NEWBERRY, S.C. - Van Turner Jr. scored 25 points on seven of 12 3-point shooting as the Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team (17-6, 12-5 SAC) sealed a season sweep of Newberry College (12-11, 8-9 SAC) with an 88-72 victory on Wednesday night at Eleazer Arena. Daniel Carr scored 17, Jamari Smith scored 10 with seven rebounds, and Jachai Taylor scored nine with a career-high 11 rebounds.
After a brief early battle in which the lead changed hands four times in less than four minutes, Queens tied the game, 10-10, on Turner's second made 3-pointer with 15:40 left in the first half.
Newberry pushed back to tie the score, 14-14, after a layup by Marshall Lange with 12:59 remaining. However, Queens answered with a 7-0 run capped by a jumper by Carr that gave the Royals a 23-16 lead with 10:32 to go in the half, a lead they would never relinquish.
After the Wolves pulled back within two scores, 29-23, with 8:36 remaining, the Royals hit three 3-pointers in a three-minute span to extend their lead to 13, 42-29, with 2:07 to go in the half.
With only 12 seconds until halftime, a Gavin Rains fastbreak dunk off of a steal by Josh Brodowicz stretched the Queens lead to 46-31. Newberry responded with a layup by Quandaveon McCollum just before the end of the half to tighten the gap, 46-33.
Less than a minute into the second half, Turner hit another 3, extending the Royals' lead to 18 points, 49-33. The Wolves thereafter never pulled closer than eight, 58-50, after a fastbreak 3 by Luke Gibson with 11:21 left.
With 8:56 remaining in the game, Newberry head coach Jason Taylor was assessed two technical fouls and subsequently ejected from the game for arguing with the officials. Turner made two of the four technical free-throws to spark a Queens rally. After hitting another 3-pointer with 8:40 to play, Turner helped the Royals stretch out their lead again, 71-55.
Shortly after, a 3-pointer by Carr sealed a 10-0 run that established Queens' largest lead of the game, 78-55, with 7:07 on the clock.
Queens shot 48.4 percent from the field, 54.2 percent from 3-point range (13-24) and 65.2 percent from the free-throw line (15-23). The Royals outrebounded the Wolves, 43-34.
Queens held Newberry to 37.9 percent shooting, 31.8 percent 3-point shooting (7-22), and 72.4 percent (21-29) at the free-throw line.
The Wolves were led by 19 points and seven rebounds by McCollum. Angelo Sales Jr. scored 15 with six rebounds. Lange scored 12 and TJ Brown scored nine with six rebounds.
The Royals return to action on Saturday against University of Virginia College Wise in its annual Homecoming Game at the Levine Center. Opening tipoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. Live play-by-play coverage will be available on the Queens Sports Network.
