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Nick Volz
Nick Volz led the Hawks with 19 points and six assists.
71
Drury Drury 4-9,1-4 GLVC
78
Winner Rockhurst Rock 6-9,1-4 GLVC
Drury Drury
4-9,1-4 GLVC
71
Final
78
Rockhurst Rock
6-9,1-4 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Drury Drury 24 47 71
Rockhurst Rock 29 49 78

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Hot shooting leads Hawks to 78-71 win over Drury

The Rockhurst men jumped out to a 16-point lead midway into the second half on the way to a 78-71 victory over Drury Saturday at Mason-Halpin Field House.

The Hawks closed the first half on a 17-6 run to go into halftime with a 29-24 lead. Rockhurst opened the second half on a 26-15 run to take a 55-39 lead with 10:19 left to play.

"We needed to get that win today after losing our last two times out," said Rockhurst coach Drew Diener. "(Drury) got us pretty good down there last month. I think our guys remembered that and were determined to have a different outcome. I give our guys a lot of credit because this was a pretty disjointed couple of weeks with our Covid situation."
 
Nick Volz led the Hawks with 19 points, five rebounds and five assists. The senior forward connected on nine-of-14 field goals.

Rockhurst shot 49.2 percent from the field (29 of 59). The Hawks made 17-of-30 field goals in the second half (56.7 percent).

Junior guard Jihad Thornton posted 17 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals in his first game at Rockhurst. Junior forward Maxim Romanov added 14 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals in his debut as a Hawk. Jake Auer scored 13 points behind three 3-pointers.

Drury (4-9, 1-4 GLVC) shot 43.8 percent from the field (28 of 64). Malek Davis led the Panthers with 18 points, six assists and five 3-pointers.

Inside the Box Score
• Rockhurst shot 47.8 percent from behind the 3-point line (11 of 23).
• The Hawks posted a season-high 20 assists for the third time this season.
• Rron Thaci tallied eight points and four steals.

On Deck
Rockhurst (6-9, 1-4 GLVC) plays at Maryville Thursday night.
 
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