UMSL senior Yaakema Rose scored a game-high 15 points in the Tritons’ victory over Quincy, Friday night in Quincy, Ill. (Photo courtesy: UMSL Athletics)

Score by Half	1	2	Final
UMSL (7-2, 2-1)	28	36	64
Quincy (4-4, 0-2)	28	26	54

by Cedric Williams
Senior Editor

Yaakema Rose had a game-high 15 points, six rebounds, and four steals, Friday night, to lead the University of Missouri-St. Louis men’s basketball team to an intense 64-54 road win over Quincy University, at the Pepsi Arena in Quincy, Ill.

Teammates Marty Jackson and Shane Wissink added 14 points apiece, and Jose Grubbs chipped in nine points and a game-high eight rebounds, as UMSL improved its overall season record to 7-2 and its Great Lakes Valley Conference mark to 2-1.

That 2-1 mark two weeks into the conference season has the Tritons tied for second place in the GLVC Central Division, while Quincy fell to 4-4 overall and last place in the GLVC Central at 0-2.

The host Hawks battled strong for the first two-thirds of the game, and even led early in the second half.

But the veteran UMSL team put together an 11-0 run midway through that second half to go up 42-32. Then, after a couple of Quincy baskets, followed that up with a 10-2 run to grab its biggest lead at 52-38.

Quincy did eventually cut UMSL’s lead to seven points with 1:38 left in the game, but Rose helped the Tritons put the game away by making a key steal and knocking down five of six free throws in the final minute.

The Tritons will now close the 2021 calendar year with a pair of non-conference games. The first one will be a road game at Wisconsin-Parkside (December 20) and the second will be a contest at home against Eureka College (December 31).

The GLVC schedule will resume when 2022 begins. And UMSL will do so with a huge home matchup against the team it is tied for second place with, Maryville University.

Those two St. Louis-area teams will meet at UMSL’s Mark Twain Building on January 4, with a contest slated to tipoff at 7:30 p.m. Both schools’ women’s teams will also play that day, in a game scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.

UMSL 64

No.	Player	GS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	ORB-DRB	REB	PF	A	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
04	Yaakema Rose	*	32	5-15	0-1	5-7	4-2	6	1	2	3	0	4	15
02	Shane Wissink	*	35	5-9	4-8	0-1	0-6	6	0	1	0	0	0	14
21	Marty Jackson	*	30	7-13	0-0	0-0	2-4	6	1	2	0	3	1	14
35	Jose Grubbs	*	34	3-10	1-2	2-2	0-8	8	2	2	1	0	2	9
23	Steve Webb	*	33	4-8	0-0	0-0	1-4	5	1	1	5	0	1	8
01	Marquis Collins		10	2-5	0-1	0-0	1-2	3	2	0	1	1	0	4
05	Trever Moore		11	0-2	0-0	0-0	1-1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0
11	Isaiah Fuller		7	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	Atavian Butler		5	0-2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Kellen King		3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TM	TEAM		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-3	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
	TOTALS	–	200	26-65	5-12	7-10	11-32	43	10	9	12	4	10	64

Quincy 54

No.	Player	GS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	ORB-DRB	REB	PF	A	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
11	Adam Moore	*	30	5-9	3-5	0-0	3-4	7	3	2	3	1	2	13
44	Solomon Gustafson	*	30	5-9	0-0	2-2	4-3	7	0	1	2	1	0	12
04	Jamaurie Coakley	*	30	4-12	0-1	0-2	2-5	7	1	2	2	1	0	8
02	Mark Bradshaw Jr.	*	23	2-11	1-4	0-0	0-4	4	1	0	0	0	0	5
10	Nate Shockey	*	31	1-6	0-3	0-0	0-1	1	0	4	3	0	1	2
12	Paul Zilinskas		24	2-7	0-2	2-2	1-2	3	1	1	1	0	1	6
00	Silas Crisler		17	2-4	2-4	0-0	0-2	2	2	1	2	0	2	6
01	Jalen Stamps		5	1-3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2
24	Reece Efole		10	0-3	0-0	0-0	1-4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
TM	TEAM		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	–	200	22-64	6-20	4-6	11-27	38	10	11	14	3	6	54

UMSL Tritons Men’s Basketball Upcoming Schedule

Mon., December 20 — at Wisconsin-Parkside — 3 pm

Fri., December 31 — vs. Eureka — 1 pm

Tue., January 4 — vs. Maryville — 7:30 pm

Thu., January 6 — vs. Rockhurst — 7:30 pm

Sat., January 8 — vs. Missouri S&T — 3 pm

All UMSL home basketball games will be played at the Mark Twain Building