Truman Outscores The Lions To Sweep In Joplin

Truman State had five players score double figures and held off Missouri Southern for a 95-89 victory Sunday. The 6th ranked Bulldogs swept both games in Joplin over the weekend. Trailing by eight in the first half the ‘Dogs went on a 21-2 run…

Brad Boyer with the call on Superstation KRES and centralmoinfo.com. Truman led by 15 with just over five minutes left, but had to fight through turnovers against the press and hit 26-of-29 free throws to hold off the Lions. Coach Jeff Horner said it was good to get tested…

Cade McKnight led Truman with 24 points. Masen Miller and Elijah Hazekamp both scored 16. Freshman Trey Shearer scored his first Bulldog points with 12 and Keaton Mitchell had a career-high 10. The 4-0 Bulldogs will play defending National Champion Northwest Missouri State on the road Tuesday night. We will have the game on KRES starting at 5:45.

The Lions drop to 2-2. R.J. Smith led all scorers with 25.

postgame with Jeff Horner…..