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NOTES: Truman Women Host Indianapolis Thursday

Truman Women's Basketball Notes (February 2)
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Game #21: Truman (10-10; 5-6 GLVC) vs. Indianapolis (14-7; 8-3 GLVC)
When: Thursday, February 2, 2017 || 5:30 p.m.
Where: Kirksville, Missouri || Pershing Arena
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The calendar turns to February as the Truman Bulldogs continue their four-game homestand with game against the University of Indianapolis on Thursday.

The Bulldogs are coming off their largest margin of victory in the 40 previous conference games played under the Great Lakes Valley Conference banner with a 33-point win over Missouri S&T on Saturday. Truman hit on 13 three-point attempts and shot 52% for the game. That percentage was a season-high for the team and the 61% from distance was the fifth best single-game shooting from three in school history.

The Greyhounds had their four-game winning streak snapped at home by Southern Indiana on Saturday 58-47. UINDY knocked off nationally-ranked Bellarmine 80-65 on Thursday and had won seven of their last eight before Saturday's setback. Their only loss in that schedule was a two-point loss (76-74) to Drury on January 14. The Screaming Eagles scored 11 of the final 13 points before half and never looked back against the Greyhounds.

Truman is tied for third in the GLVC West Division with Maryville with a 5-6 record but holds the head-to-head with the Saints with a victory a few weeks back in St. Louis. The Bulldogs are two games back of second place Rockhurst (7-4) and a half-game up on William Jewell (4-6), one game on Missouri-St. Louis (4-7) and two up with victory in hand over Missouri S&T (3-8). Drury has a commanding lead at 11-0 and Quincy is bringing up the rear at 1-10.

Indianapolis is also tied for third in the GLVC East at 8-3 with Lewis. Both are a game back of Bellarmine (9-2) and three games clear of fifth place UW-Parkside (5-6). Southern Indiana has top billing in the East at 10-1 and McKendree sits at the bottom at 1-9.

Last year in the Racing Capital of the World, the Bulldogs scored 10 straight points late in the fourth quarter to turn a three-point deficit to a seven-point lead en route to 53-46 win over the Greyhounds. Former 'hound Princess German tallied 32 of the 46 UINDY points while former Bulldogs Courtney Strait and Kasey Gassensmith led Truman with 13 and 12 points apiece.

Indianapolis is the top shooting team in conference games this year hitting 47% of their shots and holding opponents to 36% and a 58.7 points per game.

The Bulldogs, in conference are averaging 68.9 offensively, and shooting 41.7% overall. Both teams hit around six three-pointers per game.

The Starting Five:
The Bulldogs have used the same starting five for all 11 conference games and 19 of the 20 games this season. Senior Cassidy Clark, junior Ashley Hartwig, sophomores Rachel Edmundson and Brooke Bailey and freshman Sloane Totta.

Clark has been Truman's leading scorer for most of the season at 14.7 points per game. She is averaging 15.8 in the 11 league games played and is tied for seventh in conference-only scoring. Clark is tied for eighth in GLVC-only rebounding at 7.5 per night. Clark scored 15 against Drury and eight against Missouri S&T on Saturday. She has two double-doubles and has tallied over 20 points in five games this year with a high of 29 against Emporia State. Clark went over 500 career points with her eight on Saturday against Missouri S&T.

Hartwig has the most experience of any Bulldog in the line up with 79 career games played and 61 starts. She is averaging 9.6 points this season and 7.1 for her career. She had seven points and four rebounds in limited minutes (14) against Missouri S&T on Saturday. Hartwig is the active career leader in points scored with 538 and is the top free throw shooter with 155 made, 58 this season.

Edmundson is in her first full year as a starter and is second on the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game. She notched her 11^th double-figure game scoring on Saturday with 19 points and was 5-of-5 from three and 7-of-9 overall from the field. She is the most three-pointers by a Bulldog in GLVC games with 18, one ahead of Brooke Bailey.

Bailey is averaging 9.5 points this season and in her 50 career games in a Truman uniform is averaging 5.6 points per game. She is the active leader in three-pointers made with 53 and has a team-leading 37 this season. Bailey is tied with Sloane Totta for the team high in assists with 50.

Totta is true freshman that has started every game this season. She has been in double-figure scoring in four of the last six games including 14 on Saturday against Missouri S&T. She has the team high in single-game assists with nine coming against Maryville a few weeks ago. Totta is averaging 7.1 points per game.

