The Truman women’s basketball team will begin the second round of conference play on Saturday on the road against Missouri Southern State University with a 1:00 p.m. tip off against the Lions.
The Bulldogs won the first round against the Lions with a 71-58 victory on Dec. 1st in Pershing Arena in Kirksville.
Truman heads into the contest winners of their last two games and have won five of seven away from Kirksville this season.
The Bulldogs overcame an 18-point second half deficit to down the University of Central Missouri on Wednesday night by a 78-74 margin in overtime.
It was the largest deficit overcome by a Bulldog squad since they rallied from 19 against Upper Iowa in 2006 and in conference play, 15 against Central with 9:46 to play in the second half in 2003.
Truman has overcome double-digit deficits in their last two games and three times this season.
Becka McHenry scored 12 of her career high 22 points in the second half including the game-tying basket as the buzzer expired and then scored four straight to give Truman their first lead of the night with 1:13 left in overtime.
Amy Galey also set a career high with 16 points while knocking down two key three-pointers.
Breanna Daniels, who scored in double-figures for her 20th consecutive game with 13 points against the Jennies, leads the Bulldogs and is ninth in the MIAA with 15.1 points per game scoring average.
Daniels had 16 in the first meeting with the Lions on four three-pointers.
The Lions are returning home after a two-game road swing through Nebraska-Omaha and Northwest Missouri. Southern won by 10 (76-66) behind Kelby Fritz’s 20 points but lost a big game to the Bearcats in Maryville75-64.
In that loss to Northwest, the Bearcats closed the first half on a 22-6 run that turned a six-point deficit into a 10 point lead.
The lead would expand to as many as 20 before Southern rallied to cut the lead to just seven with 5:50 left but that was as close as Southern would get in the 11 point loss.
Jasmine Lovejoy scored 23 points on 8-of-20 shooting to lead the Lions while Gabby Curtis scored 27 for the Bearcats.
Lovejoy is second in the MIAA in scoring at 17.3 points per game.
She is also fifth in rebounding (5.0/g) and third in field goal percentage (.505). She had 18 against the Bulldogs in the first match-up.
Last Game vs. Missouri Southern:
It was the Bulldog bench that got the job done in the first match-up with the Lions on Dec. 1st in Pershing Arena. Truman’s bench scored 33 of the 73 points with Nicole Gloor sparking the team with 15.
The ‘Dogs used an 11-0 run to overtake the Lions and led by as many as 16 points in the second half. Breanna Daniels led three Bulldogs in double-figures with 16 points followed by Nicole Gloor’s 15 and Becka McHenry’s 12.
Jasmine Lovejoy paced the Lions with 18 points while Michelle Hedgecock added 14 and Larrita Gipson scored 10.
Road Warriors:
Truman is 5-2 on the road this season and has matched the highest win total since the 2000-01 season.
The most road wins in a season is eight set on three different occasions (1978-79, 1990-91 and 1998-99.
The Bulldogs matched a program best four-game road winning streak from Dec. 4 through Jan. 3 this season.
The Bulldogs four conference road wins are the most since the 1999-00 season.
The Bulldogs are shooting 44% from the field in road games and 33% from beyond the arc.
Breanna Daniels averages 16.0 points per road game while Amy Galey leads in rebounds (5.3/g) and assists (4.5/g)
. Truman has outscored their opponents on the road 463-431 including a 41-point advantage in the second half.
Courtesy Truman State University
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