NOTES: Final Regular Season Weekend On Tap For Truman Women

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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – With seeding and NCAA postseason implications on the line, the Truman Women's Basketball team will play their final two regular season games on the road this week. The Bulldogs will travel to St. Louis and battle Maryville University on Thursday night before heading to Rolla and Missouri S&T for the regular season finale.

Drury has secured the Great Lakes Valley Conference regular season championship and top seed in next week's postseason conference tournament but the seeds for the rest of the tournament field will be determined in the final two games. Truman (18-7; 14-4 GLVC) is fourth in the GLVC points rating system with a 3.72. Lewis is second at 4.00 and Southern Indiana is third at 3.89. Lindenwood is fifth at 3.67.

The top two seeds will play on Thursday with the benefit of earning a rest day during the tournament if they should advance to Saturday's semifinals. Of the 16 GLVC schools, half (8) have locked into PSR totals for winning percentage and points involving those games are set. For Truman, that means their results against McKendree, William Jewell, Southwest Baptist, first Maryville game, Bellarmine, Indianapolis, Lindenwood and Drury will give the Bulldogs 34.5 points. The rest of the points will fluctuate depending on the remaining games with the final tournament seeds being announced on Saturday evening by the league office.

The Bulldogs also appeared in the first NCAA Division II Midwest regional rankings that were put out last Wednesday. Truman was in the 10^th and final spot among the three conferences that make-up the Midwest Region. Drury and Ashland were the top two teams followed by Grand Valley State, Walsh, Kentucky Wesleyan, Southern Indiana, Ferris State, Lewis and Lindenwood made up spots three through nine. There are two more rankings to be released by the NCAA with the selection of the five at-large bids in addition to the three conference tournament automatic qualifiers coming on Sunday, March 7.

Truman moved closer to their second straight 20-win season on Saturday after downing Southwest Baptist 80-66. Hannah Belanger connected on six three-pointers for the third game this season and scored 24 points for the Bulldogs in the win. Belanger, Katey Klucking (4) and Tiffany Davenport (3) accounted for all 13 three-pointers for the Bulldogs while Truman shot 52% overall for the game and 50% from outside. The win set a new school record for Truman in terms of conference wins with 14 that was previous held by both the 2016 and 2019 teams.

One more win in conference will guarantee the team having the best league winning percentage in school history. Again the previous high mark is 72.2% in both 2016 and 2019 while one more win will make Truman's conference winning percentage at no worse that 75%. Two more wins, regardless of conference or postseason, will give the Bulldogs back-to-back 20-win seasons and their seventh overall 20-win campaign. It would be the sixth 20-win season since 2012-13.
Katie Jaseckas has her nine-game double-figure scoring streak stopped on Saturday at eight points but had 10 defensive rebounds in the win over SBU. Jaseckas has taken over the team lead in scoring at 13.2 points per game and has averaged 16.8 since January 23^rd. She is fifth in field goal percentage at 54% overall and 55% in conference and fourth in blocks at 2.0 per league game.

Belanger has climbed to within 10 three-pointers from cracking the single-season top 10 at Truman. She had a team-high 59 triples on 139 attempts and is averaging 12.4 points per game in her first season as a Bulldog. She has the team's highest single-game point total this season when she scored 29 against Illinois Springfield. Belanger is fourth in overall three-point shooting at 42% and third in triples made per game at 2.5.

Klucking is only six back of Belanger for the team lead in threes with 53. She is averaging 9.9 points per game and is ranked in conference-only stats in assists (T11th/3.17), three-pointers made (T7th/2.17) and assist/turnover ratio (1.43).  Klucking is second in assists with 70.

Maddie Re is the team's top board hound at just under 10 per game. Re has started all 25 games and has a team-high eight double-doubles on the season. She has pulled down 16 rebounds in three games this season and has 73 offensive boards. She is 10^th in Truman single-season rebounding with 242 and will match Felicia Sutton's 1990 total with her next board.

Sloane Totta will be a game day decision after leaving last Thursday's game against Drury and making a ceremonial senior day start on Saturday against Southwest Baptist.  Totta has played and started in 110 straight games and is fourth in conference assists per game and fifth in assist/turnover ratio. Totta entered Truman's 1,000-point club earlier this month and has 1,050 points to go with 348 assists and 98 steals.

