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McGowan, who was on loan at New Douglas Park in his Celtic days struck on 61 minutes, driving a Kevin Holt cross past Gary Woods from 12 yards. It was no more than the Dark Blues deserved, in a game they dominated. The win also pulls Dundee to within a point of second-bottom Ross County. It was a first defeat in five for Accies. Hamilton started really well and in the opening 40 seconds Grant Gillespie picked out Eamonn Brophy inside the box. The striker appeared to be pulled down but the ball broke to Ali Crawford, who fired over from just outside the box. Dundee then took a grip of the game and were perhaps unfortunate not to be ahead at the interval. After five minutes Tom Hateley's corner from the right was met with an angled header by Julen Etxabeguren, which flashed just past the right post corner. A minute later Kostadin Gadzhalov timed his run perfectly to clear after Crawford had sent Brophy through. Dundee had another promising chance after 18 minutes when Craig Wighton broke down the left but he slipped his shot just past the near post. A minute later the home side had a chance. Alex D'Acol's throw-in from the left was knocked on for Greg Docherty, but he sent a dipping shot bouncing just past the left post. The hosts then created their best move of the game, but D'col sent a shot just over the top right corner from 20 yards. Dundee could have taken the lead after 26 minutes. Wighton broke down the left and created a chance for Marcus Haber who could only flick his shot past the right post as he slid in. Hamilton had another half-chance as the first half came to a close, but Crawford fired over from just outside the box from a Brophy knock-down. After 59 minutes Docherty broke free on the right and delivered a deep cross that was well headed by Imrie, but cleared for a corner. Two minutes later McGowan got on the end of Holt's cross 12 yards out to give the visitors the lead. It became scrappy after the goal with a lot of Accies moves ending with referee Stephen Finnie's whistle as their frustration mounted. Dundee nearly put the result beyond doubt after 82 minutes when Holt went on a terrific run down the left and squared for Hateley, but his shot was well blocked by Lennard Sowah. Reaction Dundee manager Paul Hartley: "We have been on a bad run. I can only applaud the players, they were superb in every department. "Hamilton didn't really threaten us at all and we deserve that win. We were the better team. "We had some good meetings during the week and I explained a few things to them. We were all honest about what we needed to do better and we're going to fix it together - fight in every game now." Hamilton player-manager Martin Canning: "It was always going to be a stuffy game. "Over the piece, did we deserve to win the game? Definitely not. Did we deserve to lose the game? Probably not either but that's football for you. "We've lost and we need to lick our wounds and go again next week."

Defender Darren Lyon scored his first Accies goal in the 13th minute when he drilled in a fantastic 25-yard drive. However, Dark Blues midfielder Mark O'Hara, who scored in the defeat against Rangers last week, levelled four minutes later when he was left unmarked at a corner. Hamilton picked up the pace after the break and pushed hard for the winner on a night of relentless drizzle, but were left still looking for their first league victory of the season. The first real goalmouth incident came in the sixth minute when Faissal El Bakhtaoui found James Vincent racing into the Hamilton box. The midfielder's low cross found striker Rory Loy but his toe-poke from close range was blocked by Accies keeper Remi Matthews. The Taysiders looked the more likely to get the breakthrough but out of the blue they found themselves behind, when the ball broke to the feet of Lyon 25 yards from goal and the Hamilton right-back unleashed a glorious drive which flew into the top corner past the helpless Dundee keeper Scott Bain. However, the Lanarkshire side could only hold on to their lead for four minutes and paid for poor marking at a Danny Williams corner when former Kilmarnock player O'Hara had all the space and time he required to guide the ball past Matthews. Dundee remained on top and from a Williams free-kick from wide on the left captain Darren O'Dea looped a header over the bar with the Hamilton defence again unconvincing. Four minutes after the break Darian MacKinnon, back in for Greg Docherty, should have restored Accies' lead. Alex D'Acol's clever pass put the midfielder through against Bain but he put the ball wide, and a drive moments later as the visitors kept up the pressure was blocked by Dundee defender Kevin Holt. Matthews saved Loy's effort from 12 yards at the other end as the home side responded but it was the visitors who looked the more threatening of the two sides as the game entered the latter stages. A penalty claim in the 76th minute when substitute Eamonn Brophy, on for D'Acol minutes earlier, tangled with O'Dea inside the box but referee Kevin Clancy was not impressed. Hamilton drove forward in the closing stages. Brophy headed an Ali Crawford corner past the far post before Dundee midfielder Nick Ross cleared a Michael Devlin header off the line before Martin Canning's side ran out of time. Post-match reaction: Dundee boss Paul Hartley: "I'm not happy. We were alright for the first 15 minutes but not after that and we were lucky to get away with a point. "In the second half, we just didn't perform at all. We didn't pass the ball quick enough, create enough angles and played too many long balls. It is not acceptable. "We're missing three key players in an attacking sense and we only had six on the bench. But we can't keep going on about Greg Stewart and Kane Hemmings leaving. They are gone. Everyone else has to take responsibility now." Hamilton boss Martin Canning: " I think we created enough opportunities to win it but for the second week in a row we didn't take the points we deserved from the game. "It's really frustrating. On performance we should be sitting on seven points and be top of the league. Instead we only have two points and we have to start taking the opportunities we are creating. "Our squad is strong and we are getting Dan Seaborne in to add some experience in defence while Rikesh Bingham offers something different up front - he's quicker and more mobile."