Same day, different sites, the Truman basketball teams split games with Cedarville, Ohio, in the GLVC-GMAC Crossover Challenge on Saturday.
At Pershing Arena, Emma Kay Martin scored 30 points to lead the Yellowjackets to a 62-60 win. Truman trailed by as many as 10 in the second and third quarters, but rallied with an 18-7 second half push:
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. There were four lead changes in the fourth quarter. Down 62-20, Avery Rausch missed a pair of free throws to tie. The freshman did lead the Bulldogs in scoring with 14 points and fellow freshman Morgan Miller added 13. Both Truman and Cedarville went 1-1 in the Challenge. The Quincy women went 2-0.
postgame with coach Theo Dean:
At Quincy, the Truman men beat Cedarville 85-76. Emmanuel Byrd had 27 points and 13 rebounds and Jahki Parrinello added 24. The Bulldogs went 1-1. It was the first win as Bulldog coach for Mike Worley:
