NOTES: Truman Welcomes Missouri-St. Louis For Pre-Holiday Break Game

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Monday, December 19, 2016 || 5:30 p.m. When:
Game #11: Truman (5-5; 1-2 GLVC) vs. Missouri-St. Louis (4-4; 1-1 GLVC)

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Truman Women's Basketball Notes (December 19)

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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Truman Women's Basketball team will play a non-conference game on Monday when they host the University of Missouri-St. Louis at 5:30 p.m. in Pershing Arena.

The two Great Lakes Valley Conference members will meet outside of league play for the second straight year. The Bulldogs took two out of three from the Tritons last season having lost the non-conference game in double-overtime 61-60 but winning the league game 78-73 in a single overtime and 59-51 in the first round of the GLVC Tournament. This will be the third straight meeting between Truman and UMSL in Pershing Arena where the Bulldogs hold an 11-6 advantage and have won the last matchups dating back to 1996. The Tritons last win in Kirksville came in 1994.

Truman last played nine days ago when they used a huge third quarter to trounce rival Quincy 62-42 for GLVC win number one. Cassidy Clark (18), Brooke Bailey (16) and Ashley Hartwig (15) accounted for all but 13 of the Bulldogs 62 points against the Lady Hawks. Truman erased an early four-point third quarter deficit and outscored Quincy 22-7 in the period to take control and cruised to the 20-point win over Quincy.

Missouri-St. Louis is 4-4 overall and lost their last outing that counted against Kentucky Wesleyan 62-58 on December 10. They played an exhibition game against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on December 11 and lost 59-49. In their two conference games played earlier this month on the road against Missouri S&T and Drury, the Tritons split the games with a loss against the Lady Panthers 72-58 and a victory over the Miners 68-65.

Senior Cassidy Clark is ranked in both scoring and rebounding in the GLVC. Clark is ninth in scoring at 14.2 points per game and has scored in double figures in the last five games including two 20-point performances. She is sixth in boards at 8.4 per contest. She is shooting 53% from the field. She is one of three Truman players in double-digit scoring being trailed by fellow starters Rachel Edmundson (12.9 ppg) and Ashley Hartwig (10.9 ppg). Brooke Bailey (8.8 ppg) and freshman Sloane Tottal (6.5 ppg) round out the starting five for the Bulldogs.

Truman, as a team, is averaging 72.5 points per night while allowing 62.7. They are shooting overall 41.5% from the field and 31.2% from beyond the arc. The Bulldogs make 6.5 three-pointers per game with Bailey leading the team with 18 three-pointers this season. Truman is shooting 74% from the foul line with Clark and Hartwig getting to the line the most at 34 and 33 times respectively.

Opponents have shot 38.7% from the field against Truman this year and 27.6% from three.

Quincy Rebound:
Truman snapped a four-game loosing streak at QU's Pepsi Arena on December 10 with a 62-42 win over the Lady Hawks…it was the largest win by the Bulldogs in the series since a 29-point win in 1997 that was also played in Quincy…Brooke Bailey set a new career-high with 16 points and it was the fourth time in her career that she made three, three-pointers in a game, Bailey previous high was 13 against Rockhurst in 2015…Sloane Totta had a season-high five assists and Jamie Gleeson had a season high six points…Quincy scored the first four points of the third quarter on two field goals by Cha Cha Williams but did not register another made field goal until 9:24 left in the fourth quarter…the Bulldogs outscored Quincy 25-3 during that span to take an 18-point lead…the teams had 13 combine free throw attempts in the game…20 of Quincy's 42 points came from bench players…Truman had 38 of their 62 points come in the paint and 49 of their 62 come from Hartwig, Bailey and Clark.

#TSUvsUMSL
The Bulldogs have taken three of the last four and seven of the past 10 meetings against the Tritons…two of the three games last season went to overtime…Rachel Steinhoff played the most minutes by a Bulldogs against the Tritons last year at 39.7 per game and averaged 10.7 points with nine assists and five steals…both teams struggled from three with Truman making 10-of-43 (23%) and UMSL hitting 11-of-43 (25%) three-pointers…the biggest difference was at the free throw line, Truman mad 74% of their free throws while UMSL was at 62%...the Bulldogs got to the line 23 more times (87-63) and made 23 more free throws than UMSL (63-40)…Kelly Kunkel (12.3) and Jordan Fletcher (10.7) paced the Tritons in scoring against the Bulldogs…Laura Szorenyi leads UMSL in scoring this season at 14.0 ppg and Jordan is second at 12.8 with a field goal percentage of 67%, tops in the GLVC...Fletcher also leads the league in blocked shots with 1.75/game and has 14 on the season…no Triton has made more than seven three-pointers this season and they have been outscored by opponents by 25 points in the second quarter of games…UMSL's biggest quarter has been the fourth in which they have tallied 144 points (18.0) and outscored the opposition 144-114 (+30).

Around the GLVC:
Bellarmine, Drury and Lewis University remain as the three teams ranked in the latest WBCA/USA Today Division II Women's Basketball Poll…the Knights are fourth, Lady Panthers are 13^th and Flyers check in at 23^rd…Bellarmine remains the lone unbeaten in the GLVC at 8-0 while both Drury and Lewis have the most wins with nine…Rockhurst had the second longest winning streak in the league currently at six games…Southern Indiana has the best scoring offensive team in the GLVC at 83.1 points per night and the best defensive team allowing 53.2 points…The Screaming Eagles are 8-1 overall…individually, Lewis' sophomore Jessica Kelliher averages 20.4 points per game to lead the conference and has two 31-point games this season, Rockhurst's Mary Dineen (19.2) and Lewis' Jamie Johnson (19.0) are second and third respectively…Illinois Springfield's senior Syerra Cunningham leads the GLVC in rebounding at 13.1 per game and has two games of 19 rebounds.

Up Next:
Another long hiatus for the women as they will be idle for 12 days and return to the floor on New Year's Eve (December 31) against Iowa Wesleyan. That game will tip off at 1 p.m. from Pershing Arena.

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Players Mentioned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Players Mentioned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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