Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. - The Queens College men's basketball team used a strong second half rally to pull away from Mercy for an 87-67 win in an East Coast Conference game played in Dobbs Ferry on Saturday.  The Knights shot 57.4% from the field in the victory.

Queens trailed 12-3 over the first 3:32 of game time, with the lone basket coming off a Diego Maldonado three-pointer.  QC then used a 15-3 run to take an 18-15 lead.  Maldonado scored five points in the run.  Kyheim Chaplin scored the final four points.  Jeremiah Mordi and Shaquille Thomas each had a three-pointer.  The Knights built a nine-point halftime cushion, with Paul Little capping the scoring inside of a minute.  Little was a perfect 4-4 shooting in the game.

A Maldonado layup five minutes into the second half put the Knights ahead by eleven, 44-33.  Mercy rallied and tied the score at 44-44 will 11:32 left in the game.  From there, QC woke up and pulled away for the twenty point win.

They broke the tie with eight straight points, a trifecta from Chaplin and five points from Mordi.  A Maldonado three inside of eight minutes put QC up by a dozen, 63-51.  A Thomas dunk with 0:35 put the Knights up 20, and they went on to win, 87-67.

In the win, Chaplin scored a game-high 24 points.  Maldonado shot 8-12 en route to 21 points.  Mordi totaled 19 and Thomas came off the bench to finish with 11.  The team improved to 5-16 overall, 5-9 in the ECC.  They face UDC on the road on Wednesday.