BOLIVAR, Mo. - Truman State Men's basketball picked up their 15th win of the season against Southwest Baptist, defeating the Bearcats 61-40.
With the help of 10 points from Landon Eiland and seven from Brennan Lovette in the first-half, the Bulldogs went into the break up 29-18. Truman shot 10-22 from the field and 5-15 from three in the first 20 minutes.
Trey Shearer had a phenomenal second-half, scoring 15 points. The Bulldogs made 13 of their 29 shots from the field and won by 21 despite shooting 3-13 from behind the arc in the second-half.
Shearer led all scoring with 19 on 7-13 shooting with four boards, two assists, and three steals.
Lovette scored 14 with eight rebounds, two assists, one block, and two steals.
Eiland was the final double-digit scorer, dropping 12 with six rebounds, one assist, one block, and a steal.
Kobi Williams nearly had a double-double, scoring nine points with nine rebounds. The nine boards were the most by either team.
Xavier Hall had a team-high four assists with an additional four rebounds and a steal.
Truman State shot 23-52 (44.2%) as a team and held SBU to to 15-56 (26.8%) shooting.
The Bulldogs will finish the regular season at Drury on Saturday, March 2nd at 3 p.m. in Springfield, Mo.