QUINCY, Ill. - The Truman State men just couldn't get over the hump as they fell to Quincy 83-75 on Saturday afternoon. Trey Shearer led four Bulldogs in double figures with 16 points while the Hawks got 23 points from Malik Hardmon.

The Bulldogs fell behind by 14 points in the first half but clawed back to within five at 36-31 at the halftime break. 

Consecutive three-pointers by Shearer got Truman back to within two at 46-44 with 14:07 to play. From there, the Bulldogs were within two points eight times over the next seven minutes but just couldn't get the stop when needed or the bucket to go on top.

Hunter Strait's basket at the seven minute mark made it 64-62 but Hardmon knocked down a jump on the next Hawks possession pushed the lead to four. 

A scoring drought took place and it was the Hawks breaking it first with Mason Wujek putting back an offensive rebound to extend the lead to six. 

Quincy had 10 offensive rebounds and outscored Truman State 40-18 in points in the paint.

Shearer had four three-pointers and finished with 16, Strait and Dylan Peeters both had 12 and Xavier Hall added 11 with five rebounds and five steals.

The Bulldogs will close out the regular season on the road starting at Rockhurst on Thursday night and William Jewell next Saturday.