Former QU assistant Eagan receives OVC Coach of the Year honor with Lindenwood

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | March 6, 2025
Lindenwood women's basketball coach Amy Eagan, who is a Shelbina, Mo., native and a former Quincy University assistant coach, was named the Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year. | Photo courtesy Lindenwood Athletics

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Amy Eagan is turning around the Lindenwood women’s basketball program in short fashion. The Lions went 20-9 in the regular season — a 13-win improvement over Eagan’s first season as head coach — and 16-4 in the Ohio Valley Conference to earn the No. 2 seed for this week’s OVC Tournament.…

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Last-second shot doesn’t fall, but QU women earn respect by throwing scare into top-seeded Drury

By David Adam, MRN Editor | March 3, 2023
Quincy University assistant coach Jenna Knudson, background, and head coach Kaci Bailey, right, console Beth Matas Martin after her potential game-winning shot didn't go in during the Hawks' quarterfinal game in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament at Hyland Arena in St. Charles, Mo. | David Adam

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — It wasn’t quite the U.S. national hockey team over the Russians in 1980, but for NCAA Division II women’s basketball, it was darned close. Nobody could even fathom the Quincy University women’s basketball team staying remotely close to Drury, ranked No. 2 nationally, in the first round of the Great Lakes…

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