ST. LOUIS, MO. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's basketball team ran its winning streak to seven games on Saturday with a 92-48 victory over Missouri Baptist.
UMSL shot a season-high 56.1 percent, including a season-best 56 percent (14-of-25) from three-point range and was led by senior
Jalen Wilkins-McCoy who scored 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting.
The win was also the 100
th UMSL victory for seventh-year head coach
Bob Sundvold. He is just the third coach in program history to achieve 100 wins, joining Hall of Famers Chuck Smith (171 wins, 1966-79) and Rich Meckfessel (214 wins, 1982-99).
RECORDS
UMSL (8-1), Missouri Baptist (5-4*)
*-this game was an exhibition for MoBap and does not count towards their overall record
HOW IT HAPPENED
UMSL took a 49-24 lead into halftime, outscoring the Spartans, 30-9, over the final 9:29. The Tritons made three of their first four field goals to jump out to a quick 8-0 lead. After making it a 19-8 advantage, Missouri Baptist scored seven straight to pull within 19-15 before UMSL's run.
The Tritons owned a 47-23 rebounding advantage, including an 11-3 edge on the offensive end and limited the Spartans to 33.3 percent shooting.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Redshirt senior Jason Towery added 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
- Junior Yaakema Rose Jr. chipped in 12 points to go with six boards, two assists and two steals.
- UMSL recorded a season-high 22 assists on 37 field goals with redshirt sophomore Steve Webb dishing out six and redshirt freshman Isaiah Fuller also handing out six.
UP NEXT
UMSL is idle for final exams next week and returns to the court December 18 and 19 with games in Puerto Rico.
