KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - Truman State Men's basketball took down #17 Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) 69-62 in front of a rowdy home crowd at Pershing Arena.

The Bulldogs jumped out to an 11-point lead, up 25-14 with 7:10 left in the first half. Hunter Strait scored eight points in that span. UMSL fought back to tie the game at 28 at the end of half. Truman shot 12-30 (40%) from the field, with none of their 11 3-point attempts going in. The Tritons of UMSL had a hard time getting a bucket as well, shooting 9-30 (30%), but went 4-14 from three.

The second half went back-and-forth, with both Truman and UMSL trading leads. The game was tied 57-57 with 6:42 left, but an electric dunk from Nduka Ogwu gave Truman the spark they were looking for. The Bulldogs kept a small lead, up two with a minute left in the game. CE Talton hit a clutch fadeaway 3-pointer in front of Truman's bench to go up five with 0:28 left. Talton made an easy layup with 0:13 left to seal the win for the Bulldogs.

Hunter Strait led Truman in scoring with 16 points on an efficient 4-7 shooting. He went 8-11 on free throws and recorded seven assists along with four rebounds and two steals.

Xavier Hall had 11 points with four assists and two rebounds.

Bradley Andrews and Dylan Peeters each scored 10 points. Andrews added four rebounds and a block to his total. Peeters nearly had a double-double, grabbing nine boards along with a block and a steal.

CE Talton, Nduka Ogwu, Elijah Hazekamp, and Brandon Kracht also scored in the game.

Truman State is now 10-11 overall, and 5-8 in GLVC play.

The Bulldogs have two road games next week, traveling to UINDY and McKendree.