Box Score CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team defeated Coker College this evening, 64-54, notching their first South Atlantic Conference win of the season. The win gives the Royals a 2-3 season record while bringing their league record to 1-2. The Cobras fall to 3-2 on the year and 1-2 in the SAC.
 
Senior forward Josh Clyburn led the Royals in scoring tonight just shy of a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds, while senior guard Jarrett Stokes netted 15 points. Senior forward Brent Evans recorded his third double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore guard Joby Glymph added 10 points.
 
The Royals had the hot hand early in the game jumping out to a 21-0 lead over the Cobras. The Queens run, highlighted by a dunk from Clyburn at 13:36, would go on until Errick Bethel knocked down a three-pointer with 9:52 to play. Three more buckets from behind the three-point line would follow for Coker, two coming from Bethel, over the next 3:59 as Queens' offense went cold. Senior guard Jarrett Stokes would knock down a jumper at 5:02 to end the drought, and the Royals went on to end the half with a 28-19 lead.
 
Out of the break, Coker would tie the game at 30 after opening the second half with an 11-2 run. They would tie the game up a few more times, never taking the lead, until a layup from Evans at 12:52 put Queens up for good. A defensive stop for the Royals would then lead Evans to finding Clyburn open in the paint where he delivered another dunk, putting Queens up 38-34.
 
Junior guard Trey Ervin would help the Royals build their lead out to 11 points with 3:13 to play following four straight points from the Kernersville, N.C., native. He would first collect a steal, and drive to the basket for a fast-break bucket, before recording another steal and putting two points on the board at the foul line. Ervin ended the game leading Queens in steals on the night with four.
 
With a little under three minutes to play, the Cobras began to foul to stop the clock, and try to put a halt to Queens' scoring rhythm by putting them at the free-throw line where they have struggled this season. Though it was effective in slowing the game down, it did not prevent the Royals from going on to collect the 10-point victory in Curry Arena as Queens would stay poised, knocking down 5-7 from the line.
 
Queens outscored the Cobras 42-12 in the paint this evening, while also winning the battle under the boards, 46-35.
 
Bethel ended the game with 18 points for Coker after shooting 50 percent from behind the three-point line. Julian Nelson was their next leading scorer with 12 points.
 
The Royals will be back on home on Monday, December 2 against Johnson C. Smith at 7:30 p.m.