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Truman Women's Basketball Notes (February 22-24)
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Game #24: Truman (13-10; 8-8) vs. William Jewell (12-11; 9-7 GLVC)
When: Thursday, February 22, 2018 || 5:30 p.m.
Where: Kirksville, Mo. || Pershing Arena
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Game #25: Truman (13-10; 8-8) vs. Illinois Springfield (12-12; 6-10 GLVC)
When: Saturday, February 24, 2018 || 1:00 p.m.
Where: Kirksville, Mo. || Pershing Arena
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Media Notes (PDF) William Jewell
Media Notes (PDF) Illinois Springfield (Posted Friday)

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The last time Truman and William Jewell played each other, two short weeks ago, the Bulldogs hit near bottom as they lost their seventh straight game falling to the Cardinals 52-49. The Bulldogs launched a season-high 31 three-pointers and were held to a season-low 18 points in the paint in the defeat to William Jewell.

Fast forward now to Thursday's "Pink Out" game in Pershing Arena. The Bulldogs are riding a three-game winning streak and have been getting it done inside the paint. Truman has scored 106 points in the last three wins, a 35.3 points per game average in the high percentage shooting area. The Bulldogs moved to 10-1 this season when scoring 30 or more points inside the paint. The only loss was an 82-80 defeat at Maryville.

Sloane Totta (12.0), Katie Jaseckas (11.7) and Rachel Edmundson (10.0) have led the resurgence by all shooting over 50% from the field.
Totta has dished out nine assists added three steals and has made 15-of-17 free throws during the last three games to keep the Bulldogs inside the top eight for the conference postseason tournament with two games left to play.

She scored a game-high 14 points and was one of four Truman players to crack double-digit scoring in Truman's 75-67 win over Bellarmine on Saturday. Jaseckas added her sixth double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Speaking of boards, the Bulldogs won the glass by 18 over the Knights with 21 of the 47 rebounds coming on the offensive end. It was the seventh game overall and sixth in conference that Truman won the rebounding battle by 10 or more rebounds.

Jewell is just above the Bulldogs in the GLVC Points Rating system and spots six through 11 are separated by just over four-tenths of a ratings point. Jewell is sixth (3.19), Truman seventh (3.16), Rockhurst eighth (2.97), McKendree ninth (2.88), Illinois Springfield is tenth (2.78) and Indianapolis is 11^th at 2.72.

The Cardinals lost the next two games after beating the Bulldogs but bounced back with a 74-66 home win over Indianapolis on Saturday. Kayla Harrell led Jewell with 16 points and the Cardinals got three, threes from Katie Finn and Kaiti Butard. For the season, Harrell leads the team in scoring at 12.7 points per game and 13.7 points in league games. The Cardinals are last in the GLVC in scoring defense at 59.4 points per game but third in scoring defense allowing 60.8 points.

With a win, Head Coach Amy Eagan will tie John Sloop with 87 coaching wins at Truman, good for second among the 10 Bulldog women's basketball coaches. Mary Jo Murray leads the group with 100 wins in seven seasons.

Last Time vs. William Jewell:
The Bulldogs trailed by eight with 3:38 to play but rallied to have a chance to take the lead in the waning seconds blocked away as the Cardinals held on for a 52-49 win in Liberty. Sloane Totta led Truman with 10 points as she took a season-high 12 field goal attempts. The Bulldogs took more than half of their shots 31 of 57 from outside the arc and connected on only seven for 22.6%. Lindsey McCoy notched a double-double with 15 points and 11 defensive rebounds and Natalie Closser came off the bench to also score 15 points to pace the Cardinals. The lead was exchanged 12 times during the game.

Clear As Mud:
The battle for the top eight and a spot in the GLVC Postseason Tournament will hopefully be a bit clearer after Thursday's games. Nine women's teams are locked into their respective point categories in the GLVC Point Rating system. That means those teams' winning percentages will not change over the last two games to affect how many points a team would get against them in the system. That is the good news.

The bad news is six teams can still change point values based on what they do this final week, including the Bulldogs. Truman has eight wins, one more and they will be locked into the .749-.500 category. Both of this week's opponents for Truman are also locked in to their respective category. Which means Thursday's game is worth 5 points against Jewell and 4 points against Illinois Springfield if they win or 2 points for Jewell and 1 point for UIS if lose.

Simple right? To illustrate this, on page 4, the points that are guaranteed are highlighted in red while the ones in black can be adjusted based on scores around the league. Truman's maximum PRS would be 3.41 while the worst-case scenario would be 2.75. Of the six teams not locked Missouri S&T and Missouri-St. Louis need to win both of their games to move categories, the rest (Truman, Quincy, UW-Parkside and Maryville) need one win to change.

Last Five Games:
Truman is 3-2 in their last five games while averaging 63.2 points offensively and 55.2 points defensively.
The team is shooting 39% overall, 26% from three and 62% at the foul line with a plus-nine rebounding advantage.

Sloane Totta has averaged 10 points and Rachel Edmundson is averaging 9.6 in the last five games. Totta has 12 assists, four steals, 16-of-19 from the free throw line and is shooting 53% from inside the arc.

