INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Hawks ended up on the short end of a Thursday night (Jan. 9) GLVC showdown with a red-hot UIndy squad that came into the contest on a five-game heater.

The Greyhounds, aided by 22 Hawk turnovers, spoiled an 18-point double-double from Ethyn Brown along with 19 points on 9-11 shooting from Logan Robbins, defeating QU by an 86-78 final score. 

Quincy opened the scoring with a Robbins layup and Max Booher jumper, as the Hawks never trailed for the opening eight and a half minutes before the Greyhounds grabbed their first lead of the contest 15-13 at the 11:13 mark. 

UIndy pressed its advantage up to six over the following minutes until a layup from John Kelly III and a Brown three trimmed the deficit to 22-21 with eight and a half to play in the frame, prompting a 16-7 run from Indianapolis to build a 38-28 edge with 4:35 on the clock. 

The Hawks responded with a run of their own, pouring in the next 12 points unanswered over three minutes to lead 40-38 with just over a minute left in the half. Back-to-back strikes from deep for the Greyhounds in the final minute found QU trailing 44-40 at the break. 

Trailing 52-44 following the first media timeout of the second half, two scores from Robbins, another from Kelly and an El Sieger free throw slimmed the Greyhound advantage to 52-51 as the Hawks hung within a couple of buckets for the coming minutes until an Indianapolis three and layup made it 73-63 at the 7:41 mark. 

The UIndy advantage ranged between two and three possessions over the next few minutes as a layup and dunk from Robbins tailed by a Kelly layup brought the Hawks within striking distance at 80-76 with 1:44 remaining. 

Another Robbins layup with 40 seconds remaining pulled Quincy within four, once more, at 82-78, but the Hawks drew no closer as a quartet of Greyhound free throws closed out the ballgame. 

Robbins 19 marked a season-high for the Liberty, IL native who also added seven rebounds while firing at over 80% from the field. Brown added 18, also a season-high, while dishing out 10 assists for his first double-double as a Hawk to go along with four boards, three threes and a perfect 9-9 at the charity stripe. 

Kelly led a Quincy rebounding effort that ended the contest at a +13 margin, pulling down eight boards to go along with 12 points on an efficient 6-7 shooting. Booher was the final Hawk in double figures, putting up 12 points. 

QU out-shot the Greyhounds 48.3% to 44.8% in the contest, firing at nearly 56% as a team in the second half to just 36% from UIndy. Despite the Hawks hot shooting, a +10 turnover margin and 29-11 advantage in points off of turnovers for Indianapolis proved to be deciding factors. 

Next Up

The Hawks are back in action on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 11), traveling to Springfield, IL to take on the Praire Stars for a 3:00 PM GLVC contest.