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New York, N.Y - The Hunter College Hawks lost an overtime thriller 81-80 to the Rutgers-Newark Scarlett Raiders on Wednesday night at the Hunter College Sportsplex. With the loss, the Hawks drop to 2-2.

The Hawks fought back from a nine point deficit with 9:21 to go and tied the game at 69 on a 3-pointer from senior guard Frankie Drayton.
Drayton led the Hawks with 24 points, 18 of them coming in the 2^nd half and OT.

Down by one in overtime, Drayton sank two free throws to give the Hawks a 75-74 lead. The Scarlett Raiders (2-1) re-took the lead 76-75 on two made free throws by Doze Ikwuegbu, who scored a game-high 25 points.

Drayton then came down and drained a 3-pointer to give the Hawks a two point lead and then they forced a turnover which led to a Jerrell Antley layup with :45 to go to give the Hawks an 80-76 lead, Antley finished the game with 18 points.

The Scarlett Raiders cut the lead to two and then immediately forced a Hawks turnover with :07 remaining.  John Snow was then fouled shooting a 3-pointer and he made all three free throws to seal the victory for the Scarlett Raiders. Snow finished the game with 12 points.