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73
Truman State TSU 16-6, 8-4 GLVC
89
Winner Bellarmine BU 19-2, 11-1 GLVC
Truman State TSU
16-6, 8-4 GLVC
73
Final
89
Bellarmine BU
19-2, 11-1 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Truman State TSU 32 41 73
Bellarmine BU 39 50 89

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Tyler Madsen, Athletics Communications

Men's Basketball Recap: #5 Bellarmine 89, Truman 73

The Basics:
Final Score: #5 Bellarmine 89, Truman 73
Records: Truman (16-6, 8-4 GLVC West) || #5 Bellarmine 19-2 (11-1 GLVC East)
Series: Truman leads all-time series, 2-1 || Series tied 1-1 since Truman became GLVC member
Location: Louisville, Ky. (Knights Hall)
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - - The Truman men's basketball team tried to chase down the No. 5 Knights of Bellarmine University on Thursday night, but a late push in the second half helped BU protect its home court with an 89-73 victory at Knights Hall.
 
Truman took a 21-18 lead with 10:36 to play in the opening half on a Cole Myers three-pointer, but an extended scoring drought by the Bulldogs allowed BU to score 15 of the game's next 17 points and build a 33-23 lead with 2:47 to play. Truman would get it to within seven at the break, trailing 39-32 at the intermission.
 
The Bulldogs' best shot in the second half came with 13:29 to go, as Seth Jackson split a pair of free throws to draw Truman to within one at 49-48. However, another long Bellarmine run – this time encompassing nearly seven minutes – allowed the home team to push the margin to 15 at 71-56 with 6:46 left on the clock.
 
Truman would get the game to within single digits two more times, before the Knights reached the final score of 89-73.
 
Jackson, the GLVC's leading scorer overcame first half foul trouble to end up as the game's top points man with 25, as he scored 20 in the second half alone including a thunderous dunk over BU's Jake Thelen. Beyond that, however, only Andrew Vander Zwaag reached double-figures, as the junior came off the bench to score 12 points and swipe a game-high four steals. Cole Myers and Reed Mells each added eight points for a Bulldog offense that shot just 36.4% from the floor overall. Truman went 11-for-34 from three-point range and 14-of-16 from the free throw line.
 
BU countered at 51% and out-rebounded Truman by a 46-28 margin. Rusty Troutman scored a career-high 24 points for the Knights, while Thelen finished with a 17-point, 14-rebound double-double.
 
The Bulldogs next travel to Southern Indiana to face the Screaming Eagles on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. USI improved to 14-6 overall (7-5 GLVC East) after a 68-62 home win against Quincy on Thursday night.
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