jamaica2
74
Winner Queens (NC) Queens 4-1,0-0 ASUN
64
Morgan St. Morgan 2-4,0-0 MEAC
Winner
Queens (NC) Queens
4-1,0-0 ASUN
74
Final
64
Morgan St. Morgan
2-4,0-0 MEAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Queens (NC) Queens 37 37 74
Morgan St. Morgan 25 39 64

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | MSU Athletics Communications

Morgan falls to Queens in Rose Hall Division Championship at Jamaica Classic

Score: Morgan State 64 | Queens University of Charlotte 74
Location: Montego Bay Convention Centre, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Records: Morgan State 2-4 | Queens 4-1
The short story: The Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team captured the 2022 Rose Hall Division Championship at the Jamaica Classic as Jay'Den Turner led the way with a career-high 23 points.
 
OPENING TIP
  • Junior forward Jay'Den Turner led the Royals with a game-high 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting while also pulling down seven rebounds.
  • Kenny Dye dropped 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including a perfect 3-for-3 mark from behind the arc. The senior also dished out five assists.
  • BJ McLaurin added 10 points and matched his career-high with nine rebounds for the Royals.
  • Senior Malik Miller paced the Bears with 16 points and eight rebounds.
  • Senior guard Isaiah Burke also scored double figures with 15 points and connected on 4-of-7 3-pointers. David McCullough chipped in nine points and three boards.
 
THE DIFFERENCE
  • Queens shot 50-percent from the field and 33-percent from behind the arc while holding the Bears to a 43-percent clip from the field and 26-percent mark from deep.
  • Queens played to a 37-25 halftime lead behind .500 percent (14-28) shooting in the opening stanza.
  • Morgan shot .526 (10-of-19) from the free throw line, compared to the Royal's .636 percent (14-22). and connected on 7-of-19 (.449) from 3-point range.
  • The Royals continued to dominate the paint outrebounding Morgan State 42-26.
  • Morgan scored 23 points off of forcing 22 Queens turnovers.
 
NOTABLE
  • Sunday night's game marked the first meeting between the teams.
  • Queens opened the game on 12-2 run as Jay'Den Turner drained seven points going 3-for-3 shooting and forcing a Morgan State timeout.
  • The Royals would open that early lead to as much as 22-2 before Morgan would respond with a 9-2 run over a five-minute span as the Royals cooled off.
  • After taking a 37-25 lead into the break, the Royals would continue to extend their lead as the Bears never came within eight points of the lead for the remainder of the game.
UP NEXT
The Bears will continue its road trip when they return to action in Los Angeles for a Wednesday tilt with Loyola Marymount on November 23rd at 3:00 p.m (EST).  The game will be streamed live on WCC Network (wccsports.com). 

For more information on the 2022 Jersey Mike's Jamaica Classic, please visit the official tournament website.


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Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
 
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