Energized by a field day crowd of area elementary students estimated at over 1,000, the Truman women edged Quincy 70-67 at Pershing Arena midday Thursday. The Hawks erased a 13-point deficit early in the 4th quarter and tied the game at 60. Lexie White returned to the Bulldog lineup after ten months recovering from a knee injury and scored nine of the last 10 points including the tiebreaker:
Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. White hit all six of her free throws attempts in the final two minutes to secure the win. Emajin McCallop led Truman with 19 points. The Bulldogs improve to 5-6. Quincy drops to 4-6. This was not a conference game. That will be played later in the season in Quincy.
There were elementary students from North Shelby, Kirksville Primary, Salisbury, Schuyler County, Knox County, Brashear and La Plata.
You can hear the broadcast by going to our Game Archive section.
postgame with Theo Dean:
