's three pointer 5:27 into the game. Wierzbicki, who had missed the last three game with back spasms, returned to lead all scorers with 22 points.
The Knights were never challenged and built a 15-0 lead with 9:18 elapsed on the clock as Dowling misfired on their first 12 shots of the game. The visitor's shooting woes continued as they connected on only three of 20 in falling behind 31-7 after 14 minutes of play.
Lance Hazel, who is closing in on 1,000 career points, had 20 tonight for the Knights. David Seagers led Dowling with 14 points.
With his 22 tonight, Wierzbicki moved past Shaun Bertin and into 8th place on the Knights all-time scoring list with 1416 points.
1/20/07
Lamont Wilson connected with two seconds left to beat the Knights, 67-65, in Bronxville on Saturday afternoon. Lance Hazel led Queens with 25 points and 13 rebounds, his second double-double in the last three games.
Queens was tied or ahead for the first 30 minutes of the game but Concordia used a 15-1 run to take an eleven point lead in the late stages of the game. The Knights answered back by outscoring their hosts 12-0, capped by a Hazel three pointer, to retake the lead (59-58) with 4:32 remaining. With 35 seconds left, Robert Spezano tied the game for Concordia at 65 when he converted on two free throws. Mike Liander then missed with 3 seconds left, setting up Wilson's game winner.
Marvin Lawrence had 16 while Khaleef Allicott added 10 points, five rebounds and nine assists for Queens as they lost for the fourth time in the last five games.
1/17/07
Hassan Washington's two free throws with 4.8 seconds left were the difference in the Knights' 73-71 overtime victory over NYIT on Wednesday night in Flushing. Mike Liander had sent the game into extra time with a basket with 3.8 seconds remaining in regulation.
QC raced out to an early 20-9 lead but a steal and a dunk by Tech's Brian McFadden in the waning seconds gave his team a 31-29 halftime lead. Tech held the lead until Khaleef Allicott, who led all scorers with 28 points, connected from long range to put the Knights up 59-58. The lead was short lived as Brian Lassiter (20 points) answered just 19 seconds later with a long ball to put NYIT up 61-59. Neither team was able to score until Liander tied the game and sent it into overtime.
After Daniel Cox answered two free throws by Washington with a three pointer of his own, two baskets and a free throw from Allicott and a bucket by Lance Hazel had Queens ahead 70-66 with 34.6 seconds left. Andre Wright got Tech right back into it with a three ball eight seconds later. After Allicott made one of two from the line, Lassiter made two free throws with 5.9 seconds left to pull NYIT even at 71. This set up Washington's heroics nine tenths of a second later.
The win evens the Knights recond at 7-7 while NYIT suffered their first loss in ECC play.
1/15/07
Lance Hazel had 18 points and 10 rebounds but it was not enough to prevent a 66-57 loss to Dominican College on Martin Luther King Day in Flushing. The Knights were without the services of top scorer Bradd Wierzbicki as Dominican evened the season series at one game apiece.
Queens led 15-13 early but Dominican College rattled off ten unanswered points to take a lead which they would not relinquish. A Ron Wyatt basket early in the second half gave the visitors a 39-28 lead but when Hazel hit a three the Knights were back within one at 39-38 with 15:49 to go. Shelton Gibbs answered with a three of his own but Greg Tull's basket with just under 13 minutes to play pulled Queens back within two, which was as close as they would get.
Will Carty led all scorers with 20 points for Dominican while Price Jackson added 14 and Ron Wyatt had 11 points and 11 boards. Marvin Lawrence had 11 for Queens, who had defeated Dominican 59-54 back on January 4th in Orangeburg.
1/13/07
Adelphi overcame a five point halftime deficit to beat the Knights, 64-50, in Flushing on Saturday night. Queens was outscored 38-19 in the second half in dropping to 6-6 overall and 3-3 in ECC play.
QC held an early 20-11 lead but AU stormed back to take a 24-23 lead on a Alvin Vivican three pointer with 3:46 on the clock. Queens responded by taking the lead right back when Khaleef Allicott connected a three of his own 51 seconds later, sparking an 8-2, half closing streak.
The visitors came out flying in the second half to take a 35-33 lead after 4:35 of play on a Anthony Nobel basket. After Queens tied the score, AU ran off 15 of the next 19 points to take the lead for good.
Lance Hazel led the Knights with 13 points while Mike Liander added 11 points and eight boards in the loss. Kimani Blaize scored 15 of his game high 20 points in the second half for Adelphi.
1/10/07
The Purple Knights of Bridgeport defeated the Knights of Queens College, 83-67, despite a game high 36 points from the ECC's top scorer, Bradd Wierzbicki. Wierzbicki, who was five for nine from three point range, now has 1388 career points, putting him just two points behind Sean Easton and 14 behind Shaun Bertin on the QC all-time scoring list.
Queens only led once in the entire game (2-1) and there was only one tie (4-4) as homestanding UB opened up a 15 point halftime bulge and cruised to victory. Lance Hazel had 14 points and four steals while Hassan Washington added eight points and six assists in a loss that dropped Queens to 3-2 in conference play.
