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Scoring may be at a premium on Wednesday night as the top two defensive scoring teams in the MIAA will hook up in a key conference battle in Pershing Arena at 5:30 p.m. The Truman Bulldogs (8-8 overall, 6-6 MIAA) are tops in conference defensive scoring allowing 61.5 points per game while the Pittsburg State Gorillas (9-7 overall; 7-5 MIAA) are a tenth of a point behind the 'Dogs allowing 61.6 points per game.
In the first meeting this season between the Bulldogs and the Gorillas, Truman outscored Pitt State 32-13 over the final 16 minutes and dealt the Gorillas a 55-46 home loss on Dec. 4th. Truman was able to erase a 10-point halftime deficit with Nicole Gloor and Breanna Daniels each scoring eight of their 14 points in the final 20 minutes. The Bulldogs shot 52% in the second half while the Gorillas shot just 25% in the final period including a 1-for-10 performance from beyond the arc. Courtney Tate and Drew Roberts led Pitt State in scoring as they each scored 17 points which was 34 of the team's 46 total points.
Truman is looking to bounce back after falling 64-40 to Missouri Southern on Saturday afternoon. No Bulldog scored in double-figures as the team was held to just 30% shooting in the second half. The Lions took a six-point halftime lead and expanded it to 26 while holding Truman to their low mark this season in total points.
Pittsburg State has reeled off five victories in their last six games played including a 70-56 dismantling of Missouri Western on Saturday. Drew Roberts, the team's leading scorer at 12.3 points per game, dropped in 17 on the Griffons while Kylee Baldetti added a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds to go with six blocked shots and four steals.
One key the Bulldogs will have to watch is the three-point shooting of the Gorillas. Pitt leads the conference overall with 7.2 treys a game and in conference play have averaged 6.8 three-pointers. Truman allows the opposing teams 5.3 triples a game and are fourth overall in defending the three at 30.7%.
For Truman, they will need to get to the foul line. Overall, Truman is the top free throw shooting team in the MIAA at 73% while Pittsburg is the worst shooting team at the line hitting 61% overall and 59% in conference games.
A win by the Bulldogs would…
- Would tie Truman with Pittsburg State at fifth place with a 7-6 conference record and they would hold the season tie-break over the Gorillas with the two-game sweep.
- Would equal Truman's home record at 4-4 overall and the Bulldogs would be 3-4 in conference play at home with five games left in Pershing Arena.
- Would give the Bulldogs nine wins on the season and seven in league play. The nine wins would be just two fewer than last year's total of 11 with nine games left on the schedule and the seven conference wins would be the most since the 2007-08 season (7-11).
A win by the Gorillas would…
- Would move Pitt State into a potential fourth place tie with Missouri Southern at 8-5 in the conference. The Lions won the first game against Pittsburg State earlier this season.
- Would drop the Bulldogs into a potential tie for eighth place with Central Missouri at 6-7. Truman defeated the Jennies last week and won't play until the last game of the regular season.
About the Bulldogs:
Truman has won two of their last three games and is led in scoring by junior forward Breanna Daniels with 14.1 points per game. Daniels leads Truman in four other stat categories including field goal percentage (37.4%), free throw percentage (84.6%), three-point field goal percentage (34.6%) and three-pointers per game (1.8/g).
Daniels has the high point mark of the season for the Bulldogs with 26 in the second game of the season against Nova-Southeastern (Fla.). She has been in double-figures in scoring in 15 of the 15 games and the team's scoring leader in 12.
Sophomore guard Becka McHenry averaged 13 points last week while scoring a career-high 22 in the Bulldogs thrilling comeback against the University of Central Missouri. McHenry is second on the team in shots taken with 116 and is averaging 7.1 points per game.
Senior guard Amy Galey is among the conference leaders in assists at 4.1 per game and has the team's best three-point shooting percentage but not enough attempts to qualify for any rankings. Galey has made 14-of-34 triples for a 41.2% mark while also pulling down 4.8 rebounds per game. She is fourth in the conference in minutes played per game at 34.4. Galey has been a staple in the Bulldog starting line-up as she has started all 43 games of her Bulldog career.
Sophomore Jennifer Conway is the team's leading rebounder at 5.4 per game and has 20 blocked shots. She set a career high with 14 rebounds against Northwest Missouri while also setting a collegiate best in points with 13 that night. Since Dec. 29th, Conway has more than doubled her points per game average to 6.4.
Sophomore Megan Sharpe is second on the team in offensive rebounds with 27 despite playing in three fewer games due to her being an two-time All-American for the Bulldog Volleyball program. Sharpe is shooting 43% from the field in 16.5 minutes per game and has started the last seven games.
Senior Malorie Kiecker has made one start in 10 games this season. For her career, she has played in 79 games and has averaged 6.2 points per game. She is the only four-year player for the Bulldogs on the roster.
Sophomore Jenny Dorman has come off the bench in 14 games this season and knocked down eight of her 21 three-point shots. Her season-high is eight points against Lincoln this season.
Senior Cassie Hunt averaged three points per game and nearly two rebounds before leaving a game on Jan. 8th against Northwest Missouri with an injury. Hunt was shooting 60% from the field in just over five minutes per game with a Truman career high of 12 points against Nova Southeastern (Fla.). She was a transfer from North Central Missouri College.
Bulldog Newcomers:
Junior Erin Glogovsky joined the Bulldogs this season after a two-year stint at the University of Illinois-Springfield. In 16 games this season, Glogovsky is shooting 45% from the field while pulling down 44 rebounds. She recorded her Truman high of nine points in a victory over Southwest Baptist in December.
