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WBB Notes: Bulldog Women Host Pittsburg State Wednesday

Truman Women's Basketball Game Notes
Wednesday, November 26 vs. Pittsburg (Kan.) State ~ 5:00 p.m. Pershing Arena
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Friday, November 28 vs. West Texas A&M ~ 5:00 p.m. Canyon, Texas
Saturday, November 29 vs. Cameron (Okla.) ~ 12:30 p.m. Canyon Texas
Live Stats (West Texas) | Live Stats (Cameron)
 
Game Coverage: Wednesday's game will air on KRES 104.7 FM with a pregame show starting at 4:45 p.m. Free video will also be available through TrumanBulldogs.com/watch. Live stats will be available for all games through TrumanBulldogs.com.   

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Two of the three games on tap this week for the Truman Women's Basketball team will be played against preseason nationally ranked teams. The Bulldogs will tip off the week with a home game against #24 Pittsburg (Kan.) State at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

Game Preview:
After completing their "Music City Sweep" the Truman women will look to knock off a pair of ranked opponents, including the preseason number one team in Division II as the Bulldogs play three times during this holiday week.
 
For the fourth straight season, Truman has started the year 3-0 after non-conference wins over Hannibal LaGrange (103-63), Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (80-62) and Kentucky Wesleyan (64-49). The last two came as part of the Pops Duncan Classic in Nashville last weekend.
 
The Bulldogs knocked off both participants in last season's GMAC championship game. Allie Norton scored 22 points in the victory over the Trojans while Courtney Strait led all scorers with 22 in defeated the Panthers. Truman dominated the glass over the weekend with 16 more than Trevecca and 15 better than Kentucky Wesleyan.
 
Strait leads the team in scoring at 16.3 points per game with Norton averaging 13.7 in the three Truman wins thus far.
 
The week will start with a home game on Wednesday night against #24 Pittsburg (Kan.) State University at 5:00 p.m. The Gorillas have won all five games to start the season, four by double-digits. They clobbered William Jewell 89-51 last Saturday after an 81-50 win over Minnesota-Duluth on Friday.
 
Lizzy Jeronimus leads three Gorillas in double-figure scoring at 18.6 points per game. She is joined by Cathy Brugman (14.2) and Kylie Gafford (13.8).
 
The two teams met last year in Pittsburg, Kansas and Truman held a four-point lead with 13 seconds left to play. A three-pointer by Alexa Bordwick tied things at the buzzer and the Gorillas used that momentum for a 75-66 overtime win.  Seniors Nicole Gloor (18) and Amy Briggs (13) led Truman while Jeronimus scored 24 points.
 
Following the game, the Bulldogs will hop on the bus for Canyon, Texas and the preseason number one team in Division II.  The Lady Buffs promptly lost the first game out of the gate, a 77-73 home loss to Texas-Permian Basin but have won the last two leading up to Friday's encounter. They defeated New Mexico Highlands 84-73 and Adams State 75-46. West Texas was 32-3 last year and lost to Bentley 73-65 in the national championship game.
 
Chontiquah White leads the Lady Buffs in scoring with a 17.7 points per game average.
 
On Saturday, Truman will play Cameron (Okla.) to round out the Lady Buff Classic. The Aggies enter the week 0-3 with games against East Central (Okla.) and Harding (Ark.) prior to the match-up with Truman. Cameron was 13-14 last season.
 
Brandi Leal is the only Aggie to average in double-figures at 12.0 points per game.
 
Series History:
Vs. Pittsburg State – The Gorillas own a 28-12 all-time advantage in the series between the two former MIAA members. Pittsburg State has won the last five meetings including last year's 75-66 overtime victory in John Lance Arena. Truman's last win came in 2010, also in Pittsburg, Kansas 55-46.  The Gorillas have won the last two games played in Kirksville, 79-78 in December 2011 and 70-58 in January of 2011. The last Truman home win over the Gorillas was 2009, 75-63 in overtime.

Vs. West Texas A&M – This will be the first meeting between Truman and the Lady Buffs all-time. The Bulldogs are 5-3 against teams from the state of Texas.

Vs. Cameron – Truman is 2-1 against the Aggies with the last game played being a 77-76 double overtime loss in 2008 at the Texas Women's Classic. All three games played have been neutral site games, a 73-64 win in 1995 in San Angelo, Texas and a 56-47 victory in Springfield, Missouri in 2002.

Head Coach Amy Eagan:
All-American and Bulldog Athletics Hall of Fame member Amy Eagan is in her second season on the bench for Truman and her seventh season as a head coach. She is 100-89 in those seven seasons after a 22-9 campaign returning to her alma mater. The Bulldogs returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 1999 season and won the GLVC Tournament Championship.
Tip Ins:
  • Allie Norton is 26 points away from joining the 1,000 point club at Truman. She had 976 points in 88 games played for the Bulldogs.  She has made a three-pointer in 80 of 88 games played and her most consecutive games with a three-pointer is 21. Last season, she had 15 games straight in which she connected from downtown. There have been 18 previous players to score 1,000 career points for the Bulldogs with Nicole Gloor being the last in 2014.
  • The Bulldogs are 61-27 (.693) over the past four seasons, 35-21 (.625) in league games and 34-6 (.850) in games played in Pershing Arena during that span. In non-conference games, Truman is 25-6 (.806) and 13-0 at home since the 2011-12 season.
  • Truman finished fifth in the final Division II national rankings in free throw percentage last season (77.9%) and was fourth nationally in three-point field goal percentage (39.0%) and turnovers per game (12.2/g).
  • Top individual national rankings were 12th for Allie Norton in Three-Point field goal percentage (43.6%) and Courtney Strait 13th in free-throw percentage at 89.5%.
  • Truman averaged 7.6 three-pointers per game with a season-high 15 against Illinois-Springfield and a low of three against Grandview (Iowa). They have made over 10 threes in a game seven times last year.
  • Off the court, Truman had three players, Michalina Tomczak, Nicole Gloor and Tawny Tucci, earn Academic All-GLVC.
 
GLVC Preseason Coaches' Poll: The Truman Women's Basketball team was picked fourth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division in the preseason coaches' poll and picked up two of the available 16 first-place votes.
 
Drury (Mo.) University nabbed 12 first-place votes in the West and earned 115 points to sit atop the division while Lewis (Ill.) University garnered 13 first-place votes and 118 overall to sit atop the East.
 
Up Next:  Truman will play just three games in the month of December and will start the month with a Great Lakes Valley Conference game against rival Quincy (Ill.). The Bulldogs and Hawks split the regular season meetings last year but Truman eliminated the Quincy in the semifinals of the GLVC Postseason Tournament. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.




 
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Players Mentioned

Amy Briggs

#02 Amy Briggs

G
5' 6"
Senior
Nicole Gloor

#32 Nicole Gloor

F
5' 10"
Senior
Allie Norton

#12 Allie Norton

G
5' 6"
Senior
Courtney Strait

#23 Courtney Strait

G
5' 10"
Junior
Michalina Tomczak

#44 Michalina Tomczak

C
6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
Tawny Tucci

#10 Tawny Tucci

G
5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Amy Briggs

#02 Amy Briggs

5' 6"
Senior
G
Nicole Gloor

#32 Nicole Gloor

5' 10"
Senior
F
Allie Norton

#12 Allie Norton

5' 6"
Senior
G
Courtney Strait

#23 Courtney Strait

5' 10"
Junior
G
Michalina Tomczak

#44 Michalina Tomczak

6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
C
Tawny Tucci

#10 Tawny Tucci

5' 6"
Junior
G