Jan. 13, 2005

Box Score

ROMEOVILLE - DeAndre Williams scored a career-high 15 points and three other Lewis players reached double figures Thursday night, but Quincy scored 33 points at the foul line and outlasted the Flyers 96-85 in Great Lakes Valley Conference action at Neil Carey Arena.

Williams tied his career high of five rebounds and added seven assists. Anthony Scala led the Flyers (5-9, 1-7 GLVC) with 18 points, while Dustin Warfield and Randy Wright tallied 14 points apiece.

Quincy (9-5, 5-3 GLVC) was 33 of 46 at the charity stripe and shot 50.9 percent (28 of 55) from the floor. The Hawks also parlayed their size advantage into a 42-26 rebounding edge.

Quincy raced to leads of 7-0 and 12-2 before the Lewis offense kicked into gear. The first of Scala's five first-half 3-pointers capped a 10-2 Flyer run that sliced the visitors' lead to 14-12 with 13:38 left.

Lewis drew to within a point twice before a Wright 3-pointer at the 6:51 mark gave the Flyers their first lead at 25-24.

There were four ties and six lead changes from that point. Warfield's lay up with 3:18 remaining handed Lewis the first-half advantage for good, and the Flyers went on to lead 45-43 at the break.

After Williams scored the first bucket of the second half, Quincy embarked on a 19-8 spurt that gave the Hawks a 62-55 lead with 12:45 to play. But the Flyers charged back with a Steve Turner lay up, a Pat Monaghan trey and a Monaghan jumper for a 62-all deadlock at 9:57.

Warfield's 3-pointer put the Flyers ahead 69-67 at the 6:48 mark. Unfortunately that was the last field goal Lewis would score for more than four minutes, as an 18-5 flurry put Quincy in command, 85-74, with 2:30 left. From there, the Hawks secured the game at the foul line.

John Loeffelholz grabbed seven rebounds and Turner collected nine points and four steals for Lewis.

Phil Gettinger topped the Quincy scoring chart with 21 points and added seven rebounds and five assists. Jordan Roth registered 20 points, 17 rebounds and four assists.

Ryan Walker and Bryan Feldner fueled Quincy's second-half surge. Walker scored 15 of his 18 points and Feldner netted 13 of his 16 points and all four of his steals after intermission.

Lewis hosts GLVC opponent Missouri-St. Louis Saturday at 3 p.m.