1/4/07
Bradd Wierzbicki's three pointer with 3:11 remaining gave the Knights the lead for good in their 59-54 victory over Dominican College in the Jim Clancy Memorial Tournament on Thursday in Orangeburg, New York. The win was the Knights' fourth in their last five games.
Kenyon Jackson hit a jumper with 4:58 remaining to pull Dominican even with QC at 51 apiece. After Wierzbicki gave Queens a three point lead there was no scoring until a Marvin Lawrence dunk with 51 seconds left in the game made the score 56-51 Knights. Jackson hit a three 17 seconds later to cut the lead to two but a Hassan Washington free throw with 0:32 on the scoreboard clock and two more from Lance Hazel 16 ticks later iced the game for Queens.
Hazel led the Knights offense with 17 points, six boards and four assists while Wierzbicki added 16, leaving him 32 points behind Sean Easton (1390) for ninth place on the Queens College all-time scoring list.
1/3/07
The Knights took the court for the first time in 2007 and came away with a 87-69 win over Bloomfield College in the first game of the Dominican College Tournament. Bradd Wierzbicki, who ranks seventh in the nation in scoring average, poured in a game high 31 points and added eight boards in helping Queens improve to 2-0 against CACC opponents.
Wierzbicki's basket with 8:58 left in the first half capped an 8-0 QC run that erased a 21-17 deficit and gave them a lead they would not relinquish. Bloomfield pulled within two (25-23) but the Knights outscored their opponent 23-9 to finish the half up 48-32.
Guards Hassan Washington and Khaleef Allicott each added 19 points in the Queens College victory. Washington, who is tenth in Division II in assists, added five while two-time ECC Rookie of the Week Allicott dished out six of his own.
12/21/06
Bradd Wierzbicki, Lance Hazel and Khaleef Allicott combined for 60 points but Northwood University prevailed over Queens 91-80. Wierzbicki had 23, Allicott added 19 and Hazel scored 18 as the Knights saw their record drop to 4-4 on Wednesday night in Fitzgerald Gymnasium.
Queens whittled a 14 point deficit down to four when Wierzbicki scored off of an Allicott feed with 9:37 left to play to make it 62-58. That's when Northwood's Chad Radosevich took over, connecting on six of his nine three point attempts in the second half to hold off the Knights. Allicott helped keep QC in the game, scoring all of his points and handing out four assists in the final stanza.
Cory McJimson led Northwood with 24 points and 15 rebounds while Radosevich added 23 and Marvin Owens scored 21 as Northwood gained a split of their two games on Long Island this week. They had lost to NYIT on Tuesday by ten points.
12/16/06
The Knights held off a furious C.W. Post second half rally in picking up a 82-72 East Coast Conference win on Saturday in Flushing. Bradd Wierzbicki led all scorers with 21 points while Lance Hazel had 17 points and 17 rebounds for Queens as they improved to 3-1 in the ECC.
Hassan Washington (nine assists) wrapped up a 16-2 run to put QC ahead 36-21 lead with five minutes to go in the first half. Queens scored the first four points of the second half to increase their lead to 17 points before Jason Schmidt capped a 19-2 Post spurt that tied the game at 52 with just 12 minutes remaining. However, Post would never overtake Queens, who scored the next six points to break the tie.
Mike Liander, who made two big shots after Post knotted up the game, finished with 16 points while Jonathan Schmidt led C.W. Post with 18.
12/13/06
Bradd Wierzbicki poured in 29 points and freshman Khaleef Allicott added 17 to lead the Knights to a 76-64 victory over Molloy Collgege in Rockville Centre on Wednesday night. Queens improves to 3-3 overall and 2-1 in the ECC with the win.
Queens erased a ten point first half deficit by outscoring Molloy 15-3 to take a 29-27 lead into the locker room. Bradd Wierzbicki's jumper with 8:24 left in the game concluded a 19-6 second half run to put QC up 53-39 and salt away the victory.
12/9/06
UMass-Lowell scored twelve of the game's first thirteen points in defeating the Knights, 96-75, in Lowell, Massachussets on Saturday afternoon. Bradd Wierzbicki led Queens with 23 points, five rebounds and four assists in a non-conference loss.
After falling behind 12-1 from the opening tip-off, Queens battled back to within five when Mike Liander scored with 56 seconds remaining in the first half to make the score 37-32 Lowell. The Knights continued to hang tough until a 20-6 UML run midway through the final stanza made the score 81-58.
Marvin Lawrence had 14 points and Lance Hazel added 13 points and nine boards as Queens saw their non-conference record drop to 1-2.
12/6/06
Queens got out of the gate quickly and beat New Haven, 84-67, in an East Coast Conference game in Flushing on Wednesday night. Bradd Wierzbicki scored 22 points while Lance Hazel added 18 and Hassan Washington handed out 13 assists to help the Knights even both their overall and conference records.
Hazel hit two three pointers in the opening 4:03 to propel Queens to a 15-2 lead. Three minutes later Greg Tull converted on a three point play to put QC up by 14 at 22-8 and Queens was well on their way to a 40-26 halftime advantage.
