Flushing, N.Y. - The Queens College men's basketball team was a victim of bad luck on Thursday night, as they fell to Dowling, 82-77 in an East Coast Conference game played at Fitzgerald Gym in Flushing.  The Knights bench outscored their counterparts on the Golden Lions, 46-0, but Dowling made enough shots down the stretch to get the win.

Mohamed Dansoko opened the scoring with a layup.  From there, the Golden Lions tallied 11 straight points to lead 11-2.  Jeremiah Mordi stopped the run with a jumper.  A three-pointer at 12:40 put Dowling up by ten, 19-9.  

Queens got hot from there and used a 15-2 run over a 3:51 stretch of game time to take a 24-21 lead.  Shaquille Thomas scored seven of his 15 points in that scoring spree.  Obi Udezeh scored five and Mordi made a basket..  Udezeh finished with 13 and Mordi added 19.  Dowling came back and took a 40-35 lead at the half.

The Knights fell behind by nine early in the second half, but Anthony Hodges hit a three-pointer to pull within six.  At the 10:43 mark, Udezeh made a trifecta to pull QC within three, at 57-54.  Queens would take a one-point lead when Mordi made a three-pointer with 4:31 remaining.  

With under two minutes remaining and trailing by a point, Matej Jurcevic went strong to the basket and drew the foul.  The freshman drilled both foul shots and the Knights had a 74-73 lead.  Dowling took the lead for good on the next possession and went on to win 82-77.