The Queens College Men's Basketball team used a tremendous offensive effort to beat the Mercy College Mavericks in their home opener 95-84. With the win the Knights improve to 4-1 and 3-0 in the ECC while the Mavericks drop to 2-5 and 0-3 in Conference play.

Wednesday night five different Knights found themselves in double figures, helping their team to an eleven point victory over Mercy.   The Knights used a huge first half to propel themselves to victory, winning the first half 51-36.  Junior guard, Edil Lacayo played a huge part in the first half and in tonight's win, knocking down four out of his first five shots from beyond the arc. Lacayo had a terrific night, shooting 50 % from the floor going 7-14 and 6-12 from the three point line.  Edil finished the night with a game and team high 24 points. Senior Akim Neverson and junior, Khalil McDonald both added 17 points of their own in tonights game.Senior Terrell Simmons added 13 points on 4 of 8 shooting and teammate Lamonte Lans rounded out the scoring also adding 13 points.

The Knights are set to take on conference opponent, Dowling, Saturday at home at 7:30 pm. All the action can be found right here. Tune in to either the live stats or video and support the Knights as they look to make it four straight in conference play.

Photo Credit - Brian Ballweg