Two Allicott long balls, sandwiched around a Cassius Chaney (28 points, 18 rebounds) basket gave the Knights their largest lead, 68-45, with just under nine minutes to go. A Chaney put back with 3:42 remaining got UNH back within 13 but that was as close as they would get in QC's first conference win of 2006-2007.
12/2/06
The Knights kicked off their conference schedule on the losing end of a 75-65 score at St. Thomas Aquinas College on Saturday afternoon. Bradd Wierzbicki led the Knights attack with 23 points.
Queens, who led by five at the break, opened up a 42-34 lead on a Greg Tull basket 3:16 into the final stanza. Wierzbicki later made two free throws to give QC a 47-44 lead but STAC outscored the Knights 31-18 over the final 9:40 to win the game by ten.
Lance Hazel scored 12 and grabbed nine boards and Hassan Washington added 12 points, five assists and five rebounds in QC’s second straight loss after a season opening win over Felician College.
11/22/06
Bradd Wierzbicki scored 26 of his game high 38 points in the first half of a 102-90 Knights' win over Felician College on the night before Thanksgiving in Flushing. The game marked the first time Queens has played their season opener in Fitzgerald Gym since exactly seven years ago when they defeated Dominican College 60-56 on November 22, 1999.
Queens never trailed in the game, rattling off eight straight points in the opening moments to break a 2-2 tie. The home team eventually took a 54-48 lead into the locker room but Felician scored the first points of the second stanza to pull within four. That would be as close as they would get as QC outscored them 14-2 to open up a 68-52 lead with 16 minutes remaining. Felician later cut the Knights' lead to ten at 80-70 before Queens went on another run to open up their largest lead, 91-72.
Lance Hazel nearly had a triple double with 13 points, 11 boards and nine assists while Marvin Lawrence (15), Mike Liander (12) and Khaleef Allicott all scored in double figures for the victors.
3/1/06
Junior Marvin Lawrence scored a career high 16 points off of the bench to propel the Knights to an 83-66 NYCAC Quarterfinal victory over sixth seeded C.W. Post in Flushing on Wednesday night. Queens continues their title defense on Saturday against Bridgeport in a semifinal match-up at C.W. Post.
The Knights, who opened up a 16-2 lead to start the game, never trailed. Post closed to within six at 54-48 but a 10-0 QC run gave the Knights back their double digit cushion. An Anthony Mauceri three with 4:26 left made the score 69-53 and finally put the game out of reach.
Hassan Washington, one of last year's heroes, chipped in with 15 points while NYCAC leading scorer Bradd Wierzbicki added 13 in the win. Queens will now prepare for Bridgeport, who have defeated the Knights eight straight times. The last Knights' win over UB came in the semifinals of the 2002 NYCAC Semifinals.
2/22/06
Bridgeport held off a furious Knights' second half rally to defeat Queens, 87-82 in Flushing on Wednesday night. Next up for QC is the NYCAC Quarterfinals in which they will host the sixth seeded team - which has yet to be determined - at 7:30 pm next Wednesday.
Kevin Jeffreys came out on fire for UB, scoring 20 points in the games first six minutes and 27 in the half to propel his team to a 55-32 lead. Their lead expanded to 71-40 4:47 into the second stanza before the Knights stormed back, outscoring UB 34-10 over the next 13 and a half minutes to make the score 81-74.
Shaun Bertin and Bradd Wierzbicki each scored 17 points for Queens in their second straight defeat. Also in double figures for QC were Clyde Chapman (14), Lance Hazel (12) and Kenald Bernard (10).
2/20/06
Keith Tilley's basket with three seconds left gave Molloy College an 82-80 win over Queens College on Monday night in Rockville Centre. Bradd Wierzbicki poured in 38 points in the loss, giving him a new single season school record of 633 points. The old record of 611 was set by John Sikiric last season.
Molloy outscored Queens 26-12 to turn a 41-39 deficit into a 65-51 second half lead. Down 73-62 with 3:51 remaining, the Knights went on a 18-7 run, capped by a Hassan Washington lay-up with 12 seconds left, to tie the score at 80. Wierzbicki had 14 of QC's 18 points in their comeback attempt, which was ultimately spoiled by Tilley's last second hoop.
Shaun Bertin (18 points, 10 rebounds) and Clyde Chapman (13 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals) each had double-doubles for Queens, who were playing their fourth game in the last seven days.
2/18/06
Bradd Wierzbicki became the 22nd Knights player to score 1,000 points in a career in a 73-61 win over STAC on Saturday in Fitzgerald Gym. The win gives Queens 20 wins, the first time they have reach that mark in the regular season. It is also the second time they have won 20 games in a season in the 68 year history of the program. Last season they won their 20th in the first round of the NYCAC Tournament.
Wierzbicki, who ended with a game high 20 points, scored his historic bucket on a drive to the basket 6:06 into the second half to give the Knights a 51-40 lead. Shaun Bertin had 19 points, Lance Hazel scored 11 and Clyde Chapman added 10 points and nine rebounds in the win.
