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Keith Hayes
85
William Jewell WJC 19-8, 9-8 GLVC
90
Winner Truman TRUMAN 17-9, 12-5 GLVC
William Jewell WJC
19-8, 9-8 GLVC
85
Final
90
Truman TRUMAN
17-9, 12-5 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
William Jewell WJC 25 60 85
Truman TRUMAN 41 49 90

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | JaeLynn Ellison, Director of Sports Information

Jewell Comes Up Short at Truman State, 90-85

The William Jewell men's basketball team nearly pulled off a double digit come back but fell just short 90-85 to Truman State on Thursday on the road. With the loss the Cardinals fall to 19-8 overall and 9-8 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Jewell took an early 16-11 lead on two free throws from Byron Harp with 10:49 to play in the opening half only to see Truman tie the game at 16 just 37 seconds later. The Bulldogs continued on a 17-2 run over the next four minutes to take a 29-18 lead with under six minutes remaining in the half. Truman hit two three pointers to close the half with Jewell trailing 41-25. 
  • The Bulldogs grew their lead to as many as 18 before the Cardinals mounted a comeback. With under 12 minutes to play Jewell went on 20-7 run to pull within three at 63-60 with 5:39 remaining. Truman pushed the lead back to double digits with a 10-2 run and led by 11 with just 1:17 on the clock. The Cards made things interesting in the final minute with four three pointers, two a piece from Patrick Whelan and Nick Bradley to get as close 82-80 but the Bulldogs made good on 8-of-10 free throws over the last 48 seconds to escape with the five point win. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • The Cardinals outscored the Bulldogs 60-49 in the second half, shooting nearly 54 percent from the floor. 
  • Truman owned the paint outscoring the Cardinals 50-28, but it was Jewell who took advantage of nine offensive rebounds, leading to 17 points. 
  • Jewell committed 18 turnovers, the third highest of the season which led to 21 Truman points. 

LEADERS OF THE FLIGHT
  • Pharroh Gordon continued to dominate the month of February with a career high 28 points while pulling down 13 rebounds. He added two assists and four steals.
  • After a slow start Hayes finished with 18 points and Whelan 14.
  • Harp chipped in 12 while dishing out five assists.

YOU SHOULD NOTE
  • Gordon has now posted five consecutive double-doubles and 13 overall this season. Over the past five games the junior has pulled down 76 boards for an average of 15.2 per game. 

UP NEXT
Jewell wraps up the regular season and looks to secure a spot in the GLVC postseason tournament on Saturday as they host Drury for a 3:00 p.m. tip off. Prior to tip the Cardinals will honor their four seniors Whelan, Easton Koch, Emil Ostafiiciu, and Brandon Scheer. 
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