INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy men's basketball team suffered yet another heartbreaker at the buzzer on Thursday evening in its final home game of the season, falling to Truman by a score of 78-76 as Dashawn Jackson's overtime-hopeful spun around the rim as time expired.
 
The Greyhounds charged all the way back down nine with three-and-a-half minutes left to take a 74-73 lead following a Grant Disken fastbreak layup. The team's traded punches in the final 65 seconds, with Truman's Drew Kingery delivering the final blow.
 
Jackson led the team with 22 points, while three others finished in double figures.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Hounds could not get over the hump in the second half, trailing by three or more the entire time until Zac Szul tipped in his own miss to cut the deficit to two. Jackson drilled his own free throws moments later before forcing a loose ball that Disken swallowed up and scored to give UIndy its first lead in nearly 25 minutes.
 
The Bulldogs made big shots all night, as Xavier Hall answered with his third triple to put the visitors up once again. After tying it at 76, Jackson looked to send the game to overtime 30 seconds later with a similar look at the bucket before it spun around the rim for seemingly hours until it fell out.
 
Just as he did with 1:05 remaining, Disken gave the Greyhounds their last lead of the first half with a jumper at the 5:59 mark. The graduate student went a perfect 5-for-5 from the mid-range on the night, while making one 3-pointer.
 
Jackson played just eight minutes in the first half due to foul trouble, scoring 14 of his 22 points after the break to keep the Hounds alive.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
- Kelvin Amoako secured a career-best 10 rebounds, including three on the offensive end. The 6-11 center also recorded six points and two blocks.
- Truman took advantage of its eight offensive boards, outscoring UIndy, 10-2, in second-chance points.
- Brody Whitaker logged a team-high 37 minutes, finishing with double-digit points; the senior has scored at least 10 points in every other game dating back to Feb. 1.
 
MORE NOTES
UIndy now leads the all-time series, 13-7 … with Thursday's final score, the Greyhounds have now competed in the following: 22 games decided by 10 or less points, 16 by five or less, 11 by two or less, and five by one … Truman's Hall finished with a game-high 25 points, while Trey Shearer hit six 3-pointers and scored 21.
 
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds need some help to advance to their 18th straight GLVC Championship Tournament this weekend, but it first starts with them in their matchup at Quincy on Saturday. Tip is scheduled for 4 p.m. following the women's season finale.
 
UIndy entered Thursday in a tie for eighth with McKendree in the GLVC point rating system. At the time of this publication, McKendree led Rockhurst, 38-35, with less than 14 minutes left in the second half.