2/16/06
Bradd Wierzbicki burned NYIT for 35 points in a 86-71 win on Thursday in Old Westbury. The win was the fifth straight for the Knights as they try to keep pace with first place Adelphi while holding off Bridgeport for second place.
Queens found themselves behind 26-25 with 10:45 left in the opening half but used a 10- run to turn the tables on the home team and take the lead for good. Wierzbicki had eight points in that run. Their lead grew as large as 18 points on a Marvin Lawrence dunk with 7:58 left in the game that made the score Queens 74, New York Tech 56.
Lance Hazel chipped in with 11 points in the win while Lawrence came off of the bench to add 10 and Hassan Washington scored eight and dished out eight assists. With his 35 points, Wierzbicki is now just 13 points of 1,000 in his collegiate career.
2/14/06
QC completed a season series sweep over New Haven by posting a 67-61 victory in West Haven, Connecticut on Tuesday night. Bradd Wierzbicki once again led the Knights' offense, this time with 21 points.
Down 20-9 with 12:09 left in the first half, Queens put together a 19-1 run with the help of eight points from Wierzbicki to take a 28-21 lead. New Haven scored the first six of the second half to tie the game at 33 but never could overtake Queens, who led the rest of the way. Two free throws by Raphael daSilva got UNH to within two at 63-61 with 1:40 left in the game but Clyde Chapman scored off of a Hassan Washington miss with 1:06 left to clinch the win for the Knights.
Shaun Bertin added 16 points and five rebounds and Lance Hazel had a team leading eight rebounds to help Queens improve to 18-5 and 14-2 in NYCAC play.
2/11/06
Bradd Wierzbicki and Lance Hazel combined to score 48 points to lead the Knights to a 85-67 victory over C.W. Post on Long Island. Wierzbicki led the way with 29 and Hazel added 19 as the Knights completed a sweep of the season series with Post.
The Knights took control early, putting together a 13-0 run to take a 15-3 lead. Hazel had seven points and Wierzbicki had the other six in that run. Queens would eventually lead by as many as 25 points on two different occassions, the last of which came on a fastbreak lay-up by Wierzbicki to make the score 65-40 with 12:17 remaining in the game.
Shaun Bertin also had 13 points and eight rebounds while Wierzbicki and Hazel each grabbed six boards in the Knights' winning effort. With his 29 points, Bradd Wierzbicki has scored 519 points in 2005-06, the 10th time a Knight has surpassed 500 points in a single season.
2/7/06
Hassan Washington made four free throws in the last minute to help the Knights past Molloy College, 78-74, in Flushing on Tuesday night. Washington scored all of his 16 points in the second half to help the Knights in their come from behind victory.
A Glenn Martin basket 14:30 into the game put Molloy up 32-23 but the Knights held his team scoreless the rest of the half in cutting the deficit to three points. After both teams exchanged three point leads early in the second half, Washington and Lance Hazel each hit two from long range to key an 18-1 run and put the Knights up 58-44.
Molloy then mounted a rally of their own and when Vincent Falzone (25 points, 18 rebounds) scored with 29.6 seconds left the visitors were within two at 73-71. Washington was then sent to the line with 21.3 seconds left and he came through, making both to put Queens up 75-71. Mike Mooney responded with a three pointer, his only basket of the game, to make the score 75-74 with 13.4 ticks on the clock but Washington followed with two more free throws with 11.0 seconds on the clock to put the Knights up 77-74. Molloy then threw away the inbounds pass, assuring the Knights of a hard earned win.
Shaun Bertin led Queens with 19 points in 20 minutes while Bradd Wierzbicki added 15 and Clyde Chapman had 10 in the wild win.
2/4/06
The Knights used a 50 point second half to cruise past Concordia, 90-64, in Fitzgerald Gym on Saturday night. Shaun Bertin, who had a double-double in the first half, led the Knights to victory with 25 points and 16 rebounds.
Bradd Wierzbicki wrapped up a 10-0 run with a three pointer midway through the opening half to put Queens up 19-7. The home team's lead held up for the entire half but a trifecta by Anthony Lee and a bucket by Robert Spezzano in the last minute cut the QC lead to 40-34 at the break.
Queens extended their lead to double digits with an 8-0 start and led by as much as 30 when Marvin Lawrence hit a foul line jumper with 5:01 left to make the score 83-53.
Wierzbicki ended the game with 24 points while Clyde Chapman had 14 points, six assists and eight boards and Anthony Mauceri added 10 to help Queens keep pace with Adelphi and Bridgeport, who both won earlier in the day.
2/1/06
Adelphi took sole possession of the top spot in the NYCAC standings by defeating the Knights 70-54 in Garden City on Wednesday night. The loss drops Queens one game behind Adelphi and into a tie for second place with the University of Bridgeport. The Knights had defeated Adelphi, 68-60, back on December 3rd in the two clubs first meeting.
Queens led only three times in the entire game, 3-1, 18-17 and 22-21. Bradd Wierzbicki paced the Knights offense with 18 points while Shaun Bertin had 11 points and eight rebounds and Clyde Chapman added 10 points and seven boards in the loss.
