KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - The Concordia-St. Paul women's basketball team won at the buzzer against Truman State 74-72. Ally Gietzel intercepted a Truman State pass with four seconds left and hit a jump shot as time expired to give the Golden Bears the victory.

Sophomore guard Leah Dengerud tied the game up making a free throw to bring the score to 72-72 with 53 seconds left. After an offensive foul by the Bulldogs with 29 seconds left, Dengerud turned the ball over in a jump ball to give Truman State the opportunity to take the final shot. Gietzel ended up having other plans. 

Once again, Concordia led for most of the game having the lead for 36:49 compared to only 17 seconds for Truman State. There were only two lead changes and the score was tied five times.

After leading 18-17 at the end of the first quarter, the Golden Bears were able to build their lead up to nine at 32-23 with 4:32 remaining in the second quarter. Truman State would end up cutting the lead to 36-32 at halftime. 

The game became much more back-and-forth in the third quarter. Truman State's Claire Rake tied the game at 48 with five minutes to go in the third. The Golden Bears then went on a 7-0 run following five straight points from redshirt freshman forward Lauren Wilson and a layup by Gietzel. 

The Golden Bears would end up leading by four at the end of the third quarter. Wilson led the team with nine of the Golden Bears' 21 points that quarter. Junior center Lindsey Becher would also add eight points of her own in the third quarter. CSP held their lead throughout the fourth quarter as well until Truman State hit free throws to take a one-point lead with 1:10 left.

Wilson led Concordia-St. Paul with a career-high 26 points off the bench. She shot 9-11 from the field and 7-10 from the free-throw line. She had the highest point differential of anybody on the team at +7. She also led the team in rebounds with eight. 

Becher added 21 points of her own with seven rebounds to boot. She added two assists and two blocks. This was her second-highest point total of the season as she went 9-15 from the field. Dengerud added a season-high 14 points with a team-high two 3-pointers on three attempts. She tied the team lead for assists with five and was on the court for 37 minutes.

Gietzel tallied 11 total points in a team-high 39:26 played. She added four rebounds and two assists. Junior guard Mikayla Kanenwisher tallied five assists. The top four Golden Bear scorers accounted for 72 out of the team's 74 points. 

Truman State was led by last week's GLVC player of the week Ellie Weltha with 15 points and five rebounds. Rake also tallied 15 points with nine coming from behind the arc. Guard Ainsley Tolson scored 14 points and added a team-high six assists. 

CSP scored 48 points in the paint compared to 34 points from Truman State. Both teams had 14 turnovers, but CSP outscored Truman on turnovers 18-11. The Bulldogs outscored CSP in second chance points 10-2. Concordia's bench outscored Truman State 26-21, with all 26 points coming from Wilson. 

The Golden Bears are back in action on Tuesday night at Winona State. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. Concordia-St. Paul's home opener is on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 6 p.m. in the Gangelhoff Center.