CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team collected a 72-70 home win today over Carson-Newman College, improving to 19-1 on the year and 13-1 in South Atlantic Conference play. The win over the Eagles completes the home-and-home series sweep for the Royals, who rank No. 5 in the DII Media Poll and No. 8 in the NABC Poll. Carson-Newman moves on with a 12-8 overall record and a 9-5 league record.
 
Jalin Alexander led the Royals' scoring efforts for the fourth game in a row after totaling 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Alexander connected on 6-of-8 from the three and also grabbed five rebounds. Todd Withers followed with his second consecutive double-double after totaling 13 points and 13 rebounds. He also recorded a career-high five blocks, four assists and two steals. Mike Davis and Jared Hendryx each totaled 10 points, while Daniel Camps tallied eight points and six rebounds.
 
Queens got off to a hot 13-3 start in today's game en route to building an 18-point lead over the Eagles. An emphatic dunk from Camps at 5:08 would give the Royals the 31-12 lead. However, Queens would only connect on one more field goal before the halftime break as Carson-Newman closed the gap to nine, 32-23, heading into the locker room.
 
Withers got the Royals going in the second half with a triple that put Queens ahead 12, 35-23, just 23 seconds into play. Another three from Alexander soon followed and Queens was leading 38-25 at 18:42. However, the Eagles didn't let the margin grow much more than that as the game went back and forth for majority of the period.
 
Queens held an 11-point lead, 56-45, with 8:20 to play when a three-pointer from Carson-Newman's Malik Abraham sparked a 15-3 run that brought the visitors within one, 60-59, of the Royals at 4:06. Soon after, Abraham tied the game at 65-65 knocking down the front end of a one-and-one, but a three from Ike Agusi kept the Eagles from taking the lead. Carson-Newman would get within one of the Royals once more, but a Hendryx dunk and a pair of foul shots from Agusi would seal the deal for Queens.
 
Shaun Jones scored 16 points to lead the Eagles, while Sawyer Williams added 14 points. Zack Pangallo totaled 13 points, and Abraham finished with 11 points.
 
The Royals will hit the road again for their next game on Wednesday, February 1 at Coker College. The Royals handled the Cobras, 83-55, back in December and will be looking to complete the season series sweep. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m.

Click the link below for the post game comments of Royals Head Coach Bart Lundy.

https://youtu.be/hZnDcG9G0So