Misenheimer, N.C. -- Down by one with 19 seconds left, Queens University junior Marissa Hudley (Charlotte, N.C., Harding University ) drove the lane and made the decisive layup as the Royals defeated Pfeiffer University 67-66 in Conference Carolinas women's basketball action on Monday night. Hudley led all players with 18 points and 10 rebounds en route to her third consecutive game with a double-double.

Queens improves to 10-8 overall, 9-4 in conference play. Pfeiffer sees their five-game win streak come to an end dropping to 10-8, 10-3.

The Royals shot an impressive 50% for the game, converting on 28 of their 56 attempts. Senior Ashley McGuirt (Indian Trail, N.C., Providence Day) didn't miss a minute in the Royals' victory over the Falcons, playing all 40 minutes while hitting all three of her three-point field goals to score 14 points. 

After closing out the first half on a 12-2 run trailing by four at the break, Pfeiffer came out and quick erased the deficit on a Shelley Reese (Brown Summitt, NC) three-pointer. The Lady Falcons were down by 14 with just over four minutes remaining in the first half before finishing the initial period with the run and starting hot in the second to tie the contest in the first 29 seconds of period two.

The Royals went back on the attack with a 9-0 run before Pfeiffer cut it back to two with a pair of Christina Harvey (Locust Grove, VA) free throws at 13:45. After Hudley's basket three minutes later put Queens up six, the Lady Falcons again battled back taking the lead, 58-57, with 6:16 to go on a Celeste Caudill (Sparta, NC) triple. Outside of Jacquia Winstead's (Elm City, NC) layup, Pfeiffer will hold the lead until the final ticks of the clock.

Down by one, it was Domonique China (Durham, NC) who took the potential buzzer-beater just inside the three-point circle but misfired with three seconds left. The Lady Falcons went up three on three different occasions before Hudley hit the game-winner with 19 to go.  

Despite being outscored 15-9 from behind the arc, Queens dominated in the paint, outscoring the Falcons 34-22.

The Royals have the opportunity to make some noise in the standings this week, as they visit first-place Barton on Wednesday and welcome third-place Belmont Abbey on Saturday.