Bolivar, Mo. – The SBU men' basketball team defeated the Truman State Bulldogs 84-75 behind a roaring student section Thursday evening. That moves them to 4-3 (2-1 GLVC) on the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Truman's only lead was 46 seconds into the game at 3-2
• A quick 8-2 run for the Bearcats gave them a 6-point lead after the first media
• 8 straight Bearcat points from Drenin Dinkins put them up 18-9
• SBU continued to go on runs extending the lead to 14, 10 minutes into the game
• A three from Luke Ogle gave SBU their largest lead of the half at 17
• Coming out of half with a 15-point lead, the Bearcats quickly grew that to 20
• The fight wasn't over as the Bulldogs battled back to a 6-point deficit with 11 minutes to go
• Despite having 4 fouls, Mitch Ganote came back in to give the Bearcats a spike; he played the rest of the game without fouling
• Ganote contributed on the next 9 Bearcat points scoring 6
• SBU closed the game making 9-10 free throws

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Dinkins scored a season high 30 points with a perfect 10-10 from the charity stripe
• He shot 53% from the field and 57% from three while pulling down 9 rebounds
• Despite limited playing time, Ganote recorded 17 points, three rebounds, four assists, and two steals
• David Hector was one rebound away from securing a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds
• Coming of his career game Luke Ogle brought in 20 big minutes scoring 11 points with 3-4 from three
• Jevin Sullivan contributed off the point sheet recording seven rebounds and four assists
• The team out rebounded the Bulldogs 38-25

 
UP NEXT
The Bearcats won't get much rest as they host the reigning GLVC Champs William Jewell in the Meyer Center. The game is scheduled to begin at 3:00pm.