FLUSHING, N.Y. –Freshman
Chelsea Reeves (Brooklyn, N.Y.) notched her third straight double-double with a game-high 20 points and 13 rebounds but the Queens College women's basketball team would falter in the second half as the Knights dropped a 63-55 East Coast Conference affair to the visiting University of Bridgeport Purple Knights Sunday afternoon inside Fitzgerald Gymnasium.
How it Happened
The Purple Knights jumped ahead 13-6 at the 3:59 mark in the first quarter before the Knights went on a 6-0 run and get within one, 13-12. But the visitors would take a 19-17 lead into the second stanza.
Queens opened the second quarter on a 4-0 run as freshman
Jennah DeGout (Bronx, N.Y.) and junior
Khadija Demry (Brooklyn, N.Y.) gave the Knights a 21-19 lead at the 9:02 mark. The Purple Knights took a 27-26 lead before the Knights went into halftime up by five, 32-27 as they held Bridgeport without a field goal for the final 5:14 of play.
DeGout gave the Knights a seven-point advantage, 34-27 at the 9:06 mark before Bridgeport made their comeback attempt. With the Knight leading 42-36 halfway into the third quarter, the Purple Knights ended the third quarter on an 11-3 run taking a 47-45 lead into the last quarter.
It was a sluggish start to the fourth quarter as both teams went scoreless until Bridgeport went by four, 49-45 at the 7:22 mark. The Knights would get within two, 51-49 but fourth-quarter shooting struggles would derail the comeback attempt as Queens fell 63-55 Sunday afternoon.
By the Numbers
Reeves notched her third straight double-double and sixth of the season as the rookie tallied a game-high 20 points (5-of-10 FG, 10-of-11 FT) with 13 rebounds and three steals. While classmate DeGout notched a near double-double with 19 points (7-of-16 FG, 5-of-5 FT), nine rebounds, two blocks, and two steals on the afternoon.
Queens shot 30.6 percent (19-of-62) from the field and 6.7 percent (1-of-15) from beyond the arc. While Bridgeport shot 34.5 percent (20-of-58) from the field and 28.6 percent (6-of-21) from three.
UP NEXT: Queens continues the homestand as the Knights welcome D'Youville University Saints to Flushing for the first time in program history Thursday (Feb. 22) evening. Tip-off set for 5:30 p.m.
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