NOTES: Women Wrap Up Home Stretch With Lindenwood/UMSL

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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Winners of five straight and 10 of their last 11 games, the Truman Women's Basketball team will welcome Great Lakes Valley Conference newcomer Lindenwood University on Thursday and the University of Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday to Pershing Arena.

The current five-game winning streak matches the season's longest winning streak that has been only separated by a one-point loss to Lewis University on January 18. The Bulldogs are in third place in the league's point rating system with a mark of 4.21, trailing only Lewis (4.25) and the nation's top team Drury (21-0/12-0 GLVC) 4.96 PSR) in the standings.

The team has nine wins against the bottom six teams in the PSR with the other two wins coming against #5 Southern Indiana and #8 Maryville. Left on the schedule will be road games against #1 Drury, #4 Indianapolis, #7 Bellarmine, #8 Maryville, #12 Missouri S&T and home tilts with #6 Lindenwood, #9 Missouri-St. Louis and #9 Southwest Baptist.

Senior Sloane Totta is on the verge of a milestone in her Bulldog career. Totta enters the week with 987 points and is poised to become the 21^st member of the 1,000-point club at Truman. The last Bulldog to hit the mark was Courtney Strait in 2016. The guard also sits with 329 assists and is within striking distance of third on the Truman career charts. Allie Norton (331), Lisa Jacques (336) and Jeanette Cleven (337) are the next three on the list for Totta to pass while number two Becca McHenry (369) and Amy Eagan (529) will be ahead.

Totta got to this point after knocking down a career-game best six three-pointers and scoring 23 points in Truman's 72-65 win over William Jewell on Saturday. Katey Klucking matched a season-high with 10 rebounds and Katie Jaseckas recorded her second double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds in the victory.

Totta leads the team in scoring with 13.5 ppg and 14.7 ppg in conference. She leads the league in overall assists per game at 5.2 and second in GLVC games at 4.92. Totta is also second overall and fifth in conference in assist/turnover ratio.

Jaseckas averaged 20 points per game last week and was 13-of-18 (72%) from the paint. She is third on the team in scoring at 12.6 points per game and has the eighth-most blocked shots in a season with 38. Jaseckas is four away from moving into fourth position on the charts. Georgia Mueller (2009), Michalina Tomczak (2015) and Sarah Sommer (2004) all have 39 blocks and Jennifer Perkins (2002) has 41 blocks.

Freshman Hannah Belanger is tied for second in both overall and conference in three-point shooting percentage. Belanger has made 48 of 100 attempts overall and 34-of 68 (50%) in league games. She has averaged 12.9 points overall and 13.9 in conference.

Klucking is fourth in scoring at 10 points overall per night and is tied with Totta for second in overall threes with 38 this year. She has four games this season of 20 or more points.

Maddie Re rounds out the starting five this year and is among the league's top rebounders. Re has six double-doubles this year, is second in conference game rebounding at 10.5 per game and third in overall shooting at 58.3%. She is second in offensive rebounds per game at 3.3 and fourth in defensive boards at 7.2 per game.

Tiffany Davenport is the only other Bulldog to appear in all 19 games this season and has notched 19.9 minutes in those games. Davenport has 18 three-pointers, 39 assists and 12 steals while averaging 6.4 points per night.

As a team, Truman is second in the conference in scoring at 80.5 per game, first in field goal percentage at 47.2%, first in rebounding at 40.7 and +9.3 per game, first in assist/turnover ratio, defensive rebounds per game and three-pointers made (9.33). All in league games. The highest national ranking for the team is 16^th in field goal percentage at 46.7%. The Bulldogs are in the bottom half of the league in team free throw shooting (70.9/15^th), defensive three-point shooting (.368/15^th) and steals (6.58/12^th).

History With Lindenwood:
This will be the first meeting between Truman and Lindenwood under the GLVC banner and fifth game between the two schools overall. The Bulldogs swept the two games played under the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association flag during the 2013 season with Truman winning in St. Charles 86-65 and 74-50 in Kirksville. The two non-conference games were played in 1976 (Lindenwood 110-17) and most recently in 2018 with the Lions handing Truman their first loss of the season 94-83 at the Drury Thanksgiving Tournament in Springfield. In that game, Sloane Totta led Truman with 18 points and Kallie Bildner scored 26 with 12 rebounds for the Lions.

About the Lions:
The Lions have split their last four games with wins at Illinois Springfield (70-59) and at home versus McKendree (103-74) and losses at Lewis (86-75) and to Southern Indiana (81-68) in their most recent outing…Kallie Bildner is one of the nation's top players at 21.2 points per game and 11.4 rebounds per night…Bildner shoots 61% from the field in conference games, 50% from three and is a three-time all-MIAA honoree with over 1,000 career rebounds…the Lions average 77.8 points in conference games but allow 74.8…Devin Fuhring is second in scoring at 15.9 points per game…Lindenwood was 21-8 overall last season with a trip to the NCAA Division II tournament…they were picked to finish fifth, ahead of Truman, in this season's GLVC coaches poll.

History With Missouri-St. Louis:
This will be the 41^st meeting between the Tritons and Bulldogs with Truman holding a slim 21-19 advantage. Since joining the GLVC, the series is 6-5 in favor of the Bulldogs with neither team winning more than two straight. The Bulldogs can break that trend as they have taken the last two against UMSL, both coming in Pershing Arena. The Bulldogs won 71-66 in December 2017 and 66-61 last January. In that game, Truman led by 15 in the second quarter before UMSL got as close as four. Seniors Rachel Edmundson (19) and Brooke Bailey (18) led Truman while Kaitlynn Henning led UMSL with 17.

About the Tritons:
UMSL enters the week on a three-game winning streak and will be at Quincy on Thursday before their visit to Kirksville…there last three wins have come on the road at Lewis (71-60) and at home over Southern Indiana (72-64) and McKendree (77-53)…Laura Szorenyi and Alex LaPorta lead the Tritons in scoring at 12 and 11 points per game respectfully…Szorenyi is second in minutes played per league game at over 38…Kiara Stewart is tops in the league in offensive rebounds per game at 3.83 while LaPorta is fifth overall in boards at nine a night…as a team, the Tritons average 66.9 points for and 69.8 points against in league games and second in offensive rebounds per game at 13.5.

Up Next:
An important three-game road swing will see the Bulldogs head east for the first two games and then square off against #1 Drury University to end the trip. Truman will head to Louisville, Kentucky for the final time in the GLVC and face Division I reclassifying Bellarmine University on Thursday. Following that, the Bulldogs will take on the University of Indianapolis.

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Players Mentioned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Players Mentioned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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