ST. LOUIS -- The University of Missouri-St. Louis women's basketball team held off a second half rally to defeat the University of Indianapolis 64-49 for its sixth straight win on Thursday evening on Chuck Smith Court at the Mark Twain Building. The Tritons improve to 7-1, 3-0 GLVC while the Greyhounds fall to a 2-6, 0-3 GLVC.

Kate Rolfes got UMSL going early with a three-point shot in the first minute to give the Tritons the lead. UIndy answered with a layup but Katie Hamill responded with a jump shot twenty seconds later to put UMSL back on top. The layup kicked off a six-point streak for the Tritons before the Greyhounds managed to score another basket.

Mara Rieder put up six points and Alex Wolff put up four points in the final three minutes to extend the Triton lead to eight points going into the second quarter.

Morgan Ramthun ignited an eight-point UMSL run with her layup two minutes into the second quarter. UIndy managed two quick layups as a response but back-to-back three's from Rolfes and Hamill helped keep the game out of reach for the Greyhounds.

The Tritons extended their lead to as many as 18 points on a three-pointer from Audrey Martinez-Stewart with 4:45 left in the third quarter but was held scoreless for the remainder of the quarter as UIndy scored the final 10 points of the frame to cut UMSL's lead to 49-41 heading into the final stanza.

The Hounds opened the fourth quarter with two free throws from Halie Gilbert to pull within six but were unable to draw any closer despite holding the Tritons scoreless for the first two-plus minutes of the quarter.

Hamill broke the nearly eight-minute scoring drought hitting a three to push the lead back to nine but an Autumn Rucker three on the other end made it a six-point game again.

UMSL closed the game on a 12-3 run behind six points from Rolfes and four from Martinez-Stewart to pull away for the 64-49 victory.

Rolfes was the Tritons leading point-scorer with 16 on the night, including shooting 50 percent from the three-point arc. Wolff had 14 points, six rebounds, and a steal on the night. Martinez-Stewart rounded out the Tritons offense with 13 points, four assists, and two steals while Hamill finished with 11 points and six rebounds.

As a team, UMSL shot 24-for-48 (50 percent) from the field including 9-of-19 from the three-point line but shot 58.3 percent from the free-throw line. It outrebounded UIndy 32-to-30 in the contest.

The Greyhounds were 17-for-49 (35 percent) from the field but shot 40 percent from the three-point line and went 11-for-15 from the free throw line. Patricia Chikamba led UIndy with 12 points and seven rebounds while Amyrah Sapenter had ten points and three rebounds on the night.

The Tritons finish their three-game homestand hosting Lewis, the defending GLVC champions, on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. at the Mark Twain Building.