UMSL’s Victory Nwagbaraocha (32) scored 18 points to lead the Tritons to an upset win over No. 4-ranked UIndy, Thursday night at the Mark Twain Building. (Photo: Thomas Grove)

Team	1	2	Total
#4 UIndy (24-3, 16-3)	27	30	57
UMSL (19-8, 11-8)	33	31	64

Cedric Williams
Senior Editor

NORMANDY, MO — Coming off four straight losses and heading into a matchup against the No. 4-ranked team in the country, the University of Missouri-St. Louis men’s basketball team was hosting its biggest matchup of the season, Thursday night at the Mark Twain Building.

And just as it had so often this season, before the four-game losing skid, UMSL lived up to the challenge, as the Tritons controlled the action for most of the night, on their way to a 64-57 win over fourth-ranked University of Indianapolis.

UMSL was led by grad student senior Victor Nwagbaraocha, who finished the night with a game-high 18 points, 4 rebounds, three steals, and two blocks. Teammate and fellow grad student, Bowen Sandquist added 10 points and eight rebounds, including a trio of three-pointers that helped the Tritons grab the lead late in the first half and never let go.

Freshman Matt Enright also hit three three-pointers to finish with nine points, while junior center Drew Cisse added six points (all on dunks) and eight rebounds to help control the paint for the Tritons.

The victory lifted UMSL’s overall record to 19-8 and improved its Great Lakes Valley Conference mark to 11-8. UMSL’s win also snapped UIndy’s 18-game winning streak.

At 11-8, the Tritons are now in a three-way tie for third place in the GLVC standings with Southwest Baptist and William Jewell, with one regular season game left. UIndy has already clinched the GLVC regular season title, but UMSL, Southwest Baptist, and William Jewell, each has a chance to move as high as second place, if it can win its regular season finale on Saturday and see Illinois-Springfield lose its finale.

Southwest Baptist will host Illinois-Springfield on Saturday, while William Jewell will host 11th place Truman State. UMSL will be at home for its finale as well, as the Tritons will host McKendree on Saturday.

Each of those contests are scheduled to tip off at 3 p.m., and should serve as a magnificent preview for next week’s GLVC Championship Tournament, which will begin on Thursday and will be played in Hyland Arena at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo.

The event will also include the GLVC Women’s Basketball Tournament, with both championship games set to be played on Sunday, March 5. The men’s game will tip off at 1 p.m., with the women’s game set for 3:30 p.m.

UIndy 57

##	Player	GS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	ORB-DRB	REB	PF	A	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
01	Kendrick Tchoua	*	24	6-10	0-0	4-5	4-7	11	1	0	0	1	0	16
15	Bruno Williams	*	33	5-12	1-2	0-3	0-2	2	2	2	2	0	0	11
02	Josiah Tynes	*	31	4-10	3-7	0-1	0-2	2	1	3	4	0	2	11
03	Jesse Bingham	*	35	3-10	0-1	4-6	0-1	1	0	1	0	2	0	10
23	Jakobie Robinson	*	20	0-2	0-2	0-0	0-4	4	3	2	2	0	0	0
33	Sean Craig		16	3-3	3-3	0-0	0-3	3	0	0	0	1	0	9
21	Julian Steinfeld		16	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-4	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
05	Aaron Etherington		9	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Jarvis Walker		7	0-2	0-0	0-0	0-2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
04	Ben Nicoson		6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	David Ejah		3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
TM	TEAM		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	–	200	21-51	7-17	8-15	7-27	34	10	10	11	4	2	57

UMSL 64

##	Player	GS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	ORB-DRB	REB	PF	A	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
32	Victor Nwagbaraocha	*	31	7-18	2-3	2-2	1-3	4	3	0	0	2	3	18
22	Bowen Sandquist	*	35	3-8	3-6	1-1	0-8	8	2	0	0	0	1	10
03	Matt Enright	*	25	3-8	3-5	0-0	0-2	2	1	5	0	0	2	9
23	Drew Cisse	*	21	3-3	0-0	0-0	1-7	8	4	2	3	1	0	6
11	Isaiah Fuller	*	34	2-3	0-0	1-2	0-2	2	1	3	2	0	0	5
15	Mayson Quartlebaum		20	3-7	0-3	0-0	0-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6
05	Trever Moore		19	2-5	1-2	0-0	0-2	2	1	2	0	0	1	5
04	Donovan Vickers		15	2-4	1-2	0-0	0-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5
TM	TEAM		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
	Totals	–	200	25-56	10-21	4-5	4-26	30	14	14	7	3	7	64

2022-23 UMSL Tritons Upcoming Men’s Basketball Schedule

Sat., February 25 — vs. McKendree — 3 pm

March 2-5 — GLVC Tournament in St. Charles, Mo.