ROMEOVILLE, ILL. –The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's basketball team held on for a 69-64 Great Lakes Valley Conference win at Lewis on Thursday night, giving head coach Bob Sundvold his 250^th career win.
 
Sundvold, in his 16^th season as college head coach, has picked up 126 of those victories in eight seasons at UMSL.
 
The Tritons led by as many as 13 early in the second half before fending off the rally by the Flyers. UMSL, which improved to 3-0 on the road this season, got 17 points each from senior Jose Grubbs and junior Marty Jackson. Jackson notched his first double-double by adding 10 rebounds, while Grubbs pulled down nine boards.
 
RECORDS
UMSL (7-2, 7-2 GLVC), Lewis (6-4, 6-4 GLVC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UMSL held a 34-27 halftime lead after having led by 12. Five players scored six or more points in that opening half.
 
The Tritons then opened the second half with the first six points to take their largest lead of the game at 40-27, but Flyers responded by scoring next 12 to pull within 40-39 at the 12:52 mark. Lewis later took the lead at 48-46 with 11:23 to play and after the two teams took turns swapping leads, UMSL took a 63-60 lead it would not relinquish on a Shane Wissink three-pointer with 3:17 to go.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Wissink finished with 12 points and three assists.
• The Tritons shot 44.8 percent and held a 34-28 rebounding advantage, while Lewis shot 46.2 percent, including 55.2 percent in the second half.
• UMSL was 9-of-25 from three-point range, after starting 7-of-12.

 
UP NEXT
UMSL closes out the week by hosting Illinois Springfield on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.