The Queens College Knights Men's Basketball team traveled to Orangeburg, NY to take on Caldwell College in the Dominican College Holiday Tournament. The Knights used a stellar first half in route to a 78-70 victory over the Cougars. The win improves the Knights overall record to 7-1 while the Cougars fall to 3-7.
The Knights used a huge first half in which they shot 40% from the field to take a fifteen point lead 45-30 into the half. The Knights used double digit efforts from three of its players to propel them to victory. Senior, Akim Neverson led all scorers with a 20 point night while going 8-17 from the field. Anderson Labase also dropped 15 points and dished out 6 assists, while Lamonte Lans added 14 points of his own on a 5-14 effort while also tallying 4 steals in the contest.
Although the Knights had a sub par second half, they were able to hold off a Cougar rally to hold on to an eight point lead and win 78-70. The Knights will play tomorrow Jan. 3
rd, against the host, Dominican College at 6:00 pm. All the action can be found on the Dominican College website at
www.dominican.edu.
