Balanced Scoring Leads Queens Past Wofford - Queens University of Charlotte Athletics

Saturday, November 14

Charlotte, N.C.

2:00 PM

Queens University of Charlotte

3-2,0-0ASUN

Wofford

2-3,0-0SoCon

Team	1	2	F
Wofford	40	52	92
Queens (NC)	46	51	97

Photo by: Lizzie Kuebler

11/14/2026 8:08:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Game Book

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Queens University of Charlotte Men's Basketball bounced back with a down to the wire win over Wofford, outlasting the Terriers by a score of 97-92. With the win, Queens improves to 3-2 this season while picking up their first win inside Curry Arena.

COACH'S CORNER
"Credit to Wofford," said Grant Leonard. "They have a great team and a phenomenal program. I am proud of our team's effort and what it took to get that win. In the last three minutes of the game, we made the necessary plays to clinch the win. Caleb Jones came up big for us on both sides of the floor. Rickey Ballard and Nasir Mann, amongst others, played well and made clutch plays down the stretch. Having seniors on this team is pivotal in those situations."

NOTABLES

Queens attacked the basket all game long, ending the day with 32 free throw attempts (81.3%).
Four different Royals scored 17+ points, led by 20 each from Watford and Jones.
The Royals took care of the basketball by only committing six turnovers.
Caleb Jones fueled the Royals in the first half with 13 points while converting on all six free throw attempts.
Nasir Mann, Jordan Watford, and Avantae Parker combined to score 37 of the team's 51 second half points.
Today's game finished with nine ties and nine lead changes.
Dante Kearse and Nasir Mann each had two steals.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Despite dreadful shooting from behind the arc (2-13, 15.4%) and seven turnovers in the first half, Wofford jumped out to an early lead holding the 28-25 advantage at the eight-minute media timeout.

Bench points helped Queens flip the script to reclaim the lead, led by 13 from Caleb Jones. Dante Kearse also had an impactful first half, scoring on back-to-back possessions to give Queens a 33-30 lead. His efforts helped fuel an 8-0 scoring run to give the Royals their biggest lead of the half at nine. Ultimately, Queens went into the locker room up 46-40.

"The full court pressure was a big part of the game," added Leonard. "We wanted to speed the game up and play to our strengths. The pace of play favored us and I was proud of the amount of deflections."

Second half of play remained highly competitive with the half totaling eight ties and lead changes. With the game tied at 72 at the seven-minute mark, Rickey Ballard continued his hot shooting from BYU earlier in the week, knocking down a three-pointer to reclaim the lead. However, on the following possession, Chris Arias, who scored a team-high 13 points for Wofford in the second half, answered with a three-pointer of his own.

With under three minutes remaining, Wofford held a 87-85 lead after Arias made another three-pointer. The turning point of the game perhaps happened on the next possession when Avantae Parker and Cam Lowe were battling for a loose ball, ultimately leading to a flagrant foul on Lowe.

Parker split the two free throw attempts and Queens maintained possession trailing by one. Nasir Mann drained a three-pointer off a second chance rebound by Parker, taking an 89-87 lead and turning the flagrant foul possession into four points. A Jordan Watford jump shot to make the score 91-89 proved to be the winning bucket, as Nasir Mann closed the game out making two free throws capped off with a breakaway dunk, leading Queens to victory 97-92.

"Attacking the basket and getting downhill is part of our team's identity," said Jordan Watford. "We want to get to the free throw line and take advantage of those opportunities. That helped us close the game out in the final minutes."

NEXT UP
Queens will get the weekdays off before preparing for a Saturday (Nov. 21) trip to LSU for their third P4 matchup of the season thus far. Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. (ET) in Baton Rouge.