KIRKSVILLE, MO – Following the Greyhounds' close loss last weekend at home against Lewis, UIndy took a trip to Missouri to take on Truman, and fell 82-76. 

The Hounds' comeback came up just short after cutting the lead to three in the fourth quarter after the Bulldogs held a 16 point lead in the third quarter. Free throw shooting proved to be the difference in this one, as the Bulldogs connected on a season high 23 shots from the charity stripe, compared to only 15 from UIndy.

UIndy wasn't short of efficient shooting, connecting on a season high .549 percentage from the field, which included 17-for-26 shooting from the field in the second half. Five Greyhounds found their way into double figures, including Graycie Poe and Autumn Rucker who had 19 and 18 points, respectively.

INS & OUTS
The 14 minutes of game action was back-and-forth, with the Bulldogs clinging to a three point lead, 27-24, with six minutes remaining in the first half. Poe collected 12 of her 19 points in the first 14 minutes of action, while Rucker and Patricia Chikamba combined for eight more points during that stretch.

Truman found elite shooting from a plethora of scorers in the second and third quarters, going on a 20-7 run on 9-of-15 shooting, and holding the Greyhounds to only seven points and two points scorers, Halie Gilbert and Chikamba. With eight minutes to go in the third, the Bulldogs extended its lead to 16, its largest of the game.

Following the Bulldogs' 20-7 run, the Greyhounds found an abundance of scoring of its own from seven different players which included 14 from Rucker, seven from Poe, and six a piece from Gilbert and Amyrah Sapenter. UIndy made 17-of-24 field goals, and went 7-for-11 from the line to slow chip away at the Bulldogs lead in the third and fourth quarters.

With just under a minute remaining the Greyhounds found themselves down three, 78-75, following a Sapenter three pointer, capping a quick 9-4 run. But the Bulldogs wouldn't let the Greyhounds get any closer in large part to its efficient free throw shooting. After Truman took a 16 point lead, the Bulldogs only missed one free throw the remaining 20 minutes of action, keeping UIndy at arms length to cap off its 82-76 win.

INSIDE THE BOX
- UIndy tied its season high for field goals made in a game with 28, and had its highest field goal percentage in a game since the Greyhounds shot .556 versus UMSL just a season ago.
- The Hounds had five double figure scorers in a game for the first time since last year against Lincoln.
- UIndy had a season-high 24 team fouls in tonight's game compared to 16 for the Bulldogs.
- Chikamba, Gilbert, Poe, Rucker and Sapenter combined for 68 of the team's 76 points.

MORE NOTES

Truman's head coach, Theo Dean, surpassed longtime Bulldog head coach Amy Eagan for most wins in Truman women's basketball history with 112. 

UP NEXT
UIndy has one game left on its regular season schedule on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Nicoson Hall where the eight seniors will be honored pregame.