1/28/06
The Knights made it 12 wins in their last 14 games by beating Mercy College, 88-69, in Dobbs Ferry, New York in a Saturday afternoon matinee. Junior guard Bradd Wierzbicki was at it again, following up his 44 point performance of Thursday night with 31 more today.
Queens, who have now won 10 of 11 NYCAC match-ups, shot 57.1% from the field in opening up a 45-32 halftime lead. Shaun Bertin added a double-double (21 points, 10 rebounds), Lance Hazel chipped in with 17 points, six rebounds and four assists and Wierzbicki dished out five assists and made four steals to help Queens stay atop the NYCAC.
1/26/06
Bradd Wierzbicki hit a three pointer with 0.1 seconds remaining to lift the Knights past Dowling, 85-82, on Thursday night in Oakdale. Wierzbicki led Queens with a career high 44 points as QC kept pace with Adelphi in the race for first place in the NYCAC. The school record for points in a game is held by Mike Kuhens, who poured in 48 at Southampton on February 21, 1998.
Queens raced out to a 20-7 lead only to see their hosts roar back to take a 46-45 lead at the half. Dowling expanded their lead to 67-57 with six and a half minutes left in the contest. A Wierzbicki lay-up with under two minutes to go gave the Knights an 82-80 lead but Raheim Lowery (21 points, 19 rebounds) answered with a basket off of a post move to even things up at 82. After a Clyde Chapman miss, Wesley Boone was fouled and went to the line for two shots. Boone missed both but Dowling retained possession after the ball went out of bounds off Queens. Anthony Mauceri then stole the ball with about 35 seconds left and the Knights held for the last shot - Wierzbicki's game-winner.
Chapman finished with 12 points and six rebounds and Shaun Bertin added 11 points and eight boards in the Knights' victory.
1/21/06
The University of Bridgeport beat the Knights, 91-71, in Connecticut in a Saturday afternoon matinee. The loss was QC's first in NYCAC play, ending an 11 game winning streak against NYCAC opponents dating back to last season's conference championship tournament. The loss was also the Knights' first since they bowed to UMass-Lowell on December 14th.
Queens got off to a 9-0 start but the homestanding Purple Knights managed to pull even at 22 with 8:52 remaining in the first half. The home team then took over the game for good, closing out the stanza with a 27-13 run.
Bradd Wierzbicki led Queens with 22 points in the loss. Clyde Chapman posted a double-double (15 points, 13 rebounds) and Shaun Bertin added 13 points and seven rebounds in QC's second game of a five game road trip.
1/18/06
Queens improved to 8-0 in the NYCAC with a 68-59 win over St. Thomas Aquinas on Wednesday night. Bradd Wierzbicki led the Knights, who are currently ranked seventh in the Northeast, with 19 points and eight assists. Queens has now won six straight.
A Kenald Bernard basket with 5:48 remaining in the game capped a 14-3 QC run to give them a 56-45 lead. The game had been tied at 42 with 11:38 showing on the game clock.
Shaun Bertin continued to show a hot hand from the field as he made seven of nine attempts in scoring 14 points. Bertin is now eight points shy of 1200 and 21 points behind Jeff Maloney, who currently sits in ninth place on the Knights' all-time scoring list.
1/14/06
The Knights shook off a slow start and cruised to a 100-65 win over New York Tech in Flushing on Saturday night. Bradd Wierzbicki led the Knights offense with 27 points while Shaun Bertin (16), Lance Hazel (13) and Clyde Chapman (11) all scored in double figures for Queens.
QC started slowly and found themselves behind 16-6 after connecting on only three of fifteen from the field. Wierzbicki then keyed a 21-7 run with two from long range to put his team up 27-23. After a NYIT basket, a run of 19-8 put the Knights up 46-33 at the break.
Hassan Washington hit a three with 15:17 left to cap another big run, this time 19-3, and effectively put the game away at 65-38.
Queens is now a perfect 7-0 in NYCAC play and have won five straight and nine of their last ten games. Also noteworthy is that tonight was Shaun Bertin's 100th game as a Queens College Knight. His 1178 points and 579 rebounds place him 10th and 9th respectively on the all-time Queens College scoring and rebounding lists.
1/11/06
Shaun Bertin scored 26 and snared 10 boards and Anthony Mauceri added 15 in his first start as a Knight in a 73-60 Queens College win over New Haven in Flushing on Wednesday night. Queens remained perfect in conference action despite facing UNH without their leading scorer, Bradd Wierzbicki, who sat out the game with a sore calf.
Queens led 40-32 at the break but saw their lead whittled to one at 49-48 when Bryan Moriarty made the second of two consecutive three pointers with 11:01 left. Bertin responded for Queens with the next two baskets, starting his team on a 24-12 game-ending run.
Clyde Chapman had 13 points and nine rebounds and Lance Hazel chipped in with 10 for Queens. John Sullivan, who led New Haven with 19 points, scored his 1,000th career point on a free throw with 17:06 left in the game.
