QUINCY, Ill. - The back and forth battle between the Quincy Hawks men's basketball team and the Maryville Saints came down to the game's final tenth of a second.  A desperation tip-in was knocked away by the Hawks and QU defeated Maryville 73-71 for their second GLVC win of the season.  

Play by Play

1st Half

The Hawks offense went head to head with Saints leading scorer, Casey Teson.  QU took an early 5-2 lead after a basket by Aziz Fadika and a three-pointer by Jah-Kobe Womack.  

Womack scored six straight points for QU and the Hawks held a 8-4 lead with 16:48 to play.  

Trailing 10-4, Teson scored four straight points to trim the Hawks lead to 10-8.  Womack answered the run with another three-pointer to push the lead back to five with 14:38 to play in the first half. 

Quincy attempted to build a larger lead, but the Saints hot shooting in the first half kept the game tight.  Midway through the half QU held a 18-17 lead.  

Jah-Kobe Womack pushed the Hawks lead to three after a layup with 9:43 to play in the half.  

A 12-2 run by Maryville gave the Saints a 29-22 lead with just over seven minutes to play in the first half.  

Back to back jumpers by Demetrius Houston and Marcus Hinton brought the Hawks within three.  

With 4:33 to play in the first half, the Hawks and Saints sat tied at 30-30.  

Womack and Hinton scored nine points for the Hawks in the final portion of the first half and gave QU a 39-38 lead headed into the locker room.  

2nd Half

Aziz Fadika got the scoring started after a scoreless minute and a half between the two teams.  

With the score favoring QU at 41-40, the Hawks used an 11-0 run to take a 52-40 lead. 

Quincy led 55-44 with 11:29 to play in the game.  The Saints clawed back with a 10-0 run to bring the Hawks lead to 55-54.  

Two straight scoring possessions by the Hawks extended the lead back to five with 8:32 to play.  

Zach Colletta scored five of Maryville's next seven points to give the Saints a 67-62 lead.  

With 4:31 to play, the Saints held a 69-64 lead.  

Demetrius Houston drained a long three-pointer and Aziz Fadika scored on a layup to tie the score at 69-69 with 3:21 remaining.  

Both teams scored on their next possession and the game remained tied with 2:36 to play. 

Senior Marcus Hinton scored the go-ahead basket to put QU in the lead 73-71.  

An empty possession by the Saints gave the QU the ball back with a minute to play.  

The Hawks used 45 seconds of game clock following a missed layup and an offensive rebound.  The Hawks committed a shot clock violation to give the ball back to the Saints. 

Maryville's Teson got a clean look from 15 feet away but his shot was off the mark.  However, the Hawks could not corral the rebound and the Saints another opportunity.  A deflected inbounds pass allowed for 0.1 seconds remaining on the clock.  

The Hawks knocked away the final inbounds pass to secure the two point win. 

Stat Leaders

Jah-Kobe Womack: 21 Points (QU Career High)
Marcus Hinton: 18 Points, 12 Rebounds
Demetrius Houston: 11 Points, 7 Rebounds, 2 Assists

Next up for QU

The Hawks host UMSL on Saturday at 3:15 in Pepsi Arena

QU's Record

8-9, 2-5 GLVC