NOTES: Bulldogs Host Missouri S&T In Key GLVC West Contest

Truman Women's Basketball Notes (January 28)
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Game #20: Truman (9-10; 4-6 GLVC) vs. Missouri S&T (8-10; 3-7 GLVC)
When: Saturday, January 28, 2017 || 1:00 p.m.
Where: Kirksville, Missouri || Pershing Arena
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Truman Women will be looking to get back on track when they host Missouri S&T in a key GLVC West Division matchup on Saturday afternoon in Pershing Arena.

The Bulldogs have dropped two straight and their first three GLVC home games after putting up a vailent fight against #12 Drury on Thursday night. Truman fell behind by 16 points in the second quarter but clawed back with a gutsy third quarter to take the lead against the Lady Panthers. Truman led five times in the third and fourth quarters but the Drury pressure defense forced six turnovers in the final four-plus minutes to pull away for the 64-57 win.

Over at Quincy on Thursday, the Miners used a 9-0 run early in the game and led wire-to-wire in a 72-59 over the Lady Hawks. Maddie Raley came off the bench and made all four of her three-pointer attempts to lead S&T in scoring with 16 points in 18 minutes. Elsie Greenwood and Janie Arand had 13 points apiece.

Truman has won the last three GLVC meetings with the Miners, including last season's 51-42 victory in Rolla. The last Miner win over a Truman team came in 2006 when the teams played a non-conference game that needed overtime before S&T won 57-55.

Five of the eight teams in the GLVC West Division are bunched up and separated by only a game in the standings. Drury had a commanding lead in the division at 10-0 followed by Rockhurst at 7-3. Truman, Missouri-St. Louis and Maryville sit at 4-6 with William Jewell (3-6) and Missouri S&T (3-7) right behind.

Truman is averaging 70.4 points per game while giving up 65.2 points. The Bulldogs are shooting 40% overall, 32% from long range and 71% from the line. In conference games, Truman scores 66.9 points per game and has allowed 66.3. Shooting wise in league, the Bulldogs hit 40% of their shots, 30% from range and 69.3% at the line.

The Starting Five:
The Bulldogs have used the same starting five for all 10 conference games and 18 of the 19 games this season. Senior Cassidy Clark, junior Ashley Hartwig, sophomores Rachel Edmundson and Brooke Bailey and freshman Sloane Totta.

Clark is Truman's leading scorer at 15.1 points per game, she is fourth in GLVC game scoring at 16.6 points. She is only the second Bulldog in the past eight seasons that has a scoring average above 15 points per night (Allie Norton – 2014-15). Clark has scored in double-figures in 13 of the last 14 games this season. She notched her second double-double of the year on Thursday night against Drury with 15 points and 11 rebounds.

Clark is in the top 10 in conference overall stats in six stat categories including Rebounding (7^th), Field Goal Percentage (8^th), Blocks (9^th), Offensive Rebounds (7^th) and Defensive Rebounds (5^th). She has Truman's single game high with 29 points against Emporia State on November 25.

Hartwig is the active leader in games played (75) and starts (60). She has scored in double-figures in three of her last five outings, but was held to two points on free throws against Drury on Thursday. Hartwig is sixth overall in conference free throw shooting at 84% and is averaging 10.2 points overall and 11.4 points in GLVC games this season.

???????Edmundson is second on the team in scoring at 11.4 points a night. She has scored at least 20 points in two games this season including a career-high 27 at Missouri Southern in November. Since January 1^st, Edmundson has scored in double-figures in four of the past seven games.

Bailey scored in double-figures for the second straight game with 14 points against the Lady Panthers on Thursday and is averaging 9.8 points per game. She leads the team in three-pointers made with 35 and is shooting 36% from beyond the arc. Of her 47 assists, 30 have come since the December 31^st game against Iowa Wesleyan and had back-to-back games against Illinois Springfield and McKendree with six dimes apiece. Bailey is seventh in GLVC games at 3.2 assists per game and fifth in conference assist/turnover ratio at 1.38.

???????Totta has scored in double-figures in three of her last five outings and had a Truman single-game high nine assist last Thursday in the Bulldogs victory over Maryville University. She is also ranked in conference only stats in assists (tied for 10^th at 3.0) and seventh in assist/turnover ratio at 1.29.

Off The Bench:
Freshman Eleanor Lueke has the highest minutes average of any bench player this season and is the only other player outside of the starting five that has appeared in all 19 games. She made one start, against Iowa Wesleyan on December 31 and is averaging 5.3 points per game with a season high of 11 against two opponents.

Junior transfer Jamie Gleeson has been involved in 18 games and is averaging 9.8 minutes and 3.2 points per game. She scored a season-high seven points against Bellarmine on January 14 and had two blocks against Illinois Springfield on January 5.

Junior Montira Mosby and sophomores Kennedy Martin and Sam Andrews provided minutes in a majority of the games off the bench. Mosby averages 12.3 minutes in 16 games played and 3.7 points per game mark. Her season high is 11 against Oklahoma Panhandle State on November 26. Martin has played around seven minutes per her 17 games this season with 10 of her 20 rebounds coming on the offensive end. Andrews has averaged 9.6 minutes in 16 games and has scored 3.9 points per game.

About Missouri S&T
Veteran coach Alan Eads is the all-time winningest coach for Missouri S&T Women's Basketball and has been on the bench for 15 years…The Lady Miners have won two straight after dropping their previous seven games. Their three conference wins cam at home to Maryville 54-47, William Jewell 62-52 and at Quincy 72-59…Janie Arand leads the team in scoring at 10.1 points per game and has knocked down 19 three-pointers and 31-of-39 free throws…S&T has struggled from the free throw line as they sit 15^th in the conference at 66.1%, their 274 free throw attempts are second least by any of the 16 league schools (15/g)…The Lady Miners started the year 6-3 with a win at Tarleton State and against Northwest Missouri…in conference games, S&T is averaging 61.5 points for and 67.7 points against.

