Truman State track will spend two days in Pella, Iowa for the Central College Heptathlon on Thursday and Friday.

The Bulldogs competed in the Northwest Invitational hosted by Northwest Missouri State last weekend, where two Truman athletes were individual winners. Addison Walker won the triple jump event with a distance of 10.60m. Jacob Morris had his third straight win in the weight throw at the Northwest Invitational over 45 other throwers. He threw 19.65m to set a new meet record.

Kelly Hoskins took home fourth in the men's pole vault and ninth in the triple jump. Sophie Oxandale placed fifth in the 800-meter run, Lexy Henrikson was fifth in the mile, Raina Baker was eighth in the 800-meter, Breanna Mathis was eighth in the 3000-meter, and Leithym Messer placed ninth in the men's weight throw.

Truman State Women's basketball plays Maryville on Thursday, January 26th, at 5:15 p.m., and Saturday, January 28th, at 1 p.m., in Pershing Arena on the campus of Truman State.

The Bulldogs defeated Missouri S&T 86-63 and fell to #3 Drury 80-63. 

Hannah Belanger scored 32 points on 11-17 shooting against the Miners of S&T. Truman was up 39-36 at the half, but held the Miners to 10 points in the third quarter and never looked back. The Bulldogs outscored S&T 27-17 in the fourth to win the game by 23. Truman was up 39-36 at the half, but held the Miners to 10 points in the third quarter and never looked back. The Bulldogs outscored S&T 27-17 in the fourth to win the game by 23. The Bulldogs shot 29-56 (51.8%) from the field, compared to S&T’s 25-62 (40.3%). Truman shot 46.4% from three, sinking 13 from beyond the arc. Ellie Weltha was second in scoring with 16 points. She grabbed five rebounds and added an assist. Emma Bulman scored eight points with five rebounds. Alex Fanning pulled down nine rebounds, and Gracie Stugart recorded eight assists.

Against Drury, he Bulldogs went into the half down four, 36-32. Truman held a 31-30 lead with 2:55 left in the half, and their last lead was with 8:30 in the third quarter when they led Drury 37-36. Drury went on a 28-15 to take a 64-50 lead in the third quarter, and the Panthers ended up winning by 17. Hannah Belanger and Ellie Weltha were Truman’s only double-digit scorers. Belanger had 18 with four rebounds and three assists. Weltha dropped 16 on 7-9 shooting, along with seven rebounds. Alex Fanning had nine points with 10 rebounds, and Gracie Stugart had four assists with five steals. The Bulldogs are 13-6 on the year, and are now 9-2 in GLVC play.

Truman State Men's basketball hosts Maryville on Thursday, January 26th, at 7:30 p.m. and UMSL on Saturday, January 28th, at 3 p.m.

The Bulldogs moved to 9-10 overall and 4-7 in GLVC play following two huge wins against Missouri S&T and Drury. Truman defeated S&T 89-80 and Drury 79-63.

Against Missouri S&T, Hunter Strait and Elijah Hazekamp led the way, with Strait scoring 24 points and Hazekamp scoring 21. Strait went 9-16 from the field with five rebounds. Hazekamp shot 6-12 with four 3-pointers and eight boards. Missouri S&T went into the half with a two-point lead, up 42-40. Truman shot 14-34, and Elijah Hazekamp had 15 points at the break. Truman outscored S&T 44-38 in the second half, shooting 13-25 and going 14-17 from the line. Truman’s 22 made free throws were the difference in the game, as the Miners made only six on 10 attempts. Nduka Ogwu had another solid performance, scoring 11 points on 4-5 shooting. Ogwu recorded six rebounds on top of the 11 points. Xavier Hall scored nine points with seven assists. Dylan Peeters and Trey Shearer scored seven points each. CE Talton tallied five points in only nine minutes.

Against the Panthers, Drury held a 34-27 lead at halftime, with Drury shooting 11-23 from the field. Truman shot 9-30 with six 3-pointers. The Bulldogs had an incredible second half performance, shooting 16-27 from the field and outscoring Drury 52-29 in the half. Truman went on an 18-11 run to tie the game at 51-51. Following the 18-11 run, the Bulldogs scored 31 more points and held Drury to only 12. Elijah Hazekamp scored a season-high 27 points on 9-16 shooting from the field, and 5-9 from three. He grabbed nine rebounds and had four steals. Dylan Peeters had an efficient performance, scoring 15 points on 4-6 shooting. He went 7-7 from the free throw line. The Bulldogs as a team went 19-20 on free throws. Hunter Strait scored 13 points, and CE Talton scored nine on 3-5 shooting.