ST. LOUIS — The Bellarmine University women's basketball team exorcised some demons Thursday night in the Mark Twain Building.

Senior center Liza Tibbs and junior center Ally Mayhaus scored 14 points each and sophomore guard Breia Torrens sank four free throws in the final 6 seconds as the Knights commanded the fourth quarter in a 54-50 victory over the Tritons in Great Lakes Valley Conference play.

It was the first road win over Missouri-St. Louis (7-5, 1-2 GLVC) for Bellarmine (7-3, 1-1) under Coach Chancellor Dugan. The Knights also avenged a bitter 77-47 season-ending loss to the Tritons in the GLVC Tournament last year, doing it behind a fourth quarter in which they outscored UMSL 17-8.

"The fourth quarter really separated us," Dugan said. "We executed what we wanted to do and rebounded."

Feeding the ball to Tibbs and Mayhaus was clearly part of the plan. After entering the fourth quarter down 42-37, Tibbs swung the lead in Bellarmine's favor at 44-42 with consecutive baskets, the second of which came at the 7:24 mark.

The Knights led the rest of the way. Mayhaus delivered back-to-back baskets for a 50-44 advantage, but UMSL cut the deficit to 50-48 with 3:10 left. However, neither team scored again until Torrens followed a pair of Tritons misses at the free throw line by draining a pair with 6 seconds left for a 52-48 lead.

Missouri-St. Louis converted a putback with 2 seconds left, but Torrens iced the win by burying two more from the charity stripe. That capped a game in which Bellarmine struggled mightily with its jump shot but smartly compensated by feeding Tibbs and Mayhaus down low for close-range scores, resulting in a 40-22 advantage in points in the paint.

"We didn't have a particularly good shooting night, but it was a gut check," Dugan said. "I thought our bigs (Tibbs and Mayhaus) did a really good job, especially in the fourth quarter, and we did a good job looking for them."

Behind Arielle Jackson's game-high 19 points, Missouri-St. Louis led most of the way, including 18-15 after one quarter and 26-21 at halftime. The Knights ended up shooting 37.9 percent and held UMSL to 34 percent.

Bellarmine plays at 2 p.m. (ET) Saturday at Maryville.

"It will be another tough game," Dugan said. "I think we're starting to figure out our identity, and it's coming at a good time."

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