Groovy script javax.jcr.query.InvalidQueryException

when i am running following query on crx/de it is working fine , but when i run the same using a groovy script im getting a exception.

Query which worked fine on crx/de :

SELECT * FROM [cq:Page] WHERE ISDESCENDANTNODE("/content/mm/mo") AND NAME() = "CritisismOnMentalismTheory"

Groovy script which is raising exception :

import javax.jcr.Node;
import org.apache.sling.api.resource.Resource;
import org.apache.sling.api.resource.ResourceResolver;
import javax.jcr.Session;
queryManager = session.workspace.queryManager;

activeList = ["CritisismOnMentalismTheory","bjp-sena-ncp-alliance-shines-in-maharashtra-rural-polls"]

for(nodename in activeList) {
 try{
 def statement = "SELECT * FROM [cq:Page] WHERE ISDESCENDANTNODE(\"/content/mm/mo\") AND NAME() = \""+nodename+"\"";
 query = queryManager.createQuery(statement, 'sql');
 pageList = query.execute();

 Node jcrContent
 pageList.nodes.each { currNode ->
 if(currNode != null) {
 jcrContent=resourceResolver.resolve(currNode.path+"/jcr:content").adaptTo(Node.class);
 println "pagepath"+currNode.path;
 }

 }
 }catch(Exception g ){ 

 println "Exception while getting getArticlePaths " + g + ""; 

 }
}

and exception is :

Exception while getting getArticlePaths javax.jcr.query.InvalidQueryException: java.text.ParseException: Query: SELECT * FROM [cq:Page] WHERE ISDESCENDANTNODE("/content/mm/mo") AND NAME() = "CritisismOnMentalismTheory(*)"; expected: static operand
Exception while getting getArticlePaths javax.jcr.query.InvalidQueryException: java.text.ParseException: Query: SELECT * FROM [cq:Page] WHERE ISDESCENDANTNODE("/content/mm/mo") AND NAME() = "bjp-sena-ncp-alliance-shines-in-maharashtra-rural-polls(*)"; expected: static operand

can see an extra (*) is appending on the string