Sparkill, N.Y. - The Queens College men's basketball team fell to St. Thomas Aquinas, 86-55, in a game played on Wednesday night in Sparkill, New York.  Three Knights reached double-figures in scoring, led Kyheim Chaplin with 11 points.  Travis Whitfield and Diego Maldonado scored ten points each.

Queens jumped out to a 9-2 lead across the first two-and-a-half minutes of action.  Guilherme Brodt opened the scoring with a jumper.   Maldonado made it 4-0 on a put back.  After a Spartans basket, he made it 7-2 for QC with a three-pointer.  STAC fought back and Kyheim Chaplin scored on a tip in to make it 14-11 at 13:57.  The Spartans led at the half, 38-23.

Queens scored 32 points in the second half, but STAC won 86-55.  The Knights scored 34 points in the paint.

The team is now 4-16 overall and 4-9 in the East Coast Conference.  The team returns to action on Saturday, February 6, when they face Mercy in Dobbs Ferry, New York.  The opening jump is slated for 2:30 PM.