NOTES: Truman & UW-Parkside To Tangle Saturday

Truman Women's Basketball Notes (February 11)
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Game #24: Truman (11-12; 6-8 GLVC) vs. UW-Parkside (8-14; 6-8 GLVC)
When: Saturday, February 11, 2017 || 1:00 p.m.
Where: Kenosha, Wisconsin || DeSimone Gymnasium
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Truman Bulldogs and the University of Wisconsin Parkside Rangers will meet on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. in a crucial Great Lakes Valley Conference tilt.

The Bulldogs and Rangers have identical 6-8 league records albeit in separate divisions. When the two divisions are combine to produce the field of 12 teams for the upcoming postseason tournament, Truman and UW-Parkside find themselves battling for a potential home first round playoff game. The two teams sit just outside the top eight, one game back of Maryville and Missouri-St. Louis in the overall league standings with four conference games left on the schedule.

Truman will be looking to avoid their first three-game losing streak this season and first in GLVC play since 2015. The Bulldogs lost their second straight after a valiant comeback attempt at Lewis on Thursday night. Truman trailed by 15 points late in the third quarter but clawed back to within two points with just under two minutes left to play. The Flyers got a three-point play from their leading scorer Jessica Kelliher and then used the free throw line to keep Truman at arms length to win 73-66.

The Rangers won their fifth straight home game with a dominating fourth quarter over the Quincy Lady Hawks. UWP outscored Quincy by 10 (27-17) and shooting 67% in the final stanza. Lauren Boerger led the Rangers in scoring with 14 points and Olivia Montague knocked down three, three-pointers for 11.

Truman has won all three previous games played against the Rangers since joining the league in 2014. In their only other visit to the UWP campus, the Bulldogs closed the game on a 16-3 run and overcame a 10-point deficit in a 74-68 win on January 5, 2014. The two most recent matchups both took place in Kirksville with Truman winning 78-66 in 2015 and 65-56 last year. Cassidy Clark was 8-of-9 from the field and scorer her then-Truman career high of 18 points against the Rangers.

The Starting Five:
The Bulldogs have used the same starting five for all 14 conference games and 22 of the 23 games this season. Senior Cassidy Clark, junior Ashley Hartwig, sophomores Rachel Edmundson and Brooke Bailey and freshman Sloane Totta.

Cassidy Clark notched her sixth 20-point plus game of the season on Thursday night with 25 points and went 10-of-14 from the field. She leads Truman in scoring and rebounding at 14.7 points and 7.2 boards per night. She has been in double-figures 23 times for her two-year career at Truman and has the Bulldog benchmark game this season at 29 points against Emporia State. She is shooting 53% from the field and 75% from the foul line.

Rachel Edmundson is second in scoring at 12.3 points per game. She is second in three-pointers made with 41 and shooting 38% from range this season. She has scored in double-figures 13 times this season with a career-high of 27 against Missouri Southern with eight made three-pointers. Edmundson scored nine points against Lewis on Thursday and added three rebounds.

Brooke Bailey and Ashley Hartwig each have averaged 9.6 points per game this season. Bailey has the team lead with 46 three-pointers made and is second on the team in assists with 55. She scored her career-high 18 points last Thursday against Indianapolis. Hartwig is the active career leader in games played, points and rebounds. She leads the team in free throw shooting percentage (79.7%). Both scored nine points against Lewis.

Sloane Totta has stepped in as a true freshman to start all 23 games thus far. She leads the team in assists with 64/2.8 per game and averages seven points per night. Totta had nine assists in a victory over Maryville University earlier in January and added six to her total with six points against the Flyers on Thursday.

Off The Bench:
Freshman Eleanor Lueke has appeared in all 23 games and made one start. In her 17.3 minutes per game, Lueke shoots 35% from the field with 22 three-pointers, 22 assists and 16 steals. She averages 4.7 points per game.

Another newcomer, junior transfer Jamie Gleeson has come on of late and been the top rebounder for the Bulldogs in two of the last four games. She scored a season-high eight points last Saturday against Saint Joseph's and has pulled down seven rebounds in each of the last three games. In 22 games and 11.8 minutes per, she averages 3.4 points.

