Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Truman State University Athletics

16Strait-1000
Sonam Wangyal, TSU Athletics
60
Maryville MU 8-8 (2-7 GLVC)
80
Winner Truman State Univers TSU 13-6 (7-2 GLVC)
Maryville MU
8-8 (2-7 GLVC)
60
Final
80
Truman State Univers TSU
13-6 (7-2 GLVC)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Maryville MU 10 10 20 20 60
Truman State Univers TSU 25 18 17 20 80

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

WBB Recap: Truman 80, Maryville 60

Box Score (HTML)
 
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Truman Women's Basketball team dropped the hammer early on the Maryville Saints to win their third straight game. Courtney Strait and Michalina Tomczak both hit a pair of career milestones in the 80-60 win.
 
The Bulldogs move to 13-6 overall and 7-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference while the Saints lost their fifth straight to fall to 7-9 overall and 2-6 in the conference.
 
How It Happened:
  • Linnea Schmelzer and Brooke Bailey provided the early spark for the Bulldogs who trailed 6-4 in the first quarter.
  • Bailey's bucket at the 5:13 mark of the quarter gave Truman the lead for good at 11-9. She then got an offensive rebound and putback to push the lead back out to five.
  • Schmelzer buried a three-pointer off a pass by Bailey for an eight-point Bulldog lead.
  • Truman would close the quarter on a 24-4 run and scored 16 of the last 17 to lead 25-10 at the end of one.
  • The Bulldogs would knock down five three-pointers during that run and finished with eight for the game.
  • Courtney Strait became the 20th Bulldog player to eclipse 1,000 career points with her jumper early in the second.
  • The Saints went scoreless from the field from the 5:36 mark of the first quarter until the 6:18 point of the second quarter. The drought was bookend by three-pointers from Stephanie Sherwood.
  • Truman led by 23 at the half and expanded the lead out to 30 before the Saints trimmed 10 off that lead by the end of the third quarter.
  • Despite the large lead, the fourth quarter turned into a free throw shooting contest. A total of 24 foul shots were attempted after the previous three quarters had a total of 22.
 
Key Stats/Game Notes:
  • Michalina Tomczak joined Strait with a notable milestone on Saturday afternoon. Tomczak blocked three shots to hit the century mark. She is just the third Bulldog to top 100 blocks in the Bulldog uniform.
  • Truman finished with eight blocks on the day with Strait adding three and one apiece from Bailey and Rachel Edmundson.
  • Strait led four Bulldogs in double-figures with 14 points. Ashley Hartwig finished with 13, Rachel Steinhoff 12 and Kasey Gassensmith with 11.
  • A total of 12 Bulldogs scored on the afternoon.
  • Ali Ringering finished 7-of-10 from the field and 7-of-9 at the line to lead Maryville with 22 points.
  • Alex Hillyer had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Saints.
  • Cassidy Clark hit all four field goal attempts and her free throw for nine points in nine minutes due to foul issues.
  • Hartwig led Truman with nine rebounds and Truman finished with 39 total compared to 33 for the Saints.
  • The Bulldogs shot 47.5% for the game, 53.3% from three and 60.9% from the line.
  • Maryville shot 34.5% overall, 35.3% from long range and 69.6% at the line.
  • Truman improved to 4-0 in GLVC games played on Saturday.
 
 
Up Next:
The Bulldogs will embark on a four-game road trip starting on Thursday night at Missouri S&T. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in Rolla, Missouri.  
--Want to stay up-to-date with what's going on with the Bulldogs?--
Support Truman Athletics || Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram || Subscribe to your favorite team's newsletters/releases || Receive text alerts of scores/big news
 
 
 
 
 
Print Friendly Version