ST. LOUIS, MO. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's basketball team clinched a spot in the 2017 GLVC Tournament on Thursday night with a 68-48 win over crosstown rival Maryville Thursday night in the regular season finale.
 
The Tritons will be the No. 12 seed and will travel to No. 5 seed Indianapolis at 3 p.m. (EST) on Sunday.
 
UMSL moves its ledger to 11-17 overall, including 5-13 in the GLVC, while Maryville ends its season at 9-21 and 3-15 in the league.
 
Numbers of Note
-Junior Steven Davis scored a team-best 12 points as all 12 players got in the scoring column. Davis knocked down four three-pointers, moving into a tie for second place on the program's single season charts with 84, five shy of the record.
 
-Senior Hunter Reine added nine points and eight rebounds off the bench, while senior Kevin Swanson and junior Elijah Watson had eight points each.
 
-Watson and senior Dre Holmes each had four assists as UMSL shot 47.1 percent and owned a 36-28 rebounding advantage.
 
-The Tritons took advantage of 19 Saints turnovers, outscoring their guests, 22-12, in points off turnovers.
 
How it Happened
UMSL jumped out to a 22-8 lead halfway through the first half and led 42-21 the break behind 64 percent shooting.
 
Davis knocked in a three-pointer one minute into the second half as the lead built to 45-23 before the Saints got within 51-39 with 9:03 to play. However, UMSL followed with 10 unanswered and never looked back.