Freshman Nicole Gloor is second in scoring at 9.4 points per game while shooting 47% from the field. Gloor has seven double-digit games this season including a season-high 22 against Maryville University during non-conference play.
Freshman Kayla Klopfenstein has appeared in 13 games this season and started three. She has scored a season-high six points in both the season opener against Barry University (Fla.) and against Lincoln University. Six of her seven made field goals have been from behind the arc.
Freshman Kaitlin Stump has played in seven games this season for the Bulldogs and has just three-points in 32 minutes. Stump logged a season-high nine minutes in a Bulldog non-conference victory over Maryville University and had a key five minute span as the Bulldogs railed for 13 down against Lincoln University on Jan. 15th.
Freshman Bianca Szafarowicz has appeared in all 16 games and averages just over 16 minutes per game while making seven starts. Szarfarowicz scored a season-high 10 points against Nova Southeastern (Fla.). She has scored points 15 of the 16 games played and is shooting 42% from the field.
Truman On The Road:
Truman is 5-3 overall on the road this season and has matched the highest win total since the 2000-01 season. The most road wins in a season is eight set on three different occasions (1978-79, 1990-91 and 1998-99. The Bulldogs matched a program best four-game road winning streak from Dec. 4 through Jan. 3 this season. The Bulldogs four conference road wins are the most since the 1999-00 season.
The Bulldogs are 4-2 in conference road games. Truman shoots 45% from the field while their opponents have shot just 40%. Behind the arc, the Bulldogs have made just 17 three-pointers for a 27% average. Nicole Gloor leads the team in road games with an 11.3 ppg mark while Breanna Daniels is second at 11 points per game.
Bulldogs At Home:
The women are 3-4 in games played in Pershing Arena this season. Breanna Daniels leads the team with 14.9 points per game and Nicole Gloor adding 10.0 a contest. Jennifer Conway averages 7.1 rebounds a game and as a team, Truman is a plus 4.6 in rebounding margin.
Shooting, the Bulldogs shoot only 35% from the field in home games and 34% beyond the arc.
Around the MIAA:
A few shake-ups occurred in the MIAA following the latest round of action on Saturday. Northwest Missouri blew away Emporia State by a 86-67 score to move into a first place tie with Washburn with 10-2 records. The Lady Blues were stunned in Omaha on Saturday by the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks 87-83.
The Lady Hornets are one game back of Washburn and Northwest with a 9-3 record with Missouri Southern one back of Emporia at 8-4 and in fourth place.
Spots five through eight are where the congestion begins with Pittsburg State holding onto to fifth at 7-5 while Missouri Western is a half-game back at 6-5 and the Bulldogs one game back at 6-6. Central Missouri is currently eighth with a 5-7 record followed Fort Hays State at 4-8 and Southwest Baptist at 3-8.
Of Truman's remaining games, four of the five road games are against teams above the Bulldogs in the standings, while the five home games are against teams currently in fifth place or worst.
Bulldog Tip-Ins:
- In conference only statistics, the Bulldogs are second in scoring defense (61.3), third in three-point field goal percentage (34.0%), first in defensive three-point field goal percentage (28.9%), and third in rebounding defense (35.6/g)..
- Breanna Daniels is ranked in five overall MIAA stat categories. She is tenth in scoring (14.1/g), tenth in field goal percentage (37.4%), eighth in three-point field goal percentage (34.6%), tenth in three-pointers made (1.7/g) and ninth in minutes played at 33.1/g. In conference only stats, Daniels is 12th in scoring (12.6/g) and 10th in field goal percentage (34.5%).
- Amy Galey is fifth in assists per game at 4.1/g, eighth in assist/turnover ratio (1.4) and fourth in minutes played at 34.4. In conference only contests, she is fifth in assists (4.0/g), seventh in the assist/turnover ratio (1.5) and third in minutes played (35.2/g).
- Jennifer Conway is ninth in blocks per game at 1.3/g and eighth in conference stats at 1.3/g.
- The Bulldogs have the highest single-game field goal percentage so far this season. Truman shot 60.9% (28-of-26) against Southwest Baptist on Dec. 7th. Truman also registered the best three-point shooting by percentage that game with a five of eight performance for 62.5%.
- Truman has posted the most field goal attempts than any team in the MIAA in a single game with 87 against Northwest Missouri and also the most rebounds by a conference team this season with 60 against the Bearcats, 27 on the offensive end.
· Truman is averaging 61.2 points per game, last season the Bulldogs averaged 61.6.
· Other key stat comparisons from this year to last year include:
o FG% .402 from .403
o 3FG% .321 from .356
o FT% .737 from .779
· Breanna Daniels leads the team with 15, 10-point plus games this season and has 47 for her career. She is the active leading scorer with 812 points and has been the team's leading scorer in 12 of the 16 games.
· Seven different Bulldogs have been single-game leaders in rebounding with Jennifer Conway leading the way with five games with the most boards.
· Three Bulldogs have recorded double-doubles this season with two coming from Jennifer Conway and one apiece from Amy Galey and Megan Sharpe. Galey's was the only one that was for 10 assists and not rebounds.
Up Next:
Back-to-back road games against conference powers Emporia State and Washburn await the Bulldogs following Wednesday's game. The Bulldogs will be at Emporia State on Sunday afternoon and at Washburn next Wednesday night.