1/5/06
What started out as an easy night for Queens turned into a dogfight as the Knights scratched out a 76-67 win over Dowling College in Flushing. NYCAC's leading scorer Bradd Wierzbicki paced QC's offense with 26 points in the win.
The Knights took command of the game from the opening tip and lead by as much as 15 points at 23-8. Dowling then put together a 23-9 run to close to within one point at the break. The Golden Lions then took their first lead of the game when Michael Session scored the first basket of the second half to put DC up 33-32. That would be their only lead of the night as Queens responded with by putting up the next seven points. The visitors did not quit and trailed by only two points until Wierzbicki buried a three to give Queens a 65-60 lead at the 4:06 mark.
Shaun Bertin came alive in the second half for the Knights, scoring 10 of his 12 points and grabbing five of his six boards to help Queens hold off Dowling.
12/23/05
Bradd Wierzbicki poured in 30 points as the Knights began the holiday break with an 8-3 record after beating Felician College, 79-68. Wierzbicki connected on 9 for 18 from the field and 10 for 11 from the charity stripe in QC's non-conference finale.
The Knights, who took a 38-33 lead at the half, outscored their hosts from Rutherford, New Jersey 20-7 at the start of the second half to open up their largest lead of the game, 58-40. Shaun Bertin had another strong game for Queens with 23 points while Clyde Chapman added 11 to help the Knights to a 4-3 mark in non-conference play.
12/17/05
The Knights used a balanced attack in beating C.W. Post, 84-68, on Saturday night in Flushing. Shaun Bertin led four Knights in double figures with 20 points and seven rebounds.
With the score tied at 26, Queens outscored the visitors from Brookville 15-8 to take a seven point lead into the locker room. Post got no closer than four at 45-41 early in the second half before QC pulled away for their fourth win in four NYCAC contests.
Lance Hazel scored 12 of his 14 points in the second stanza while Bradd Wierzbicki (12) and Clyde Chapman (11) also reached double figures for the home team. Hassan Washington also dished out 11 assists for the Knights in the win.
12/14/05
A big second half Knights' rally fell a bit short in a 87-79 defeat at the hands of UMass-Lowell on Wednesday night in frigid Flushing. The loss put an end to the Knights' four game winning streak.
Queens, who did not have the lead all night, found themselves down 52-34 early into the second half before putting together a 23-9 run to pull to within four points. When Bradd Wierzbicki, who led Queens with 26 points, made two free throws, the Knights got as close as they would get at 67-64 with 6:18 left in the contest.
Stacy Moragne of UML led all scorers with 39 points while Bertin (18), Mauceri (11) and Chapman (10) joined Wierzbicki in double figures for the home team.
12/10/05
Bradd Wierzbicki poured in a game-high 29 points and dished out eight assists to help the Knights beat 23rd ranked Bentley College, 87-79, in Flushing on Saturday afternoon. The win provides some measure of revenge for Queens, who lost to Bentley in the 2005 NCAA Regionals last March.
Bentley used a 10-0 run midway through the opening half to to go up 22-13, and led the rest of the half. Queens shot 72% in the half but that was offset by 13 Knights' turnovers and 10 of 20 from three point range by their opponents.
The lead was exchanged several times in the second half before Queens took over, leading by as much as seven at 79-72 with 3:08 remaining in the game. Key in this stretch was Kenald Bernard, who scored 10 of his career high 14 in the second half. A three point play by Nate Fritsch got Bentley to within two with 1:44 left but two free throws each by Wierzbicki and Hassan Washington and one of two from Shaun Bertin helped QC restore their seven point lead at 84-77.
Clyde Chapman had 14 points and Bertin added 13 in the Knights' first ever win over Bentley in their fourth try.
12/7/05
A 17-4 Knights' run early in the second half turned a one point lead into a 57-43 bulge in a 78-65 win over Concordia College in Bronxville on Wednesday night. Bradd Wierzbicki led the way for Queens with 28 points.
With the win, QC improved to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in conference play. Hassan Washington chipped in with 17 and NYCAC Co-Player of the Week Shaun Bertin added 12 in the Knights' victory.
12/3/05
The Knights ran their conference record to 2-0 with a 68-60 win over Adelphi University in Flushing on Saturday night. After surrendering the first points of the second half, Queens went on a 9-0 run to open up an nine point lead. Adelphi never got any closer than four points the rest of the way.
Bradd Wierzbicki led all scorers with 21 points while Shaun Bertin added 18 points. Bertin now has 1038 career points, good for 18th on the Knights' all-time scoring list.
11/30/05
It was Shaun Bertin's night as he became the 21st player in Knights' basketball history to reach the 1,000 career point plateau in a 94-70 win over Mercy College in Fitzgerald Gym on Wednesday night. The historic basket came just 3:03 into the game when Shaun scored on a put back of a Hassan Washington miss.
Queens took control from the opening tip-off, converting on six early Mercy turnovers to sprint out to a 18-2 lead. Bertin, who led all scorers with 25 points, had 10 of the Knights' points in run. The visitors fought back to close to within six at 33-27 but still trailed by double digits at the break.
