Box Score MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. – Queens University of Charlotte (7-1, 12-6) traveled to face Mount Olive (5-3, 12-6) this evening picking up their first conference loss of the season at the hands of the Trojans.

The Trojans' win was due in large part to Mahamed Ibrahim who scored 21 of his career-high 27 points in the first half as the East Division leader Queens struggled offensively en route to being defeated 82-58 in Conference Carolinas men's basketball action at Kornegay Arena.

Daniel Bailey (Irmo, S.C., Hammond ) led Queens with 17 points and seven rebounds, while Sean Eads (Greenville, S.C., Eastside) added 13 points off the bench on 3-for-4 three-point shooting. Antonio Stabler (Garner, N.C., Wakefield) completed the game with nine points as Brent Evans (Beaufort, S.C., Battery Creek) added seven.

Ibrahim, who scored the first 15 points of a 23-4 scoring run, hit 5-of-6 three-pointers in the first half and went 7-for-11 for the game as the Trojans extended their winning streak to four. Craig Hayes led all scorers with 28 points. He also pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season.

The first of Ibrahim's five first-half three-pointers put Mount Olive ahead for the remainder of the half just over five minutes into the contest. The Trojans built the lead to as many as five points before Queens (12-6, 7-1) pulled within two,19-17, on Eads' three-pointer with 9:28 to play in the first.

Layups by Jordan McCain and Dory Hines stretched Mount Olive's lead to six, but Eads answered with another bucket from three-point range. That's when Ibrahim helped the Trojans break the game open.

Ibrahim hit three shots from three-point land in less than 90 seconds to give Mount Olive its first double-digit lead at 32-22 with 6:28 remaining. He hit a short jumper after a steal by Hines, then knocked down another three with 5:21 left. Hayes' basket ended Ibrahim's scoring streak, but Ibrahim followed with an uncontested dunk off of Kendall Hargrove's steal and hit another jumper as the Trojans took their biggest lead of the first half at 46-24 with 2:01 remaining.

Queens got as close as 17 before Kason Cheeks' basket with 44 seconds left gave Mount Olive a 48-29 halftime lead. The Trojans shot 57.1-percent from the field in the first 20 minutes, while the Royals shot 37.5-percent from the floor.

Hayes scored Mount Olive's first six points of the second half and the Trojans extended their lead to 53-30 with 17:59 on the clock. The lead was still 20 with more than 13 minutes remaining when Queens started to rally. Antonio Stabler and Eads scored four points apiece during a 9-2 run to pull the Royals within 62-49 with 9:57 left. But Staton answered with a long two-pointer from the top of the key and the margin never fell below 14 the rest of the way.

Queens was able to cool Ibrahim hot hand in the second half with defensive pressure until he found space to knock down two more three-pointers 78 seconds apart in the final four minutes. Ewon Wright's three-pointer with 2:10 gave Mount Olive its biggest lead at 82-55.

Queens has the weekend off before traveling to play at Barton College on February 2. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.