The Queens College women's basketball team used a strong
defensive effort to defeat Post University, 65-46, in a game played
at Townsend Harris High School on Saturday. The Knights, who
were hosting the Clarion-LaGuardia Tipoff Classic, won both of
their games over the weekend and are now 2-0 on the season.
The two teams hung around each other over the first five minutes
of play as QC owned a slim, 12-9 lead when MacKenzie Rowland
(Cohoes, N.Y./Shaker) made a layup at the 14:59 mark. The
next seven-and-a-half minutes of action saw the Knights build their
lead to seven points, 25-18, as Bria Jackson (Rochester,
N.Y./Rush-Henrietta) scored five straight points in that
stretch.
Late in the first half, Symone Swaby (DeBarry, Fla./Father
Lopez) extended QC's lead into double-digits when she buried
a three-pointer with 2:02 remaining to give the Knights a 32-20
advantage. Marie Byrnes (Brooklyn, N.Y./Rutgers Prep) made
the cushion even larger when she sunk a trifecta with 0:46 seconds
left to give the Knights a 35-22 lead, and QC led at halftime,
35-24.
The second half began with Post cutting the deficit to single
digits when a Casey Brooks layup at 18:42 made the score 35-26 for
Queens. The Knights responded once again as they turned up
the defensive pressure over the next 5:30 of game time and used a
10-5 run to push the lead up to 14 points, 45-31. In that
run, Tara Fearon (Bronx, N.Y./Blessed Sacrament) scored four of the
ten QC points.
From there, the Knights used another scoring spree, this time an
8-1 run, to grab their largest lead of the game, 25 points, capped
by a Lisanne Comeau (Toronto, Ont./St. Basil the Great) layup with
just over seven minutes remaining. The Eagles never
threatened the rest of the way, and the Knights went on to win
their second straight game.
In the victory, Jackson scored a game-high 18 points, and Comeau
chipped in with 11. Jackson led the team in scoring for the
second straight contest, and Queens also won the rebounding battle,
49-28 and grabbed 11 steals that led to 11 points. The
Knights held Post to 35.3 shooting for the game, while sinking
7-of-13 three-pointers on the offensive end.
Queens returns to the hardwood on Saturday, November 17, when
the Knights travel to Philadelphia to face Holy Family University
in a 3:00 PM scheduled start.
