Tigermedia - Men's Basketball: Queensborough vs. Hostos CC (2/4/12)
Men's Basketball: Queensborough vs. Hostos CC (2/4/12)
Date: February 4th, 2012
Duration:
1h:31m:11s
Hostos dominated the last ten and a half minutes, propelling the Caimans to a 77-61 win. With QCC down only 45-44 with under 11 minutes to play, Tyler Jenkins’ intended pass for Jermaine Lawrence was turned over, and led to an alley-oop. The deflated Tigers were outscored 30-17 after the Charles Jackson dunk, leading to the disappointing ending.
Hostos scored the first seven points, before QCC rallied to take leads of 15-14 and 17-16. The Caimans dominated the end of the first half, and took a 37-25 lead early in the second. The Tigers rallied to tie it at 42 with the power of Stephon Medard’s three-point play.
The Tigers had no answer for Hostos star Charles Jackson, who put the game away in the middle of an 8-0 run with an alley-oop to make it a double-digit game with 6:08 to go.
Game summary written by QCC student David Russell.