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NOTES: Bulldogs Look To Bounce Back At Maryville Thursday

Truman Women's Basketball Notes (January 25)
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Game #17: Truman (10-6; 5-4) vs. Maryville (5-10; 2-7 GLVC)
When: Thursday, January 25, 2018 || 5:30 p.m.
Where: Chesterfield, Mo. || Moloney Arena
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Truman Women will look to wash last week's bad taste away when they travel to Maryville University on Thursday night for the only game this week.

The Bulldogs just completed a stretch of five games in 10 days and fell all three times last week, two coming against nationally-ranked opponents.

Revenge will be on the minds of the Bulldogs when they head south to St. Louis on Thursday. It was Alex Wolf beating the buzzer in Pershing Arena last March to give the Saints an 80-79 upset win over the Bulldogs in the first round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament.

Truman led by four with three minutes to play but the Saints battled back and had a three-point lead in the final minute before Brooke Bailey knocked down a triple to tie things up. Following timeouts, Stephanie Sherwood took a jumper for the win that missed but Wolf was their for the offensive rebound and put back that silenced the arena. Ali Ringering led Maryville with 24 points and Ashley Hartwig scored a career-high 23.

Truman's rough week started with a home loss to Drury in which the Bulldogs led by one at the half but were outscored in points off of turnovers 28-7 in a 57-46 loss.
At Indianapolis, Truman led by seven early in the second quarter but the Greyhounds shot 51% over the final three quarters including 58% in a 29-point third quarter to suffer a 79-63 loss. Against Southern Indiana, Truman trailed by two entering the fourth quarter but were outscored 29 to 11 as the Screaming Eagles blistered the nets at 70.6% in the final 10 minutes.

Despite a minus 47 in scoring last week, Truman was only a minus one in the first half of all three games. The Bulldogs shot 31% from the field, 25% from three and 63% from the line and turned the ball over 21 times on average.

The Bulldogs are looking to right the ship against a team that spoiled the season last year and have struggled overall in the 2017-18 season. Maryville broke a seven-game losing streak with a 65-59 victory at home against Central Division leading Illinois Springfield on Saturday. Ali Ringering and Mary Barton tallied 15 points each and Maryville used a big third quarter of 19-7 to down the Prairie Stars.

Ringering leads the team in scoring at 15 points per game and the team averages over seven three-pointers per game with Ringering (28), Stephanie Sherwood (30), Mary Barton (24) and Kayla Steward (17) all threats from outside.

Series History with Maryville:
The Bulldogs have faced only two other GLVC teams more over the past five years than the Saints. Truman is 5-3 in games since joining the GLVC including the 2014 GLVC Tournament championship game and last season's first round tournament game. The two teams Truman has played the most are Quincy and Missouri-St. Louis at 10 games apiece.

In last year's regular season game played in St. Louis, the Bulldogs scored four seconds into the game and never trailed in a 69-54 win. Cassidy Clark scored 14, Rachel Edmundson 13 and Sloane Totta had 12 with nine assists. Ali Ringering scored 15 and Mary Barton 14 for the Saints.

Last 5 Games:
Truman is 2-3 in their last five games with a 62.6 scoring average and a 63.4 scoring defensive average. The Bulldogs are 37-of-114 (32%) from outside while opponents are 24-of-92 (26%). Of concern, the turnovers per game is at 18.2 over the last five and the free throw shooting is at 66%, both worse than their current season averages.

About the Bulldogs:
Truman averages 68.4 points while shooting 40% overall and 32% from distance. The Bulldogs are also shooting 70.9% from the free throw line and have won the glass in their last four games.

Head Coach Amy Eagan has used the same starting lineup for all 16 games this season. Freshman Katie Jaseckas leads the team in scoring at 11.4 points per game and rebounding at 8.0 per night. In league games, Jaseckas scores 11.3 points per night and leads the conference in boards at 9.8 per game.

Sophomore Sloane Totta has started all 44 games in her Bulldog career and averages 5.6 points and 2.6 assists per game. In conference games, Totta scores at 6.1 per night and has 28 assists with five three-pointers.

Junior Rachel Edmundson has started the last 44 games and scores 7.9 points per game and 10.0 in league games. 13 of Edmundson's 15 triples have come in GLVC games and she shoots 82% from the line.

Senior Ashley Hartwig has started the last 32 games and is second in scoring at 9.3 points per game and rebounds at 4.8. Hartwig is averaging 6.9 points in conference and has eight steals.

Remy Davenport has started all 16 games as a Bulldog and the past 76 games she has played in. Davenport is a transfer from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and averages 6.0 points this season and 8.9 for her career. 17 of Davenport's 24 three-pointers this season have come in league games along with seven of her nine blocks.

