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Game Preview:
The Truman Women's basketball team returns to the floor for their final non-conference game of the season as they will play at the University of Illinois-Springfield on Wednesday. It will be the start of a three-game road trip for the Bulldogs who will face Fort Hays State and Nebraska-Omaha next week during the holiday break. Both the Bulldogs and Prairie Stars are 4-4 on the season.
Truman will be looking for their third straight road victory in their first visit to the UIS campus. The Bulldogs are coming off a pair of losses to top 10 teams in the nation in Washburn (Kan.) and Emporia State at home on consecutive Saturdays. Truman led at half in both games.
Junior Breanna Daniels leads Truman with a 15.9 points per game mark and has scored in double-figures over the past 13 games dating back to last season. Freshman Nicole Gloor is second on the team in scoring at 12.3 points per game and made her first collegiate start against Emporia in Truman's last game.
The Bulldogs are ranked in the top five in the MIAA in scoring defense (61.0/ppg allowed-5th), field goal percentage (.414 – 5th), defensive three-point field goal percentage (.279 – 3rd), free throw percentage (.738 – 2nd), rebounding defense (22.0 – 2nd), and rebounding margin (+3.9 – 4th).
Illinois-Springfield opened the season with a 3-1 record with wins over Robert Morris (69-63) , Lincoln (62-44) and Blackburn 76-71. The Prairie Stars lost three straight Division II games to GLVC members Drury (70-60) and Missouri S&T (60-46) and to Oakland City (75-67). They were victorious against Eureka College on Dec. 18th by an 87-70 tally.
Paulia Pogorzelski leads the team in scoring and leads the GLVC in rebounding. The 6-1 senior averages 14.1 points per game and has pulled down 7.9 rebounds per contest. She is also second in the conference with a 1.4 blocks per game average.
The Prairie Stars are second in the GLVC in defensive field goal percentage (.358) and in steals per game (10.9). They shoot the ball at a 40% clip and 35% from beyond the arc. UIS averages 6.1 three-pointers per game and 66.1 points per game.
Last Year's Recap:
This will be the sixth meeting between the Bulldogs and Prairie Stars and first ever meeting in Springfield. The previous five have all been played in Kirksville.
Last year, Truman finished the first half on an 18-3 run and held on for a 69-62 victory over Illinois-Springfield. Breanna Daniels scored a team-high 16 points while Amy Galey dished out six assists to go along with her 11 points. Erin Glogovsky led the Prairie Stars with 17 points and 16 rebounds but will now wear the Bulldog uniform after transferring to Truman this past summer.
Just two players on the UIS roster played in the game at Truman last year. Paulina Pogrozelski had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds and Emmarie Snyder did not score but had three assists in 33 minutes.
Bulldog Coaching Staff:
Head Coach Michael Smith enters his third year at the helm of the Truman Women's Basketball program. Smith was 8-19 in his first season and improved by three games last year to 11-16. The Bulldogs won six of their first 10 games and four of their last five in 2009-10.
Smith took over the program in April of 2008 and was previously the assistant coach at Division I University of Arkansas-Little Rock.
Joining Smith in her first year on the Truman bench is Lora Westling as the new assistant coach. Westling was a two-time all-MIAA performer and helped Washburn University to the 2005 Division II National Title. She served the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Bulldog Tip-Ins:
- In conference only statistics, the Bulldogs are first in scoring defense (58.2), second in field goal percentage (41.4%), second in defensive three-point field goal percentage (26.6%), first in rebounding defense (30.2/g) and second in rebounding margin (+8.0).
- Breanna Daniels is ranked in five overall MIAA stat categories. She is fourth in scoring (15.9), seventh in field goal percentage (40.0%), third in three-point field goal percentage (40.5%), sixth in three-pointers made (2.1/g) and third in minutes played at 34.8. In conference only stats, Daniels is tied for ninth in scoring (14.4), tied for seventh in three-point field goal percentage (.375) and tenth in treys per game (1.8).
- Nicole Gloor is tied for ninth in overall scoring (14.4) and tied for ninth in conference only scoring (14.4). She is the top freshman scorer in the MIAA. She is ninth overall in free throw shooting (75.8%) and fifth in conference games in field goal percentage (51.0%).
- Amy Galey is tied for third in assists per game at 4.0 and fourth in minutes played at 34.5.
- Jennifer Conway is eighth in blocks per game at 1.3.
- The Bulldogs have the highest single-game field goal percentage so far this season. Truman shot 60.9% (28-of-26) against Southwest Baptist on Dec. 7th. Truman also registered the best three-point shooting by percentage that game with a five of eight performance for 62.5%.
· Truman is averaging 60.2 points per game, last season the Bulldogs averaged 61.6.
· Other key stat comparisons from this year to last year include:
o FG% .414 from .403
o 3FG% .319 from .356
o FT% .738 from .779
· Breanna Daniels leads the team with eight 10-point plus games this season and has 40 for her career. She is the active leading scorer with 713 points.
· Truman is shooting 73% from the foul line overall and 76% in the final five minutes of games.
Up Next:
The Bulldogs will play at Fort Hays State next Monday, Jan. 3rd and at the University of Nebraska-Omaha on Jan. 5th before returning home for three straight MIAA games. The Tigers are 2-3 in the conference and 5-4 overall while the Mavericks are 1-4 in the league and 4-5 overall.
