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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – No. 3 seed Truman State University captured the 2020 Great Lakes Valley Conference Men's Basketball Championship crown on Sunday with a 53-52 victory over No. 1 seed University of Missouri-St. Louis in the First Community Arena at the Vadalabene Center in Edwardsville, Illinois.
The Bulldogs won their first-ever league title in just their second appearance in the championship game since becoming GLVC members in 2013 and earned the Conference's automatic qualifying bid into the NCAA Division II national tournament. The 64-team field will be revealed later this evening at 10:30 p.m. ET on NCAA.com.
GLVC Player of the Year Brodric Thomas, who was named to the All-Tournament Team and the Most Outstanding Player, tallied a double-double with a game-high 25 points and 10 rebounds to lead Truman.
Truman Teammate Cade McKnight was also named to the five-man team, while Yaakema Rose Jr. and Jose Grubbs picked up the honors for UMSL. University of Indianapolis senior Jimmy King picked up the fifth spot on the All-Tournament squad.
It was a fitting battle of the two regular season co-champions, as the game featured nine ties and 12 lead changes with no team leading by more than six points. In the end, Truman shot 47.6 percent (20-of-42) to UMSL’s 40 (22-of-55), while the Tritons held the slight edge in rebounding, 31-28.