Off The Bench:
Freshman Eleanor Lueke is one of the five Bulldogs that have played in all 20 games this season and made one start. Lueke averages 17.9 minutes per game and 5.2 points. In conference games, Lueke is a tick higher scoring at 5.4 points in 11 league games. She has a season high of 11 points against two opponents this year.

Junior transfer Jamie Gleeson is coming off her game against Missouri S&T in which she notched a game high of seven rebounds, three assists and matched her single-game scoring total of seven points. Gleeson has appeared in 19 games and averages 10.2 minutes and 3.4 points per game.

Juniors Montira Mosby, Kennedy Martin and Sam Andrews provided minutes in a majority of the games off the bench. Mosby averages 11.6 minutes in 17 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 18 games this season with 11 of her 24 rebounds coming on the offensive end. Andrews has averaged 9.5 minutes in 17 games and has scored 3.9 points per game.

About Indianapolis:
First year Head Coach Kristin Drabyn takes over the Indianpolis program that was 10-20 last season and 7-11 in the GLVC…Drabyn's squad has already eclipsed last year's win total and is sitting at 14-7 this year…since January 5, the Greyhounds are 7-2…four players average in double-digit scoring led by Sydney Brackemyre at 16.4 points per night, she is joined by Martha Burse (15.3), Sarah Costello (11.8) and Nicole Anderson (10.9)…Brackemyre makes 50% of her field goal attempts and shoots nearly 45% from three with 22 made…Costello has taken nearly a third of the team's shots from outside (131) and made 40 of them…UINDY averages 65.7 points and gives up 58.7.

Series History:
This will be the 11^th meeting between the Greyhounds and Bulldogs on the hardwood. UINDY has won six but Truman has won two of the last three.

Six of the games played took place before 1994 with UINDY going 4-2 during that span.

Since joining the GLVC, Truman won two of the three league games between the two schools but the Greyhounds won a conference tournament game in 2015 against Truman in Kirksville 72-51.

Missouri S&T Recap:

Truman scored 12 of the first 14 points out of the gate and led by double-figures only four minutes into the contest.
Brooke Bailey made Truman's third three of the quarter at the 4:57 mark to put Truman up 17-6.
Sloane Totta made two more threes in the last two minutes of the quarter to put Truman up 25-8.
The Bulldogs shot 64% in the first quarter and were 5-of-7 from range.
Truman led by 19 at the break at 46-27.
S&T managed to get as close as 15 midway through the third quarter on Raetchel Gray's three-pointer.
Mackenzie Jerks scored with 1:11 left to play to give Truman their largest lead at 37 with an 89-52 score.

Truman dominated the glass 44-25 with Jamie Gleeson leading the way with seven.
Four players had three assists each and Truman as a team had 17 assists on 29 made field goals.
Totta joined Edmunson in double-figures with 14 and Bailey followed with 10.
12 of the 13 players for Truman that played scored.
S&T shot 32% from the field for the game and hit three of their 11 three-point attempts.
The Bulldogs 61.9% three-point percentage ranks fifth in single-game percentage.
The 33-point victory over the Miners was Truman's largest margin of victory in their short history of Great Lakes Valley Conference play. The previous benchmark was 29 against Illinois Springfield in 2014.

Around the GLVC:
Drury is the only conference team without a loss through the first half of the league season. The Lady Panthers are 19-2 overall and 11-0 in the conference.

They have a four-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 10-1 with Bellarmine (9-2), Lewis (8-3) and Indianapolis (8-3) in pursuit.

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.

The overall conference individual scoring race is led by Lewis sophomore Jessica Kelliher at 20.1 points per game. Rockhurst's Mary Dineen is second at 18.7 and followed by Lewis senior Jamie Johnson at 17.6 points per game. Kelliher is averaging 22.2 points in conference games and is making 71% of her shots from the field (102-of-143).

Up Next:
Truman will close out the four straight home games with a visit from Saint Joseph's College on Saturday. The Pumas are 8-13 overall and 4-7 in the GLVC and will play at Quincy on Thursday night. Tip off is scheduled for 1 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

#30 Kasey Gassensmith: G; 6' 0"; Senior

#23 Courtney Strait: G; 5' 10"; 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

#01 Mackenzie Jerks: G; 5' 8"; Sophomore

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

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

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

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

Players Mentioned

#30 Kasey Gassensmith
: 6' 0"; Senior
: G

#23 Courtney Strait
: 5' 10"; Senior
: G

#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

#01 Mackenzie Jerks
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: G

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

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

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

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