Junior forward Breanna Daniels was a third team selection to the all-MIAA women’s basketball team for the 2010-2011 season, while senior guard Amy Galey and sophomore forward Jennifer Conway were both named honorable mention.
Daniels led Truman in scoring during the regular season with a 12.9 points per game mark and was the team’s leading scorer 14 of the 26 games play.
She recorded the most single-game points by a Bulldog this season with 26 in the second game of the year against Nova Southeastern (Fla.).
She played and started all 26 games and 52 of the last 53. Daniels has been the team leader in field goal percentage (.369), three-point field-goal percentage (.326) and three-pointers per game (1.7).
Daniels was an honorable mention pick as a sophomore.
Galey dished out 109 assists to rank fourth in the MIAA regular season and her 231 assists moved her into 10th all-time among Truman players.
She consistently averaged around seven points per game while also averaging as many as 5.8 rebounds per game this season as a point guard.
Galey became the first Bulldog to record 10 assists in a single-game since Amy Eagan in 1998 in a loss at the University of Nebraska-Omaha in January.
After a slow start, Conway finished third on the team in scoring (8.8 ppg) and was ranked 14th in the conference in rebounds per game at 6.0.
Since returning to the starting line-up on Dec. 29th, Conway has averaged 11.3 points per game including a season-high 17 points on consecutive nights against Fort Hays State and Nebraska-Omaha.
Conway also had six regular season games in which she grabbed over 10 rebounds with a high of 14 coming on Jan. 8th against Northwest Missouri and again on Feb. 12th against Nebraska-Omaha.
It was the first time since the 1998-99 season that three Bulldog women’s basketball players had been selected to the all-conference team.
Game Preview:
The Truman women’s basketball team returns to Kansas City and Municipal Auditorium for the MIAA postseason basketball tournament for the first time since 2008 and will try to knock off top seeded Northwest Missouri in the first game at noon on Friday afternoon.
The Bulldogs and the Bearcats will meet for the 64th overall but just the first time since the 1973 MAIAW state tournament in postseason play.
Truman will also be attempting to be the first number eight seed to knock off a number one seed in women’s tournament history.
The last three years in the men’s tournament, the eight seed has beaten the top seed and advanced all the way to the title game.
Northwest enters the tournament winning their first outright regular season championship after clinching the title on Wednesday night against Southwest Baptist.
The Bearcats suffered a bit of a let down as they fell in Joplin to Missouri Southern on in the season finale 70-62.
The Bulldogs are 4-4 in their last eight games and find themselves in the eighth seed after a 71-62 loss at home to the University of Central Missouri.
A win by Truman would have put them in the seventh seed and a game against Washburn.
Sophomores Becka McHenry and Jennifer Conway have averaged over 11 points per game over the past five contests while the team’s leading scorer,
Breanna Daniels is third with a 10.4 points per her last five. Overall Daniels is scoring at a 12.9 points per game clip.
Truman/Northwest Season Recap:
The Bearcats escaped Kirksville with a 73-72 double-overtime victory in the first meeting then overpowered the Bulldogs 87-69 in Maryville on Feb. 16th.
In the first meeting, Truman shot just 32% for the game but scored 31 second chance points compared to just 11 by Northwest in the one-point loss.
Gentry Dietz scored 27 points that night for the Bearcats and Ashley Thayer hit three clutch three-pointers to give Northwest the win.
Truman improved to 40% from the floor in round two but the Bearcats countered with 53% shooting in the 18-point victory.
A key stretch was a 17-4 run that saw the Bearcats hit eight of 12 shots while forcing five turnovers to open up a 15-point lead from just a one-point advantage.
Jennifer Conway averaged a double-double this season against Northwest as she scored 13 and 16 points and grabbed 14 and 11 rebounds respectively.
Becka McHenry and Breanna Daniels averaged 13.5 points in the games and Truman outrebounded the Bearcats 103-78 (+25).
Kyla Roehrig averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Bearcats while Dietz averaged 20 points and 9.5 rebounds in the wins over Truman.
Northwest has forced nine more turnovers (33-24), 12 more blocked shots (18-4, with nine from Roehrig) and 10 more steals (22-12) in the two meetings.
Up Next:
The winner of Friday’s first round game will get either Pittsburg State or Missouri Southern in the semifinals. The Gorillas and Lions will play in the 4-5 game following the Bulldog/Bearcat tilt at noon.
The semifinals will be played on Saturday night at 6:00 p.m. The winner of the conference tournament receives the conferences automatic qualifier bid for the NCAA Division II Basketball tournament.
Courtesy Truman State University
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