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16Edmundson-WJC
Sonam Wangyal, TSU Athletics
53
William Jewell WJC 10-17, 5-11 GLVC
54
Winner Truman State Univers TSU 18-8, 12-4 GLVC
William Jewell WJC
10-17, 5-11 GLVC
53
Final
54
Truman State Univers TSU
18-8, 12-4 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
William Jewell WJC 16 3 15 19 53
Truman State Univers TSU 20 10 10 14 54

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

WBB Recap: Truman 54, William Jewell 53

Box Score (HTML)
 
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. –The Truman Women's Basketball team survived an upset bid by William Jewell on Thursday night at home. Cassidy Clark's free throw with 2.6 seconds left gave the Bulldogs a 54-53 win over the Cardinals.
 
The victory kept the Bulldogs tied with Quincy University for second place in the Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division with 12-4 league records. The Lady Hawks survived their own upset bid by Rockhurst in Kansas City with Quincy winning 71-69. Truman will head to Rockhurst on Saturday while William Jewell returns home to host the Lady Hawks.
 
How It Happened:
  • Truman came on hot from the field hitting five of their first six shots, including three of four from behind the arc to lead 13-4.
  • The Cardinals closed the gap and trailed by only four at the end of the first quarter 20-16.
  • The second quarter would be a defensive battle. WJC would score only three points in the quarter with their only field goal coming at the 4:16 mark.
  • Truman couldn't take that much of an advantage making only three field goals but all three were from behind the arc. Rachel Edmundson had a pair.
  • The Cardinals Maddie Nelson had five steals in the second quarter to keep the deficit at half to 11 at 30-19.
  • The third quarter saw Jewell double up the Bulldogs in field goals six to three and cut five points off the margin. Kasey Gassensmith's buzzer beater enabled Truman to lead 40-34 heading to the fourth.
  • Jewell whittled the lead down to two with 1:29 left to play. Both teams exchanged empty possessions until Ashley Hartwig went 2-of-2 from the line to give Truman 52-48 lead with 26.3 seconds left.
  • Kelsey Nickerson buried her third three-pointer to trim the lead to one with 19.1 seconds left.
  • Courtney Strait made 1-of-2 free throws but Maddie Nelson raced down the court to tie the game at 53 with 10 seconds left.
  • Brooke Bailey rifled a pass to Cassidy Clark on the block and Clark was fouled in the process of shooting with 2.6 seconds left.
  • Clark missed the first but got the second one to roll in for the one-point lead.
  • Jewell raced down the floor and Logan Antenen's 30-footer at the buzzer was blocked from behind by Strait.
 
Key Stats/Game Notes:
  • Kasey Gassensmith was the only Bulldog in double-figures with 11 points however 10 of 11 players were in the scoring column.
  • Strait finished with only six points but had eight defensive rebounds. Ashley Hartwig and Michalina Tomczak pulled down seven rebounds apiece.
  • Brooke Bailey played a season-high 31 minutes.
  • Maddie Nelson led WJC with 19 points and had six rebounds and six of Jewell's 10 steals while playing all 40 minutes.
  • Both teams shot below 40% from the field with the Cardinals converting on 21-of-55 shots and Truman making 16-of-43.
  • The Bulldogs made eight three-pointers (8-of-18) with Bailey and Edmundson each hitting a pair.
  • With their 12th conference win, Truman matched a school record in league victories. The team tied the 2000, 2013 and 2014 campaigns with the 12th league win.
 
 
Up Next:
Truman heads to Rockhurst on Saturday looking to avenge one of their four conference losses. The Hawks defeated Truman 56-55 in Kirksville back in early December.   
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