HILLSDALE, Mich. – For the second game in a row the UIndy men's basketball team faltered on the defensive side of the ball, dropping an 89-70 decision against regional opponent Hillsdale Saturday afternoon in Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena.

Less than 48 hours after suffering a 116-107 loss at Lake Superior State – in which the Lakers torched the nets by shooting over 55 percent – UIndy (1-3) surrendered a 53 percent (28 of 53) shooting mark against the GLIAC-member Chargers (3-0). Hillsdale also connected on 10 of 22 3-pointers and 23 of 29 free throws.

"We can't guard our shadow right now," Head Coach Stan Gouard bluntly admitted to WICR following the loss. "We have some really athletic guys on our basketball team, but for some reason they're not defending like we need them to."

It was like déjà vu all over again for the Hounds after the opening tip, as the Chargers knocked down their first five shots – including a pair of threes – to quickly grab a 12-3 lead.

Junior Stedman Lowry did most of Hillsdale's heavy lifting early on, scoring 20 of his team's first 28 points behind a 4-for-5 long range effort.

The Chargers would lead by as many as 16 points, but carried a 15-point margin into the halftime break, 43-28. Hillsdale went 16 of 30 (53%) from the field across the opening 20 minutes, while holding the Hounds to just 12 of 33 (36%).

The second period was a closer affair on the scoreboard, but the Hounds never gained enough traction to chip away any significant margin of the deficit.

Back-to-back 3-pointers from Lowry just past the midway point of the half gave Hillsdale its biggest lead of the game at 67-47, and the Hounds would get no closer than 14 points the rest of the way.

Freshman Tate Hall had his most productive scoring effort in his third consecutive start, netting 20 points on a 7-for-11 shooting clip, including going 5-for-8 from deep. He added three boards and a steal in 22 minutes.

Three other Greyhounds (D.J. Davis, Jesse Kempson and Jimmy King) finished with nine points apiece, and Kempson was the individual rebound leader with four.

As a team, UIndy managed just 10 assists on its 25 field goals, and was otu-rebounded 35 to 29.

All five Hillsdale starters tallied double figures, led by Lowry's 28 on a sharp 11-for-13 shooting effort.

"(Hillsdale) had straight line drives to the basket, open jump shots, second chance buckets… that's not what I'm about and that's not what my teams in the past have been about," Gouard said. "At some point we've got to look in the mirror as student-athletes and be more prideful in the name on the front of our shirts."

The Greyhound road tour continues next weekend, when they travel to the capital of the Bluegrass State to meet with Kentucky State at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 26.