Box Score CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Queens University of Charlotte traveled a short distance this evening to take on Johnson C. Smith University in Brayboy Gymnasium, pulling out an 87-80 win to improve to 2-2 on the season. The Golden Bulls fall to 3-1 after getting handed their first loss of the season by the Royals.
Antonio Stabler (Garner, N.C., Wakefield) and
Brent Evans (Beaufort, S.C., Battery Creek) led the Royals in scoring with 17 and 14 points, respectively. Evans also pulled down 11 boards to record his first double-double of the season, while Stabler grabbed eight rebounds. Also reaching double digits in scoring was
Griffin Shaw (Charlotte, N.C., Myers Park) who totaled 12 points after shooting 100 percent from the floor and the free-throw line.
Joby Glymph (Lexington, S.C., Lexington) and
David Mason (Decatur, Ga., Chamblee) chipped in with 10 points apiece.
Queens'
Brandon Nichols (Fayetteville, N.C., Jack Britt) knocked down a three-pointer at the beginning of the second half to extend Queens' lead to eight, 41-33, before the Golden Bulls went on a 7-0 run. Queens would respond pulling back ahead by a few buckets, but the Golden Bulls hung around eventually tying things up before taking their first lead, 56-54, of the game on a pair of free-throws by Robert Williams at 13:22.
Six lead changes would follow in the tightly contested game before Queens' Stabler followed two free-throws with three points the old-fashioned way to give the Royals a 79-76 lead at 1:43. Johnson C. Smith's Trevin Parks cut Queens' lead to one, 81-80, with 34 seconds to play, but Queens stayed poised as
Trey Ervin (Kernersville, N.C., Mount Tabor) and knocked down two at the line to put the Royals back up three, 83-80. Stabler would follow Ervin's free-throws with a steal and dunk, before Shaw knocked down a pair of his own from the line to give Queens the seven-point win.
Parks led the Golden Bulls with 36 points on the night, while Emilio Parks and Terrance Washington added 12 and 10, respectively.
Queens returns to action after the Thanksgiving holiday, when they will travel to play Erskine College on November 27 at 7:30 p.m.
