The Truman men hit 8-of-10 free throws in overtime to outlast Lincoln 79-75 at Pershing Arena on Monday night….
Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. Jumpers by Xavier Hall and Kobi Williams opened the scoring in the extra session. The Bulldogs then scored the rest of their points at the line. Hall led five ‘Dogs in double figures with 18. Trey Shearer added 16. Truman moves into a tie four-way tie for 7th place in the GLVC at 4-5 with Lincoln, Indianapolis and Illinois-Springfield. The Blue Tigers got 23 from Mikey West and 20 from Franck Yetna. They drop to 12-5, while the Bulldogs improve to 10-7.
In the women’s game, a pair of transfers Jordan Cunningham scored 20 and Tori Standefer had a career-high 14 to lead Truman to a 78-59 win over Lincoln. It kept the Blue Tigers winless in Division II play and increased their losing streak to 14. They were upset-minded down five in the third quarter when the Bulldogs went on an 18-4 run…..
The Bulldogs improve to 4-5 in the GLVC and move into a 9th place tie with Upper Iowa. Their overall record moves to 7-12, which matches the Bulldogs’ win total from last season. Both Truman teams will next play at Quincy on Saturday.
postgame with Jeff Horner:
postgame with Theo Dean:
