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The trip opens on Wednesday night against nationally ranked Central Missouri .

Truman was ranked fifth in the first NCAA Division II Regional rankings last Wednesday with two more rankings prior to the selection of the field for the national tournament.

Central was second in the region but lost 63-52 at Southwest Baptist (Mo.) on Saturday night while Truman won both games last week.

Nicole Gloor scored 14 of her 18 points in the second half and the Bulldogs pulled away from the Lincoln (Mo.) Blue Tigers on Saturday 70-59. 

The win allowed the team to match the school record of 19 regular season wins set by the 1998-99 squad and tied the record with 12 conference wins set in 1999-00.

Truman and Central are the top two scoring teams in the MIAA and the Bulldogs and Jennies are second and third respectively in three-pointers made per game.

Truman handed Central a 73-64 loss in Pershing Arena back on January 19 with Becka McHenry leading the way with 24 points and six assists.

McHenry is nearing another milestone as with her next point she will top 1,100 for her Truman career.

She has averaged nearly five assists and eight rebounds per game in her last five outings.

 For the season, McHenry leads the Bulldogs in scoring at 13.0 points, rebounding at 5.8 and assists with 3.8. She is ranked in six individual categories in the MIAA.

The Bulldogs are averaging 69.8 points per game and leading the NCAA Division II with a .421 three-point shooting percentage.

The previous team high in three-pointers was in 1989-90 at 39.0% and the most three-pointers in a season is 199 (176 through 24 games) during the 2007-08 season.

Allie Norton leads all of Division II with a 46.2% three-point shooting percentage.

The Jennies had reeled off eight straight wins following the loss to Truman but stumbled on Saturday against the Southwest Baptist Bearcats 63-52.

The Bearcats led by 10 at the half and by as many as 19 late in the game while holding the Jennies to just 14% from behind the arc and 33% overall shooting.

BreAnna Lewis led the Jennies in scoring with 22 points and Nicole Caddell added a double-double with 11 points and 11 boards.

The Bulldogs are looking for their third straight win over the Jennies overall and third straight win against Central in the Multipurpose Building.

The last two road games played by Truman at Central were both overtime affairs with Truman winning 78-74 in 2011 in double overtime and 80-75 last season.

Courtesy Truman State University