The Truman men and Drury women staved off late rallies to produce a split at Pershing Arena on Thursday night. The Bulldog men notched their first GLVC win with an 86-79 victory over Drury. The ‘Dogs built a 17 point lead late in the first half:
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. Drury came all the way back to tie the game at 71 with around four minutes left and had a possession to take the lead:
Julian Brown paced the Bulldogs with 21 points and Drew Kingery had a career-high 20. The ‘Dogs are 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the GLVC. Drury got 24 from freshman KeShaun Thomas of Quincy. The Panthers drop to 4-4 and 0-2 in the league. The Drury women had a 12 point lead shrink to two, but hung on for a 67-63 win. Truman’s Emajin McCallop led all scorers with 17. The Bulldogs drop to 3-5 and 1-1 in the GLVC. Drury is 4-3 and 2-0 in the conference. The Truman teams will host Southwest Baptist on Saturday. We will stream the broadcast at 12:50 on NP1 of nemopressbox.com.
postgame with Mike Worley
postgame with Theo Dean