Freshman of Year Candidate:
Katie Jaseckas is second in the GLVC in freshman scoring with 249 points, 18 behind McKendree's Sydney Diekhoff. Jaseckas leads Truman in scoring at 10.8 points per game and would become the first freshman to lead the team in scoring since Georgia Mueller did so as a freshman at 12.1 ppg in the 2005-06 season. Jaseckas is attempting to become the fifth player to lead the team in scoring as a freshman. The others besides Mueller are Felicia Sutton (13.0/87-88), Hilde Patterson (10.9/85-86) and Carol Jarrard (15.4/78-79). Sutton and Jarrard also led their teams in rebounding as well those seasons.

Jaseckas is fifth in the GLVC in rebounding (8.0/g), fifth in field goal percentage (56.1%), 11^th in blocked shots (0.9/g), fifth in offensive rebounds (2.8/g) and fifth in defensive rebounds (5.0/g).

???????Jaseckas has started all 23 games, has six double-doubles and has scored in double figures in 12 games this season.

Sophomore Starter:
Sophomore Sloane Totta has started all 51 games in her Bulldog career and averages 6.4 points and 2.6 assists per game. In conference games, Totta scores at 7.1 per night and has 45 assists with eight three-pointers. Totta and Jaseckas are the only two Bulldogs that have started all 23 games this season.

Bulldog Seniors:
Senior Ashley Hartwig has started 89 games and is second in scoring at 8.3 points per game and rebounds at 5.0. Hartwig is averaging 6.4 points in conference. She is the Bulldog leader in minutes played this season at 24.2. Hartwig has one double-double this year (against Quincy and four in her career.

Remy Davenport has started 18 games as a Bulldog and 78 of the 112 games she has played in. Davenport is a transfer from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and averages 5.2 points this season and 8.6 for her career. In conference, Davenport averaging 5.9 points per game. Davenport leads the Bulldogs in three-pointers made with 28.

Kennedy Martin has played in 65 career games, making one start this season. In 17 games this year, Martin has averaged 1.4 points per game with a high of seven against Hannibal-LaGrange.

Jamie Gleeson is a two-year player having played in 45 Truman games and 22 this season. Gleeson is shooting 56% from the field and scored a season-high 11 against Missouri S&T.

???????Montira Mosby has made 47 appearances and five this year all off the bench. She has 14 career steals and three blocked shots and scored points in four of her five games played.

Sam Andrews will top 90 career games with three starts as a Bulldog. She is tied for third this season with 23 made three-pointers and scored a career-high 14 points against Maryville on four triples.

Junior Experience:
Junior Rachel Edmundson has started 47 career games and 19 of 23 this season. She scores 8.2 points per game and 9.5 in league games. 22 of Edmundson's 24 triples have come in GLVC games and she shoots 76% from the line.

???????Redshirt Junior Rachel Steinhoff has 61 starts in 82 games as a Bulldog. She is the active leader in assists with 171 and has 28 this season. Her career-high in points is 17 against Quincy in 2015 and has seven assists in a game twice with the last coming against Culver-Stockton in 2016. She missed the majority of the 2016-17 season.

Junior Brooke Bailey has started 35 of the 81 games and averages 6.9 points this season with 23 three pointers. Bailey has started the last five games and has a season-high 14 points coming against Rockhurst on February 3.

Junior Mackenzie Jerks has 57 games of experience. Jerks has appeared in 20 games and scored a season-high six points at McKendree on December 7.

Sophomore Contributors:
Maddie Tharp has scored 18 of her 26 season points in the last three games after coming off the bench at Quincy on Feb. 10. She is 9-of-13 (69.2%) in her last three outings.

Taylor Koper has appeared in seven games this year matching last year's freshman total. She last played a handful of minutes against UW-Parkside on Feb. 15.

Freshman Faces:
Freshman Maya Mouton has played in 20 games with 13 blocks and 2.7 points per game. Mouton topped 11 points at Washburn on November 25 and has season-high eight rebounds against Indianapolis on January 18.

Tiffany Davenport joins Jaseckas as the only freshman to play in all 23 games and has made one start. Davenport leads the team with 24 steals and has 13 of her 19 made field goals from beyond the arc.

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 105th game tonight, five away from cracking the Truman top 10.

Katie Jaseckas has a season-high 20 points coming against Missouri Western on December 19. She had the highest rebounding game in seven years with 18 against Drury on January 15.

Truman Against The GLVC:
Truman is 53-35 in conference games since joining the league in 2013-14. The Bulldogs are 30-13 in GLVC home games and 17-4 in conference home games played on Thursday.

Illinois Springfield :
Truman will play UIS for the first time in over a year when the Prairie Stars visit Pershing Arena for Senior Day on Saturday afternoon. The teams last me on January 3, 2017 when Truman won 76-71. UIS won eight of their first nine games but now sit at 12-12 overall and 6-10 in the GLVC. The Prairie Stars host Maryville on Thursday night.

Up Next
The conference tournament will be in a new venue next week as the GLVC Tournament moves to the Vadalabene Center on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The women's quarterfinal games will take place on Thursday, March 1. The bracket will be released on Saturday evening.

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Players Mentioned

#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

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

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

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

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

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

Players Mentioned

#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

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

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

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

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

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