OPENING TIP
Score: Queens 95 | Stetson 60
Records: Queens (12-6 overall, 5-0 ASUN) | Stetson (4-14 overall, 2-3 ASUN)
Location: Edmunds Center (DeLand, Fla.)
 
THE SHORT STORY
Behind double-digit scoring performances from five different Royals, the Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team extended their perfect ASUN winning streak to five straight games with a dominant 95-60 victory over the reigning ASUN Tournament champions. The 35-point victory was the Royals largest margin of victory against a Division 1 opponent since making the jump in 2022.

BY THE NUMBERS
-Junior Nasir Mann led the Royals in scoring with 15 points off the bench to match his career-high. The Gainesville, Florida native added five boards and three steals to his night.
-Senior Kalib Mathews turned in a dominant 13-point effort going 6-of-6 from the field. The Franklinton native was relentless on the boards bringing down a career-high eight rebounds, including six on the offensive glass.
-Forward Leo Colimerio teetered on a triple-double with nine points, seven rebounds, and a career-high eight assists.
-Floor general Bryce Cash put on a show with seven assists and a career-high 10 rebounds.
-The nation's leading shot blocker Malcolm Wilson added to his total with three more blocks. The 7-foot center added three rebounds and eight points across 19 minutes of action.
-Sharpshooter Chris Ashby tallied 12 points on four three-pointers.
-Freshman Maban Jabriel turned in double figures for the third time this season with 10 points. The Waterloo, Ontario, Canada native pulled down seven boards.
-Fellow rookie Yoav Berman turned in 10 points for the sixth outing while adding three boards and a steal.
-Queens utilized their depth as Asjon Anderson, Jaxon Pollard, DJ Shine, and Aneek Patil found the scoring column. Patil made his first collegiate appearance and buried a three-pointer in the final minutes.
-Queens dominated the glass 47-26, including a 17-5 margin on the offensive boards. The Royals turned those second-chance opportunities into 17 points.

NOTABLE MOMENTS
-Queens jumped out to a 21-7 lead in DeLand behind a scorching hot 9-of-13 shooting from the field. Following a missed layup from the Hatters, Leo Colimerio pushed the tempo sending a halfcourt lob to high flyer Kalib Mathews for the alley-oop slam to force a Stetson timeout.
-Trailing 44-20 with 2:29 remaining in the first half, the Hatters put together an 8-0 run behind Josh Massey and Stefano Alesso.
-Leading 56-34 with 15:37 remaining in the game, the Royals ripped off a 20-3 run behind 8-of-11 shooting from the field to increase their lead to 36. During that span, Yoav Berman buried seven points.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
-The five-game winning streak is the longest run by Queens since joining Division 1.
-Queens forced 16 turnovers which the Royals turned into 27 points.
-The Royals improved to 8-0 this season when eclipsing 80+ points.
-Queens dished out 25 assists, the most in a single game this season as they rank second in the league in dimes.

NEXT UP
Queens will wrap up their four-game road swing on Saturday, January 18^th when the Royals travel to Fort Myers for a Saturday afternoon tilt at FGCU. Tip-off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPN Plus. Fans can purchase their tickets in advance by visiting the FGCU Athletics website. The meeting will be the second this season after the two squads met in Charlotte at the start of the month. Queens took that battle 92-83 and improved to 5-1 all-time against the Eagles.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA
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