CHARLOTTE. N.C. – The Gardner-Webb University men's basketball team fell in their mid-week match up at Queens University of Charlotte by a final score of 83-80 on Wednesday night. The Runnin' Bulldogs tied the game leaving 13 seconds left on the clock. The Royals were able to hit a go ahead three-pointer that lifted them over GWU.
 
"We didn't rebound well enough tonight to earn a road win.", said coach Craft. "Credit Queens with doing a great job of being physical on the offensive glass to create 20 second chance points. We have to do a better job in that area to beat good teams on the road."
 
The Royals took advantage early starting out with a 12-9 run in the first five minutes of the game. Baskets from Jacobi Sebock and Deyton Albury allowed Queens to take a 10-point lead by the 12:26 minute mark. Four straight buckets by Caleb Robinson got the Runnin' Bulldogs right back in the ballgame coming within three points. A driving layup and free throw by DQ Nicholas tied the game 23-23 with 8:14 left. From there Gardner-Webb and Queens went back and forth exchanging the lead two more times. Key contributions from Nicholas, Robinson, Shahar Lazar and Quest Aldridge allowed GWU to keep pace. Chris Ashby tied the game on a three-pointer making it 42-42 at halftime.
 
Gardner-Webb and Queens went shot for shot to begin the second half with the game tied at 55 by the 15:03 minute mark. Queens went on a 9-2 run to build a seven-point lead. The 'Dawgs clawed back into the game thanks to some key free-throws from DQ Nicholas and Lucas Stieber. Gardner-Webb was able to keep Queens from growing their cushion down the stretch. With 1:09 left to play the game sat tied 78-78. Caleb Robinson answered a bucket from BJ McLaurin to make it 80 all. McLaurin scored the go ahead three in the final 13 seconds to get the win 83-80.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
As a team Gardner-Webb shot 80.6% from the free throw line going 25-31. This was led by DQ Nicholas who scored a team high 18 points going 12-12 from the line. Caleb Robinson was right behind him with 16 points. Lucas Stieber dropped a season high 11 points for his first double-digit performance of the year. At nine points going 4-4 from the line, Shahar Lazar tallied his second highest point total of the year.
 
UP NEXT
Gardner-Webb will return home to Paul Porter Arena for a three game home stand against Western Carolina University (Dec. 2), Wofford College (Dec. 6), and North Greenville University (Dec. 11).