Romeoville, Ill. - Despite holding Truman State scoreless for almost half of the opening stanza, the Lewis University men's basketball fell to the visiting Bulldogs, 74-40, in GLVC men's basketball action Thursday night at Neil Carey Arena.
IMPACT PLAYERS
Truman State (7-9, 4-4 GLVC) was paced by Drew Kingery who poured in a game-high 13 points. Ja'Vion Byers and Quientan McCafferty tallied 11 and 10 points respectively to also pace the Bulldogs. McCafferty ended the evening with a double-double as he snagged 10 boards as well while Jahki Parrinello tallied a team-high three assists.
Cale Cosme (Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice) led the Flyers (4-11, 2-5 GLVC) with nine points in 39 minutes of action. Cosme and
Drew Fisher (Los Angeles, Calif./Crespi Carmelite High School) each collected four boards with Cosme also collecting three steals. As a team, Lewis shot 16-of-53 (.302) from the floor and just 2-of-20 (.100) from deep compared to 24-of-54 (.444) and 6-of-28 (.214) for Truman State.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Flyers defense controlled the early portions of the contest as they limited the Bulldogs to 0-7 shooting from the floor while adding six scores of their own during the opening 6:42 of the evening.
The Bulldogs had a reply as a Marquis Carver-Smith basket ignited a 13-2 run that spanned the next 4:32 of the contest which propelled Truman State into the lead for good, 13-8, with 8:50 left in the first half. The visitors never relented and outscored Lewis 26-8 over the remainder of the opening credenza and entered the locker room with a 39-16 advantage.
Out of the halftime break, the Bulldogs never let their double-digit advantage diminish and used multiple long scoring stretches to leave Romeoville with a 74-40 win.
GAME NOTES
- The paint favored Truman State as they owned a 34-22 advantage in bench points.
- Tonight marked the 20th all-time meeting between the two schools
- Lewis' two makes from deep are a season-low
- Mid-year transfer Connor Jackson tallied five points, establishing a new season-high
UP NEXT
Lewis ends its weekend against William Jewell at home with tip-off set for 3 p.m.
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