KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - The William Jewell men's basketball team ran their win streak to eight on Thursday night with a 91-79 victory at Truman State. The Cardinals improve to 13-7 overall and 9-3 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference after going 8-1 in the month of January and have rocketed to the top of the league. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cardinals started hot, hitting 12 of their first 15 shot attempts, building a nine point advantage midway through the first half. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs hit eight three pointers to get back in the game and go on top 38-34 with five minutes to go. Jewell finished the half on 14-5 run, led by five points each by Kyle Scharbrough and Kanukayi Gudza, to lead 48-43 at the break. 
• Out of the locker room, Jewell went on a 12-1 run to quickly expand their lead to 60-46. Truman's Emmanuel Byrd scored eight straight points to help the Bulldogs cut the lead down to seven but a traditional three-point play from Justice Sutton sparked another Cardinal run expanding the lead to as many as 17 as the Jewell cruised to the 12 point win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Jewell was efficient throughout the night, shooting 59% from the floor and 41% from three point land, scoring 40 points in the paint. 
• Sutton led all scorers with 22 points to go with a team high seven rebounds while Bradley Lightbourne added 20 of his. 
• Scarbrough finished with 17 with Isaac Patterson scoring 13 while handing out five assists. 
• The Cardinals turned the ball over just four times while forcing 12 by the Bulldogs, leading to 21 points. 

UP NEXT
Jewell has the Saturday bye and will return to action on Thursday evening at crosstown rival Rockhurst for a rematch with the Hawks at 7:30 p.m.