NOTES: Women Welcome Rockhurst For Senior Day Saturday

Truman Women's Basketball Notes (February 18)
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Game #26: Truman (13-12; 8-8 GLVC) vs. Rockhurst (17-7; 11-5 GLVC)
When: Saturday, February 18, 2017 || 1:00 p.m.
Where: Kirksville, Mo. || Pershing Arena
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The push to the GLVC Tournament continues for the Truman Women's Basketball team when they host Rockhurst University for Senior Day on Saturday.

The Bulldogs will have one senior to recognize prior to the game with the Hawks. Cassidy Clark is Truman's leading scorer this year at 15 points per game and is coming off her third double-double of the season on Thursday in Truman's 67-51 win over William Jewell. Clark poured in 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the field and added seven of nine from the free throw line as Truman led wire-to-wire for the second straight game.

That win was important for the Bulldogs on many factors. First is solidified a spot in the conference tournament for the fourth straight year in the GLVC and fifth straight postseason league party. The next was it moved Truman into a tie for eighth place with the Cardinals and would holds the tiebreak over Jewell based on divisional record (4-4 vs. 3-5). That eighth spot would host a first round game on February 26.

Rockhurst secured at least a first round home game and are looking to jump into a first round bye in the final two games. The Hawks are 11-5 and in second place in the West Division. They are one game back of fourth overall trailing Bellarmine and Lewis by one game in the combined GLVC standings. In the battle of league Hawks on Thursday night, Mary Dineen scored 21 points and Jillian Myers added a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds as the Rockhurst Hawks downed the Quincy Hawks 68-58. Rockhurst has won four straight road games and six of their last eight games overall.

The two teams opened up league play back on December 1 and Rockhurst prevailed 72-67 in Kansas City. The Hawks outscored the Bulldogs 17-10 in the final quarter and had four players, led by Dineen's 20 points, in double figures. Truman got 23 from Clark and a double-double from Ashley Hartiwg (18 points, 11 rebounds) but managed three, three-pointers out of 20 attempts and went 10-of-19 from the foul line.

Truman is 4-4 in Saturday conference games. Rachel Edmundson (13.1), Cassidy Clark (12.5) and Ashley Hartwig (11.8) have led the Bulldogs in scoring during these afternoon affairs.

The Starting Five:
The Bulldogs have used the same starting five for all 16 conference games and 24 of the 25 games this season. Senior Cassidy Clark, junior Ashley Hartwig, sophomores Rachel Edmundson and Brooke Bailey and freshman Sloane Totta.

Clark is the lone senior on the Bulldogs and will be recognized Saturday prior to tip off with Rockhurst. She is the Bulldogs leading scorer this season at 15.0 points per game and is shooting 54% from the field and 76% from the foul line. She also leads Truman in rebounds at 7.3 per game and in both steals and blocks with 23 and 37 respectively. Clark is averaging 15.9 points in conference games. She has three double-doubles this season and has Truman's single-game high in points with 29 against Emporia State.

Edmundson is second in scoring and is the only other Bulldogs with over 100 field goals made this season with 106. Edmundson averages 12.4 points a night and 4.8 rebounds. She is second in three-pointers made with 43 with 28 (35%) coming in league games this season. Edmundson set a career-high with 27 points on eight three-pointers against Missouri Southern back in November. She matched Ashley Hartwig with 18 points on Saturday at UW-Parkside.

Hartwig pushed her season average to double-digits with her 18-point performance on Saturday against the Rangers. She matched career highs in both points and rebounds (11) to record her third double-double of the season. She averages right at 10 points per game while shooting 43% from the field and 81% from the line. She has been to the line the most of any Bulldog this season and has knocked down 76 of her 94 free throw attempts. In conference games, Hartwig is averaging 10.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per night.

Sophomore Brooke Bailey is Truman's leading three-point shooter in terms of baskets made from distance with 48 this season. Bailey averages 9.2 points per game and is second in assists with 65 and in steals with 31. She set her career high of 18 points on six three-pointers in a victory over Indianapolis on February 2 and pulled down nine rebounds in the season opener against Northern Michigan. She scored six points and matched her career-high six assists on Saturday against UW-Parkside.

Freshman Sloane Totta leads the Bulldogs in assists with 69 and has 22 steals and five blocks to go with her 6.7 points per night average. She has knocked down 13 three-pointers in league games this season and has scored over 10 points in five games including a season-high 16 in a victory over nationally-ranked Grand Valley State on November 13. She has Truman's season high of nine assists in a win over Maryville on January 19.

