Truman Splits Close Games At Jewell

Photo courtesy of Brad Boyer, Alpha Media Moberly

Truman and William Jewell split a doubleheader in close games in Liberty today (Sat.).

The Bulldog women gave up a 12-point third quarter lead then rallied for a 61-58 win. Jewell went on a 20-4 run to lead 52-48 early in the fourth. Truman pulled ahead and Emma Bulman provided the biggest shot of the game…

Brad Boyer with the call on KRES and centralmoinfo.com. The Bulldogs outscored the Cardinals by 19 at the free throw line. Coach Theo Dean…

Ellie Weltha led all scorers with 16 and Bulman had 14. Maddie Niemeier had her second double-double with 12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. It was the first road win of the season for the Bulldogs, who improve to 5-13 and 2-10 in the GLVC. The Cardinals drop to 5-14 and 3-10 in the conference.

A last second three-pointer came up short and the Truman men lost to Jewell 74-72. Isaac Patterson got a layup with five seconds left for the game-winner. He finished with 25 points.

The Bulldogs rallied from down five late behind Landon Eiland…

The Bulldogs had five seconds to go the length of the floor. Jeff Horner called a timeout when the ball got to half court with three seconds left. After a couple timeouts, the ‘Dogs could only get a contested deep three from Kobi Williams that was no good. Coach Jeff Horner on the last play…