[트루먼주립대학교]RECAP: #4 Bellarmine Overpowers Bulldogs 89-77_Truman State University(강남역유학원)

[트루먼주립대학교]RECAP: #4 Bellarmine Overpowers Bulldogs 89-77_Truman State University(강남역유학원)

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Bellarmine (Ky.) Knights, ranked fourth in the NCAA Division II, defeated the Truman Women's Basketball team 89-77 on Saturday afternoon in Pershing Arena.

 

Raven Merriweather led all scorers with 28 points while Truman got 20 from Cassidy Clark. Bellarmine moved to 14-1 overall and 6-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and Truman falls to 8-8 and 3-4 in league.

 

How It Happened:

The Knights never trailed as they jumped on top 7-0 but Brooke Bailey's three-pointer tied the score at nine three minutes into the contest.

Ashley Hartwig's bucket with 28 seconds left in the first made it 28-23 in favor of the visiting team.

Hartwig tied it again at 28 apiece as Truman scored the first five points of the second quarter.

Merriweather scored on consecutive trips to put the Knights up by seven midway through the second.

Following Destony Curry's three-pointer at the 5:29 mark, the Bulldogs held the Knights with six empty possessions the rest of the quarter. BU was 0-of-3 with three turnovers.

However, after Hartwig's bucket with 4:23 remaining, Truman went 0-of-7 from the field and could not trim into the lead.

Bellarmine lead by 13 at half 46-33 with neither team scoring over the final 3:25.

Merriweather was 7-of-7 in the first half with two three-pointers and Kelsey Adwell was 4-of-4 off the bench in the first half.

Clark was limited to two points in only four minutes of action in the first 20 minutes due to foul issues.

Truman had chances to get the lead below 10 in the third quarter after Sloane Totta's three-pointer to open the half but came up empty at the foul line and from distance in their next two possessions.

Katie Downey's hoop gave Bellarmine their largest lead 69-32 near the end of the quarter.

A 10-2 run by Truman with three-pointers from Eleanor Lueke and Totta got the lead down to 10 at 83-73 with 1:26 left, however baskets from Whitney Hartlage and Beth Bowers pushed the margin out to 14 and sealed the win.

 

Key Stats/Game Notes:

Merriweather finished with 28 points on 12-of-14 shooting and four triples, she added four assists.

Adwell and Curry each added 16 with Adwell going 6-of-7 from the field and Curry 5-of-9.

Clark scored 18 of her 20 points in the second half going 7-of-9 from the field and 6-of-9 from the stripe.  It was Clark's fifth 20+ game this season and third in the last four games.

Hartwig tallied 14 points and went over the 500 career point mark at Truman as a junior.

The Knights shot 73% in the first quarter and finished at 57% for the game.

Bellarmine's leading scoring coming into the game, Sarah Galvin (16.0 ppg) was limited to two points on 0-of-7 shooting and three turnovers. Galvin was the GLVC Tournament MVP last season and a first-team all-conference player.

Truman shot 45% overall and 37% from three.

Each team had six three-pointers and 16 turnovers, however Bellarmine had 12 steals to Truman's six.

Bellarmine won their third straight over the Bulldogs.

 

Up Next:

The Bulldogs will make a swing through the St. Louis area next weekend. Truman will be in Chesterfield and Maryville University at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday then move up the road to Bridgeton and the University of Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday afternoon.