Sam Andrews has been in 20 games and shoots 41% in nine minutes per game. Montira Mosby has played in 19 games apiece and shoots 39% from the field in 11 minutes per night. Kennedy Martin had come off the bench in 18 games, Maddie Tharp in 14 and Mackenzie Jerks in eight.
About UW-Parkside:
The Rangers started the season 0-7 but have gone 8-7 since…they have been 6-4 and have won five straight at home dating back to January 12, a 61-55 win over Maryville…Brittney Fair leads UWP in scoring at 13.2 points per night and in assists with 62…UWP, on average, has been outscored at the free throw line by five points each game (15-10) and have a -4.2 rebounding margin…the Rangers are 15^th in three-point shooting in league games at 27% and last in the league in GLVC games in three-point defense at allowing opponents to shoot 39%...they are second in conference games in blocked shots with nearly five a game led by Shelby Cheston's 48 this season…UWP was 13-14 last season and 7-11 in conference.

Lewis Recap:

After the score was tied 4-4, Lewis scored 11 straight to take their first double-digit lead of the night.
Sam Andrews' three-pointer stopped the run and Clark scored Truman's next five points to trail 20-12 after one.
The Bulldogs went 2-of-10 from the field in the first 10 minutes.
Gabby Green scored 11 of her 13 points in the first half but the Bulldogs outscored Lewis 21-20 in the second quarter to go into the locker room down seven. Ashley Hartwig hit a three-pointer at the end of the half to get it to 40-33.
The lead bounced between eight and 10 points most of the third quarter until Tiana Karopulos scored five of a 7-0 Lewis burst to put them up by their largest margin of 15 at 61-46 with 3:01 left in the third.
The Bulldogs responded with nine straight of their own. Clark made six of the nine and Brooke Bailey dialed from distance.
Sloane Totta cut the cords from three with 5:32 left to pull Truman to within four at 65-61.
The two teams would go scoreless over the next three-plus minutes before Clark made a basket to make it a two-point game with 1:58 to go.
The Bulldogs went 0-4 with a turnover and Lewis went 0-for-2 with three turnovers during that scoreless drought.
After Kelliher's three-point play to make it five points, Lewis got the remaining points at the line hitting five of their final seven free throws.

Clark scored 15 of her 25 points in the first half and was the only Bulldog in double-figures.
Rachel Edmundson, Hartwig and Bailey all had nine points apiece.
After shooting 20% in the first quarter, the Bulldogs hit 60% (9-of-15) in the second quarter.
Jamie Johnson added 14 points to join Kelliher and Green in double-figures for Lewis.
Green and Totta led their respective teams with six assists apiece.

The Bulldogs were 8-of-23 from range (34%) while Lewis was 2-of-9 (22%).
Around the GLVC:
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.

Drury became the first team to secure a spot in Evansville with their 64-46 win over McKendree on Saturday. That victory clinched the GLVC West Division title for the Lady Panthers. Southern Indiana holds a one-game lead in the East over Lewis and Bellarmine after falling to Missouri-St. Louis on Thursday. The Flyers and Knights currently hold the third and fourth place spots in the combine conference standings for the first round byes.

Rockhurst (9-5), Indianapolis (8-6), Maryville (7-7) and Missouri-St. Louis (7-7) are in the home game position for the first round of the tournament while William Jewell (6-7), Truman (6-8), Saint Joseph's (6-8) and UW-Parkside (6-8) are chasing.

Up Next:
Truman will finish out the regular season at home with three games. The Bulldogs will play the three other teams in the "pod" for the second time this year. It will begin on Thursday with William Jewell College at 5:30 p.m. Truman lost to the Cardinals 68-63 on December 3.
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Players Mentioned

#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

#15 Maddie Tharp: F/C; 6' 3"; Freshman

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

Players Mentioned

#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

#15 Maddie Tharp
: 6' 3"; Freshman
: F/C

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