Bertin and Bradd Wierzbicki each scored four points in a 10-0 run to open the half as QC put the game away for good. Wierzbicki finished the game with 20 points while Hassan Washington and Marvin Lawrence each added 10 in the Knights' NYCAC victory.
11/22/05
Despite a career high 32 points from Bradd Wierzbicki, the Knights dropped an 87-71 decision to Assumption College in Worchester, Massachussets on Tuesday night. Shaun Bertin added 15 points for Queens, leaving him just five points shy of 1,000 for his career.
Assumption used an 18-2 run to close out the first half and turn a 28-22 deficit into a 40-30 lead. The Greyhounds later used a 16-4 run to turn a four point lead into a 71-55 bulge with 6:27 remaining in the contest. Wierzbicki then scored 11 of his squad's next 14 points as Queens fought back to within five at 74-69 with 2:24 left. However, that's as close as the Knights would get as the home team outscored QC 13-2 over the remainder of the game to win, 87-71.
11/19/05
Clyde Chapman made the second of two free throw attempts with 0.7 left in the game to give the Knights a 77-76 win over Dominican College in Orangeburg, New York on Saturday night. The win gave Queens two wins in two tries at the Dominican College Tip-off Tournament.
The game was a tight contest throughout. Hassan Washinton hit a pull-up jumper just inside the foul line with 27.8 seconds remaining to break a 73-73 tie. Chaz Holloway then responded by making the second of two free throws with 13.2 ticks left on the clock to bring Dominican back within a point. Lance Hazel restored the Knights' two point lead by making one of two from the charity strip five seconds later before Tabiem Stewart made a layup to knot the game at 76 with the clock showing just 2.4 seconds remaining. Chapman was then followed with 0.7 seconds left, setting up his heroics.
Bradd Wierzbicki scored 20 points to lead QC while Chapman added 15 off of the bench and Hazel chipped in with 13 in the win.
11/18/05
Bradd Wierzbicki connected on 10 of 12 from the field, handed out seven assists and scored 27 points to help lead Queens College to a 90-61 win over Nyack College at the Dominican College Tip-Off Tournament on Friday night. QC shot 57.1% from the field in both halves while forcing their opponent into 20 turnovers and holding them to a 33.8% success rate from the floor.
The Queens College starting five put on an impressive shooting display, connecting on 27 of 35 attempts (77.1%) for the game. Shaun Bertin and Clyde Chapman also scored in double figures for QC with 16 and 13 points respectively while Anthony Mauceri dished out 10 assists and grabbed eight boards as the Knights' won for the first time in the 2005-06 season.
11/15/05
The Knights opened their regular season unsuccessfully, losing to St. Anselm 84-61 in Manchester, New Hampshire on Wednesday night. The game was called with 5:54 left in the second half due to slippery court conditions.
Bradd Wierzbicki led Queens in scoring with 19 points on the night. Shaun Bertin also added 15 points and seven rebounds in the non-conference setback.
11/14/05
Bradd Wierzbicki scored a game high 24 points in a 102-62 exhibition game loss to St. John's University in front of a crowd of 3,458 in Carnesecca Arena. The exhibition matched the only Division I team in Queens against the only Division II squad in the borough.
Queens hung tough early and three free throws by Wierzbicki (19 first half points) with 9:14 left in the opening stanza got the Knights to within two points of St. John's at 22-20. Two minutes later, a Hassan Washington lay-up made the score 28-24 in St. John's favor but the Red Storm then went on a 19-3 run to open up a 20 point bulge and salt the game away for good.
Shaun Bertin and Clyde Chapman each scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds for Queens in a losing effort.
3/12/05
Cold shooting and a late Bentley surge spelled trouble for the eighth seeded Knights in a 85-68 season-ending loss in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Northeast regionals on Saturday in Waltham, MA. NYCAC Champion Queens ends the 2004-05 season with 22 wins, the highest single season total in the 67 year history of the program.
Senior John Sikiric, in his last game wearing QC's navy and silver, led his gutsy squad with 20 points.
A Patrice Thevenot free throw, which followed three pointers by Sikiric and Lance Hazel, had the Knights sniffing at the Falcons talons at 62-58 with 7:32 remaining in the second half. This was the closest Queens had been since they lead 2-0 in the game's opening minute. Bentley then put together an 11-0 run to open up a 15 point lead, a margin Queens could not overcome as they shot only 7 for 33 from the field - including a mind-boggling 2 for 19 from two point range - in the second half.
Senior Patrice Thevenot added 11 points and nine boards while Hazel scored 10 points and NYCAC Rookie of the Year Clyde Chapman pulled down a game high 12 rebounds in the defeat.
With his 20 points, Sikiric finishes his stellar Queens College with 1670 points - good for fourth on the all-time list. He also completed 2004-05 with 611 points, a new single season Knights record. His four rebounds on the night give him 517 in his 95 games at QC, good for 16th on the all-time rebounding roster. Knights head coach Kyrk Peponakis said of Sikiric, "He's the most professional player we've ever had. He's led us from day one and carried us to where we are."
