QUINCY, Ill. - The Quincy University men's basketball team was unable to keep up the pace with a hot shooting McKendree squad on Thursday evening (Feb. 20), falling behind early due to a barrage of Bearcats' three pointers that found the Hawks at a deficit the rest of the way in a 62-76 defeat. 

Max Booher got the Hawks on the board with a three-pointer just over a minute into the contest to pull QU back within a bucket at 5-3 before the Bearcats went on a 12-1 run over the next three and a half minutes to press the edge to 17-4.

It was a relatively even half from that point on as MCK only outscored Quincy by three over the final 16 minutes of the frame to a 48-31 score at the break. 

Back-to-back strikes from deep for Booher and Camren Kincaid trimmed the Bearcat lead back to single digits at 53-44, until another Booher and El Sieger went back-to-back shortly after to pull QU back within a couple possessions at 56-50. 

McKendree responded with a 6-0 swing to move back out in front by double digits and kept it that way for the final 8:42 of the ballgame. 

Booher led four Hawks in double figures, doing all of his scoring beyond the arc, going for 12 points on four threes. Sieger chipped in 11 points with a trio of threes along 11 from Logan Robbins and 10 points for Kincaid. 

Next Up 

The Hawks are back at Pepsi Arena on Saturday (Feb. 22) for their penultimate home game of the season, facing off against the Saints of Maryville for the first time this season. Tip-off from Quincy for the GLVC battle is slated for 3:00 PM.