Series History:
Of all the teams in the GLVC, Truman has the most history with Missouri S&T. This will be the 56^th game between the two schools with Truman leading 31-24.

The two teams first met in 1977 and played a handful of times in the old Missouri Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW) state tournaments. Starting in the 1982-83 season, they played at least once for the next 24 years as conference members of the Missouri (now Mid-America) Intercollegiate Athletics Association.

S&T departed the MIAA in 2005-06 and the teams played two non-conference games in the following two years. The series resumed in 2014 when Truman joined S&T in the GLVC.

The Bulldogs have won all three conference meetings, 80-52 in the Lady Miners last visit to Pershing Arena in 2014, 70-51 in 2015 and 51-42 last year, both in Rolla.

Last season, the Lady Miners struck first and led 12-4 before Truman tied the game just before half at 19 apiece. The Bulldogs outscored S&T 17-4 in the third quarter to jump on top 36-23.

The Lady Miners got as close as six in the fourth but free throw shooting, especially by senior Michalina Tomczak kept Truman in front. Tomczak scored all of her points from the line going 11-of-12. Rachel Steinhoff led Truman with 14 points while the Lady Miners got 14 from Bria Pierce.

Drury Recap:

After the score was tied at six, Drury 15-3 run to lead 21-9.
The lead swelled to its largest margin of 16 midway through the second at 29-13.
The Bulldogs closed the half on a 7-2 run and trimmed the lead under 10 at 31-22.
Truman shot 53.8% in the third quarter and made three of five from distance in outscoring the Lady Panthers 21-13.
Clark's second three-pointer of the season ignited the Bulldogs. Her triple pulled the Bulldogs to within four at 38-34 with 4:47 left in the quarter.
Truman scored seven straight to take the lead following Kennedy Martin's basket at the 1:33 mark.
A pair of free throws from Brooke Stanfield at the end of the quarter sent Drury back into the lead at 44-43.
Rachel Edmundson connected from range on the first hoop of the quarter to put Truman up by two.
Paige Wilson counted for the Lady Panthers to jump frog the Bulldogs at the eight minute mark.
After Drury grabbed the lead again on Harman's basket at the 4:41 mark, Truman committed six of their 27 turnovers and could not get back in front.

It was Clark's second double-double of the season as she scored 15 points and nabbed 11 rebounds, 10 on the defensive glass.
Truman shot 42% for the game and 43% from three connecting on seven of 16 three-pointers.
Brooke Bailey added 14 points before fouling out late in the fourth quarter.
Heather Harman scored a game-high 20 for Drury and was 9-of-18 from the field.
Paige Wilson added 19 and went 10-of-10 from the foul line.
Both teams combine for 48 turnovers, Truman had 27, Drury 21.
Drury shot 39% overall and were 5-of-19 from range. They made 19-of-21 free throw attempts.

Around the GLVC:
Drury is the only conference team without a loss through the first half of the league season. The Lady Panthers are 18-2 overall and 10-0 in the conference. They have a three-game lead with victory in hand over second place Rockhurst in the West Division. Southern Indiana has taken sole possession of first place in the East at 9-1 as Indianapolis upset Bellarmine at home to pull even with the Knights in the standings at 8-2.

The two division champions followed by the next two best conference winning percentages get first round byes in the GLVC Tournament. The next four teams (5-8) will host 9-12 in on-campus games on Sunday, February 26.

In individual accolades around the league, Lewis sophomore Jessica Kelliher is averaging 20.2 points overall and has the league's top scoring game at 38 points. Rockhurst senior Mary Dineen is second in overall scoring at 18.6 points per game. Kelliher averages 22.8 points in league games and is shooting 70% from the field (84-of-120).

Up Next:
Truman will remain at home next weekend as a pair from the East Division visits Pershing Arena. The Bulldogs will host the University of Indianapolis on Thursday at 5:30 and Saint Joseph's College on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

#44 Michalina Tomczak: C; 6' 3"; Redshirt Senior

#40 Sam Andrews: F; 5' 11"; Junior

#02 Brooke Bailey: G; 5' 6"; Redshirt Sophomore

#34 Cassidy Clark: C; 6' 2"; Senior

#31 Rachel Edmundson: F; 6' 0"; Sophomore

#42 Ashley Hartwig: F; 5' 11"; Junior

#20 Kennedy Martin: F; 5' 10"; Junior

#35 Montira Mosby: F; 5' 10"; Junior

#32 Rachel Steinhoff: G; 5' 7"; Junior

#04 Sloane Totta: G; 5' 9"; Freshman

#05 Eleanor Lueke: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#25 Jamie Gleeson: F; 6' 0"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#44 Michalina Tomczak
: 6' 3"; Redshirt Senior
: C

#40 Sam Andrews
: 5' 11"; Junior
: F

#02 Brooke Bailey
: 5' 6"; Redshirt Sophomore
: G

#34 Cassidy Clark
: 6' 2"; Senior
: C

#31 Rachel Edmundson
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: F

#42 Ashley Hartwig
: 5' 11"; Junior
: F

#20 Kennedy Martin
: 5' 10"; Junior
: F

#35 Montira Mosby
: 5' 10"; Junior
: F

#32 Rachel Steinhoff
: 5' 7"; Junior
: G

#04 Sloane Totta
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: G

#05 Eleanor Lueke
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#25 Jamie Gleeson
: 6' 0"; Junior
: F