Box Score A 30-3 run in the second half carried second-ranked Bellarmine to a 92-64 victory over Rockhurst Sunday at RU's Mason-Halpin Field House. The loss drops the Hawks to 4-6 overall and 0-3 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
A jumper in the lane by
B.J. Dunbar pulled the Hawks to within two points, 42-40, with 18:14 left in the game. Bellarmine scored the next 16 points in a four-minute span to take a 58-40 lead. The Knights led 72-43 with 10:43 left after going on a 14-2 run.
Rockhurst connected on 22 of 61 shots from the field (36.1 percent), while Bellarmine shot 53.4 perecent (hit 30 of 65 field goals (46.2 percent). The Knights also outrebounded the Hawks, 44-29, while collecting 22 second-chance points and 38 points in the paint.
Russell Burns led the Hawks with a season-high 17 points and four rebounds. David Wingerson scored 10 points on four-of-seven shooting. Andrew Ellwanger added eight points (all in the first half).
The Hawks travel to 16th-ranked Indianapolis on Thursday, Jan. 9 at 6:45 p.m.