3/6/05
Tournament MVP John Sikiric led all scorers with 29 points as the Knights captured the 2005 NYCAC Men's Basketball Championship by defeating Philadelphia University, 82-74, on Sunday afternoon in Pratt Center on the campus of C.W. Post. As NYCAC Champions, Queens receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Northeast Regionals where they will face the host team, Bentley College on Saturday, March 12th. This is the Knights second NYCAC championship in four years and their third NCAA bid in the last five years.
The tempo was frantic and the play was flawless throughout as both teams pushed the ball up the court. Sikiric took charge immediately for Queens by connecting on his first six shots from the field, all from three point range. Despite Sikiric's explosion - 22 first half points - the Knights only led by one at the break, 45-44.
The second half began no differently than it's predecessor as both teams took turns with the lead. Queens took their biggest lead of the game at 72-66 with about eight minutes remaining but three pointers by Philly's D.J. Fritz and Tayron Thomas knotted the score once again. Another Thomas basket at the 4:15 mark matched one by Sikiric 15 seconds earlier leaving the score knotted at 74 before Hassan Washington (19 points, 4 assists) scored inside to give the Knights the lead for good with 4:08 left in the contest. Bradd Wierzbicki followed with a drive to the hole to put Queens up by four with 1:59 left on the clock. Washington then closed out the scoring with four free throws in the last 31.7 seconds and the celebration was on for QC.
Shaun Bertin was also named to the all-tournament team for the Knights.
With his 29 points, John Sikiric has now
scored 591 points this season, tying him
with Greg Vaughn (1975-76) for the most
points ever scored by a Knight in one
season.
3/5/05
Hassan Washington converted on both ends of a one and one with 11.1 seconds left in the game to give the Knights their winning margin in a 58-55 victory over New Haven in the NYCAC semifinals on Saturday at C.W. Post. The Knights move on to face Philadelphia University on Sunday in their first appearance in the NYCAC finals since 2002. Philadelphia advanced to the finals by beating the host school, C.W. Post, 79-66, earlier in the day.
It looked as if it would be an easy night for Queens when they used pressure defense to hold New Haven off of the scoreboard for the first 5:29 of the game while, in the process, building a nine point lead. The lead grew to 14 when Anthony Mauceri connected from behind the three point line with 7:02 left in the opening stanza. However, Queens went on to score only one point, a Shaun Bertin free throw with 1:43 left, the rest of the way and took a precarious 28-23 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Bertin eventually ended a 7 minute and 45 second Knights drought without a field goal when he connected from in the paint 43 seconds into the second half. That basket would account for two of only five Queens points over a 15 minute span and, when Jamaal Brooks hit a jumper with 12:36 remaining, the Chargers had their first lead of the game at 34-32. That lead grew to as many as seven and, with just over seven minutes left, New Haven held a 47-42 lead. That's when the Knights first all-NYCAC forward John Sikiric took over. Sikiric hit two straight threes to give Queens a 48-47 lead at the 6:21 mark and, when Lance Hazel hit another bomb, QC had completed a 9-0 run and led 51-47 with 5:54 left on the clock.
Typically, New Haven did not quit, answering the Knights nine point run with a seven point run of their own, wresting the lead from Queens once again at 54-51. With 2:11 left, John Sullivan gave UNH that lead, but once again Sikiric answered back. First John cut the deficit to one at the 1:45 mark and then, with 1:09 remaining, Sikiric hit a three pointer with a Charger defender in his face to give QC the lead for good at 56-54. Jamaal Brooks missed his first free throw attempt before making the second with 12.6 seconds remaining, setting up Washington's game clinching free throws.
Sikiric led the Knights with 19 points,
four assists and three steals while Sullivan
had 17 points and 14 boards for New Haven.
3/2/05
Shaun Bertin's lay-up off with 2.2 seconds left in overtime off of a nice feed from Hassan Washington gave the Knights a come-from-behind 88-86 victory over New York Tech in the NYCAC Quarterfinals on Wednesday night in Flushing. The Knights advance to the semifinals where they will now face the eighth seeded Chargers from New Haven, who upset top seeded Adelphi.
New York Tech used a 17-0 run to open up a 41-23 lead late in the opening half and, when Pat Tunstead hit a three early in the second half, the Bears matched their biggest lead of the game at 46-28. John Sikiric then hit a three to cap a 13-0 Queens run to get his team within 5 at 46-41. The Knights took their first lead of the game, 70-69, off of a Lance Hazel three pointer with 4:37 left in regulation but Tech came right back, eventually taking a 77-75 lead before Clyde Chapman scored on a put back with a little over a minute to go to tie the game and send it into overtime.
John Sikiric led five Knights in double figures with 19 points (16 in the second half) while Shaun Bertin added 17 in QC's record setting 20th win of the season. Sikiric now has 1602 career points, moving him past assistant coach Kirk Liddelow and into fourth place on the Queens College all-time scoring list. John also recorded his 500th career rebound, becoming only the 16th Knight to ever do so. Rade Dzambic scored 17 off of the bench while Pat Tunstead and Avery Oliver each had 15 for NYIT, who end the season 16-12.