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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Truman Women's Basketball team saw their season come to en end at the NCAA Midwest regional as #2 Drury downed the Bulldogs 66-51 on Saturday night. Truman finished the abbreviated season with a 17-5 record.

The Bulldogs went punch for punch with Drury to start the game until the Lady Panthers grabbed an 18-14 lead at the end of the first quarter. The lead swelled to 10 points for the first time late before half and Drury took a 35-25 lead into the break.

The Bulldogs cut it down to six but a 7-0 run at the tail end of the third quarter, including a gut-wrenching three-pointer at the end of the quarter by Katie Kirkhart put Drury up 48-35. It was only the fourth made three-pointer this season from Kirkhart.

The run went to 12-0 before Hannah Belanger dropped in a three-pointer. Truman would score eight straight points and got it back to 53-43 before a 4-0 burst by Drury would put the game out of reach.

Ellie Weltha was the story again for the Bulldogs as she recorded her fifth straight postseason double-double with 16 points and 17 rebounds. Belanger also scored 16 points with four three-pointers. 

Katie Jaseckas played all 40 minutes and also notched a double-double to end her Bulldog career with 12 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots. She finishes with 154 blocked shots in a Truman uniform, good for second all-time and will leave the program as the all-time leader in field goal percentage at 54.8%. 

Drury got 26 points from scoring leader Paige Robinson, 17 coming in the first half. Alana Findley scored 14 points off the bench after coming into the game averaging just over four points per night. 

The Lady Panthers move on to the regional title game against #5 Ashland on Monday night.