MARYVILLE, Mo. - In its first road trip under head coach, Jeff Horner, the Truman State University men's basketball team was tasked with the No. 5 team in the country, Northwest Missouri State. The Bearcats proved too much for the Bulldogs and ran past them by a score of 87-60.

Truman falls to 0-3 on the young season while Northwest remains unblemished at 5-0. Next up, the Bulldogs will be at Washburn on Tuesday for a 7 p.m. tip while the Bearcats will do battle with Illinois Springfield on Monday at 8 p.m.

In these two teams' 197th meeting (Northwest leads 103-94), all 12 players that suited for Truman checked in, which includes the first-ever appearances for Olawale Odofin, T.J. Schilling and Caleb Socha. Of those 12, the Bulldogs were led in scoring by Turner Scott and Jacob Socha, each with 10 points, and 10 of them found the scoring column overall.

For the Bearcats, 54 of their 87 points (62 percent) came from two players in Trevor Hudgins (28) and Joey Witthus (26) while Diego Bernard also reached double-figures with 12. For Hudgins, 20 of his 28 points came in the first half, he has scored 20+ points in four of his team's five games and is averaging 24.4 per game on the season.

The Purple and White did manage to shoot 50 percent (8-of-16) from behind the arc and 90.9 percent (10-for-11) at the free throw line while outscoring Northwest's bench, 27-19.

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