HAMBURG, N.Y. – With three seconds remaining in the game, Hilbert College Men's Basketball dropped a heart-breaking loss to Pitt-Greensburg today after the Bobcats were able to catch, shoot, secure an offensive rebound tip-in just before the horn sounded.
 
Hilbert held the lead for almost 32 minutes in the game but were unable to contain the Bobcats off the bounce as they scored 60 points in the paint.
 
10-4 Pitt-Greensburg sits in a two-way tie for second place with Penn State Altoona (10-3) while the Hawks continue to hold onto sixth place in the league with one game remaining.
 
Prior to the Hawks final home game of the 2024-25 season, Austin Boies, Quran Briggs, Shaheem Ellis, Ronnie Lewis, Nathan Moore and Justin Poumpey were honored in a pregame ceremony.
 
HIGHLIGHTS 

• Five Hawks did all the scoring today, as they each netted double digit points.
• Shaheem Ellis tossed in a team-high 28 points, hitting 5-of-10 3-pt FG and 7-of-9 from the foul line while adding seven rebounds, five assists and three steals.
• Quran Briggs chipped in 17 points, without getting to the foul line, and led the Hawks with seven assists while Austin Boies made 5-of-8 from the floor (3-of-6 3pt) and earned three offensive rebounds.
• Nathan Moore hit 3-of-4 from downtown and earned three offensive rebounds (5 total) as Larry Morse led the Hawks with 12 rebounds and scored 10 points for his 13th double double. 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Hilbert was on fire in the first half, connecting on six of 13 from beyond the arc.  Ellis and Boies combined for five 3-pointers and Ellis, Morse and Briggs collected 14 of the team's 23 rebounds.
• The Hawks ran their offense and found the extra pass for an open shot on the perimeter or short jumper in the lane.  But after building a 28-16 lead, the Hawks went cold from the floor.
• Greensburg pulled within one point before Boies sank a pair from the charity stripe which started another Hilbert run.  Ellis and Moore each struck from outside the arc before the break which gave the hosts a six-point cushion heading to the locker room (42-36).
• The first three minutes of the second half was a track meet. After the Bobcats set a 42-42 score, Ronnie Lewis scored in the paint and Ellis drilled another 3, giving the Hawks a 47-44 lead just five minutes into the period.
• Greensburg took their first lead at 13:05, and both teams played through eight lead changes until Moore scored off a four-point play with 5:03 remaining. 
• Both teams sifted to zone defense and Hilbert responded with confidence from the perimeter even as the Hawks' inside game was being shut down with collapsing defense.
• Boies stretched it to six points with another one of his deep makes and things looked great after Ellis scored another shot beyond the arc (73-68) with 2:48.
• Every time Hilbert responded with a score, Greensburg drove to the rim or found wide open teammates under the hoop for easy buckets against the Hawks' zone.
• Greensburg, with 10 seconds remaining, hit a 3-pointer making it a one-point game.  Hilbert missed the front end of a 1 and 1 which allowed the Bobcats to call a timeout with five seconds remaining. The Hawks made a quick foul forcing Greensburg to inbound from the sideline with 0:03 on the clock.
• The Bobcats lobbed the ball to the opposite block and their player was able to leap higher, grab the ball, land and take off for a short jumper, then track the rebound for a tip-in just prior to the horn. 

GAME NOTES 

• Greensburg outscored Hilbert 60-28 points in the paint, 29-11 in fast break points and held a 40-38 edge in rebounds. 

UP NEXT
 
Hilbert (13-11, 6-9 AMCC) travels next Saturday for their final game of the regular season against Mount Aloysius (7-16, 5-9 AMCC).  The Hawks beat Mount Aloysius 87-69 on January 18th in Hamburg.