KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - Truman State Men's basketball (12-13, 7-10 GLVC) travels to Quincy, Ill. to play the rival Hawks (13-11, 9-7 GLVC) on Saturday, February 18th, at 3 p.m. in Pepsi Arena.

The Quincy Hawks are 13-11 on the season and seven of those losses have been to GLVC opponents. The Hawks are 8-4 at home, 5-5 on the road, and 0-2 in neutral site games. Quincy is on a two-game losing streak, falling to first-place UIndy 76-70 on February 4th and 84-74 to Illinois Springfield at home on February 11th. Prior to that, the Hawks were on a two-game win streak, defeating Maryville 70-62 and Lewis 63-62.

Quincy is led by three double-digit scorers. Malik Hardmon leads the team with 15.0 per game, Paul Zilinskas with 12.3, and Zion Richardson with 11.5

Hardmon records 6.0 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.4 blocks per game on top his 15.0 points. The 6.0 rebounds per game is tied for first on the Hawks. Hardmon shoots .433 from the field and .268 from three. He scored a team-high 29 points twice this season. One of those performances came against Truman on 1/5/23. 

Paul Zilinskas' 12.3 points per game is complimented with a .436 shooting percentage, 4.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.4 blocks.

Zion Richardson is one of Quincy's best 3-point shooters, with a percentage of .381. He also grabs 6.0 rebounds, dishes out 1.5 assists, and averages 1.1 steals.

Bulldog Tidbits:

 A missed Lewis free-throw with 2.2 seconds left gave Truman Men's basketball a 65-64 win over the Flyers on Senior Day.

All seven Truman seniors started the game. Sam Lock, Hunter Strait, Dylan Peeters, Elijah Hazekamp, and Devin Fields took the floor for their last home game in Pershing Arena. The seven players on the court resulted in a technical, and Lewis made both free throws.

The Bulldogs shot 12-32 (37.5%) from the field and 5-14 from three (35.7%) in the first half to go into the break with a 32-30 lead over Lewis. The half ended with Hunter Strait making two free throws with 1 second left to give Truman a two-point advantage. The Flyers had a nine-point lead with 6:07 left in the half but squandered it.

Truman and Lewis played an even second half, but the Bulldogs were able to keep a lead for almost the entirety of it. Lewis took the lead just once in the second half, going up 34-32 with 18:35 remaining. The Bulldogs and Flyers found themselves tied 63-63 with 2:34 left, but two Hunter Strait free throws gave Truman a two-point lead. With Lewis having the last possession of the game, Jamere Hill decided to take the game into his own hands. With two seconds left he was fouled on a shooting attempt by Dylan Peeters. He made the first free throw, but missed the second and Peeters came down with the rebound and the victory.

Dylan Peeters was Truman's leading scorer against Lewis, scoring 17 points on 5-10 shooting. He showed Senior Day swagger with six rebounds, three assists, two blocks, and a steal in his final home game.

Hunter Strait also had a fantastic finale in Pershing Arena, scoring 13 on 4-11 shooting. He also recorded four rebounds, five assists, and two steals.

Bradley Andrews, Trey Shearer, Brandon Kracht, Elijah Hazekamp, Sam Lock, Xavier Hall, CE Talton, and Mitchell Keaton all scored for the Bulldogs. Hazekamp grabbed seven rebounds along with five points.

Following Quincy, Truman plays their final two games of the regular season at Rockhurst and William Jewell.