Turner Buttry<\/a><\/dfn> knocked down a three from the right corner to close the gap to one, 44-43.\u00a0 A triple from the left corner by Williams with 1:07 on the clock gave the Colonels the lead, 46-44.\u00a0 After Queens tied it with a layup, Williams capped the 14-2 run on a three from the right wing with 16 seconds left in the opening half.
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\nEKU shot 60% from the field in the first half, going 7-of-16 (55%) from deep.\u00a0 Queens hit on 50% of its first half shots, but made only 2-of-12 from behind the arc.\u00a0 Williams had 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting in the first 20 minutes of play.
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\nThe Colonels moved out in front by six, 56-50, on a dunk from Myrick early in the second half.\u00a0 The Royals tied it at 56-56 and then knotted it up again at 58-58.\u00a0 A 3-pointer from Holt, another dunk by Myrick and two free throws from Williams gave the visitors a 65-50 lead with 11:34 to go.\u00a0 EKU led by four before Queens scored eight straight.\u00a0 Carson Schwieger’s 3-pointer with 8:25 remaining gave the Royals a 4-point lead, 71-67.
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\nHolt hit a pair of 3-pointers to swing the lead back to the Colonels.\u00a0 His second with 6:48 on the clock made it 73-71.\u00a0 After a layup from Yoav Berman and a free throw from Schwieger pushed Queens back in front by one, 74-73, Myrick hit his two free throws to give the Colonels their final lead of the game with just over five minutes left.
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\nEKU shot 49% for the game and finished 14-for-33 (42%) from deep.\u00a0 The Royals made 51% of their shots from the field and out-rebounded the Colonels 37-29.
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\nThe two teams came into the game ranked among the top-50 in the nation in 3-pointers per game.\u00a0 The Colonels upheld their ranking, finishing with 14.\u00a0 The Royals fell short of their season average of 10.2, hitting just five 3-pointers.
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\nEKU will play at West Georgia on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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