Box Score

ST. LOUIS, MO. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's basketball team used a 17-5 run to open the second half en route to an 82-67 victory over Illinois-Springfield Saturday afternoon in Great Lakes Valley Conference action.
 
The Tritons, which led 34-33 at halftime, shot 65.2 percent in the final 20 minutes of play and finished with four players in double figure scoring, led by junior Darian Cartharn's 19 points.
 
UMSL improves to 17-8 overall with the win, including 10-7 in the GLVC, and will close out the regular season on Thursday at Maryville in a 7:30 p.m. contest. UIS slips to 7-18 and 5-12 in the league with the loss.
 
Senior Joshua McCoy added 15 points, while junior Michael Weber followed with 14 points. Senior Isiah Nunn added 11 points as nine different players got in the scoring column.
 
UMSL finished the game shooting 48.3 percent and owned a 34-31 rebounding advantage. The Tritons also knocked down 10 three-pointers, including five from Cartharn and four from Weber.
 
McCoy snagged a team-best seven rebounds and dished out four assists, while Nunn and Cartharn had six rebounds each. Nunn added two steals and two blocked shots.
 
TRITON TIDBITS: UMSL improves to 5-2 all-time against Illinois-Springfield and completes the series sweep of the Prairie Stars… the Tritons recorded double digit three-pointers for the seventh straight game and for a school record 11^th time this season… UMSL now has 216 three-pointers on the season, which is second on the single season charts, only to last year's 224… junior Darian Cartharn has recorded five or more three-pointers in three straight games and four of the last five… Cartharn has 72 three-pointers this season, which ties the second best single season mark in program history.