ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The UMSL Tritons (18-6, 12-5) made sure to give this game all they had.

After all, their veteran head coach was nearing the history book, and the 1971-72 NCAA Tournament men's team was on-hand, too.

In a full throttle first half, when the Tritons led 48-32, the after burners kicked in as head coach Bob Sundvold coached his team to his 150th win at the Tritons' helm, as UMSL bested visiting Lindenwood, 92-75, in front of the largest crowd the season

Of course, Sundvold doesn't pay much thought to his own resume. But his players, well, that's a different story.

Sundvold is a players' coach -- a father figure -- who is molding the aforementioned players into men, career-men, and father figures in their own right.

Defense was not prevalent in the first half as both teams combined for 40 points in the first 10 minutes. UMSL led by as many as 16.

In the second, the Lions sure made it interesting, as they cut the deficit to eight points, and then nine, until UMSL's Shane Wissink began to fire at will from 3-point land.

UMSL went up 74-62 with 10 to go, and with 2:11 remaining, a textbook baseline cut by Isaiah Fuller and assist by Yaakema Rose, Jr. cemented the win.

UMSL is back home Thursday as Southern Indiana visits. Tip is 7:30 p.m.