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The Truman Women’s Basketball team will host Mount Mercy (Iowa) in their final non-conference tune-up on New Year’s Eve.

The Bulldogs, riding a six-game home winning streak and have won 11 straight non-conference home games, will get things started at 1:30 p.m. against the Mustangs.

Truman (7-2) has been idle for 12 days following a pair of games in southern California.

The Bulldogs defeated host California Baptist 73-67 on Monday, December 17 before falling to Vanguard (Calif.) 65-57 on Tuesday, December 18.

The Bulldogs are one of the top shooting teams in Division II with a 47% field goal percentage that is first in the MIAA and was second in the latest national rankings while shooting 40% from three.

Senior Becka McHenry leads Truman at 13.0 points per game with sophomore guard Allie Norton averaging 11.3 and junior guard/forward Nicole Gloor at 10.8 per night.

Mount Mercy (3-10) will host a pair of tournament games on Friday and Saturday against Grace College and Indiana Wesleyan respectively before travelling to Kirksville on Monday. The Mustangs had lost five straight before this weekend’s action.

The Mustangs are led in scoring by junior forward Amanda Frost (15.8 ppg) and senior guard Brooke Quigley (13.3 ppg). Mount Mercy is shooting just 33% from the field while averaging 61.8 points per contest.

This is the 11th meeting between the Mustangs and the Bulldogs and first since December of 2000.

Truman has won four straight and hold a 6-4 advantage in the series.

The Bulldogs won 73-51 in Pershing Arena on December 5, 2000 while the last Mustang victory came on December 5, 1992 by a 79-65 tally.

 The first meeting between these two schools occurred at the 1979 AIAW Regional Tournament in which Truman finished third with a 72-69 win over the Mustangs in St. Joseph, Mo.

Courtesy Truman State University