Off the bench, the Bulldogs bring a plethora of experience. Junior Brooke Bailey has started 30 of the 74 games and averages 6.6 points this season with 16 three pointers. Bailey has averaged 5.6 in GLVC affairs.

Junior Rachel Steinhoff has 56 starts in 75 games as a Bulldog and has 51 career steals while averaging 4.9 points per game.
Senior Sam Andrews has played in 82 games with three starts and is averaging 4.7 points per game this year.

In 39 games off the bench, transfer senior Jamie Gleeson averages 3.2 points per game and shoots 57% from the field.

Freshman Maya Mouton has played in 15 games with 10 blocks and 3.1 points per game.

Junior Mackenzie Jerks has 52 games of experience and is shooting 37% from beyond the arc this season.

More Truman Tidbits:
Ashley Hartwig has the highest single-game point total this season with against Missouri Western. Hartwig has 33 double-figure scoring nights as a Bulldog and a career high 23 coming against Maryville last season. Hartwig will be playing in her 101^st game tonight.

Katie Jaseckas has a season-high 20 points coming against Missouri Western on December 19 and has been in double-figures in nine of 16 games. She had the highest rebounding game in seven years with 18 against Drury on January 15.

Remy Davenport has the most game experience of any Bulldog at over 105 games played. She has 216 made three-pointers, 213 assists, 109 steals and 54 blocked shots. She has eclipsed 900 career points and sits at 926 points.

Truman averages nearly 13 players per game and nine of the 16 on the active roster have played all 16 games. Three others have been in either 14 or 15 games this season. Ashley Hartwig leads the team at 25.0 minutes per game.

The Bulldogs have not had a single player average below 30 minutes per game for a season since the 2004-05 campaign when Kelli Floyd led the team at 29.4 per game. Hartwig has the most minutes in a game for Truman at 35 against Newman on November 24 and has two of the three games this season in which a Bulldog topped over 30 minutes on the floor. Rachel Edmundson had the third game last night with 31 minutes against Indianapolis.

Truman Against The GLVC:
Truman is 50-31 in conference games since joining the league in 2013-14. The Bulldogs are 25-15 in Thursday conference games and 9-11 in conference road games.

???????Maryville Musings:
The Saints are second in conference only games in turnover margin at a +3.11 but near the bottom of the league in rebounding…Maryville is 15^th in rebounding margin at -11 per game and in offensive rebounds at only 8.2 per night…the team is 14^th in GLVC only stats in opponents field goal percentage with 45%...four of the five Maryville wins came in the first semester with three straight against Davenport, Greenville and at Northwest Missouri, the other was a win against Missouri S&T…in common opponents with Truman, the Saints are 1-4 against Rockhurst (L), S&T (W), Missouri Valley (L), McKendree (L) and Missouri-St. Louis (L) while Truman is 6-0 against that group with two wins against S&T…the Saints shoot 40% as a team from the field and 33% from the arc…the average 13.1 turnovers per game while turning opponents over 16.3.

Coaches Polls
Truman was picked second in the Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division and had one first-place vote among the five teams. Maryville was picked to win the Central with 60 points and six first-place votes with Missouri-St. Louis second with eight first place votes and 58 total points.

???????GLVC Ratings System
The conference unveiled its points rating system to determine the top eight teams for the league postseason tournament. The system is designed to award points based on opponents winning percentages throughout the year. The most points a team can earn would be seven points for a road win against an opponent with a .750 or above winning percentage while a team could not get any points for a home loss to an opponent with an under .250 winning percentage.

Currently, Truman's rating dropped from 3.63 to 3.39 after Saturday's loss to Southern Indiana and is still in fourth place. Lewis, Southern Indiana and Drury have the top three spots with an over 4.0 rating. Bellarmine is tied with Truman at 3.39. Maryville is last with a 1.94 rating.

Returning All-GLVC
Junior forward Rachel Edmundson was a second team all-GLVC player last year and sophomore guard Sloane Totta was named to the All-Freshman team. Edmundson averaged 12.3 points a night and shot 37% from beyond the arc and 76% from the foul line. Totta was the assists' leader for Truman with 81 in 28 games and scored 7.4 points per game.

Academic All-GLVC
Seven Truman players earned the Academic All-GLVC award following last season. They were Rachel Edmundson, Jamie Gleeson, Ashley Hartwig, Taylor Koper, Rachel Steinhoff, Maddie Tharp and Sloane Totta. To earn Academic All-GLVC accolades, a player must have a 3.30 grade-point average over the academic year.

In addition, Koper, Steinhoff and Totta earned the GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar award for posting 4.0 GPAs during the past academic year.

Up Next
Truman will travel to Drury on Thursday, February 1^st for a rematch with the Lady Panthers in Springfield. Tip off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#33 Remy Davenport: G; 5' 9"; Senior

Players Mentioned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#33 Remy Davenport
: 5' 9"; Senior
: G