The Truman basketball teams grounded a pair of high-flying Lewis teams in a sweep at Pershing Arena on Saturday.
The women upset the first place Flyers 69-60. Lewis led 42-39 after three quarters. The Bulldogs started the fourth quarter on a 14-3 run….
Brad Boyer and Hank Janssen with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. Jordan Cunningham led the Bulldogs with 19 points including a milestone hoop in the third quarter….
Bryar Duwe added 11 and Emma Bulman and Tori Standefer chipped in 10 each. The Bulldogs stopped a 7-game losing streak and improved to 6-12 overall and 3-5 in the GLVC. The Flyers lost for the first time in conference play (7-1) and had their 12-game winning streak stopped to drop to 13-2.
In the men’s game, Xavier Hall hit a pair of free throws with two seconds left to give Truman a 74-72 victory. There were five lead changes in the final 90 seconds. Hall also delivered with 19 seconds left….
That made the score 72-71. Anthony Sayles, Junior hit one-of-two free throws with 11 seconds left to tie the score, before Hall’s late free throws. Kobi Williams led Truman with 20 points. The Bulldogs improve to 9-7 overall and 3-5 in the GLVC. Second place Lewis drops to 6-2 in the league. The Flyers saw their 7-game winning streak end and their record fall to 11-4.
The Truman teams will host Lincoln in make-up games on Monday. You can hear the broadcast on NEMOPressbox.com starting at 4:45.
postgame with Theo Dean:
postgame with Jeff Horner:
