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Queens, N.Y. - The Queens College women's basketball team came out of Wednesday's game with UDC with a 58-39 victory, largely on the heels of a double-double from Cat Pastor (Hewlett, N.Y./Hewlett).  The junior swing player recorded game-highs in points (16) and rebounds (12) to help the Knights to their third win in their last four contests.

The first twenty minutes of action saw the Knights limit the Firebirds to just 15 points, thanks to rebounding and stingy defense.  In fact, Pastor collected nine rebounds in that time.  QC jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the first three minutes of action as Kristen Korzevinski (New Hyde Park, N.Y./New Hyde Park) scored the opening bucket and Pastor scored the next four.    From there, both sides kept it close until a Lisanne Comeau (Toronto, Ont./St. Basil the Great) made a jumper at 9:14 to put the Knights ahead, 16-11.    They then used a 9-4 run to close out the half with a 25-15 lead.

The second half started with Bria Jackson (Rochester, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta) putting the Knights up 30-15 with a three-pointer.  A Pastor three-point-play at 16:01 put QC ahead 35-17, and they never looked back.  Eventually a Takiya Webb bucket at 7:30, gave the Knights their largest lead of the game, 51-31.  They went on to win 58-39.

Jackson recorded a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) in addition to Pastor's.  Korzevinski finished with 11 points and Marie Byrnes (Brooklyn, N.Y./Rutgers Prep) chipped in with eight and pulled down 10 rebounds.  The Knights held the Firebirds to just 23.5 percent shooting for the game while out rebounding them, 49-38.

The team returns to action on Saturday, February 23, when they face Roberts Wesleyan in Rochester, New York.  The start time for that game is 2:00 PM.