This Week In Truman Athletics
 
Thursday, December 9 - Friday December 10
Track and Field - AWAY - at Central College (Iowa) - Dutch Holiday Preview
 
Saturday, December 11
Men's Basketball - HOME - vs Central Christian College of the Bible - 3:00 p.m. - Kirksville, Mo.
 
Men's Basketball
The team will close out their pre Christmas slate with a home game against Central Christian on Saturday afternoon after two hard fought games against GLVC opponents Missouri-St. Louis and Maryville this past week. Against the Tritons Masen Miller hit an unforgettable three at the buzzer to lift the Bulldogs to a 72-71 win, and against the Saints TSU overcame a slow start with a 20-0 run in the first half to seize control of the game from that point on.
 
Truman has played against Central Christian College of the Bible ten times, winning each meeting against the NCCAA school from Moberly. The last meeting between the two was in 2018, which Truman won handily.
 
Cade McKnight is still leading the team with 20.9 points per game and has risen to second on the team with 6.4 rebounds per game; second only to Elijah Hazekamp's 6.8. Hunter Strait leads the team with just under five assists per game, while McKnight and Sam Lock are tied for the team lead with four steals and Dylan Peeters and Eric Northweather are tied with five blocked shots.
 
Overall the team has made 82 threes on the season, over ten per game. Miller leads the team with 25, while Hazekamp is second with 17 and McKnight third with 13. Miller is second on the team with 12.5 points per game, while Hazekamp also averages double figures with 11.1. 
 
The Bulldogs have one game remaining in December after this one, taking on Grandview after the Christmas holiday on the 29th. After the turn of the calendar GLVC play will resume.
 
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Track & Field
After a successful opening weekend and a return to the indoor venues for the Truman Track & Field teams, they will be back in action one last time before the holiday season at the Central College Dutch Holiday Preview on Saturday.

The three top guns in men's throwing at Truman, Jacob Morris, Brendan Baker and Bobby Campbell, all hit NCAA provisional marks at the Mel Tjeersdma Classic on Saturday in Maryville. All three topped 18 meters with Morris winning the event in 18.99, Campbell second in 18.95 and Baker third at 18.59.

After the opening weekend of collegiate indoor Track & Field, the trio are ranked in the top 10 in the nation in the men's weight throw. Morris is sixth, Campbell seventh and Baker is 10th. The top distance in the event is 20.74 by Tanner Berg of Northern State (S.D.).

Alayna Pipkin posted the highest individual finish on the women's side with a sixth in the 800 meter run and a time of 2:27.02. Natalie Smith was eighth in the same event at 2:28.58.

Throwing events begin at 3:30 p.m. at the H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse on the Central College campus and running events start around five.