QUINCY, Ill. - The Hawks and Trevecca Nazarene Trojans were forced to go to double overtime to decided their contest Saturday (Nov. 11) night.
The Hawks fell to the Trojans 69-61.
Both QU and Trevecca struggled from the field as neither team shot over 30%.
QU held an 11-10 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Anika Webster (Springfield, IL./ Springfield) scored the Hawks first five points in the second quarter as the Hawks led 16-12 with 8:41 in remaining in the half.
QU extend its lead to 20-12 with 7:42 to go in the second quarter.
The Trojans outscored the Hawks 16-7 to finish the second quarter to take a 28-27 lead into the half.
The Hawks fell behind 41-33 with 4 minutes remaining in the third quarter.
The Ruzevich sisters combined for nine points in the last four minutes to give the Hawks a two-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Kate Ruzevich's (Orland Park, IL / Marist) jumper with six seconds remaining in the third brought the score to 46-44.
With 27 seconds remaining the Trojans knocked down a three-pointer to take a 53-50 lead.
The Hawks tied the game on a three-pointer by Maddie Spagnola (Elgin, IL / St. Edward Central) with just 10 seconds remaining.
The Trojans had a chance to win the game with seven seconds remaining but missed a pair of free throws and a three-point field goal as time expired.
The Hawks and Trojans went to overtime tied 53-53.
QU got off to a quick start, taking a six-point lead with three minutes to play.
Trevecca responded by trimming the lead to 60-58 with 48 seconds to play.
A turnover by the Hawks gave the Trojans the ball back with 30 seconds remaining.
After a foul by QU, the Trojans knocked down a pair of free throws to tie the game.
The Hawks had a chance to win the game but had a shot clock violation just before the overtime period ended and would go to a second overtime.
QU was outscored 9-1 in the second overtime and fell to the Trojans 69-61.
QU falls to 0-2 on the season.
