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<\/p>\n Box Score (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n RICHMOND, Ky. \u2013<\/p>\n Eastern Kentucky University led by as many as 14 points in the first half, but Queens University of Charlotte staged a second half comeback to leave Baptist Health Arena with a 96-79 victory on Wednesday. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nMontavious Myrick<\/a> led the Colonels with 17 points and eight rebounds.\u00a0 Jalen Cooper<\/a> had 14 points and seven rebounds.
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\nEKU (11-19, 7-10 ASUN) scored the first three points of the game and never trailed in the first half.\u00a0 A putback from Myrick made it 16-5 early.\u00a0 The Royals closed to within two, 16-14, after a 9-0 run.\u00a0 Six points in a span of 47 seconds pushed the Colonels ahead by 11, 34-23, with 7:37 to go before the half.
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\nAn elbow jumper and a 3-pointer from the left wing by Jayden Harris<\/a> made it a 14-point game, 49-35, with 3:06 on the clock.\u00a0 However, the Colonels scored just one point the rest of the half and a 10-1 run allowed Queens to hit the locker room down just five, 50-35.
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\nThe Royals went 20-for-23 at the free throw line in the first half.\u00a0 EKU shot 56% (18-of-32) in the first 20 minutes of play.
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\nQueens (18-12, 13-4 ASUN) completed the comeback by scoring 11 of the first 14 points of the second half.\u00a0 Carson Schwieger tied it with a 3-pointer and Yoav Berman followed with a triple to give the visitors their first lead, 56-53, with 15:35 left in the game.
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\nAvantae Parker’s two free throws with 9:44 left in the game pushed the Royals’ lead to nine.\u00a0 A putback from Gus Larson made it a double digit lead for the visitors, 77-66, with 8:20 on the clock.
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\nBerman led all players with 24 points for Queens.
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\nThe Royals finished the game 30-for-38 at the charity stripe while the Colonels made 20-of-28.\u00a0 Queens shot 55% from the field in the second half and 51% for the game.\u00a0 The home team connected on only 28% of its field goals in the second half (7-for-25) and shot 44% for the game.
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\nEKU will conclude the regular season on Saturday against Lipscomb at 4 p.m. ET.\u00a0 Saturday will be Senior Night.<\/p>\n