Truman women’s basketball coach Theo Dean picked up his 100th career victory when his Bulldogs beat Southwest Baptist 90-55 at Pershing Arena on Saturday. In his 7th year, Dean ties Mary Jo Murray for second place on the program’s career wins list.
The Bulldogs made quick work of the Bearcats with a 29-13 lead after one and a 48-26 advantage at halftime:
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. Braylee Rogers came off the bench and scored a career-high 19 points, Morgan Miller had 15 and Mallory Ott added 14. The Bulldogs recorded 18th steals which is tied for the 5th most in a game in team history. Truman improves to 2-1 in the GLVC and 4-5 overall. The TSU women have 10 days off before a trip to Washburn. SBU drops to 1-3 in the conference and 3-6 overall.
The Southwest Baptist men used a massive 23 point run from the end of the first half into the second half and beat Truman 76-61. The Bulldogs led by as many as nine in the first half, but SBU took its first lead by scoring the last nine points before halftime. The Bearcats were led by Zac Reedus and Jevin Sullivan, who both scored 23 points. Sullivan also had 14 rebounds. SBU improves to 5-4 and 2-2 in the GLVC. Drew Kingery, Jahki Parrinello and Julian Brown all scored 11 for Truman. The Bulldogs drop to 3-4 and 1-2 in the conference. The ‘Dogs step out of conference to host Purdue-Northwest on Wednesday afternoon. We will have the broadcast starting at 2:50.
postgame with Theo Dean:
postgame with Mike Worley:
