ST. LOUIS – The No. 16 University of Missouri-St. Louis men's basketball team snapped its two-game skid with an 80-69 win over Quincy on Thursday evening at the Mark Twain Building. The Tritons improve to 15-3, 7-3 GLVC while the Hawks fall to 11-7, 7-3 GLVC.

UMSL led by as many as four early in the contest after back-to-back three's from Donovan Vickers and Isaiah Fuller with 12:35 to play in the opening half. The Tritons went cold from the floor as Quincy went on a 22-9 run over a stretch of 10 minutes to take its largest lead of the half at 31-20 after a layup by Isaiah Foster with 2:10 left in the half.

UMSL closed the half on an 8-0 run to cut the Hawk lead to three at the break. Fuller, Bowen Sandquist, Drew Cisse and Matt Enright all scored in that final run of the half.

The Tritons extended that run after the break hitting six of their first nine shots and outscoring the Hawks 15-6 to take a 43-37 lead on a layup by Victor Nwagbaraocha less than four minutes into the half.

Quincy battled back to within 48-47 after a layup by Malik Hardmon but UMSL never relinquished the lead.

The Tritons extended their lead to nine after a four-point play from Sandquist with 7:27 remaining in the contest.

The Hawks still refused to quit going on a 10-4 run in the span of four minutes to get within three at 68-65 on a conventional three-point play from Jamaurie Coakley.

However, UMSL sealed the win with a 12-4 run over the final three-plus minutes for the final margin.

Fuller and Hardmon went back-and-forth all-night but it was Hardmon who finished with a game-high 29 points while Fuller had 24 points.

The Tritons shot 58 percent (18-for-31) in the second half from the field including 5-of-10 from three to finish the game at 48 percent from the floor. It was 8-of-22 from three and shot 71 percent at the foul line. Joining Fuller in double figures was Sandquist with 18 points. Mayson Quartlebaum added nine points off the bench while Cisse, Enright and Vickers had eight points each.

Quincy was held to just 42 percent (24-for-57) shooting in the contest, was 6-of-20 from three and also shot 71 percent at the charity stripe. Solomon Gustafson and Zion Richardson joined Hardmon in double figures with 12 and 10 points respectively.

UMSL is back at home on taking on Illinois Springfield at 3 p.m.