ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – On Sunday afternoon the Queens College women's basketball took a five-point lead at halftime but second-half turnovers and shooting woes would hurt the Knights as they fell 66-44 to the Molloy College Lions at Quealy Gymnasium in East Coast Conference action.
How it Happened
The Lions would jump ahead 4-0 before senior
Nora Gabel (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) got the Knights on the board with a layup. Trailing 5-9, led by freshmen duo
Julia DeBeatham (Menands, N.Y.) and
Jennah DeGout (Bronx, N.Y.), Queens would close the first quarter on an 8-2 run as the Knights took a 13-11 lead heading into the next stanza.
The Knights would extend their lead to five as freshman
Chelsea Reeves (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and DeGout connected from the charity stripe. Queens would have their biggest lead of the afternoon at 7:32 as DeGout made a layup to lead 18-11. The Lions would trim the lead down to three before Reeves and junior
Khadija Demry (Brooklyn, N.Y.) put the visitors back up by seven, 22-15 with 1:32 until halftime.
The Lions cut the lead down to five, 22-17 heading into halftime.
Queens started the third quarter sloppy missing their first three shots allowing Molloy to capitalize. The Lions tallied four straight before DeBeatham connected on a three putting Queens' back up by four before Demry went coast-to-coast giving the visitors a six-point advantage, 27-21 with 7:24 left in the third.
Molloy would start a 5-0 run and get within one, 27-26 before DeBeatham put the Knights back up by three, 29-26 with 5:50 left. But the Lions forced six Knights turnovers as they ended the third quarter on an 11-2 run en route to taking a 38-31 advantage into the fourth quarter.
The Knights would see their deficit increase to nine, 40-31 as the shooting struggles continued. DeBeatham would bring Queens within six, 40-34 but a Lions 9-0 run would put the game away from the Knights who were only playing with six players on the day to fall 66-44 on the day.
By the Numbers
DeBeatham led the Knights in scoring tallying 15 points (6-of-14 FG) to go with five rebounds, four assists, and two steals. While DeGout notched a near double-double with 10 points (4-of-9 FG) and eight rebounds.
Queens was held to 35.8 percent (19-of-53) from the field and 21.4 percent (3-of-14) from beyond the arc. While Molloy shot 36.4 percent (20-of-55) from the field and 33.3 percent (5-of-15) from three.
UP NEXT: Queens open February on the road as they travel to Staten Island, N.Y. on Wednesday evening with a matchup against College of Staten Island Dolphins. Tip-off set for 5:30 p.m.
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