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Sonam Wangyal, TSU Athletics
56
Winner Rockhurst RU 5-1 (1-0 GLVC)
55
Truman State Univers TSU 5-3 (0-1 GLVC)
Winner
Rockhurst RU
5-1 (1-0 GLVC)
56
Final
55
Truman State Univers TSU
5-3 (0-1 GLVC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Rockhurst RU 12 18 16 10 56
Truman State Univers TSU 19 12 13 11 55

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Truman's Comeback Falls One Point Short To Rockhurst

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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – A fourth quarter comeback came up one point short as the Rockhurst Hawks defeated the Truman Bulldogs 56-55 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference opener. The Bulldogs will travel to William Jewell on Saturday for another conference game.
 
Rockhurst (5-1, 1-0 GLVC) took their largest lead of the game at seven points with 6:12 to play in regulation before Truman (5-3, 0-1 GLVC) chipped away. The Hawks led 51-44 but a free throw by Cassidy Clark and a basket by Ashley Hartwig cut it to four.
 
Truman tried to cut it closer but Rachel Steinhoff's triple was off the mark and Lauren Meyers knocked down a jumper to extend the lead back out to six.
 
Brooke Bailey, Truman's offensive star on the night, hit a wing three to cut the lead in half and Courtney Strait got a put back on an offensive rebound to make it 53-52 with 3:26 left.  The two teams exchanged steals/turnovers with the Hawks coming out on top following another layup by Meyers with 2:15 left.
 
The score would remain 55-52 until 19 seconds remaining. Mary Dineen got one of two free throws to make it a two possession game. Bailey hit her third triple of the night with five seconds left to cut the margin to one point. The Hawks missed a pair of free throws at the end but Truman did not have any timeouts left and could not advance the ball quick enough up the floor to attempt a winning shot.
 
Truman led by nine late in the first quarter but the Hawks found their three-point stroke in the second as they connected on four of six attempts to lead 31-30 at half. Rockhurst took advantage of a slow third quarter start for Truman in which they shot only 27% from the floor going 3-of-11 with two threes in the process.
 
Bailey set a season high with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting and joined Courtney Strait (11) and Michalina Tomczak (10) in double figures for Truman. The Bulldogs were limited to 32.7% from the field and struggled at the line hitting 14-of-22 freebies.
 
Mary Dineen paced Rockhurst with 15 points and Kendall Hart added 13. The Hawks made seven out of 23 three-point attempts and shot 38% for the game. Rockhurst also struggled at the line making five of 11 attempts.
 
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