ST. LOUIS, MO. – Junior Shane Wissink scored a career-high 20 points on Saturday to help the No. 15 ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis men's basketball team to a 77-68 victory over McKendree on Saturday afternoon in Great Lakes Valley Conference play.
 
The win was the 20^th of the year for the Tritons, giving the program back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time. It was also just the fifth time the program has won at least 20 games. Both the 1987-88 and 1990-91 teams hold the record for 22 wins.
 
UMSL also kept its perfect homecourt record intact, improving to 12-0.
 
RECORDS
#15 UMSL (20-2, 11-1 GLVC), McKendree (11-9, 6-6 GLVC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UMSL clung to a 33-31 halftime lead before seeing McKendree take its first lead of the game at 44-42 four and a half minutes into the second half.
 
The Tritons would later score seven unanswered to cap an 11-2 run to go back on top at 57-51 on a three-pointer from Wissink.
 
After McKendree pulled within 67-61 with just over three minutes to play, the Tritons followed with nine straight for the 76-61 advantage with 80 seconds to go.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Wissink finished 5-of-6 from three-point range and also added four steals.
• Junior Jose Grubbs added 18 points and three steals.
• Junior Yaakema Rose Jr. followed with 13 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals.
• The Tritons collected 13 steals, one shy of their season-high, and outscored the Bearcats, 23-15, in points off turnovers with their guests committing 20 miscues.
• UMSL shot 51 percent and overcome 57.1 percent (16-of-28) shooting at the free-throw line.
• McKendree shot 53.2 percent – the highest by a Triton opponent in GLVC play – and held a 29-25 rebounding advantage.

 
UP NEXT
UMSL plays its next four games on the road, beginning Thursday at Quincy.