Truman State women's basketball trailed Grand Valley State by one point with 7:48 left in the first quarter. Less than five minutes later the Bulldogs were down 18.
Lexie White's layup made it 6-5 Grand Valley State. The Lakers then scored 13 straight points, eight of them on layups by MacKenzie Bisballe and Avery Lay, and won 94-67 Sunday in the D2 CCA Midwest Tip-Off Challenge in Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
Grand Valley State led 26-9 after one quarter and 48-26 at halftime. Truman State never got closer than 14 the rest of the way.
Bisballe made 12 of 14 shots and scored 25 points. Anayya Davis added 16 points and went 4 of 4 from 3-point range. Grand Valley State shot 68.5 percent from the floor, went 9 of 16 from 3-point range, and outscored Truman State 54-26 in the paint.
The Lakers also scored 24 fast-break points to Truman State's four and turned 16 Truman turnovers into 23 points.
Grand Valley State's lead peaked at 34 points, 87-53, with 7:05 left. Truman State won the fourth quarter 20-16.
White led the Bulldogs with 15 points and went 6 of 6 from the free-throw line. Mariann Blass scored 11 and hit three 3-pointers. Emajin McCallop and Sarah Helm had 10 points each, and McCallop had three steals. Helm scored eight straight Truman points late in the third quarter.
Morgan Miller added nine points and three assists. Truman State shot 36.2 percent, went 10 of 28 from 3-point range, and made all seven free throws.
Truman State is 1-2. Grand Valley State is 3-0.
Truman State plays Cedarville at 6 p.m. Nov. 13 in the GMAC/GLVC Crossover Tournament in Pepper Pike, Ohio.
Final tally: Grand Valley State 94, Truman State 67.