Kirksville, Mo. -- A 25-foot three pointer as time expired helped lift the Truman State Bulldogs over the visiting seventh-ranked Missouri Southern men's basketball team 71-68 Thursday night inside Pershing Arena in Kirksville.
Southern (3-1) was led offensively by Cam Martin with 18 points and three rebounds. Braelon Walker had 12 points on 4-of-9 from long-range, while Elyjah Clark had ten points and eight boards. Ted Brown had eight points and three rebounds off the bench in 13 minutes of play.
Truman (2-3) got 23 points from Brodric Thomas and 20 points from Cade McKnight.
An 11-4 run for the Lions mid-way through the first half gave Southern a 20-14 lead after a three from Walker. The lead was nine (33-24) after a free throw from Reggie Tharp with a minute and a half to play, but a 4-0 run by Truman to end the half sent the Lions into the locker room up 33-28.
The game was tight throughout the second half with the Lions' largest lead at six twice, the last after a layup from Martin made the score 44-38 with 14:31 left to play in the half.
Truman had a five-point lead twice, the last with 2:44 left to go in the game, but a three from Walker and then four points from Brown, the last a dunk with 1:26 to go, tied the game at 68 setting up the dramatic finish to the game.
Southern had the last possession, but couldn't get a shot to go and left the Bulldogs with the ball and 2.7 seconds left on the clock. Truman inbounded the ball and Thomas took it just inside of half court, dribbled inside the Truman side of the court and launched a shot as time expired to steal the game for the Bulldogs.
Southern shot 45 percent from the field in the game, but the Bulldogs out rebounded the Lions 32-28 and had a 42-26 advantage with points in the paint.
The Lions will be back in action on Saturday afternoon as Southern travels to Upper Iowa to take on the Peacocks. Tip off from Fayette, Iowa is slated for 1 pm.
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