Off The Bench:
Freshman Eleanor Lueke has come off the bench in all 25 games and made one start. She has knocked down 25 three-pointers and averages 4.7 points per game. Lueke has been in double-figures four times this season with 11 points in games against Central Christian and Upper Iowa. Lueke averages 17.4 minutes per game.

Junior Jamie Gleeson has appeared in 23 games and 11.4 minutes per. She has averaged 3.3 points per game and has pulled down 36% (28 of 76) of her rebounds in the last five games. Gleeson had six rebounds in 14 minutes against UW-Parkside on Saturday.

Junior Sam Andrews has played in 22 games this season and averages 8.5 minutes and 3.1 points.

Juniors Kennedy Martin has been in 20 games and Montira Mosby in 19. Martin has notched 6.5 minutes per game and had a career-high 19 points last season at Rockhurst. Mosby has not played in the last three games but has averaged 11 minutes and 3.3 points in the games she has been in.

Maddie Tharp has made appearances in 16 games as a freshman this season. Her single-game high is six points against Central Christian College.

Sophmore Mackenzie Jerks missed the first 11 games this season but has scored points in the last six games. In her last 10, she has averaged 9.7 minutes while shooting 41% from the field. Jerks played a season-high 22 minutes against William Jewell on Thursday.

Freshman Taylor Koper has played in six games this season with her last action coming on January 28 with two rebounds in the Bulldogs victory over Missouri S&T.

About Rockhurst:
The Hawks have set a school record with 11 GLVC wins this season and have the most overall wins (17) since they joined the NCAA Division II in 1998-99…the previous high mark was 15 wins in 2000-01 and last season (15-13)…Rockhurst is fourth in scoring offense at 72.2 points per game, third in free throw shooting (76.5%), second in field goal defense (37%), three-point defense (28%) and fourth in blocked shots…all-conference senior Mary Dineen is second in the league at scoring at 18.9 points per game with 43 three-pointers…Dineen shoots 85% from the free throw line…Jillian Myers leads the conference in steals with 73 or 3.04 per game and Marisa Lowe is third in the conference in three-pointers made with 56…The Hawks lost by six at Bellarmine (81-75) and by five at Southern Indiana (84-79).

William Jewell Recap:
The Bulldogs blitzed William Jewell with a pair of early runs and led wire-to-wire in a 67-51 victory over the Cardinals on Thursday night.

The Bulldogs raced out to an 8-0 start before Jewell scored the next four to cut the lead in half. Eleanor Lueke and Mackenzie Jerks hit a pair of three-pointers and the Bulldogs would go up 19-6 in the first quarter. Truman hit four of six from distance in the opening stanza.

The lead expanded out to 21 early in the second before the Cardinals started to reel the Bulldogs back in.

A three-pointer by Hayden Butler drew the Cards back to 10 points and later a three from Kayla Harrell got Jewell to nine at 40-31 in the third quarter. Ashley Harwig scored five straight and a 12-2 burst by the Bulldogs ended any threat by the Cardinals.

Truman would cruise to the 16-point win and in the process clinched their spot in the GLVC Postseason Tournament for the fourth straight year.

In addition to Clark's 26, Harwig added 12 points and nine rebounds. Truman shot 40% for the game and made 7 of 19 from long range.

Maddie Nelson was the only Cardinal in double figures with 18 points, while playing all 40 minutes.

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.

Both division champions have been crowed with Drury securing the West and Southern Indiana locking down the East on Thursday night with their 85-57 win over Illinois Springfield. Bellarmine and Lewis (12-4) currently hold the other two first round byes with Rockhurst one game back at 11-5.

Indianapolis and Missouri-St. Louis are at 9-7 followed by Truman and William Jewell at 8-8 for spots six through nine. UW-Parkside, Maryville (7-9) and Saint Joseph's (6-10) have the final three spaces on the bracket with Missouri S&T one game outside the top 12 at 5-11.

Up Next:
Rivalry night concludes the 2016-17 GLVC regular season on Thursday night. The Bulldogs will host Quincy at 5:30 p.m. in Pershing Arena. The Bulldogs grounded the Lady Hawks 62-42 on December 10 in Quincy's Pepsi Arena.
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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

#10 Taylor Koper: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

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

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

#10 Taylor Koper
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

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