Lady Bearcats Win Third
In A Row At Home
Southwest Baptist 69, Truman 57

BOLIVAR - The Lady Bearcats led 16-15 with 11:25 left in the first half, but went on a 10-2 run capped off by an Amber Wheeler jumper that put SBU up by nine with 8:54 remaining in the first session, 26-17.

The Lady 'Cats (11-7, 5-4) went on to take the game from Truman (5-12, 1-8), 69-57.

SBU led 32-26 at the half after Natasha Goldsmith connected on the first of two free throws with 30 seconds remaining on the clock.

With 17:04 left in the game, Gwyn Smith hit two free throws to put SBU up 41-28, finishing a 9-2 run.

Truman's Sarah Sommer hit a three-pointer at the 12:27 mark to get the Bulldogs within four points (43-39). The Lady 'Cats again pulled away, but Truman got back within six points when Sommer hit a jumper with 7:12 left (51-45).

From then, it was pretty much all SBU, with the 'Cats outscoring the Bulldogs 18-12 in the last minutes of the game. Wheeler hit her career-high 30th point on the second of two free throws to put the game away with 35 seconds left, 69-57.

SBU led by 13 points on four different occasions in the last 2:41.

Wheeler led the Lady 'Cats with 30 points and six rebounds. She hit all four of SBU's three-pointers. Also pulling down six boards was Gwyn Smith, who was second in scoring with 19 points. Alicia Mercer added 11 for SBU.

SBU shot .462 from the field (24-52), .182 from the arc (4-22) and .708 from the charity stripe (17-24).

The .182 from the arc was dismal for the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association's leading team in three-point percentage.

The Bulldogs were led by Sommer with 18 points. Annie Westhoff was second in scoring with 15 points, bu she had a game-high 10 rebounds. Ali Long finished with 11 points on the evening.

TSU shot .375 from the floor (24-64), .200 from the arc (3-15) and .600 from the line (6-10).

SBU returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 1 when it travels to Missouri Southern for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.

Boxscore - SBU 69, TSU 57