Truman Sweeps the Miners to Start the Homestand

Both Truman State basketball teams jumped out to big early leads and cruised to a sweep of Missouri S&T Thursday night at Pershing Arena.

The Bulldog women started with a 17-3 burst and beat the Lady Miners 87-71. In the second quarter, Truman used the three-ball to extend the lead to 25 points….

Brad Boyer with the call on Superstation KRES and centralmoinfo.com. Hannah Belanger cashed in four treys and led all scorers with 18 points. Katey Klucking added 14 and Tiffany Davenport came off the bench to score a career-high 14. Coach Theo Dean evaluated the victory….

Dean has led Truman to the first 4-0 start in conference play in the history of the program. The Bulldogs improve to 8-3. The S&T women drop to 5-6 and 1-3 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

After giving up an early three, the Truman men scored 20 points in a row on their way to an 86-60 victory over the Miners…..

Hunter Strait connected on five three-pointers and led the Bulldogs with 18, while Brodric Thomas and Cade McKnight both scored 17. Coach Jeff Horner said he got some help in getting his offense jump-started….

Horner’s Bulldogs improve to 7-5 and 3-1 in the GLVC. S&T drops to 3-7 and 1-3 in the conference. The Truman homestand continues when Maryville visits on Saturday. You can hear the game on Superstation KRES starting at 12:45.

postgame interview with Theo Dean…

postgame interview with Jeff Horner…