LIBERTY, Mo. – Ten unanswered points over the final two minutes allowed the Bulldog Women to pull away from William Jewell and climb to even in league action.
 
Truman State - winners of four of the previous five dating back to a 69-60 win in Kirksville over a tough Lewis IIll.) squad on Jan. 18 - now sits at 6-6 in Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) with one month to play.
 
Graduate student Jordan Cunningham's 23 points marked the ninth time this season tallying more than 20 points. Sophomore Molly Joyce reached double figures for the third consecutive game with 14. The Bulldogs finished with a 21-10 advantage in bench points with graduate student guard Gracie Neff's season-high nine points leading the way. Neff also recorded season highs in minutes (31), FGM/FGA (3-6), three-points made (3), and rebounds (6).
 
Jewell narrowed the gap to two, 63-61, with 3:08 left in the game before the Bulldogs converted five straight 2-2 trips to the line to finish things. Cunningham and senior forward Emma Bulman each went 4-4 in the span with Joyce sinking the other two.
 
Truman State opens February 9-13 overall, 6-6 GLVC, while William Jewell finishes the day 5-13 overall, 9-13 GLVC. The Purple and White return home to venerable Pershing Arena at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, against Drury (Mo.) in this season's Black Out game.