QUINCY, Ill. - The William Jewell men's basketball team overcame an 18-point first half deficit to take a late lead at Quincy University on Saturday but the Hawks rallied to pull out the 65-61 win. The loss drops the Cardinals 12-14 on the season 8-10 in GLVC play. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Jewell came out cold, falling behind by 15 less than 10 minutes into the game and shooting just 19%. Meanwhile, on the other side Quincy was clicking on all cylinders, connecting on 72% of shots from the field through the first 12 minutes to lead 29-11 with 7:43 remaining in the half.
• The Cardinals got buckets from Jevaughn Ferguson, Jordan Jermain and Isaac Patterson to close the half but trailed 33-18. 
• Jermain and John Zimmerman hit back-to-back threes to open the second half and quickly cut the deficit to single digits, 35-26. Another three, this time from Mason Alexander made it a seven-point game but the Hawks followed with a 8-0 run to expand their lead back to 15.
• Alexander took over after that, scoring 15 and leading the Cardinals on a 19-4 run to tie things up at 49. The two teams went back and forth over the following four minutes before a Grant Stubbs layup gave Jewell their first lead of the game, 56-55, with 2:46 to play. 
• The Hawks got a bucket from Adam Moore to go back in front by one and connected on 7-of-9 free throws down the stretch to escape with the win. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Alexander, who entered the game with 991 points, poured in 23, all in the second half, to lead the Cardinals. With a layup midway through the second half, the senior became the 44th Cardinal to score 1,000 career points. 
• Stubbs scored eight points and grabbed a team high eight boards. 
• After scoring just 18 in the first half, shooting 23%, the Cardinals poured in 43 on a 50% clip in the second half. 
• Jewell grabbed 12 offensive rebounds leading to 26 points. 

UP NEXT
Jewell closes out the regular season on Thursday as they travel to crosstown rival Rockhurst at 7:30 p.m.