Mercy Men Fall to Queens

Mercy Men Fall to Queens

The Mercy College men’s basketball team fell at the hands of the Queens College Knights 108-82 on Wednesday night, February 17, before 123 fans at the Mercy College Gym.

Queens improves to 14-9 overall, and 11-6 in the East Coast Conference, while Mercy falls to 1-24 and 1-17.

Both teams came out shooting well in the first half, as the Knights made 55.8% of their shots and the Mavericks 53.1%. That slight difference was not reflected in the halftime shore, which read 58-44 in favor of Queens. Queens outrebounded Mercy 50-22.

In the second half, Queens continued to extend its lead, and won the game by 24.
All five Maverick starters scored in double digits. Leading Mercy was Ed Wilson (Bronx, N.Y./Msgr. Scanlon), who made 10 of his 17 shots, totaling 24 points. Jimmy Gunville (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham) was hot from behind the arc, hitting six threes for 18 his points. Tyler Jones (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) added 14, Bryan Van Cott (Oyster Bay, N.Y./Oyster Bay) 13, and Manny Garcia (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Spellman) 11.

Next up for Mercy is a Saturday date at 3:00 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas.