CARROLLTON, Ga. – Down 15 with 17:04 to play, Jay'Den Turner's first career double-double helped the No. 6/6 Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team (5-0) to a 92-85 comeback win over The University of West Georgia (1-4) on Wednesday night at The Coliseum. Turner finished with 18 points and 14 rebounds (seven offensive) to pace four Royals in double figures.

Queens fell behind 36-21, with 4:05 left in the first half, after an Oronte Anderson layup capped a 14-2 West Georgia run. The Wolves led, 44-32, at halftime and held the Royals to 28.1-percent shooting (9-32) and 23.5-percent 3-point shooting (4-17) in the first half.

In the second, the UWG lead hit 15 again after Seth Brown-Carter scored five-straight points putting the Wolves ahead, 55-40, with 17:03 left.

Queens immediately countered with a 9-0 run to pull back into the game. The run featured four rebounds and four points by Turner and was capped by a Jermaine Patterson offensive rebound and lay-in to tighten the score, 55-49, with 14:21 remaining.

After the West Georgia lead again hit 12, 67-55, with 10:13 left, a three-point play by Patterson with 6:54 to play pulled Queens within one score, 71-68.
Moments later, the Royals tied the score, 71-71, with 6:17 remaining after a pair of made free throws by Jamari Smith, and took their first second-half lead, 75-73, with 5:30 to play after another layup by Patterson.

In the final moments, Queens stretched the lead to as many as 10 points, 90-80, on a Turner free throw with 33 seconds left.

In the second half, the Royals shot 48.6 percent from the floor (17-35) and 44.4 percent from the 3-point line (4-9). Queens outrebounded UWG, 29-15, in the second half, to flip a -10 first-half rebounding deficit into a +4 final margin.

Smith tied Turner with a team-high 18 points and six rebounds. Jermaine Patterson scored 17 points and Daniel Carr scored 13 with eight rebounds.

Anderson led West Georgia with a game-high 25 points. Brown-Carter scored 18, Kovi Tate added 16 and 12 rebounds, and Michael Zabatakis scored 10 with eight boards.

The Royals return to action on Saturday night versus Belmont Abbey College (3-2) at 7 p.m. at the Levine Center. Live play-by-play coverage will be available on the Queens Sports Network.