NEWARK, DEL. – Looking to keep the momentum going, the Queens College women's basketball team led by sophomore
Chelsea Reeves (Brooklyn, N.Y.) game-and-team high 24 points, the Knights would lead wire-to-wire in the 70-40 non-conference victory against host Wildcats of Wilmington University at WU Athletics Complex Wednesday evening.
Reeves led all scorers with 24 points, while graduate student
Raven Pitt (Valley Stream, N.Y.) tallied 13 points, and the trio of freshman
Brianna Davis (Bronx, N.Y.), junior
Khadija Demry (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and rookie
Gianna Henriques (Bronx, N.Y.) combined for 30 points.
Wednesday's win was the first win in program victory over the Wildcats. While the 30-point victory is the biggest margin of victory since the Knights defeated Alliance
(formerly Nyack College) back on January 2, 2020.
Game Recap
The Knights got the scoring started as Davis and Reeves jumped ahead to a 7-2 halfway into the first quarter.
The Wildcats would use a 6-4 run to cut the visitors' advantage down to 11-8 by the 2:24 mark before the Knights ended the first stanza on a 9-2 run to take a 20-10 lead heading into the second quarter.
It was a slow start to the second quarter as the Wildcats cut the 10-point advantage down to single digits on two separate occasions.
After a free throw brought the score to 22-13 with 4:23 left until halftime, Queens would end the second quarter on a 9-2 run as they took a 16-point lead of 31-15 heading into the locker room.
Queens would hold Wilmington to 11.1% shooting as they went 1-9 from the field in the second quarter, while the Knights shot 45.4% as they went 5-11 from the field for the 16-point lead at halftime.
The Knights opened the third quarter on a 6-0 run to increase their advantage to 22 points, 27-15 with 7:20 left in the third.
But despite the Wildcats shooting 38.4% from the field, Queens' hot shooting of 61.5% on 8-13 from the field ensured the Knights lead never dropped below 18 points for the remainder of the game before going on to earn a 70-40 victory Wednesday night.
Game Highlights
- Reeves fell short of her fifth double-double as she led all scorers with a game-high 24 points (9-13 FG, 5-7 FT) with a team-high nine rebounds and three steals.
- Pitt recorded 13 points (6-7 FG, 1-1 3PT) as she matched a career-high eight rebounds to go with a team-high five assists, three steals, and one block.
- Davis recorded 10 points (5-9 FG) with two rebounds, three assists, one block, and one steal, while Demry notched 10 points (4-11 FG) as she matched a career-best seven rebounds.
- Rookie Henriques tallied a career-high 10 points (4-7 FG) with six rebounds on the evening.
- The Knights shot 54.7% going 29-53 from the field while holding the Wildcats to 25.4% from the field on 15-59 shooting.
- Queens won the boards battle (44-30) as they held a slim margin of 9-8 on second-chance points.
- The Knights scored 16 points off 18 Wildcats turnovers and held a 15-3 advantage on fast break points.
NEXT TIP-OFF: Head coach
Bet Naumovski and the Knights continue the show on the road as they return to East Coast Conference in Rochester, N.Y. on Saturday (Feb. 18) afternoon as they conclude the season series against the Redhawks of Roberts Wesleyan University. Tipoff set for 2:00 p.m.
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