QUEENS, N.Y. - Junior Tyree White scored a game-high 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Queens College men's basketball team held home court with a 69-65 victory over UDC Thursday evening at Fitzgerald Gymnasium.  The win also snapped a six game skid for the Knights.

White shot 8-for-15 from the field in the contest, 7-for-11 from the line, and pulled down eight boards on the offensive end.  Senior Travis Whitfield scored 15 points to go along with three steals.  Senior Paul Little contributed in all areas, scoring nine points, grabbing seven rebounds and blocking four shots.

Despite shooting just 35.3% from the field, QC turned 21 UDC turnovers into 25 points.  The Knights also tallied 14 second chance points, and outscored the Firebirds 14-4 in bench points.

The Knights trailed by as many as seven in the opening frame, before outscoring the visitors 17-9 down the stretch of the stanza to take a 28-27 lead into intermission.  QC came out firing to start the second half, and grabbed its biggest lead of the contest, 49-36, with 13:27 remaining.

UDC did not give in, and eventually got the deficit to four, 55-51, with 5:32 left.  The Firebirds pushed the Knights to the brink later, as a three-pointer cut the QC lead to two, 65-63, with 12 seconds left.  The Knights calmly sank their final four free throw attempts to close out the contest.

Erin Senegal's 19 points led three players in double figures for UDC.  The Knights welcome NYIT to Fitzgerald Gymnasium on Wednesday, February 10.