Flushing, N.Y. (March 2, 2013) –  The Knights men's basketball team enters the 2012-2013 East Coast Conference postseason riding a 4-game winning streak after an 81-63 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas on Senior Night.

The Knights recovered from an early 7-0 run put on by STAC, and went into halftime with a slim 41-38 lead. The Knights were down most of the first half, but a late run with under 6:30 to go in the half helped fuel the comeback.  After being down 28-24, sophomore Abe Akanmu laid it in the hoop to start a 7-0 run, which included a three-point basket by junior Kevin Nascimento. The 7-0 run gave the Knights a 31-28 lead, which would not be relinquished the rest of the half. Going into the locker room, the Knights were led by Akanmu's 11 first-half points.

In the second half, junior Patrick Parker, who only scored four in the first half, went on to score 20 more points, to propel the Knights to victory. Of those 20 second-half points, 12 of them were courtesy of four 3-point baskets. The Knights would not surrender the lead in the 2^nd half and earned their 11^th ECC victory.

The Knights' scoring on the day started with senior Nir Mor, who recorded four points in his final game as a Knight on Senior Day, including the penultimate Knights basket in the second half. Fellow senior Daniel Watson added five points on the day as well. They were honored at halftime for their commitment and hard work to the men's basketball program by Knights head coach Kyrk Peponakis (18^th season) and his assistants Wayne Zweigbaum, John Sikiric, Kirk Liddelow and Khalil McDonald.  

As the fifth seed of the ECC tournament, the Knights will travel to the 4th seeded Molloy in the East Coast Conference Quarterfinals Lions in Rockville Centre, NY on Tuesday, March 6^th at 7 PM.