KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - Truman State Men's basketball (9-10, 4-7 GLVC) hosts Maryville (11-8, 4-7 GLVC) on Thursday, January 26th, at 7:30 p.m. in Pershing Arena.
Against Maryville:
The Saints of Maryville have lost five of their last six games, with their last win coming against University of Illinois Springfield 65-55 on January 19th. Maryville's four wins in the GLVC are against William Jewell College (59-51), SBU (81-74), Drury (67-66), and UIS (65-55). Following the game against Truman, Maryville plays at Quincy on January 28th.
Ben Palacios leads Maryville in scoring with 13.4 points per game. Palacios averages 3.6 rebounds per game and shoots 45% from the field.
Dewayne Vass is second in scoring with 11.8, he dishes out 4.6 assists and leads the team in steals with 19.
Ari Jackson averages 10.9 points per game, which is third-best on Maryville. Jackson adds 4.3 rebounds a contest.
Kelvin Swims is Maryville's fourth double-digit scorer with 10.8 points per game. Swims also averages 4.3 assists a game.
JT Morgan leads the team in rebounds per game, averaging 6.7.
Bulldog Tidbits:
Truman won their second-straight game at Missouri S&T 89-80 to give the Bulldogs their third GLVC win. 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.
The Bulldogs recorded GLVC win number four at Drury on January 21st. Drury held a 34-27 lead at halftime, with the Panthers 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.
Truman plays Missouri-St. Louis after Marvyille on Saturday, January 28th, at 3 p.m. in Pershing Arena. The theme for the game is Alumni Day.