Alex Wiese made her first collegiate start on Saturday. She went 3-of-4 from the field for six points in 16 minutes of court time. For the season, Wiese has played in 19 games with a 2.0 ppg mark and 2.9 rebound mark.

Davenport knocked down three threes on Saturday and scored in double-figures for the fourth time this season with 11 points. Davenport has been the first off the bench this year with over 20 minutes per game adding 47 assists, 18 steals and 24 three-pointers.

Maya Mouton has saw action in 24 games and made a season-high four field goals for eight points in Saturday's win over Southwest Baptist. Mouton averages 2.3 points per game and 2.2 rebounds.

History With Maryville:
The Bulldogs used last-second heroics to beat Maryville in their earlier meeting this year in Kirksville. Maddie Re caught an inbounds pass from Sloane Totta and scored with one second remaining and then survived a Mary Barton three-point attempt at the buzzer to win 78-77. Barton had giving the Saints the lead with four seconds remaining with a basket.  Each team led by seven in the first quarter and Maryville led by seven in the third before Truman had their largest lead of eight with 2:52 left to play. Barton and Abby Monis both had 28 points for the Saints while Re led Truman with 17 and 10 rebounds. Truman has won the last two and nine out of the 14 games in the series.

About the Saints:
Maryville has reeled off wins in four of their last five games with Mary Barton being the leading scorer for the Saints in the last 14 games…Barton has scored over 20 in her last six and is leading the conference in scoring by over 100 points (596) at a pace of 23.8 points per game…she is closing in on 1,500 career points (1,489) and is second among all active NCAA players in career free throw percentage at 89.6%...Abby Monis has grabbed over 13 rebounds in each of the last three wins with a season-high 18 in their win (93-70) over Bellarmine last Saturday…as a team, Maryville is 15-10 overall and 10-8 in the GLVC…they are fourth in conference scoring at 73.2 ppg, third in three-point shooting at .373, second in three-point defense at .307 and average 7.33 triples per night.

History With Missouri S&T:
The Bulldogs won their eighth straight over Missouri S&T back in January with an 87-71 win in Pershing Arena. The Bulldogs led 17-3 midway through the first quarter and were never threatened. The largest lead in the game was 28 early into the fourth quarter. Hannah Belanger led four Truman players in double-figures with 18 points and four three-pointers. Three S&T players, Mykala Baylor, Marta Durk and Jordan Kabetske, had 11 points for the Miners.

About Missouri S&T:
Outside of sweeping Maryville and winning at Quincy, Missouri S&T is 3-15 in conference and 7-18 overall but are set to host Quincy on Thursday night looking to break a 10-game losing streak…Mykala Baylor averages a double-double with 12.7 points and 11.0 rebounds overall and in league play, 12.3 points and 10.8 rebounds per night..Baylor has 60 blocks and 25 steals while shooting 51.2% per game…Maddie Raley is the team's top three-point shooter with 52 makes this season and averages right at 10 points per game…Raley had game-high honors in their 90-75 loss on Saturday to Indianapolis.

Up Next:
Following Saturday's games, the conference office will release the seeds for next week's postseason tournament. The GLVC Championships will be played Thursday through Sunday at the Vadalabene Center on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The top two seeds will play on Thursday with seeds three through six playing on Friday. The semifinals will be Saturday and championship on Sunday. Prior to the tournament action, the All-GLVC team will be announced.

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Players Mentioned

#24 Tiffany Davenport: G; 5' 6"; Junior

#54 Katie Jaseckas: F; 6' 2"; Junior

#33 Katey Klucking: G; 5' 9"; Sophomore

#34 Maya Mouton: F; 6' 3"; Junior

#23 Maddie Re: F; 6' 1"; Redshirt Sophomore

#4 Sloane Totta: G; 5' 9"; Senior

#13 Hannah Belanger: G; 5' 8"; Freshman

#1 Alex Wiese: F; 6' 0"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#24 Tiffany Davenport
: 5' 6"; Junior
: G

#54 Katie Jaseckas
: 6' 2"; Junior
: F

#33 Katey Klucking
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: G

#34 Maya Mouton
: 6' 3"; Junior
: F

#23 Maddie Re
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Sophomore
: F

#4 Sloane Totta
: 5' 9"; Senior
: G

#13 Hannah Belanger
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: G

#1 Alex Wiese
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: F