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| Curtis Mosley |
QUINCY, Ill. -- The Miners hung in with Quincy University Saturday night, but couldn't overcome a 15-point deficit in the second half and dropped a 66-56 contest to the Hawks at Pepsi Arena.
The Miners cut the lead down to seven in the latter stages of the contest, but couldn't draw any closer as the Hawks hit a couple of key shots down the stretch to stave off the Missouri S&T rally.
The Miners shot just 36.8 percent in a low-scoring first half, as the Hawks took a 30-18 lead to the intermission. S&T trailed 10-6 after a basket by Owain Hall at the 11:27 mark, but Quincy proceeded to score 16 of the next 22 points to move ahead by 14.
Justin Taylor’s three-pointer with 16:35 remaining got the Miners back to within eight at 31-23, but the Hawks were able to extend the lead to 15 over the next two-plus minutes. The Miners were down 46-33 before getting the margin back into single digits again after an acrobatic layin by Taylor with 8:17 to go.
A driving layup by Curtis Mosley with 2:08 to go got the margin down to seven, but Cameron Murkey hit a three-pointer 15 seconds later to push Quincy’s lead back to 10 again.
Mosley led the Miners with 15 points, while Taylor added 13 as they shot 45.7 percent on the night. The Hawks had four players in double figures with Murkey pacing them with 17 and really hurt S&T on the boards, holding a 39-18 rebounding edge and getting 17 of the caroms on the offensive end which turned into 22 points.
The Miners (3-15, 0-11 GLVC) will host seventh-ranked Drury -- who lost Saturday to Kentucky Wesleyan -- Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.
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